September 20, 2017
Day 263
I have met some pretty cool people in my time living in Valley City, and Gail is one of them! She is a woman after my own heart being a nurse and an artist/potter! She was in need of some business marketing photos and we took advantage of the beautiful evening to shoot and chat. Thank you Gail! It was so good for my soul to do what I love to do!
September 19, 2017
Day 262
More Hurricanes building in the Ocean and for us:
Wind.
Heavy Rain.
Hail.
Mother Nature is really honked off.
She probably needs a hot bath, some wine and Netflix. And maybe some cream cheese based food.
I'm talking about Mother Nature... just to clarify...
September 18, 2017
Day 261
A walk by the river with my camera did wonders to calm my anxieties today. There was such serenity in the calm water and the reflections created intrigued me. I walked and found moments that inspired me, and was reminded that although I have many concerns and worries, that God was with me in that moment. He is always with me, and that makes all the difference.
September 17, 2017
Day 260
I love this family! They were some of the first neighbors we met when we moved here in '09. Their son likes my cooking better than my own kids, and their daughter is always willing to help me out in a pinch. Mom and Dad are the best kind of people! The kind that helps run kids and rescue wandering toddlers when they make their way across the road. We are so incredibly lucky to have them as friends and neighbors and I was honored to capture their family photos tonight!
September 16, 2017
Day 259
My Pastor shared these words with me a while ago, and they seem perfect for this image I caught this evening.
"The Autumn leaves can dazzle us with their magnificent colors: deep red, purple, yellow, gold, bronze, in countless variations and combinations. Then, shortly after having shown their unspeakable beauty, they fall to the ground and die. The barren trees remind us that winter is near. Likewise, the autumn of life has the potential to be very colorful: wisdom, humor, care, patience and joy may bloom splendidly just before we fall to the ground and die. As we look at the barren trees and remember our dead, let us be grateful for the beauty we saw in them and wait hopefully for a new spring."
Henri Nouwen
September 15, 2017
Day 258
Rain drips of hops
and whiskers on kittens.
Only a few weeks,
until you wear mittens.
September 14, 2017
Day 257
There is homework yet to be done, after a full day of school and a football game played, and another one watched. It has been an exhausting transition into the world of Junior High and being 13. He is tired, hungry, sore, and and battling a cold. He is a kid that needs his down-time, and I am going to have to be cognizant about ensuring he gets some, to avoid meltdowns hitting an emotional wall, like this week has brought. Teenaging is tough.