This Moment . . .

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Many blessings for a happy weekend ~ Wendy

Wishing the Days Would Slow Down . . .

These fall days seem to pass by at double speed.  I live for this time of the year.  The beautiful foliage, the cooler days and crisp night time air and even the days getting shorter.  I'm a "nester."  I get that from my mother.

I think I spend more time outdoors now than at any other time of the year and, now that I've discovered a passion for photography, I have my camera with me wherever I go.  And, when I see a photo op like the one above, I make a mental note to find time to go back and capture it if I'm unable to when I first see it.  The photo above, for instance, is a bike/walking path in a town a few miles from my house.  When I first saw it, I had too many cars behind me to get a photo so I decided I'd try again the next time I was in the area.  The second time, there was construction and the road was closed.  Murphy's Law!!  Yesterday, the third attempt, was a charm.  It was so worth the wait to me.  This is definitely a favorite capture thus far.  I did some editing on it with BeFunky and am very pleased with how it came out.  I also just started a 7-week class on how to edit with Photoshop.

 I'm new to all of this but I've found something that I feel so passionate about and I haven't felt like this about something in a long time.  A friend of mine once told me that when women are finished "creating" babies they need another creative outlet.  I'm not good at drawing or painting.  I love to make handmade cards but don't have much time to do that with a two year old running around.  Now, when my two year old runs around, I can take photos of her!!

Many blessings for a beautiful Thursday ~ Wendy

This Moment . . .

                                                              
A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

 Many blessings for a wonderful weekend full of creativity ~ Wendy

A Last Hurrah . . .

We had a busy weekend in our neck of the woods.  First, we were going to have a garage sale but the weather didn't look very good.  Then, the weather looked better but I hadn't done any advertising for my garage sale because the weather wasn't supposed to be good and there's nothing worse than pulling all your stuff out of the garage and then having no one show up to buy it. 

So we went with "Plan B" . . .

a backyard camp out for a bunch of ten year old boys to celebrate the last few days of weather warm enough to sleep out in before the cold weather kicks in!!

Meggie cheered on her Daddy while he was putting up the tents in the backyard.  She kept saying to him, "good job, Daddy!!"  It was the sweetest thing!! 

There was a slight chance for rain so the tents were set up under a larger tent so nobody got wet in the middle of the night.  There were actually three tents that connected to each other.  A really great set up and lots of fun for the kids to go back and forth into each tent.  Kinda like a giant habitrail!!  Remember those???  LOL!!

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting for dinner.

Getting the fire ready for s'mores.  'cause what's a camp out without s'mores??  : )

Megan holding court in the bouncy castle.

 A fun time was had by all and they're already talking about camping out in the spring.  Ahhhh, the life of a ten year old boy!!!  : )



Many blessings for a happy Monday ~ Wendy