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Pictures with Mags

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Last week I asked Maggie if she wanted to let me take some pictures of her so I could practice before taking some maternity shots for a friend. She surprised me by answering with an enthusiastic ‘yes!’ and so we headed out for an hour or so to play around. The previous week she’d attended drama camp with Cora and Chach and was more than pleased to act out some emotions and do some dramatic play. These aren’t even my favorites from what we got, but it is a demonstration of how drastic the light changed while we were out. It was also a fun way for Audrey to get some one-on-one time with my mom and dad and Maggie and I time to have a different type of play. 

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Grammy’s Garden

First, thanks for your messages and comments regarding my last post. I’m feeling excited, bright-eyed and adventurous about the future. I’m brewing some ideas and who knows where it’ll go, but it feels good to have encouragement from very important people in my life. 

We went up to A-town last week for a few days, while Barry was out of town, and when we pulled into my parent’s driveway it was about two shakes before my mom and the girls were working in the garden pulling potatoes out. These shots were all taken within the first 15 minutes of being there. Doesn’t take long to get your feet dirty at Grammy and Grampy’s house, just the way they like it. 

I grew up in a home where we always, always had a garden. I’d be given the salt shaker to take out to the garden to shake on any slugs, and sometimes I feel like I’m doing my girls a disservice not having a huge, spectacular garden to stomp around in. I have some very vague memories of honeysuckles and the wood in the house we lived in until I was 5. But then I double check my thumbs and they haven’t turned green, so I find a way to make peace with it and appreciate all the hard work and beauty that my mom’s garden provides. 

(And these pictures are only a slice of things that are growing…)

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Taking a Leap

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Pipe dreams. That’s what my Grandma Midge calls them. You know. Those ideas and thoughts that sometimes feel beyond reach or too difficult to achieve. I’ve had a pipe dream about photography, and capturing the everyday adventure, for quite a while now. I’m trying to figure out if I want my dreams to be just dreams or if I want to make them a reality. It’s hard and really easy to let fear dictate my choices and decisions.

So, here’s to not letting dreams just be dreams.

And taking a leap.

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