streams

i wanted to find a photo that would be dreary...but i apparently dont often take that type and i have very little time for searching through files anyhow...i hate how tragedy can overshadow (rob you of) joyful moments...i hate being torn between need to wallow for a bit (while crying my eyes out) and wanting to move on like it never happened...the latter is better for everyone...im mostly tired of crying anyhow...

ever......?

ever have one of those days? today is just one of those days.

oldie, but i likey

these sunflowers are from a street market in manhattan...i would love to go back to NYC for a long weekend some day just to photograph stuff.

this is the way we roll

the kids were pretending to be puppies that were learning how to "roll over" it was adorable :)

PeOnYs

No vacancy

cleveland on the move

another night photo from our travels

sunday breakfast

little tikes

photos i took with my son's camera

i am going through about a year's worth of photos because im getting ready to put together an album for my baby girl. i saw this one and thought id post it...i think it was from a trip to grandma and papa's ...i forgot to look when i took it...but i liked it so i thought i would share it...i need to take some more photos...

Uptown

ok...what to write?...matt, you obviously know what this is....we drive past it everytime we visit my parents...it means we are almost there...and the trip is finally at an end :) and once i noticed that in the building adjacent, that a pigeon had flown into one of the windows smashing it and well, remained....and the next trip, i also noticed that a second pigeon had joined it...and on many subsequent trips i have notice how surprisingly well preserved they have remained (matt, you know you will have to look now...lag)....kelly i apologize....but i needed to share...blame my brother...

anyhow, this is a little theater in the uptown area and holds memories for me and my parents...ive always liked the building, sad that it no longer is anything...and...i eventually want to photograph lots of interesting letters and make a composite of their names for each of our childern (and cousins if they so desire - but how many versions of one's names would a person really want) to hang in their bedrooms.

out the window

the most wonderful time of the year

duck, duck, goose

ducks and geese ... like salt and vinegar chips ... adults setting a very bad example for the (then) almost 3 year old (officially 4 as of yesterday)

i dont have a holga...

...but i like to pretend that i do.

photos fall flat

you know, it really does amaze me...sometimes photographs makes things appear so much more beautiful/wonderful than they were in real life and then other times, no matter what you do, it never captures the beauty of real life...ive noticed this in particular with sunsets/rises and fall leaves....i love when the tree in front of our apartment changes in the fall ...when the sunshines it just glows and fills our living room with a golden glow....i hoped to capture that....i didnt....maybe if i had more time...*shrug*....just use your imagination i guess....

tea for 2

ok...actually it was hot choc...and zelda didnt really share any of it...but "empty mug" just wouldnt have been an interesting title...this was my best photo of my 5 minute attempt to have a good photo to post...i really AM going to try to force myself to photograph more than just the kids...i had a professor who used to force herself to take at least one photo everyday...i have always thought that was a good idea...and so much more economical now that i do digital...i have lots of lofty ideas about what my photographic self could/should produce...instead, ... well im just not....

but...in that mug was Bellagio Sipping Chocolate if you have never had sipping choc. i highly recommend it...one of my best friends gave it to me for christmas last year...and it is truly an amazing experience...i really needed it today...we have all been sick for about a month (which means i have gotten even less sleep than usual) and last night, i could only sleep sitting up (otherwise, i couldnt stop coughing)...so on the couch i slept....for a few hours at least...

ok...off to bed i go....hopefully it will be a more peaceful, restful nights sleep