so, here’s what i have to say tonight…
i’ve been thinking.
how much this camera has just brought me crazy happiness.
and, it’s not just that it’s a hobby. or even professional.
it’s that documenting…capturing…freezing in time these little magic moments…
it’s a spiritual experience. like putting time in a bottle…to keep forever.
and it doesn’t stop there. the camera is a magic wand whose wielding awards me stretched creativity. i see things i didn’t see before. i notice hidden magic. i’m more alive, and i feel more passionate about life knowing that i’m capturing it to pass on…to my kids. to my friends. to myself.
i don’t know what i’d do without my camera, and i am forever thankful to my in-laws for the camera goodies they’ve so generously blessed me with.
oh, little canon, how i love you so.
i guess the moral of the story is to take more pictures. i promise, it will make you happy.
(p.s. i have a thing about self portraits in bathroom mirrors. i take my camera into the bathroom with me…always. wonder what the other people in the stalls are thinking…)
(p.p.s. isn’t this music totally apropos?)
other than having a love affair with my camera, i am….
a) still smiling from our happy girls night out friday…
(uugh…why isn’t this stupid thing spacing? sorry…it’s all gunna mush together).
…where i think my favorite quote of the night, after a heated political discussion, was from colleen who, drink in one hand, pointed with the other and closed the debate with…”all i know is…y’all not invited to my bomb shelter.”
moving on…
b) super ecstatic about the upcoming holidays and the fact that lainey’s big gift is already ordered, i’ve already knocked a couple people off the list, i’m making a lot this year which automatically makes me feel happy and frugal and supermom-ish…and i am in the works of a brilliant idea for brett that will have him a puddle of tears christmas morning.
oh…and my dad put up his christmas tree today. that rocks.
a little sidewalk art from today. slightly ironic being that our canvas was a hot florida sidewalk, but still…a girl can wish.
c) i think i’ve given up on the perfect christmas card shot for lainey because i’m finding eighteen months and “perfect shot” don’t really go together. here’s our best so far….
see what i mean?
where were we?
d) she’s teething something awful. with a mouth full of fourteen teeth, i didn’t think we’d have to deal with the whole teething thing anymore, but the last little i-tooth is fighting/piercing/knifing/torturing its way to the top, and it’s not a pretty sight. the drool. the tears. the whining. however…everything has its upside, and today…she just wanted to be held. so, we dug through the next-baby bin and found the sling. …and it was heaven.
…and here i thought she was too big. every mommy should have a sling…so much better than the bjorn. it’s the closest thing to shovin’ that baby back in the womb as you’ll ever get.
and finally…
e) some snippets from a family shoot today. i’ve had the privilege to have both of their girls as writing tutors over the years, and have gotten to know them. they are dynamic. beautiful. intelligent. …and they can climb trees better than spider monkeys.
i love that heavenly sister bond…
…and i love that they wanted to incorporate their faith into their card this year…
…ready for a new week. a new slate. new ideas. new moments to be enjoyed.
happy almost-monday.
…enjoying the lots-to-be-happy-about things. ~k
