celebrate.
A nice weekend, spent celebrating some of the joys of life...
My friend Anne's wedding. So happy.
And I got to be there yesterday for the birth of my friend Renae's new son. He is her fifth babe and is utterly perfect.
someone else's thoughts
- "The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity." - Margaret Nadauld
- "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." - Helen Keller
current reading
enjoying together
01 July 2008
27 June 2008
okay, so it's been a while...
Some of you have been quite patient. Others of you have been less-than-subtle in your promptings for me to update the blog. (Kirsten, Jennifer, Karen, Renae... you know who you are. No need to name names.)
I thought I'd take a leaf out of Amanda's book and share ten things that are making me happy lately, in no particular order:
1. The arrival of camping season (and the complete happiness of a little nature-loving boy)
2. Good music running through my head all day
3. Eating right, walking with a good friend, and being already four pounds closer to my pre-baby weight. (Yes, by "baby"... I am referring to my almost-seven-year-old. Give me a break. The time has come.)
4. This commercial about the power of the wind. Hilarious.
5. This little love, my friend Heidi's newest little one
7. Digging through and organizing my craft area (nearly done!)
8. The chance to study nature, literally in our own backyard
9. This fabulous blog, which completely inspires me to document the lives of family and friends with warmth and personality. (Look through the archives, seriously. Amazing stuff.)
10. Listening to quality audiobooks with my son (he's loving the Little House series, yea!!), and knowing that I can go to Kiddie Records Weekly and we'll be knee-deep in great recordings from the 40s and 50s. A couple of clicks and you're wading in nostalgia.
04 April 2008
26 March 2008
wild beasties.
We've had a very nice and relaxing week, and weather so beautiful that we've headed to the zoo twice in the last five days. Always a good time. There are so many gorgeous and majestic creatures in the animal world... and then, there are definitely some oddballs. Here are a few of the ones we like to visit...
And then there were these wild things, which were neither properly labeled nor were they caged. I believe they are called BOY, and they remain one of those mysteries of the animal kingdom...
19 March 2008
avoidance tactics.
Our little friend William visited us today. Is he not the sweetest? He and Zach get along well, and it was interesting to hear Zach "big brother-ing" him today... playing along with his games and gently correcting him when he was doing something he shouldn't.
I really have nothing to report today. I'm afraid that I'm mostly only blogging to put off other things, like cooking dinner. But I think I've dragged it out as much as I can. I'll try to be back tomorrow with something of interest...
14 March 2008
my newest muse.
Yup... there's a new banner up there. I pretty much chose a random photo that I just always liked. I'm the wee one there, with my grandmother.
There's sort of a baby boom going on around here lately, wherein pretty much all of my married friends are having little ones born this year. Pretty soon we'll have babes of all stages at our playdays. My friend Jennifer is the mama of this sweetness... I totally love him. I mean, really... who wouldn't?
Sweet baby Asher...
08 February 2008
07 February 2008
reason number four...
...why I love the art of photography. It connects us as people. And that's the most important thing in the world.
This is especially close to my heart today. I was logging on to talk about the connection photographs gave us to our families... to those living, to those who have passed away, and even to those from generations past whom we have not met in this life... and I discovered a message from my mother telling me that my grandmother died today. My photographs call back the memories I have of her, as well as giving me a better understanding of who she is... not just my grandma, not just my father's mother, and not just the elderly woman that I am familiar with... but her. And that is truly an amazing gift. Here she is...
06 February 2008
reason number three...
...why I love the art of photography. Because a real portrait tells your story in a single frame. And that's incredible.
I absolutely love these...
05 February 2008
reason number two...
... why I love the art of photography. Because it captures the emotion of a moment, and you feel it again every time you see the photograph. How amazing it is that we can convey joy or love by a printed sheet of paper!
Please take the time to look closely at these photos. You won't be disappointed!
Joy
Family 1
