The garden needed some love so I spent a bunch of time weeding and thinning out some plants today. Of course while I was out there I snapped a couple pics There must be at least a hundred flowers on ...
Motherhood Is… Building a safe place for your Little Ones. Always having time to sit down and “be” with your family. Sharing memories of your Mother with your daughter so she will n...
Itty Bitty and the Hubs built this car. Itty Bitty painted it. All. By. Himself. {can’t you tell?}
Birthdays and Fieldtrips Today Itty Bitty turns five. My baby is five. OMGravy! Itty Bitty is my wild child with a heart of gold. Today was also Love Bug’s field trip to Mount Vernon, George Wa...
The calla lilies bloomed last night during the rainstorm! ISO 100 ~ f/2.2 ~ 1/250 ISO 100 ~ f/2.8 ~ 1/125
Visiting Family Happy Memorial Day everyone! Today the whole fam piled into the Mom-mobile and drove down to Lake Anna! We were visiting Uncle Bebop and Mama J. I wrote a bit about Uncle BeBop back o...
Bubble Fun Love Bug has the patience to blow slowly and get the big bubbles! Love how Itty Bitty’s reflection is in the bubble! The sky and our house too! Aaaand POP!! ISO 400 ~ f/4.0 ~ 1/1000 ...
Meet my new little friend the Hubs found - I don’t know whether to smile or shiver when I look at this! ISO 100 ~ f/2.5 ~ 1/160 And remember my “A-HA!” moment from earlier in the da...
Background Fun! So I’ve been reading some books on photography lately and had an “A-HA!” moment! Most of my pictures are taken outside where I have little or no control over what...
Golden Light Spent some time wandering around just as the sun was setting. Here’s my favorite bokeh pic. I used a wide open aperture so the light from the setting sun coming through the trees t...
Fun Signs! Had some fun playing in Photoshop today! Whaddya think?? PS – Can you tell I spent a LOT of time today scrubbing toilets {and floors, and surrounding surfaces}? BOYS!! Argh!
Preschool Graduation Itty Bitty graduated from Preschool today. My littlest Little One is one step closer to KINDERGARTEN! Close up of the tassel! ISO 2500 ~ f/2.2 ~ 1/100
Learning how to create cool effects using clipping masks! Kim Klassen ROCKS!
Last Day of Preschool! Today was the last day of Itty Bitty’s preschool career. I don’t know whether to cheer or cry. Since he’s having a birthday next week, he asked me to make som...
THE EGGS ARE GONE! OMGravy! Poor Mama Bird! Her eggs have been taken! :’o( No more eggs! ISO 100 ~ f/2.5 ~ 1/100 Rainy day blueberries ISO 100 ~ f/2.5 ~ 1/200
Bird’s Nest The Hubs found a bird’s nest for me! I heart that man! According to Google, Mama bird is some kind of finch. Probably a house finch. Three teeny tiny little eggs. ISO 100 ~ f/...
Today was a day of T-Ball games and parties. The boys stopped running around long enough for me to snap a quick pic. ISO 100 ~ f/2.5 ~ 1/100 Found this cool weed when visiting family ) ISO 100 ~ f/2....
Loved how the little vines are starting to wrap around the trellis! Dahlia, my new favorite flower.
Focus It is *so* hard getting kids to keep still for photographs! Glamor Girl is my oldest, and most likely to be still for more than a second at a time. When I shoot portraits, I like to shoot wide ...
Blowing Bubbles at the T-Ball Field Love Bug just learned how to blow bubble gum bubbles. Take a 6 year old who just learned how to blow bubbles and give him some Big League Chew {seriously, they *st...
Black & White Rose ISO 1600 ~ f/2.0 ~ 1/60 I wanted a really moody pic today. No reason, just curious to see if I could create a dramatic look with a flower To get this look I held a single rose ...
Cancer Sucks I bet you thought that I’d lead with a cheery “Happy Mother’s Day.” Well, it *is* Mother’s Day, and I *am* happy, but what’s been on my mind most of t...
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