I always find the beach to be an inspiring place to take pictures of Ali. There’s something about the lighting…the color her eyes are down there…the air…the surroundings. Granted, she wasn’t quite in the mood for photography this weekend, and when I did get her cornered, she didn’t want to put down her fork… And […]
Oddities and Observations.
Being a blogger, I find myself unable to resist taking photos of the odd things that come into my life. And eventually they pile up and become a blog post…. Proof that I’m not the only one that gets a little too carried away in the virtual world sometimes….I received this bill in the mail […]
The Charleston Connection
We have houseguests this week! One of my favorite people, Barkley, and her son Woods are visiting with us from Charleston. Ali has been so excited about our houseguests that, while playing with them at lunch, she learned how to transform her two-eyed somewhat spastic wink… Into a very suave, grown-up, one-eyed wink.Hopefully she won’t […]
Coloring Oneself: Perfect for Narcissistic Toddlers (And their Mommies).
I finally got around to a project I’ve been wanting to try for a while – making Ali coloring pages of some favorite photos. And actually, it was quite a bit easier than I had anticipated. I have Photoshop (the cheap version), but I’m pretty sure a similar effect can be found in most photo […]
Attempts at Capturing The Moment.
We always take Ali to get her portraits made around her birthday (you know, because I don’t take enough pictures of her throughout the year). This year, my sister-in-law Lindsay and I were talking about it, and I had this Wonderfully! Bright! Idea! To combine photos!! We thought… We’ll get some of all of the […]
Threeday
Dear Ali, It’s been a wonderful year since your last birthday – I’ve loved the amazing adventures and conversations that we have had. Thankfully, we didn’t experience anything that could even be close to being called the Terrible Twos (although I know you’re making no promises about the Threes yet). In fact, you were, for […]
Recent Random Weirdness
Have you ever looked closely at food advertisements? They aren’t nearly as appetizing as they are when you DON’T look at them. For instance, I have never had coffee that would just sit gelatinously up above the cup:If you take a minute and pretend it’s cold, it actually looks pretty yummy – Starbucks pudding. Hmm…cross-branding […]
Things Found on My Husband’s iPhone.
This post was pre-approved by the husband contained wherein. Chris didn’t have the camera for his and Ali’s epic farm ride in the fancy red truck, so all of the pictures of their trip were taken with his iPhone. And, when I went to download the pics off of it, I went ahead and downloaded […]
Ugly Ducks.
Ali and I have been taking trips to the park lately to feed the geese. And, because we’re nice (and we’re afraid of what they’d do to us if we didn’t), we’ve also fed the overly pushy and extraordinarily frightening Ugly Ducks. …of whom I mentioned one day on Twitter and Facebook, and no one […]
Photographical Irony.
Be sure to go to Alabama Bloggers to enter my first contest over there (and you don’t have to be an Alabama blogger to enter!!) – There are three prizes worth $40 each – Beautiful coffee-table historical photograph books of Birmingham, Mobile, and Huntsville. You may remember that I gave some of these away a […]