a lime slice [lucky so very]

i work part-time at annie's school. in a different classroom, three days a week. i didn't think i would love it as much as i do. i really love it.
but the best part of my day is when i am at the end of the line of 21 4/5 yr olds marching outside to be picked up by their moms, dads, nannies or grandparents and i pass annie's classroom. i know she is looking out the glass window as we walk by waiting to get a glimpse of me and just like today sure enough her eyes just opened so wide and that smile that melts my heart shines on through. she blows me a kiss and gives me the peace sign (i do the same back - it's our "thang") and all is right with the world once again. i have a major crush on my child. i adore her - from head to toe and everything in between. even when i trip over her crayons on the floor that i've asked her a thousand times to pick up. i adore her. her heart, her smile. i am so incredibly lucky. period.



[annie is very into her music. this shot just kills me]

[the a. team]

i adore family sessions and i adored this one. a. a. and a. - the a. team. wonderful children. lots of fun in the snow. thank you for spending your afternoon with me. i loved your smiles. i loved your laughter. i loved your spirits.

[baby sweet] jack

oh there is nothing like a baby. this was the second time i got to meet jack. the first was while he was still hanging out in his moms belly. such a sweet little man - who would not close his eyes! guess he didn't want to miss anything. i was told he fell right to sleep two minutes after i left!. of course he did!
angela and brian - your son is precious!! so many happy days to come. makes me miss my own baby who just turned 4. but every stage is wonderful. and angela - you are a beautiful new mom.

















sleepy? maybe. no.






the adorable cousin


jack is ready for me to leave now.

i [heart] this face.

this face that i heart so much is entered in the i heart faces contest this week. the contest this week is being judged by the much adored sheye rosemeyer. how wonderful. sheye is one of those photogs that just gets it. her photos, her words always leave me wanting more. happy one year to i heart faces. such a fun inspiring site indeed.

[don't let's ask for the moon... we have the stars,"]

one of those lines that you never ever forget. the one line that stays with you long after the movie is over. the line that can make you cry your heart out. just sit down and cry your heart out.
yep, that was me last night. watching "now, voyager" starring bette davis, paul henreid and claude rains. crying my heart out as the screen faded to black and the music score by max steiner plays. bil and annie sound asleep on the couch. they obviously couldn't make it through the flick.
oh what a flick it is. one of my all time favs. of course, to me, anything starring bette davis is an all time fav.
1942, fabulous clothes. seriously, the.best.clothes.ever. and the famous cigarette scenes. where paul henreid [he plays jeremiah duvaux durrance, the handsome architect from rio]lights two cigarettes and gives one to charlotte vale or lights her cigarette while he is just looking so deeply at her. charlotte the once dowdy shy girl from Boston. oh it's enough to make me want to wear a hat and gloves and take up smoking.
i love this movie for so many reasons. mostly the memories it gives me. my mom and i always snuggled up and watched a good bette davis movie. mom turned me on to every single bette davis movie ever made. we loved the film noir movies too - rebecca, laura, -if you haven't seen rebecca or laura stop everything immediately and find them. a.maz.ing.
so i guess my little session last night of crying my heart out was the fantastic movie ending mixed with the memory of my mom and how much i miss her. sometimes it hits me like a freight train. guess it will never change. there's an empty hole in my world without her. and when i watched now, voyager - where the mother was so mean and controlling and horrid to her daughter, i remember how wonderful my mother was to me, so encouraging of being able to do anything i wanted in my life always. how i want my own daughter to know that.

anyway....a moment. a crying my heart out moment. but one of the best movies.



the untold want by life and land ne'er granted, now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find." walt whitman

a lime slice - [do the think]

YOU MUST DO THE THINK YOU THINK YOU CANNOT DO. (e.roosevelt)

words to live by. as 2010 begins i have a list of goals i would like to reach. i know, i know, by making a list i have already failed. i shouldn't put such pressure on myself. one day at a time, one moment at a time. but......i just want to be true to myself and in being true i feel i will be a better, mother, wife, friend, neighbor, employee, sister, daughter and photographer.
i won't bore you with my list but instead i will show you some photos of my darling annie sporting her "annie" cape (made by the fabulous jennifer pinkerton who by the way also made annie's fabulous birthday skirt!)- her super hero cape or as she calls it "super annie"! she can do anything and in looking at her little face and her triumphant stance i know i can too!