tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72814752011-09-30T09:12:31.630-07:00...photography and music and life and on and on and on...LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-10642847407659896602010-04-19T11:20:00.000-07:002010-04-19T11:21:55.163-07:00

...IS UP!

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today is the fourth day ofthe fourth month of this year.today is also the four year anniversary of this blog.and today is the day this blog says goodnight.it is hard for me to fully express my gratitude but I will try…thank you for leaving your words, each droplet of love and encouragement along the way.thank you for bearing witness to my journey.thank you so much for each of you.spurred on by

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-47303145638911626532010-03-16T17:32:00.001-07:002010-03-16T17:32:41.227-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } If you are not yet aware of this lovely creature please allow me to introduce you to Lisa of doorways traveler. She is a delight, a woman of purpose, a woman to admire for her generosity, her honesty, her burning desire to

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LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-50433065328744270452010-03-05T12:45:00.001-08:002010-03-05T12:46:50.593-08:00

I was JUST thinking about you :)

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-3712804514469701512010-03-01T18:01:00.001-08:002010-03-01T18:05:34.422-08:00

"for a long time, she flew only when she thought no one else was watching"- brian andreas

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-86387826773431528362010-02-26T17:55:00.001-08:002010-02-26T17:57:38.871-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } for Kristin's birthday:and then sent them off in yesterday's mail :)

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...and because the benches were so very very shiny..........................................and because the grass was so very very green...................and, well, just because.

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after.from a recent shoot for Edible Magazine - Marin/Wine Country :)

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-7486406856060962702010-01-25T16:41:00.001-08:002010-01-26T10:09:15.732-08:00

It has been nine years since I discovered The Sun magazine while sitting newborn vigil with my dear friend Rebecca in her living room. It sat innocuously on the side table...I picked it up, soon after subscribed and have not stopped going back to it since. Decidedly left but even more decidedly human...more a friend than a magazine. There are a few b&w photos, no ads, and then just writing.

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oh my, yes!bring it.

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-85192389866549151042010-01-18T08:56:00.000-08:002010-01-18T12:21:17.276-08:00

...this song is Patty Griffin's tribute to the great Martin Luther King as inspired by his very last speech.Chills and tears and so much gratitude are spilling over into my day :)And the speech itself...

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-80161755581821152582010-01-16T17:25:00.001-08:002010-01-17T15:38:31.762-08:00

Riley and I decided to go to SFMOMA and check out their 75th anniversary exhibition today. This is officially my very favorite photo that I have ever taken of the two of us. Ever.

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We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled.The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and letthe beautiful stuff out. - R. Bradbury

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Yesterday I was gifted with the opportunity to spend seven hours and capture over 1200 images within the heart of a developmentally disabled community of remarkable human beings. It was not only one of the most positive days I will be lucky enough to have in my career but in the entirety of my life.Of that, I am certain.

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and will never take where I live for granted. Ever.

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1. hey, 2009? you can kiss my ass.2. hi there, 2010 ;) you wanna make out?

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It is an odd sort of limbo, this week between holidays. I leave the tree up, turn it on each morning and let it illuminate the house. The vintage outdoor lights twinkle across the porch until it is dark yet again and time to climb back in bed. The anticipation of shiny wrapped boxes and the rituals so filled with loving promise have passed. There is much work to be done, many corners to clean,

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-56369431991084542012009-12-24T12:33:00.001-08:002009-12-24T12:51:55.233-08:00

and thank you all for stopping by over the past year! Much love, warmth and joy to you all!Love,Leslie, Riley & Iggy(and Rocket too :)

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like a weed I tell ya'

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-2831794908180953992009-12-21T12:24:00.001-08:002009-12-21T12:25:31.000-08:00

...and they are all but grown.how in the world are we about to celebrate his 16th Christmas?how in the world are we 2 1/2 years from him leaving home?how in the world............how in the world, indeed.and maybe I am feeling particularly melancholy and sappy today but can you see how the bushes behind him are vaguely heart-shaped and love-is-everywhere-ish? ...sigh.

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-21700564420780199072009-12-18T18:09:00.001-08:002009-12-18T18:11:22.414-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;  on the corner of our street.I just want to publicly thank my friend Andrea Jenkins/HulaSeventy for her kind words about our home on Poppytalk this week. Reading her words and seeing her images of the house sprinkled with

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-52998157121996563542009-12-14T11:19:00.001-08:002009-12-14T11:38:20.834-08:00

Bench Monday! :) And a very merry one to you all......and OH MY!!! Looks like Zazzle is offering a big sale on calendars right now! If you haven't snapped my calendar up yet, you can right here, enter the code YOURCALENDAR during check out and save a bundle (up to $9 - wow indeed)!!! Hurryhurry because present day quickly approacheth!!!

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The delightful andrea came to stay for a few days. we walked. and talked. and walked again. and slept a little. and then walked some more....here is San Francisco's Chinatown through my lens alongside a dear friend...won't you join us? although, imho, this slideshow is better bigger :)(and don't forget to visit (or join!!) the wonderful walk with me group to take all sorts of walks with

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-35690222759909661082009-12-08T16:18:00.001-08:002009-12-08T17:21:12.357-08:00

There are stories to tell about last weekend...stories of funky hidden dinners...and vintage photobooths...and shopping finds...and talking late into the night...and walks (really good ones with cameras in hand, of course)...and even a gaggle of fabulous new acquaintances thrown in but the best part is that I got to spend two days with one of my favorite people. And that would have been grand

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-36970739254582039702009-12-07T10:22:00.001-08:002009-12-07T10:23:03.718-08:00

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-48577007181190567382009-11-30T07:36:00.001-08:002009-11-30T17:52:33.375-08:00

for the walk with me group. This walk is inspired by Kristin's sunrise walk but rather than the gorgeous beach in Maine, mine takes place in the vineyard surrounding my parents home in the Napa Valley on Thanksgiving morning...still pajama-ed and makeup-less...just how I like it :) Alternatively, you can view it great big by clicking here :)

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from me to you.I am filled to the tippy top with gratefulness and love and thank you each and every one for being in my life no matter how tiny or grand.I am also still and always thankful for these 100 things with no time this year to post 100 more...I wish you and yours a long delicious love-filled holiday weekend :)

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-15451875229025137232009-11-22T16:41:00.001-08:002009-11-24T09:26:03.790-08:00

Mason, this pure talented delight of a young man, close enough to feel like my own, goes into an eight hour spinal surgery to correct his scoliosis at 6am pst tomorrow (Monday, 11/23).If you would, please keep him in your thoughts and send him juicy healing love waves?thank you, my love-filled blog friends :)**UPDATE - tuesday morning** all is as well as can be expected! the surgeons were "

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-63360663151607742012009-11-21T12:33:00.001-08:002009-11-21T12:33:18.292-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } well, at least for one of us!

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the persimmons are ready...a storm is brewing.

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You can search throughout the entire Universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire Universe deserve your love and affection.- Buddha

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LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-12865915660905808342009-11-13T08:33:00.001-08:002009-11-13T08:34:59.677-08:00

I am inspired and excited to join Kristin and Dani's new Walk With Me project and Flickr group!After a long day yesterday, I needed to get the heck out of the home office and thought my usual quicky-clear-the-head walk around my block was the perfect first contribution...I am lucky enough to live just North of San Francisco, two houses away from our neighborhood park, and in a quirky little

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-81834481419850058342009-11-11T09:54:00.001-08:002009-11-11T09:55:04.841-08:00

I was recently chosen for the Photographer Spotlight at Sacred Lotus Photography :)Thank you so very much, Nicolle!

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Hello my lovely friends! The wall calendar for 2010 is now live. These are by the same printer so are the same great quality as last year but I am excited about what is new this year - all new images, of course, but you now have a choice of three different sizes! I love the way the biggest size really makes the images pop but thought having options to suit everyone was the best way to go.

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at my new favorite place to eat.because if you are smart, you line up before they open.and grab a table in the mad rush through the door.then they serve their beer in mason jars.and they are lovely, these people who work here.with their driftwood covered walls.and their proximity to the foggy blustery san francisco beach.they close for the night when they run out of their

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-49748090015841722602009-11-03T10:18:00.001-08:002009-11-03T10:20:07.180-08:00

...still kicking!Today started off with singing from one boy, purring from another, birthday cake for breakfast:four phone calls, a visit from my best friend with food and a gift I've wanted for so long, and then my gift to myself:Watch out 42, we've got some ass-kicking to do.

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-71151168812433107672009-10-30T16:11:00.001-07:002009-10-30T16:26:28.037-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Funny, I keep taking pictures of this little love and all I get is serious face or sleeping face. I've come to the conclusion that perhaps most of his funny loving expressiveness is best experienced in person. We shall see as he

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-40215530411040127902009-10-28T08:54:00.001-07:002009-10-28T08:55:32.291-07:00

I thought that I would be one of those people who needed an empty house in which to heal for quite some time. Then I couldn't bear the quiet, the emptiness, no special little face just around the hallway corner.Turns out I'm the kind of person that needs a house with chased strings, mid-air body flinging and a soft neckwarmer who apparently never stops purring to help with the healing

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-19417253712800896972009-10-21T11:25:00.001-07:002009-10-21T11:26:50.693-07:00

one stop shopping.prepare to dine.we dare you.Phase two, the first phase being iWALK, has been shot for our client, Health Action. These are some of the images I love most from this phase of the project - a teaser really as the materials and project don't launch until next Spring. An initiative to get people to grow their own food for an ultimately healthier and happier life.Lucky me,my job

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-52520432229236674172009-10-12T14:15:00.001-07:002009-10-12T14:16:34.831-07:00

...with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud."Vernon Howard, 1918-1992American Author and

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-91717437588240919872009-10-07T10:49:00.001-07:002009-10-07T11:15:40.732-07:00

...updated. shiny. new.Keeping busy and freshening things up is good medicine :)Feedback on the new look and images is most welcome...

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-3792596483626732812009-10-02T12:03:00.001-07:002009-10-02T12:14:11.385-07:00

Rocket left us yesterday. I held him as he went, bathed him in tears and assured him that one day we would be together again. He was magic to me and I am not sure how I will get along without him. I wish I had more words, he deserves so many more words.....maybe one day. But today, I just need time and space. And some fresh air. And reminders to breathe my way through the grief........back

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for autumn color week

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-9236681771167067362009-09-30T07:35:00.001-07:002009-09-30T07:35:28.800-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } for autumn color week

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-43661976861257543942009-09-29T07:36:00.001-07:002009-10-01T07:44:38.246-07:00

for autumn color week(it looks much better here :)

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-59100049522110040482009-09-28T10:36:00.001-07:002009-10-01T07:35:10.144-07:00

my boy.my goofball.my sunshine.(and OH HEY! it's autumn color week and today happens to be yellow! serendipity is awesome.)

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-2931328159975601262009-09-25T10:59:00.001-07:002009-10-01T07:36:31.379-07:00

...with the loveliest new friend.Tara is not only one of the most delightful creatures you could ever spend four hours with, she delighted me even further by gifting me with this camera ring last night! Flickr friends for a time, we discovered just recently that we are also neighbors...and as of last night, real life friends...blessed indeed :)(and a happy weekend to you all!)

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-12042251654185713972009-09-23T09:05:00.001-07:002009-09-23T18:16:00.624-07:00

Several of you have kindly asked about the boy and how his trip to Australia went. I am so sorry to have kept you hanging after my lump-throated post about his departure! There is no way to explain the kind of busy we have been so I'll just jump in and give you some tidbits....His trip was MOST excellent. He came home with some sweet photos of his journey, kangaroo and koala-themed no less...

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-87339344524101063232009-09-14T18:43:00.001-07:002009-09-15T08:57:05.486-07:00

...and this is why:the story begins several weeks ago with an exacting client, a tough shoot. our first concepting meeting with them long and arduous, B and I decided to stop at a cute little corner spot offering wine and beer. we befriended the sweet jolly funny bartender until 'joey' arrived and everything changed. he walked in behind the bar and started giving shit to our new buddy. in

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-90454533445601555512009-09-09T13:02:00.001-07:002009-09-09T15:49:53.733-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }There are many, MANY reasons it has taken me so long to get all these Portland posts up. Not the least of which is the fact that I had thousands of photos to wade through to come up with my favorites. Having said that, there

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-837469008369689922009-08-31T14:30:00.001-07:002009-09-01T08:54:05.713-07:00

as I mentioned,Day 3started with a solo sunrise walk filled delightful surprises...and as I wound my back to pack up and say goodbye to Denise I felt a pang to leave my lovely no-longer-an-acquaintance-now-a-real-friend. I also felt excited to visit with a long time friend whom I had never shared physical space with. So I waved a melancholy goodbye to Denise and Koko, we promised to see one

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-76836218038940558862009-08-27T11:15:00.001-07:002009-08-27T11:17:33.418-07:00

...hustling to get caught up from being away and also prepping for some exciting upcoming jobs...more Portland to come but for now, day 3 started with a solo sunrise walk and this self portrait.back with more soon, my lovelies!

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There is no other way but to take a page from Andrea's book when they came down my way last Summer...break this trip out into pieces...feed them onto the electronic page bit by very big bit...this post only constitutes days 1 & 2 and it's a doozy in itself.I mentioned my need to get away as salve. I would miss PickleBoy, yes, but I think the more important reason to go on this trip was that my

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and LeThrilledand LeGratefuland LeLucky for this perfect trip andand yet LeSadto LeLeavemy LeLoveliesbut still LeReadyto get LeHomeand to LeSqueezemy little LeRocket and thenpick up LePickleBoyat LeAirport and reallyLeLove on him...now off on the LeTen-Hour-Drive towards home...LeTHANKYOU, my wonderful Portland friends!!!...and oh so many LePhotos to share over the next weeks!

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...can you tell?do the hula.

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and a song in my heart I bid my great big kid adieu last night. He left for Melbourne, Australia with his father...back to visit the place where he was born. A place he has not been since he was three months old and in my arms. Sending him off on this journey without being by his side has been odd for me. I cried a salty combination of tears of ache and tears of joy as he walked out the door.

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is in the little things and thankfully found absolutely everywhere.i wish a happy, beauty-filled, little things weekend to you all.love,leslie

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A new look,some new printsand a sale!check it out andif you would be so kind,please do spread the word :)Merci beaucoup!

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My offspring had a troubling first half to his weekend. He poured his heart out to me on Sunday morning, shook it off for the time being and ran out the door to make a movie with his friends.And there I was. Sitting alone with my mountain of Mama worries. I knew it would all be ok but it also washed over me that as these people of ours grow up, it falls to us to slowly hand their

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be filled with plenty of zing with a side of pow! woohoo! and woopeeeeeeeeee!!!(...and, if you so desire, a cocktail or two :)

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-34866953635865734482009-08-05T08:50:00.001-07:002009-08-05T08:52:18.061-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Weeds are flowers too once you get to know them. ~A.A. Milne

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at the farmers market.the lovely pickleboytook all but the firstand last of these photos...and it was a heavenly day :)

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Aren't shoes over the telephone wire some sort of gang sign? Hmmm...perhaps not the toughest gang in town but boy do they do a mean arabesque._____________have a happy weekend, cuzz.

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I do. because, he wrote this:.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } and also this:.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } but,

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nice dayfor a picnic...wouldn't you agree?

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I am a treasure hunter. A treasure keeper. A treasure honorer...yes, I made the word up, but it's true. You see, I am an estate sale kind of gal. Not the kind that pushes you out of the way, grabs things from your hands - no, not that ever. It has become more of a ritual for me to enter someones home, to sift through the treasures left behind. And to honor them, bring the few chosen pieces

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everywhere.

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- swim league championship '09- three best times- 50 points for his team- 2nd, 3rd, & 3rd place- 3rd highest 13/14 boy scorer- in the whole damn league- happy boy- proud mama- yay!

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photo by riley...that starts out with the need to accomplish a single simple task and then evolves into one-awesome-spontaneous-thing-stumbling-into-another until all of a sudden it is late? And dark outside? And then as you finally drag your happy tired butt home there's nothing left to do but wear a big fat smile on your face until you collapse into your cozy bed? Even if your answer is "yes

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One of the many things I did this lovely holiday weekend was cut PickleBoy's hair my very first time. Goodness. Just another way to catapult this boy several years closer to the man he is becoming...whatever was I thinking? Makes me all happy/melancholy/proud at once...sigh.before.And how was your weekend?

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a happy fun-filled 4th to you :)

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mama's busy shooting things 'n' doin' stuff...back soon!

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PickleBoy took me to lunch this week for my long-promised Mother's Day gift. He SO had me at fried chicken and waffles. If you have never tried this, you must. Little Skillet is a walk-up window affair in a little alleyway of San Francisco. A quick friendly order, some vintage-y sodas, we took our seat on milk crates and waited for bliss. Just spicy/crunchy/salty enough with fluffy/crispy/

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I will begin by saying that although this post might seem photo heavy this is the whole shebang. Turns out my camera rested even more than I did on this little three day vacation. Just what I needed :) And away we go...Waiting for the rental car...right under their belliesA quick stop at Trader Joe's and off to Coronado Island to find this awaiting us...the view from the sixth floor...glass

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bench mondays. this represents my third installation of four, the last of which was taken on my vacation...more on that soooon...

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After madly overbooking my time and working myself into a state of utter exhaustion I bid you a fond adieu...three days of warm sand, salty waves, sun dappled naps and perhaps a fruity cocktail or two are in my immediate future. See you on the flip side, my dears :)

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love is everywhere.

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PickleBoy has been juggling plenty as of late. Studies, finals, growing like a weed (just shy of six feet at fourteen), friends, and sports...He is a longtime competitive swimmer, he started seven years ago. But back a few months he found a new love. With the start of his freshman year came water polo. He loves it enough that he decided to pursue the new sport in the off season and is duking it

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for my weekend to look like this...with a dash of this thrown in...what delights do you have planned for yours?

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holding his budding photographer 41 years ago...and just as handsome today...happy birthday, dad, i love you so :)

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flowers speak. - bruce w. currie

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A year? Really? A whole year since I threw my hat in photobooth friday pool? Ridiculous. It was clearly past time so I went straight to the hat rack at Wasteland and picked out my favorite four, plunked my butt down and came out with this.Yessirree. And this one? Would you have left without this hat? Nope, me neither.Happy PBF, people. I'm apparently off to the Arctic.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } ...please let me explain. It all started with a phone call about Pearl. A delightfully thick German accent inquiring after her. Fabrizio grew up in the Bavarian countryside. His grandfather had owned a nearly identical

LeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281475.post-27833208789176611842009-05-22T12:04:00.001-07:002009-05-22T17:33:25.055-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } B.elinda, B.eautiful, B.rave, B.right, B.adass, B.eloved, B.rilliant, B.est friend, andB.ook maker!I am so very proud to blog about this beautiful labor of love. This book one woman's journey told in Quilts written and

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I made the cut!This photo was chosen as a finalist for the May photo contest over at Greeblemonkey... I drooled over the lenses I could have rented with that $250 prize from ProPhotoRental but, alas, it was not meant to be. I take being nominated amongst such talent as the highest of compliments and heartily congratulate the winner, Sarah Long :)

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bench mondays.it has now been another four weeks.yay!

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on the inside.

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These promo/postcards are the fruits of a tremendous labor for Belinda and I. Three months, ten photo shoots, a series of eight final images by yours truly. All concepted, expertly designed and executed by the lovely B. Along with the cards, there are eight posters and a website explaining the iWALK program far better than I can.I lost track of the hours we put in long ago but I will tell you

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and felt like this:and tasted like this:and although I barely had a moment to sit down, I enjoyed every minute of it. hope yours was all kinds of lovely as well.(oh, and that coconut cake? total success.)

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our weekend will be filled with hot sunny daysvery important swim finals (go, riley go!)john hughes movies (can you believe he's never seen sixteen candles?!) and homemade coconut cake at gramma's house.may yours be just as rad.dude.

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love l.

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...who will you be someday?You do not know.No hard, fast rules.No lofty goals.You are beautiful right now.And will be a whole new kind of beautiful later.One that will spread intricately patterned wings and take flight.Flight with purpose and delight.Just like me.And everyone.No matter.

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...to let go of Pearl. She has so many great stories and has been a dear to me. I can longer justify being a two-car owner and I do believe she and I really have come full circle now.The short and sweet details are these:$4300.001966 230S Mercedes Sedan4 speed manual column shiftlocated in the San Francisco Bay AreaReally great Sunday driver with a few signs of age...The story of how she

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Nothing comes to birthAs without lightNothing flowers." - May SartonI have spent much of my recent time pondering things as such.Also, how differently, essentially and from how many different perceptions any one thing might be interpreted. My grass series, all taken on one day, from the same spot, with the same camera and lens...maybe the only thing that changed was the light but they have

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there was much debate when the kids and I stumbled upon this while on our photo journey last weekend. what in the heck did it come from? a parade float was a big option but out near an abandoned grain mill in the countryside? perhaps from a memorial wreath? it had decaying foam on the back...nonetheless, one thing was decided for sure... that love is everywhere :)happy weekend, my dears,

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