Just For Fun

Thank You

This comic really struck a chord with me today! Numerous people have said these words to me and I have never had a good response. How could I even convince such a condescending person that I experience my world around me in greater detail than they ever will. Photography is how I preserve so many amazing memories, small and big joys, and my day to day because I sure don’t have the kind of memory that recalls details at that level! Thanks xkcd!!!

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Photography

Snowflakes!

I know many of you out there are about to laugh at me but guys I was so excited to see the snow flurries this morning! I hate the cold, but snow with its tiny magical, symmetric, beautiful, fragile and impermanent flakes really excites me. I made Jeremy wait while I grabbed my camera and ran around his car in this subzero weather. These were the only ones that turned out. Next time I will wear gloves so my hands don’t shake!

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Photography

Time

I have to return the 70-200mm lens I had rented tomorrow. The weddings are over, and I won’t see it again til the next one! Jeremy bought me an awesome new camera bag for Christmas. It can hold everything, including two bodies, all five of the lenses I like to use for events, including the big white beast, the 70-200mm.

To break in the bag, we took a walk despite the cold, to McDaniel Farm Park. It;s one of the few places where you can check out some interesting birds and animals as well as enjoy the natural peace you can’t find in a typical urban park with baseball fields, loud children or numerous adults. We don’t frequent it as much anymore, with life just sweeping us down  many different paths lately, but it was still the same. Quiet, with little live treasures everywhere  to capture with my lens.

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I could barely even see these two from where i was standing.

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The day after tomorrow, it’s supposed to get down into the low single digits here in Duluth. That’s nearly unheard of! There’s also a chance of snow which for a good chunk of georgians means buying a years supply of bread and milk.

Jeremy and I are hoping to capture a few flurries, and in the event of an actual snow, walk to the park and indulge in some very rare southern snow scenes. :) WIsh us luck!

Life

Twenty Fourteen

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I have only one resolution this year, and that is to not think of my life in ‘someday’s.  I am naturally a future planner. I am always ruminating in my head about where I want to be in 3 years and how to get there. More often my mind is walking down paths in ‘someday’ and things are getting a little ignored today. Jeremy’s been instrumental in helping keep me in today and we’ve outsourced a few things in 2013 and really focused on what is important to us. The result? Fun trips to a bunch of places, a steady incline in business, and complete post-wedding debt destruction. 2014 is looking amazing. We have some big plans for this year and together we have enough focus on our todays as well as our ‘someday’s so that they all have a chance of becoming amazing realities. Looking back, 2013 was everything I wanted it to be, and more. Marriage was a great decision. Pursuing my business again after what I considered it’s death was also a wonderful decision. I am a blessed woman. I thank God for every opportunity that came my way, every person that flowered into a beautiful relationship, and all the financial blessings that helped us help others as well as get our life someplace pleasing to God, and fulfilling for us.

13 will always be my lucky number.  :) 

Photography

Rain

It’s been raining a lot recently. This winter has been a wet one! Raindrops make ordinary things beautiful. I took a moment while a client was changing two weekends ago to shoot this plain plant, decorated with little raindrops like jewels.

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Photography

Pretty Face

Not a lot of days go by where i don’t look at her pretty face and consider myself the luckier one at the shelter where I got her. :)

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Life

The Tree

We finally got our tree up tonight! I only have a couple phone photos but the tree will be properly documented soon! :-)

I have a ton of little Christmas additions all over the house to share with you!

Life

ENFP

I was reading through my personality profile and I’m always impressed at how accurate I feel the test is. If you haven’t taken the test (and have your spouse take it too), I highly recommend it. Jeremy and I have taken it and we both agree that each other’s results are stunningly accurate.

Here are the bits that are totally me.

  • They live in the world of possibilities, and can become very passionate and excited about things.
  • They love life, seeing it as a special gift, and strive to make the most out of it.
  • Project-oriented, they may go through several different careers during their lifetime.
  • An ENFP needs to feel that they are living their lives as their true Self, walking in step with what they believe is right.
  • They see meaning in everything, and are on a continuous quest to adapt their lives and values to achieve inner peace.
  • They’re constantly aware and somewhat fearful of losing touch with themselves.
  • An ENFP needs to focus on following through with their projects. This can be a problem area for some of these individuals. [uh, yeah]
  •  Others [me] may fall into the habit of dropping a project when they become excited about a new possibility, and thus they never achieve the great accomplishments which they are capable of achieving.
  • They have an exceptional ability to intuitively understand a person after a very short period of time, and use their intuition and flexibility to relate to others on their own level.
  • They place no importance on detailed, maintenance-type tasks, and will frequently remain oblivious to these types of concerns. When they do have to perform these tasks, they do not enjoy themselves.
  • ENFPs sometimes make serious errors in judgment. They have an amazing ability to intuitively perceive the truth about a person or situation, but when they apply judgment to their perception, they may jump to the wrong conclusions.
  • ENFPs like a little excitement in their lives, and are best matched with individuals who are comfortable with change and new experiences.
  • ENFPs are basically happy people. They may become unhappy when they are confined to strict schedules or mundane tasks.
  • ENFPs work best in situations where they have a lot of flexibility, and where they can work with people and ideas. Many go into business for themselves. They have the ability to be quite productive with little supervision, as long as they are excited about what they aredoing.
  • Because they are so alert and sensitive, constantly scanning their environments, ENFPs often suffer from muscle tension. They have a strong need to be independent, and resist being controlled or labelled
  • ENFPs are charming, ingenuous, risk-taking, sensitive, people-oriented individuals with capabilities ranging across a broad spectrum. They have many gifts which they will use to fulfill themselves and those near them, if they are able to remain centered and master the ability of following through.