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 I have never taken good landscape photographs. I don’t know why I cannot get what my eyes see to translate well through the lens. Sometime soon I’m going to have to find a book or website that teaches how to do that better, although I’m guessing one of the first steps will be: Don’t shoot […]

 Music has been a big part of my life as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories are sitting by my mom in church trying to sing alto with her, and at home the radio always turned on to the country music AM station in town. I started piano lessons on January 29, 1979. […]

 It was a gorgeous day for January: 45 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. We took advantage of the fact we live in a city that has the most parks per capita and walked to the one two blocks away. There are two separate play areas in this 50 or so acre park, and of course […]

  E3 is almost always playing with dolls. From the time she gets up, she has at least one with her at all times, usually two or three. One of her favorites is one we got for E1 on her first birthday, which E1 named Paprika a couple of years after. Another favorite is Jacklyn, a […]

 I realized I didn’t have a picture of this pair of knit longies I made for E4, and since she seemed to be in a pretty good mood, I thought I should try. I wasn’t impressed with the pattern I used for these- there’s no difference between the front and the back, so in order to fit across […]

 When it comes to baby things, I love all things Classic Pooh. To me it represents sweetness and innocence and fun. It’s somewhat ironic, because as a child I can remember not liking Winnie the Pooh books all that much. All of the kids as babies have received something in the Classic Pooh theme, either as a gift from someone […]

 It’s the end of another week, and I have to say I’m glad it’s over. Everyone is finally asleep, I’ve got laundry washing, and I’m sitting down at the computer with my cup of decaf coffee to plan my weekly grocery shopping at The Grocery Game. This is one of my favorite times of the […]

 K is a very involved, hands-on dad, and the kids just adore him. I thought it was a pretty good sign when, after E1 was born, he changed almost every single diaper while we were in the hospital. I was thrilled when E4 was born in the water that he was the one who caught […]

Today was my attempt at product photography without a light box. I wanted to get the “floating” effect, so I tried to bounce as much light around as possible. It turned out okay, but still too many shadows. I could have fixed them in post-processing, but that wasn’t what I was trying for, so I didn’t. […]

I decided to honor E1’s request that the picture I took of the snowman should be my photo of the day. They had so much fun making it! I guess since much in our family revolves around babies, E2 decided that Snowy needed a baby sister too. Her name is Snowetta. K1 said that there are many, many snowpeople in front yards […]