How I almost didn’t become a photographer

Mt. St. Helens in Oregon

My last semester in college I did "school pictures" for the most popular company that does these.  (I won't mention a name though most of you know it.)  It was an awful experience.  I would get up at 3 or 4 am in the morning, a time I was used to going to bed, to my tiny converted garage apartment.  Then I'd go out to my Plymouth Sundance which was completely full of strange large heavy … [Read more...]

Blogging with a Personal Touch

playing at great falls park in northern virginia

I am sitting here this morning, while my daughter plays with play doh ($4.87 well spent!).  I'm going through my blog from when I started it in 2008.  Earlier this morning I installed a plugin called linkedwithin.  This shows related posts on the bottom of each post.  Through this I found out my old posts have broken photo links, so began this project (which will only last this morning until … [Read more...]

New Mexico to Oklahoma

road trip santa rosa new mexico

We woke up to a beautiful day in Santa Rosa. The sun was out. It was the first time we had seen much sun in months, having just left Portland in the winter. The weather must have been close to 60. We ate a full breakfast while sitting at a table, instead of while driving, and did not leave until almost check-out time. I packed the cars without even wearing a jacket. The hotel was on top of a … [Read more...]

to Washington DC we go…

One Toddler. Three cats. Two adults. Two cars. Eight states from Oregon to Virginia. I had a little preview yesterday taking my cat Gracie Joy to her eye specialist, with Mackenzie along. Raow. Oh. Gracie says Raow. Yes, she does not like the car. I do not like the car either. Raow. Can we sing? Yes. Raow Raow Raow. The round trip drive was only an hour and a … [Read more...]

Happy Halloween

sherwood-oregon-pumpkin-farm

As I am enjoying a Sunday off, I thought I'd share a fun photo from our trip to Baggestos Farm in Sherwood, Oregon.  My toddler has certainly visited more than her share of pumpkin patches this fall.  It started during our trip east to New Jersey.  Our friends treated us to a big day at a farm in Chester, complete with a bouncy house, train, farm animals, and a hay ride to the pumpkins, of … [Read more...]