Wagon

I just had to buy this last summer/fall - I think this is the first picture I've really used it in!

"Umbrella"

Joely was playing with this parasol (AKA "brella") and I asked her if she wanted to go outside and I'd take her picture with it. She said YES! So we had about, literally, 10 seconds before the swarms of mosquitoes came in.

Purple Coneflowers

I just redid our small bathroom and I want a photo with a lot of green for the wall. I was just playing around with this one.

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar

Jacob Summer

I just ordered this picture and Joely's from yesterday on canvas, 23x23", to hang in the sun room.

Summer

Pop Ice

Hose

Slacking...

I have been taking a break from this blog ... not sure if I'll pick up the pace again or not. Here is Joely from the other day.

Crocheted Dress / Popsickle

Some crazy radial blur there just for fun!

Desire Street Freedom Cloth

That is the name of this backdrop...

Tire Swing

Strawberries!

These actually grew in our weed-infested strawberry patch!

Going out of town

I'll be home on Tuesday - no posts from now until then :)

Bubbles

Damselflies

Love these! There are just swarms of them in our yard!

Backyard Friends

Butterfly

Jacob

Bad Hair Day

A little caterpillar we found in the yard yesterday.

Tea for Two

Weathered Bricks Freedom Cloth

This is hung upside down with the top part, which is more red, near the floor.

Wet Feet

Chair in the Grass

She looks so cooperative above, doesn't she? LOL :) Every once in a while she makes it look that way. Below she is enjoying a Smartie that I was bribing her with :)

Cute Little Alex

Little Alex was such a sweetie :)

Sorta Grumpy

Not excited about being put down in this spot, which is too bad because it was SO pretty and such pretty light! Then some geese flew overhead, and that was a momentary distraction before she got back to the business of making it known she was not thrilled! (Notice the bow in her hand that she had already ripped out in a fit of rage, lol)

Angel

I made these angle wings. It was *not* easy to get her to wear this stuff! This is just one shot while I took my remote trigger to 'show' her how I use it, and then it was over. Yesterday's attempt was a complete flop. I will wait a while before I try this again but hope to get something better in these wings at some point! :)

Ants

White

Trying out some white paneling Mark got me on Mother's Day. It was to be a floor but I like it as a backdrop, too. This is the natural light in our entryway, which is crammed and makes funny catchlights from 2 windows, but I kind of like the light in there (North facing windows). Our neat step ladder from Dawn again :)

Time in a bottle

I don't often wear cologne, but I save these old bottles, and every once in a while, I open one and smell the scent, and I love how it takes me back to a certain time in my life. I don't have Palmer's Coconut butter, which is what I used when I was pregnant with Jacob (I should buy some!) but this Mama Bee stuff brings me back TOTALLYY to when I was pregnant with Joely.

Budding Artist

Joely loves to draw. Even more, she loves to make me draw. Her favorite requests are a 'giant' and a 'mermaid'. :)

More Dandelions

(He's probably wishing I'd put my camera down!)

Another Wet (COLD!) Spring Day

Max

Max is really enjoying the spring!

Laughter

I love that I can make her laugh this hard! :)