April 22, 2010
In honor of Earth Day, I thought I would share an idea for an easy, Earth-friendly way to perk up someone’s day. To create my super-simple centerpiece, I took a few clippings from my blooming azalea bush and popped them in what used to be an Honest Tea bottle from the recycle bin. Add a ribbon from around the house, and voila, you have a pretty little bouquet to give as a gift, or brighten up your own table.
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March 25, 2010
It’s been a busy week here, keeping up with the business and training my new pup. I’m having to type with one hand and hand the puppy with the other, just like when my little ones were infants. After taking last week off for pup-ernity leave, I got back in the studio this week with 3-year-old twins, and have a newborn session up before we head into spring break. But the lovely weather also inspired me to take the trusty macro lens out to capture the blooms I’ve got in the garden before tomorrow’s rain tramples them!
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March 16, 2010
I am loving the spring-like weather we have had the past couple of weeks, even the rain! I have the first signs of spring showing in the garden, with the crocuses in full bloom, and a few early daffodils as well. Just had to share one of my beautiful crocuses. They are so short-lived, but always a welcome sight after a long winter.
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September 22, 2009
I was playing around in the yard with my handy macro lens, and caught this mosquito snagged in the spider’s web. Now that’s why we love the spiders, even when they look as creepy as this guy! And I also managed to catch a tiny fly taking a nectar-bath on one of my daisies. Yummy!
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May 20, 2009
Yesterday I was in the backyard spreading grass seed while my daughter played happily on the swings. I came to the section of my lawn where the oak had uprooted last spring, and found it still a mulchy mess, with tiny sprouts of grass valiantly trying to survive the chemical warfare from the deteriorating wood. In contemplating what do to about this desolate patch of the yard, I came upon a tiny little pair of toadstools about the height of a quarter. Looking closer, I thought–with an imagination fueled by living with two preschool girls–that it looked like the perfect little home for a garden fairy. I brought out my trusty macro lens to catch some photos, and left them on the camera until this morning. When I opened up the images, I realized I should have trimmed a little more of the tiny grass sprouts around it, and wanted to go outside and try again. Well sure enough, the fairy must have realized I found her home and moved on, because the little house was all shriveled up, and hardly recognizable this morning.
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I have been so busy with portraits I hadn’t had a chance to play with these images I took while on vacation last month. Here are some of the pretties I found at the Jersey Shore.