Welcome Autumn (Sunday Snapshot)

If you stand still outside you can hear it...
 Winter's footsteps, the sound of falling leaves.

 

~ unknown

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came,

The Ashes, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name.

The sunshine spread a carpet,
And every thing was grand;
Miss Weather led the dancing;

Professor Wind, the band....
The sight was like a rainbow
New-fallen from the sky....

 

~ George Cooper, "October's Party"

 

 

Autumn is here in Wisconsin.
This week our yellow leaves popped,
next will be the oranges and reds.

It's my favorite season for many reasons but
as a photographer I notice the light is low in the sky, golden
and delicious in color.
This week I took Grace out to a new location and loved the light in the trees.
I can't get enough of seeing these Fall colors
and spending as much time as we can as a family
outdoors.

 

 

Little Boys and Football

 

A Mom's Observations About Flag Football

 

(Now Will is the first of my 3 children to try flag football,

so it's new too me. These are some things I noticed)

 

~ There's quite a bit of energy out on that field of little boys

and it's not necessarily going in the right direction

 

~ Pulling a flag seems to be harder than tackling

 

~ There is some little boy that cries on every play(after all they're only 7)

 

~ The favorite play is "RUN!"

 

 

 

Will might be small but he's quite fast.

And it's really been a joy to watch him play.

School Days

School started last week here in Wisconsin.

Mr. Will is now in 2nd grade and Grace is at a new school (Intermediate) for 5th grade.

Will was happy to be back and loves his teacher.

 

After two weeks, we've settled into the routine of homework and after school activities
pretty well.
And Grace has her first 'official' locker ever,
which she's decorated quite nicely.
She's done great with this transition to a different school, all new teachers
and principal.
We couldn't be more proud of her!

(Walking home after getting off the bus, the first day of school).

 

I'm way behind on blogging but hope to get caught up next week.

365 Project - February

 

 

Thought I'd squeek in one last post for the month of February.

These are some of my favorites from my daily pics (taken with either iphone or dslr).

1. Grace and friends playing Minecraft, I loved the light on her face.

2. The prompt was 'togetherness,' this is Dan, Will and Grace

watching a karate demonstration for Chinese New Year.

3. 'Flowers' - tulips with a vintage watering can.

4. 'Love' - a Valentine's day doughnut.

5. The Father - Daughter dance, that is one proud daddy with

his little girl!

6. 'Something new' - I'm ready for Spring and have been wearing these new shoes,

Winter seems to want to stay.

 

 

365 project 2013

I've made a commitment to do a 365 photo project this year.

 Have never done one before.

 I have to say I'm looking forward to it very much.

 These were some of my favorites from the past week. Each day has a theme or prompt. 

Most were taken with my dslr.

1.  fur- Zoe resting. 2. self portrait - that's me. 3. wild - I loved the color and lines of these

large letters in an antique store. 4. peaceful - a snowfield with a moody sky.

5. colorful food - apples and oranges in my kitchen. 6. real life - Grace petting Zoe.