My Tricks As A Newbie/Recreational Photographer Who Is Often Quite Clueless About What She’s Doing: Autumn Foliage Edition
I don’t mind calling myself a photographer, as photography is such a big part of my life. But I’ve started saying “Reacreational Photographer” lately as I feel it’s a much more accurate description of what I do. It’s for fun. I don’t know enough about it to do it professionally, but I am learning, every day. I thought I’d tell you a little about something new I’ve been doing the last several months: Shooting in RAW and JPG... Read More
Clarity and Joy. And a Healthy Dose of Exhaustion.
I have been a Mom for 15 years, but never an Aunt. Until yesterday. I think the appeal of being an Aunt has always been there because my kids are blessed to have wonderful aunts and uncles and I’ve often wished I had the opportunity to return the favor. Yesterday, MrZ’s brother and his wife gave me the honor by delivering their son around 3:30am. If you take everything catastrophic and life-endangering off the table – because thankfully nothing like that happened... Read More
How Blogging Has Helped (And Possibly Hurt) My Attempt To Become More Awesome
Photo taken by White Rabbit Studios. I am getting a little hooked on including their photos because it’s nice seeing my OWN face here on my OWN blog once in awhile. I read a discussion on Facebook awhile back about whether or not – as bloggers – we may perpetuate our own bad characteristics by writing about them all the time. That by giving them this constant focus on our blogs (Why can’t I lose weight? How can I be a better Mom? Where are my keys?)... Read More
Intertwined
Photo taken by White Rabbit Studios and included because I like it. No other reason. I have gained 2.5lbs during boot camp. And for those of you about to say, “It’s muscle! Muscle weighs more than fat!” Just stop yourself. That would work for replacing fat with muscle, might explain why I wouldn’t lose any weight – but the weight gain? Entirely me and my dreadful anxiety-driven emotional eating habits. And it’s starting to piss me off. I’m... Read More
Art/Dog Saturday on the Square
We went to an art/dog festival Saturday. What? Doesn’t that make sense to you? Well, it was a merging of a few events, fundraisers for the local animal shelter and festival for local artists. There were hundreds of people walking around with their dogs and dozens of crafters selling their wares. I’m fairly certain it had a better name than the Art/Dog festival, but I don’t think it was anywhere near as descriptive. Since it started around 10am, I told Nikki... Read More
