i shopped until i dropped today....really, i am pooped...and acutally don't want to spend any more MONEY....i have decide....

there are a LOT of people in the world

there are a LOT of people that SEEM to have never ending MONEY

and a LOT of nice people if you look for them and SMILE when you meet them..AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ASSHOLES THAT WOULDN'T GET A WORD I SAY..TO THEM..."HUMBUG!" (the ghost of christmas future will come...)

happy holiday shopping to all..........and to all a good night..........

To those who celebrate

HAPPY HANUKKAH!!! TO ALL!! .......

that find this day a special day and the next eight.....I am not Jewish, but have the privilege to be part of the lives of many friends that are.... . I had a wonderful experience of being with a "boyfriend" who was Jewish in college and the first time I experience "Passover" I was very touched. The ritual and beautiful language of these people are to be heard and admired.

I love the beautiful rituals and simple beauty that come with this faith and hope that all who are celebrating ...simply enjoy.........

Salom

here are some recent pixs....dancing with the turkey was the best!

happy decorating!!! for what ever holiday you call your own....it's rainy and cold down here...over here....under here......hope it's good weather to "hang the lights!"

ps

the kids have gotten into "helping" recycle......even in the rain and cold!

Had a wonderfully beautiful yummy tasty perfect 10 dinner....thanks to all who made it come together...now for the the big guy.....lord help us!

Happy thankfulness to all.....I hope those who read this have very YUMMY bird day!

this time of year it is easy to get caught up in the "running around" and the "making of memories" that we forget the memories of the past and why we do this ...simply to....

................ enjoy................

each other.... being together with family and friends and breathing in the life that surrounds us all...

being thankful is realitive I suppose....everyone has something to be "thankful" for....but not everyone is......so this year I am thankful for being THANKFUL.....for stopping in the mist of modern day chaos and watching just what really surrounds me....LOVE, LAUGHTER,BEAUTY,GROWTH,DISCOVERY,HEALTH,and LIFE.....what else more is there.....

SO

BE THANKFUL

FOR WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU STOP TO LOOK

IT'S THERE....AND THE BEAUTY

IS THAT IT IS ALWAYS

THERE....YEAR ROUND, YEAR AFTER YEAR...NO MATTER THE CHANGE THAT HAPPENS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO GIVE THANKS FOR...not just on thanksgiving day, but on your worst days when the rain is heavy, or when the days are long...Give thanks.....TO THE STARS ABOVE AND WHAT LIES BEYOND THE STARS.....

-peace

Ah...it's Friday! It seems the weeks have been so long lately, I think it is the time change.

Time seemed stretched out like a rubber band......

i haven't taken a lot of pixs this week....been busy with doc's appointments and sick kids...but of course always looking for an opportunity...

i had my first "professional job, that means one that "pays me' this past week....it was my neighbors daughter and her family....it turned out great and they were very happy with the photos. I got paid and they were happy. that's all that counts!

I hope to do more and build on this. I really had a lot of fun. I could do it all day long...just like acting...so i know somewhere it is "my bliss" for me.

I'd do it without getting paid.........but of course rather........get paid...as they would say..."no good artist works for free"......ahhhhh, for the love of the arts...it's a blessing and a curse....a comedy and a tragedy...a rose and a thorn....the sun and the moon.....life and death....art and life....life and art....one in the same...same and the ONE...without it WE would not exist....so I carry on and do what I do among other artist...I exist and do what I DO......

Ps. the little girl and her dad are the ones i shot this week this is one of my favorite pixs...they are a beautiful family.....

Today was a Special DAY!

Logan went to his first day of "PRESCHOOL"

I dropped him off at 8.30am and left sobbing.....with smiles and memories.....secretly hoping they would call and say he wasn't ready....but I never got that call.....I called at 10.30 and he was having a BLAST....and I hung up the phone a PROUD mum....a very PROUD and excited mommy that certainly had a day of realizing that they DO grow up and what a JOY it is to watch and and what PRIVILAGE it is to have the opportunity to love all THREE of them as much as I DO .....MY LOGAN....what a ROCK STAR!!!!!! I picked him up at 12.30 with smiles going both ways and LOTS of arts and crafts!!!! HE LOVED IT! And all he said on the way home, over and over was....."MOMMY I MISSED YOU" with a big smile.

AHHHHHHHHH motherhood........