Even in your imperfection…

You still dazzle me. Cosmos appear so delicate, but they are very tough, very much like a woman. So cover me in cosmos, mostly white, sprinkle Queen Anne’s lace blossoms on me, just enough to make me sneeze them back up in the air, so I can watch them fall like snow flakes.

Veteran’s Memorial

Names of the fallen carved into cold granite. The names will remain, even time will have a hard time washing the names away. The contrast between the cold grey stone & the sunlit colors of fall is a peaceful one. One represents an absolute end, the other is signaling the end of a season, “and…

how my shoot began

then, as always, it turned into fun and tears (everyone) and begging (mom), bribing (mom). “Mommy will buy you a Mercedes-Benz if you just smile at the camera!” Kids are crazy, smiling one minute, turning into the hulk the next. I have three children much older then these, but I remember what it was like…

Bistro Two-Eighteen

Uncle Tom Saab. I didn’t know that when I married into this family, that one of my new brother’s Michael Saab blew fire or that one of my new Uncles would cook so unbelievably, yummy food. Actually, the whole family rocks in their own way & I love them all.

Big fish

Lots of them. Anyone know what kind?

green ponds

This pond is filled with charcoal gray fish that are about two feet long, 10 million algae cover turtles, cute ducks & one scary snake. Isn’t it pretty?