My Daughter-in-Law is a professional photographer. She works out of her home and brings a great deal of creativity and artistry to her work. She manages to bring out the best in her subjects. The fact that many of her subjects are babies and young children, makes that ability more amazing. She also does photo studies for seniors getting ready to graduate, pregnant ladies looking to have a pictorial record of this special time in her life,and other family oriented photo ideas. She even does a ABC book for little children. As you can tell, I'm a great fan. I check into her blog frequently to see what she's been doing.
This week,I checke her blog and discovered, to my joy, that she had done a couple of sessions with her Daughter, my Granddaughter and 2 of her friends. They did some costumed shots, one of vintage clothes and one that the girls created themselves. The pictures were wonderful, catching the girls' sense of fun, their high spirits, and sense of self. You could tell how much fun they were having, including the photographer. You can take a look at http://www.lightshadowphotography.com/
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
What a Feeling
Last week, a neighboring town had an earthquake. It was in a little town called Wells, NV, which about 20 miles from the Utah border. That makes it about 80 miles from us in Tooele. Since the quake measured 6.0, we did feel it. At first, I thought the dog had bumped into my chair as I sat reading the morning paper. Then, I realised that she was still in the kitchen. I asked my Aunt if she had felt anything. She said "no". I said "Wait". Sure enough, in a few seconds the earth began to roll. that's really what it felt like.......like my chair was on rollers that were going around and around. It seemed to go on for a long time, in fact I was wondering if it was time to go stand in a doorway, but it was probably about a minute. The earthquake was 6.5 miloes deep. Maybe that was why it felt like a roll instead of a shake.
Wells is a small town, part of it quite old and still being used. Unfortunately, those older buildings didn't hold up to the quake very well. There was quite a bit of damage. They showed film from the survalance cameras inside a grocery store on TV. There were cans and packages falling all over. The last I heard, there were 42 homes too damaged for people to live in. Over 180 people needed somewhere to stay. The Red Cross was there very quickly, supplying food and water and blankets and such. Fortunately, there have seemed to be a lot of people show up to help. Since there are a whole lot of faults in my area, it made me stop and think that we might need to think about getting a little prepared when our turn comes.
Wells is a small town, part of it quite old and still being used. Unfortunately, those older buildings didn't hold up to the quake very well. There was quite a bit of damage. They showed film from the survalance cameras inside a grocery store on TV. There were cans and packages falling all over. The last I heard, there were 42 homes too damaged for people to live in. Over 180 people needed somewhere to stay. The Red Cross was there very quickly, supplying food and water and blankets and such. Fortunately, there have seemed to be a lot of people show up to help. Since there are a whole lot of faults in my area, it made me stop and think that we might need to think about getting a little prepared when our turn comes.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Long Dry Spell
I just noticed that it's been well over a month since I've posted on my blog. Even with my extra work schedule during the Holidays, I still managed to post at least once a week. I think that my reason for inactivity is loss of interest. I'm not talking about a loss of interest in my blog only, that's just a symptom of my general lack of enthusiasm to life.
I've noticed that people who have experienced 2 to 3 winter storms a week since December first, tend to get a little depressed, or at least a little resentful of Mother Nature. Some of that resentment spills over on to cheerful weather men who keep reminding us how much we need all this water to break the drought. Maybe they'd like to come out and shovel the 2 feet of snow we got a week and a half ago.
While it is true that we need water for the summer. Who knows, we might end up with an even hotter summer than last year. Hopefully not though. Still, the storm we got over the 13th and 14th was really too much of a good thing. That's when we got the 2 feet. Fortunately, I didn't have to go to work that day, as the only part of my car visible was part of the rear bumper and the driver's side mirror. Otherwise, it was just a small hill next to the garage. With the snow blower on the fritz, it was purely a job for shovels. It took my Aunt and I from around 6:30 am until 1:15 pm to finish digging out. We did have a little help from a neighbor, thank goodness.
We still have a lot of snow in the yard, but temperatures have been higher and the last storm was mainly rain on the valley floor. There were even a couple of places that had to sandbag to avoid some flooding.
It has been wonderful to see the sun more often lately. It really shows that most humans respond favorably to sunshine. I think of my Son and his family in the Northwest where they've had days and days of rain and I can sympathise with the many people up there who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. I think I've had a bit of it myself.
I've noticed that people who have experienced 2 to 3 winter storms a week since December first, tend to get a little depressed, or at least a little resentful of Mother Nature. Some of that resentment spills over on to cheerful weather men who keep reminding us how much we need all this water to break the drought. Maybe they'd like to come out and shovel the 2 feet of snow we got a week and a half ago.
While it is true that we need water for the summer. Who knows, we might end up with an even hotter summer than last year. Hopefully not though. Still, the storm we got over the 13th and 14th was really too much of a good thing. That's when we got the 2 feet. Fortunately, I didn't have to go to work that day, as the only part of my car visible was part of the rear bumper and the driver's side mirror. Otherwise, it was just a small hill next to the garage. With the snow blower on the fritz, it was purely a job for shovels. It took my Aunt and I from around 6:30 am until 1:15 pm to finish digging out. We did have a little help from a neighbor, thank goodness.
We still have a lot of snow in the yard, but temperatures have been higher and the last storm was mainly rain on the valley floor. There were even a couple of places that had to sandbag to avoid some flooding.
It has been wonderful to see the sun more often lately. It really shows that most humans respond favorably to sunshine. I think of my Son and his family in the Northwest where they've had days and days of rain and I can sympathise with the many people up there who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. I think I've had a bit of it myself.
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