Posted by Jessica | Posted in Photography, The Home Front | Posted on 17-03-2009
Green Week is Complete
This past week I allowed myself to slow down and notice the color green, as a symbol of new life.
{The change in weather, a 65 degree increase from Day 1 of Green Week, is an incredible bonus.}
I was able to absorb the turning of the seasons using photography. Ironically, most of my Green Week photographs were taken indoors, featuring everyday items that had been with me all winter long.
For my last “day” I was going to do a morning:: noon :: night style presentation with the green I found but…
Instead, you get a morning :: morning :: morning
Thank you for watching along with me as I embraced some hope and change that were anything but political…even if it was green.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Posted by Jessica | Posted in Photography, The Handmade | Posted on 16-03-2009
Shutterbug in Training
What a treat to have Ryan, my 4 year old son, as a guest photographer for day 6 of Green Week. Here he is in action…
Posted by Jessica | Posted in Photography, The Home Front | Posted on 15-03-2009
The Puddles Have Arrived
Spring has sprung. Puddles, ice and mud galore!
Molly loved stomping around in her new rain boots this weekend.
We went splashing around the block as a family and then with some friends (without my camera in tow). I was a bit freed by not carrying the heaviness of my Nikon D100 (old school, I know) around my neck.
By living in the moment I felt a lightness that echoed the feeling of Spring awakening all around me. Okay, to prove I’m not too deep here, I did make Neat Pete captured a few shots with his iPhone camera. 
Ryan told me, “Today would be a nice-warm-sunny-spring day to eat outside!” However, I think we’ll skip the dining el fresco because as nice as the sun feels on our faces the ice on the patio chairs would not be so warm on our bottoms. Brrr!
Posted by Jessica | Posted in Photography, The Home Front | Posted on 13-03-2009
Snail Mail
I captured the lost art of letter writing today. Well, I wrote a letter anyhow. Pen to paper. No words or pseudo-words were scrawled out with the exclusive use of my thumbs.
It felt so good to start a greeting with these words, “To My Dearest Uncle…”
My Uncle Wayne, (near the end of his life and his days battling cancer), lives out-of-state in a care facility. The kids and I send a big envelope of well-wishes that included art projects, cards, Scriptures and a family photo.
I hope our snail mail helps give him comfort as he hopes for a pain free Spring.
