Stories in the Trees

November 20, 2012 By 6 Comments

The weather here in Florida has cooled down considerably, so I’ve been taking the little guy outside more. There’s a teeny little park we can walk to from our house, so I thought I would lug the camera with me on one of our trips.

I love taking pictures in my head, and making stories to go with them. Today, I’ll share a few shots with you. But no stories. You can make up your own.

The park entrance. So, uh, welcoming.

I love this path.

Playgrounds with no children on them always look creepy to me.

The stairs look like a face. Maybe the playground has been eating people!

More empty places.

Calming myself by finding other park inhabitants.

Back to reality. Reality is cute.

 

What stories do you see? Do you come up with ideas when you are doing every day things?

 

**This photo heavy post is brought to you by a suddenly busy week. Apologies. Or you’re welcome.

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Drawings, Driveways, and Ducks

December 23, 2011 By 23 Comments

After last Friday’s post, I decided to follow through with my promise to do things regardless of whether I am the most awesome at it ever.

To prove it, I offer you this. Some of the stuff I love.

This is my new friend. He needs a name. I wanted to draw something, but couldn’t decide what. When I was teaching elementary school, I use to draw simple little cartoons on the board for the kids. It was usually either an alligator or a walrus. So I figured a walrus was a fun starting point. I also really like the design elements of all this steampunk stuff (I know very little about it, but love the style), which turned the walrus into this.

I was reading about bokeh and really wanted to try creating images with pretty blobs of color. Instead of just thinking about it, I jumped off the couch in my PJs and looked outside for an opportunity to give it a try. The series of images above came about after laying in my neighbor’s driveway at 10 o’ clock at night. Unbeknownst to them of course.

Did I accomplish anything amazing? Is the world of art and photography going to stand up and take notice because I drew a jaunty little walrus and took some pictures of light?

Not so much.

But it was fun.

And now…for no reason at all:

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Monday Madness – A Roman Holiday

November 7, 2011 By 15 Comments

I have much to catch up today. My NaNoWriMo pace was going nicely last week, along with all my other obligations (well, maybe not all…the house needs cleaning).

But, I took a break this weekend to shoot some photos for friends. It was a great working break to take. Here are a few shots from the shoot.

Checkin' out her man.

Roman Holiday inspired.

 

Taken at the very end of the day. We want to go back here when we have light. :)

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Jonas and the Attack of the Hipstamatic

September 26, 2011 By 28 Comments

Despite the fact that I am very much a mom, I don’t do a lot of mommy/kid posts here. I don’t plan on making this into a mommy blog (there are plenty of people who do that well) BUT I will on occasion, share some posts revolving around the kid or mommying.

After all, it gives me an excuse to talk about poop.  Just not in this post.

Last weekend I went on a quick visit to North Carolina.  By train.

This may not be a big deal to many of you, but it was the first time in my thirty-something years that I’ve been on a train.  Orlando to Raleigh isn’t exactly a small start either.

I did mention that the kid was with me, right?  His first train ride, too.

Folks, he may never want to fly again.

Making sure he is appropriate carry on size.

Blanket, DVD player, and a pillow. Does traveling get any better?

Hello, dining car.

The movement of the train is perfect for sleeping.

Trees were never so exciting!

Drawing while we wait for some French Toast.

As if the train ride weren’t enough, running around a new place and spending time with awesome family (and new friends) who kept him entertained has possibly spoiled him for life.

Or maybe not. This is a kid who is, at this very moment, entertaining himself by placing letters on my feet and singing.  What follows are some of the highlights.

Walking up many stairs, a favorite of his, with his buddy Jeff.

Taking a break from wandering around the Duke campus.

Running around the campus.

Jumping time!

Shortly after this, Jonas filed his formal request for a dog the size of a horse.

Time for a little music education.

Taking time out to email Gigi (Grandma).

Learning to fist bump. Or as he calls it "fish pump".

High fives are also important to know.

In addition to the wandering and spending time with friends, we visited The Life and Science Museum in Durham.  While I won’t subject you to the entire photo tour of that experience, I will share this one shot.

We happened to show up at the butterfly pavilion just as they were going to release newly hatched butterflies.  Jonas volunteered his arm as a jumping off point for the smallest, youngest one in the bunch.

His very own baby butterfly.

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In other news, if you haven’t already, please take a look at last week’s Giving Back post and join the #gowithout trend and don’t forget to add yourself to the linky!

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