A Blustery Day

The weather man has warned us that we may incur some damaging winds this afternoon, which doesn't seem too out-of-the-ordinary lately. It also seems to be par for the course in June. (Get it?) Last Tuesday we had a huge storm while I was working at the gym (which I missed, because the gym is in the building's basement).

So you can imagine my surprise when I returned home to see this. That's our 12x10 (or so) gazebo in the pool. See those chairs? They normally sit in front of a bar. You can see the glass top of said bar on the concrete in front of the chairs.

I'll give you one guess as to where the bar itself was.





Of course, this was also the day my peony's started to open, lol.



Please pardon the awful state of our yard, I had no intention of showing it to the world until we had it cleaned up!

Faux Hawk

"Mommy, I want a Mohawk." That's what The Youngest said a few weeks ago. As a parent I've been down this road before. Most likely 7 years ago when The Oldest was 5.

Back then I was concerned about the social ramifications of a 5 year-old with a Mohawk. Would people stereotype him? Would the other kindergarten children include him when they played "duck, duck, goose?" What would his Grandparent's say?

I don't bother worrying about that stuff now that we have a second child, which is why Hot Husband & I took him to get his hair cut on Saturday. I thought it was rather ironic when the stylist said she didn't "do" Mohawks....she does "Faux Hawks."

He's none the wiser.

Horsin' Around

It's been weeks since I last wandered aimlessly around town with my camera. Since we closed on the house we've been doing home improvement projects that were on hold, and I just haven't had time to get out. It really is a stress reliever for me, so I'm making it my mission to take some time in the next few days to get out and shoot!

This was taken the last time I was out. I was hoping to take pictures of the fall foliage, but at the time most of the leaves still hadn't turned color yet. I happened to see this horse while driving on a road that wound through miles of state forest, so I stopped, introduced myself and told her I could make her famous if she let me shoot her. (The Husband can attest to that). I explained my philosophy of "lifestyle portraiture", where the subjects are relaxed, not posed, and act as if the camera isn't there while I shoot away.

As you can see, she totally understood what I was going for.

This Is Hilarious!

Okay, this has nothing at all to do with photography, and I have no picture to go with it, but it is just so funny I couldn't resist sharing it with you! For those of you without kids, this is what it's truely like to go shopping with them. It doesn't matter if you have 2 or 6...trust me.

All I can say is thank God for Price Chopper's play area!

Click here for a glimpse into the life of a Mother.

Quality Time

Here are some images from our hiking trip with the kids on Sunday. I hope you enjoy the new, bigger pictures!