As I reach closer to living half a century, there is something very liberating about getting older. When I was young, I was hard on myself and choices seemed limited and tough. I was hard on myself to be pretty, thin, smart, successful, unique, the life of the party. And there was a sense of […]
The show is almost done for the season, but the Ohio trees have given a stunning performance to end the year. I was pretty busy the last couple months and wasn’t able to get out too much, but recently I’ve been able to sneak out a couple times to work on some ideas and inspiration […]
A couple weeks ago, during a gloriously, warm October day I ventured out to get some pictures of the last fall flowers. For Columbus, Ohio locals, Inniswood Park is always my “go-to” flower park when I’m gettin’ the feelin’ for nature shots. That day, I got some other friends within the flowers … All pictures […]
As I recap the summer I’m bringing up an old poem of mine, one that is even more appropriate today as it was when I wrote it 2 years ago. The words, “My beloved Summer full of new and strange adventures” bring all kinds of new meanings now. This last summer was the most traveled […]
A couple weeks ago I ended a “bucket list” trip with my husband, Eric. There were no kids, just us, and the open road to see mountains, red painted cliffs, sagebrush for miles and the driest heat I’ve felt in years. First we went to California for his mother’s 80’s birthday and to see the […]
About a year ago, sometime wasting time on Instagram, I started to see a trend pop up. And it seemed to be a coincidence (or maybe my phone was now able to hack my own thoughts) because I was just starting to take my film cameras off the shelves again. I was seeing all these […]
So it’s been that dreaded time of the year when things start to heat up with the kids with end of the year activities, spring cleaning and summer planning. I’m not complaining because these are all wonderful things, I just unfortunately get a little overwhelmed when I have a full calendar these days. And if […]
I just love the long and soft shadows that envelope the house on bright, sunny mornings because the shadows project interesting illustrations onto the walls in a burst of reds, oranges, yellows and blues. The soothing light breaks the routine of making school lunches and waking up bleary-eyed children because it makes me pause; makes […]
As anybody close to me knows, I’m not a morning person and most definitely on the weekends. So when I decided one cold day to get up early and get downtown before the sunrise to take pictures on a Saturday morning, I thought there might be something wrong with me. Has it turned out, leaving […]
