Just Me
After much drooling over, and hoping, wishing, dreaming, and saving I finally got my hands on a DSLR camera. I’m still learning how to use the thing but I’m having so much fun doing it. Much of the time I have to practice on myself…here are my latest…
The Potential of Stairs
I really love taking photographs of stairs. There is something about them that appeals to me. Where do they lead? Who’s walked down them, who’s walked up..?
Project 365 Mini Gallery
A few weeks ago I promised you an update with the photos I took while on my unplanned hiatus for Project 365. Here are a few of my favorites. Please feel free to click on the photo to be directed to my 365 photo stream.
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Big World Small Example – Project 365 – Day 38
My husband left this morning and as I write this I’m feeling okay. Ask me in a few days…or even in a few hours how I feel and that-of course could completely change. I am, right now more worried about our children. My eldest seems perfectly fine at the moment but last week he was one hot mess! He’d lament to me about how much he was going to miss me, while at school big wet tears falling uncontrollably from his eyes. I had the sinking suspicion that it was not me he was really going to miss but his father. Then one night…as we both put our boys to bed Michael, crying and we-unable to calm him down finally expressed what he’d been holding in. He said in the most heart wrenching fashion, “I have a big hole in my hear
t.” My husband and I could only stare at each other over the top of his head as it rested on my shoulder. It was not what we expected to hear from our precocious six year old.
We gave him a great big hug and loved on him till he fell asleep. In the morning he seemed better and his crying at school eased. Today there were no tears at when I dropped him off at school-but I think that’s because we were running late and there really was no time for tears.
I’m sure I didn’t help matters much when he saw my eyes well up with tears when we dropped his father off at the airport. This is the first long term separation our family is going to have in five years. Michael will eventually understand what we mean when we say Daddy’s got work to do for the Air Force.
Later in the day I got on Google Earth and showed him where his daddy was going and he seemed to get it. It was still a virtual representation of the space and distance between us and that is when I remembered this old globe (it’s from way back when the USSR was around) we discovered while moving in and cleaning up my brother in law’s old bedroom. I traced along the states from our location in Miami and then the great big Pacific to where he was going and then I showed Evan. I think Michael finally understood just how far away he’ll be and that we couldn’t drive there. As for Evan, he just asked when we were going to go pick up his daddy at the airport.
I couldn’t tell him when, so I just told him not today. He then asked if he was at our apartment and I told him no. I think he may be getting it that his Daddy is actually far, far, away.
The world seems really big right now.
It could be worse. We’ll get to talk and email and skype, a lot of military families don’t have that luxury right now. I’ll take it!
Read MoreBackyard Bench – Project 365 Day 31
I snapped this photograph while reading this afternoon out on our patio. Little Evan just came with his blanket in tow and sat down. It was a very serene and calm moment, which for Ev is…Well a rarity.
Where The Green Grass Grows – Project 365 Day 30
Green, green grass in January! Oh how I love to be in Miami. Where old man winter’s grasp is but a gentle caress.
I took so many fun pictures today. I chose this one because as I was out in our patio sitting on a bench enjoying the day and my pretty mustard flats I couldn’t help but get up and walk around in them. I spent quite a few moments glancing down and going up on my tip toes then down again while my boys twirled around me on one sort of wheeled contraption or another. They thought it funny that Mommy was walking silly and I happily told them that they could laugh all they wanted because laughter is good and when one has an opportunity to laugh they should seize it and Mommy absolutely adores peep-toe shoes! I’m sure they didn’t care a lick about shoes and weather or not your toes peeped out from them but I continued about my stroll in the same manner-not entirely for their benefit for a few more moments.
While I was walking, face down admiring my feet I moseyed on over to the grass and it’s gorgeous green shade startled me. Not because I didn’t know it was there-but because I suddenly became aware at how wonderful it is to be able to enjoy lush green grass in the middle of winter. Something I’ve been unable to do for quite some time and I took a moment to reflect on last winter and all the snow-and all the snow my friends in D.C. and elsewhere are having to deal with; and I was glad I could sit out and enjoy the lovely 73 degree day. These lovely winter days in South Florida are a thing to marvel at because before too long the balmy humidity will return (which I don’t mind at all) and so will the heat (which I can appreciate now.)
I’m still trying to organize the photographs I’ve taken over the last couple of weeks. I’ve got some great shots on my camera and I’m having some computer issues right no and once they are resolved I should be able to complete their organization. In the mean time, I’m going to continue with showing my pictures from today. As a matter of fact this lovely shot of my feet (I can’t believe I just wrote that-I’ve seriously got Flinstone feet.) will be a featured graphic on my blog. Where you can just click on it to be taken to my Project 365 photo feed.
Love & Pretty Shoes in Winter,
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