April Photo Challenge: Enjoy Life

Wow. April is gone and it's already May 3rd! April was a busy month with much of my time spent with needy college senior students with their capstone project. I didn't get a lot of photos partly because of my schedule and partly because of the stinking' weather here in middle Missouri. If it was …

Awww Monday-newborn style

I haven't taken part in Sandee's Awww Monday for a while. But, today I have some pics I hope will make Awwwww simply fall out of your mouth. It happened when a friend of mine, who fosters children before adoption, was asked to take a newborn from the hospital after the birth mom indicated she …

Hello Winter

Brian over at Brian's Home hosts Thankful Thursday every week. Coming off the "thankful month" of November, I'm trying to look past all the things about life right now causing me to feel down during this holiday season. So, this photo was an exercise in gratitude for winter. Those of you who know me know …

Seeds of patience

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Seeds. Those things that hold more inside them than can be comprehended. Seeds of all kinds are fascinating to me. An entire plant's DNA is contained in the tiniest of cases. What the plant will grow to be is already present. With the …

A Spring Stroll

We made it! The northern hemisphere survived winter and the reward is a spring more beautiful than I can recently remember. As I walk around my yard and as Cabo and I walk the neighborhood, signs of new life are everywhere. I love photography, that goes without saying. But I also love words. To combine …