just be.

There are blackbirds who gather in large groups in our neighbors bare fruitless mulberry. Conor squeals and points every time he sees them. I have to admit, I get a little giddy myself at his excitement. There is something about seeing everything new and with fresh excitement through him. The world is full of wondrous sights and sometimes I get so busy that I forget to stop and look around.

to smell the air.

to warm myself in the sunshine.

to just be.

This is a constant struggle for me. There is always at least 15 things waiting to be done. These boys are only small for an instant. and they are full of giggles.

yesterday, I didn't do laundry. I played tag.

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kathy + jake = hailey | maternity | cobb/lake county ca newborn photographer

Last week we had some crazy weather.  A snow storm blew through out little town and left us in tatters.  Four days without power and a couple feet of snow later

meet Kathy + Jake...

they are waiting on something very special

and thanks to their willingness to help me get to the location (since I am very unconfident in my ability to drive my husband's truck) we were able to capture the memory of their first pregnancy in the snow

  

I am so looking forward to meeting baby Hailey!! (and I'm sure they are too)

fifty-two: 5.52

I am participating in a 52 week creative project this year. My goal is to follow the themes given by the group I'm working with each week and to have each theme translate to a non-human subject. It will take me out of my element of people photography and challenge me a bit to find new subjects and present them in a creative way. I haven't blogged about the other 4 weeks (since I've been a slacker blogger, and I'm not even going to attempt to catch up) but here is week 5. The theme was "white" and oh how refreshing it was. It even inspired me to revamp my logo just a touch. I've felt like it was missing something. After countless days at work signing my initials to stuff "kli... kli... kli..." it hit me, that's what's missing! Soft and simple. So here is it, week five: white, and my logo just a wee bit better than before :)