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Category Archives: Personal

Labor Day travels :: Life

Around here, we have a fine affinity for Colorado, Denver in particular. After having lived there for a short while (too short, perhaps), we came to appreciate so many things we hadn’t taken the time to notice before. And now we’re fortunate to have four good reasons to go back :: the hubs’ brother, wife...

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Friday Favorites :: Iowa State Cyclones

This one is a little near and dear to my heart… Not just as the hubs’ and my alma mater, but having lived there for several years (and where the little man was born), Iowa State and Ames holds a special place in our hearts and minds. This past week our friends and colleagues there...

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Details, details

I love the look of a macro lens for so many reasons. Its buttery-smooth softness. Its ability to get so up close and personal with an object. Just brings a whole new dimension and life into an image. And, really, when you’re talking about a wedding or other significant event, it’s the details that bring...

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Staying Cool

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. :: Russell Baker :: (photo via here)

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Hello! Goodbye!

‘ello, Orange County. (photo by iphone) Goodbye, Orange County. My time here has been entirely too short…maybe next time we’ll get to hang out and play a little more! (but I also can’t wait to get home and hug my little man and hubs, too.)

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Breathe

A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. Henry David Thoreau

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Fight for it and Forward

I was having a moment today. A moment that set me in my place. Needing a distraction, I opened my Google Reader and came across this from Justin and Mary Marantz. Words so beautifully spoken, straight from and to the heart. • • • • • It takes courage to chase a dream. Raw, unfettered,...

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