Day 28
September 30, 2007

We spent the day at home, and now that it's finally cooling down...spent most of it in the yard!
After mowing...I walked around the yard with camera in hand!!

This area is our Butterfly Zone...at least that's my excuse for not mowing it. We let it grow up for a long time, but mowed it a couple of weeks ago because it was way out of hand...now I'm letting it grow up a bit again. Why? Well, because there are literally hundreds of Gulf Fritillary caterpillars there...they are growing and feeding on the naturally occuring passion vine!


And imagine my surprise, and utter delight, when hubby found these Monarch Caterpillars in the butterfly garden!!! I planted tropical milkweed in the hopes that they would attract monarchs! If you plant it..they will come!!!


A Monarch Chrysalis....I can see why ancient Roman ladies wore them as jewlery!!


And a couple of backyard friends...this snail was climbing the wall after the rain...


And our Golden Orb Spider...one of two in the yard. This is the larger of the two. She's longer than my index finger, and including her legs, is as wide as my palm!! But she does a GREAT job of eating various flying annoyances!! LOL

Day 27
September 29, 2007
I got to do the coolest thing today...my good friend Brenda and I went out to play "Trash the Dress".
If you don't know about Trash the Dress, it's a new, poplar phenomenom around the country, and the world... as my new favorite website, http://www.trashthedress.wordpress.com/ says
"Go ahead, you know you want to. Trash it. Get it dirty. Get it wet. Roll around in the mud. Drench it in the ocean. Totally trash it.
Why? … Why not? You’ve made a commitment to your husband. He’s your one and only true love, right? Then you’ll never need the dress again. And no, your daughter won’t wear it in 20-30 years. So you have two choices:
1) Suffocate it in plastic and throw it in a closet
2) Show your husband how committed you are by trashing the dress, and get some great fun pictures while you do it!"

I couldn't have said it better myself!

So...here's Brenda!!!

Day 26
September 28, 2007

Day 25
September 27, 2007

Soccer!!!!
First soccer practice...and boy did he love it!!!

Day 24
September 26, 2007


Wow.....this is my friend's grandson. He is almost three, and isn't really talking....I don't remember the exact diagnosis...but he's also extremely shy....well...... let's just say, that today he signed, and tried to say "blue hair" and "blue popsicle" to me.
You go boy! There's NO stopping you now!!!


Sadie...my love...photographing her since before she was born......check out those dimples!!!

Day 23
September 25, 2007



I got to have a lot of fun with Jaydon and Caden this evening! Have you seen two cuter one year olds??

Day 22
September 24, 2007

A group of photographer friends and I were talking, and comparing, our workspaces.... so, here is mine...


We actually have a really nice office..nice desk and chair, cabinets, printer stand, shelves, filing cabinet, the works! But I was spending so much time working in the back of the house, and not seeing my family for hours at a time...I now work in the family room. At least I can spend time with my kid!!

Day 21
September 23, 2007

Alex's Halloween Portrait :-)