capturing moments in time.

from my recent shoots.

"you don't take a photograph.  you ask, quietly, to borrow it.

the sun, the rain, the moon, the light.

it has already been pointed out that I am a "lyrics nerd".  this i cannot deny.  so, while listening to the phenomenal angus and julia stone yesterday i had to start learning the lyrics to their amazing work.  this one melted me.

If you wake to find you're all alone
Call me up on the telephone, and I'll say
"Come on 'round, kick up your feet"
I'll check to see if your heart still beats, you can stay
I heard her laugh but she sounded blue
I said "you know my heart's for you, it likes awake
Dreaming of its promised land
A gentle touch from your gentle hand" I would say.

So hush, little darling, don't you cry
Hush, little darling, gonna make you mine 

I know our love did rust away
But through that window came a better day
So don't close the blinds
Cause you're my light, you're my emptiness
The pretty colors on that summer dress, babe
You're all the things that fall from the sky
The sun, the rain, the moon, the light, babe
So come on down to this earthly being
And I'll hold you close when you're in need, babe

So hush, little darling, don't you cry
Hush, little darling, gonna make you mine
Hush, little darling, don't you cry
Hush, little darling, gonna make you mine 

beautiful.

{since i lifted these off the interwebs i can't guarantee they are correct}

i said i love.

i think i just realized it is september.  this means fall is so VERY close.  just a couple of weeks away.  i feel giddy.  happy.  see you soon my old friend.

this song.  this song will forever be a part of my heart.



"true love begins when nothing is looked for in return"

i'm in his favorite sundress.

so dark.  so dreamy.  so soulful.  so lovely.

and all the times i had the chance to.

"now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."

what i see in your eyes.

i do love. so lovely. so beautiful.



"oh all the times i've tasted love."

all things possible.

my nephew, dylan.  he answers to dylan, dyl, dilly, and pickle.  yep, pickle.  poor kid.  he is obsessed with all things superhero so we wore matching superman tees and played with mini-spidermen.  we have a mutual love of spongebob and strawberries.  we are buddies.

and i love him so.

"sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

good winter {part two}.

everything that happens is from now on.

this is pouring rain,

this is paralyzed. 

someway, baby, it's part of me, apart from me.

open ears and open eyes.

i told you to be patient.

i told you to be fine.

i told you to be balanced.

i told you to be kind.

nothing's more.

it fucks with your honor

and it teases your head.

love can hardly leave the room with your heart.

what might have been lost-

don't bother me.

i toured the light; so many foreign roads...

we smoked a screen to make it what it was to be,

now to know it in my memory.

enjoy your own private concert here.

to know what it means to love.

newborn photography is not my thing.  i think i might enjoy photographing a delivery but newborn shots are difficult.  so, when offered the job i decided if they were okay with being "practice" work and given a discount rate, i would do the job. 

dearphotograph.com. love. so. much.  check it out if you haven't yet.  i am going to do this very soon.  maybe this weekend.  

changing it up.  the finches.  forgot how much i love them.  again, thank you, pandora!

"my heart stretched so tight i thought i might die."

lives that learned to give when it seemed there was nothing.

surprise trip.  any guesses where this is?  hint: it's my "home".  my favorite place. {if you really know me, you know the answer without the photos}

okay, this one will give it away.  

{view from the coach's office}

oh yeah, met coach gundy and brandon weeden.  no biggie.  both were so kind and humble.

but the best part of the evening was sitting on the 50 yard line.  in the rain.  surrounded by an empty stadium.  i've done this before.  minus the rain.

"in the doorway holding every letter that i wrote."

a fortunate accident.

"maybe we're lying here because you don't wanna be standing somewhere else."

to make it what it was to be.

did you learn that at vegan academy?
sorry, watching scott pilgrim while editing.  love this movie.

so, i had the most unsuccessful shoot saturday morning.  we did an 8 am shoot but the parents forgot to take into consideration that their child is NOT into mornings.  he cried/fussed 90% of the shoot, the little guy was just tired.  i felt SO defeated driving home.  like a complete failure as a photographer.  thankfully once i finally let myself look through the photos we did get a couple of good ones.    i am working on the rest tonight.

after the shoot it was back-to-school shopping for my absolute most favorite little boy on this earth, dillybear.  it kills me that he is starting kindergarten next month.  i nerded out in the back-to-school section of the store.  school shopping has ALWAYS been an exciting time for me.  don't judge.

harry potter.  excited.  sad.  giddy.

alrighty, back to work.

"your kindness knows no bounds.  your smile warms me.  your love is palpable.  your tears break my heart.  your laughter is contagious.  your beauty is beyond skin deep."

toms and toms.

the kitchen looks like a farmer's market.  i love it.  already planning how to expand the beds next year.  now that i finally have enough tomatoes there will be homemade salsa and marinara sauce this weekend.  and jalapeno poppers.

my new favorite toms.  love.  {i borrowed this image because i liked it so much}

"and all about the photographs that line your drawers"

i could see for miles, miles, miles...

i am slowing falling in love with the new bon iver and i truly love holocene...



i have been smitten since the first time i heard flume two christmases ago.

"it is a glorious privilege to live, to know, to act, to listen, to behold, to love."

men come in different shades, that's how we're made.

homegrown okra!  beyond excited.

since i am starting to plan the denver/boh trip...

"playin' some mmo's"