Have I mentioned how much I love Spring? Are you sick of me yet?
Here are a few of my favorite recent Spring related photos.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Puddles
Some days just call for jumping in puddles.
Spring is here and we just can’t be contained anymore.
“Follow the leader, follow, follow me…”
The Return of Imperfect Fridays
Imperfect Fridays need to make a comeback. They must.
I wrote this poem-ish-thing. I don’t write poems, really, so it’s a bit chaotic… like the story being told in it. It’s about many of our every day struggles, a schedule of how our days feel sometimes.
Morning
Messy hair,
Untied shoes,
I don’t remember the last time I showered.
Go fast, I say,
Hurry, I yell,
Now, we’re late.
Afternoon
Three o’clock, late again,
How was your day?
…please can it be bedtime yet?
Stand still, smile nicely,
Click,
One to blog.
Evening
Tantrum,
Almost ready,
Time to eat.
May I be excused please?
Wipe hands, wipe face,
Tantrum.
Bedtime
I am finished, emptied, exhausted,
Please not my turn,
My turn.
Diaper change,
Brush teeth,
Goodnight.
March’s Photography Goals
So, March’s photography to-do list. I wanted to share what I did for each one, to hold myself account and share a few images i don’t want to do a full blog post on.
Changing Seasons
A couple of blog posts back, I covered the changing seasons part(here). I started my month off with pictures of the snow coating our back yard and ending it with a photo of pollen on a hyacinth.
This is another favorite of mine, although it didn’t make my photo-a-day calendar.
Okay, that’s covered.
Star Photography
Gah. I covered this one, but barely. It was more of an after-thought than taking my time and learning something from it.
I do love that bottom one, though.
Spring Break Fun
I think I did okay with this one. Sort of like the star photography, I could have been more intentional, but it still got done. Although we went on a trip for Spring Break, I wouldn’t call it out most exciting or adventurous trip ever (okay, not even close). It was fun, but in the wonderful, familiar way. We did attend a lovely “It’s Spring” party, which I documented in detail. However, most of these kids are NOT mine and I don’t share photos of other people’s kids without permission.
Maybe one of these days I’ll share more about our Spring Break.
Overall assessment: I think I did okay. Just okay. It got done, but I wish I had taken a bit more time to be intentional.
My Least Photographed Kid
Reed is my least photographed kid. For lots of reasons. We don’t spend as much time together as Gus and me. And, Lena loves the camera a bit more.
Still, we can have a lot of fun together. Especially when I just let him be himself and I try to capture who that is. I am finishing the Snapshots to Art Breakout Session from Clickin’ Moms. This is forcing me to focus on more intentional editing and also consider black and white. These images seemed to naturally lend themselves to that purpose.
(that untied shoe is one of my favorites. It’s very him for Spring 2014.)
I thought it might be interesting to also show you a couple of the same photos but in color. I can’t decide which I like more.
a moose in moscow 