The Passage of Time

One reason I love photography is that it has the ability to document a unique moment in time. Landscapes and seasons document the passage of time that never will happen in exactly the same way again. But the most dramatic moments in time are the ones where childhood is captured. From newborn photos to graduation …

My first childhood memories

What is your earliest memory? How far back can you really remember events, people, places without having the prompt of a photo or story that's been told? 6202 East 96th Street, Kansas City, MO. Out of the blue, I remembered my childhood home address the other day. So, I looked it up on Zillow and …

Scrunching and Bunching

Grandmothers are just antique little girls. ~Author unknown Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies. ~Author unknown Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. ~Doug Larson I don’t intentionally spoil my grandkids. It’s just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left. ~Gene Perret When Twix asked …

Strolling Down Memory Lane

Last summer, while on the way back from a day trip to St. Louis, Entrepreneur and I detoured through Wentzville, Missouri, the town where my dad was born and my grandmother lived the majority of her adult life as a widow. Her name was Laura, and she was a short, stout German woman who was …

Five Photos, Five Stories #5

Whew, I made it!! Five days ago when Carol tagged me for Five Photos, Five Stories, I thought it would be an impossible task. I barely get one post a week anymore, much less five! But, as you can see, I did it! Here is #5! Thanks, Carol, for making me sweat. 🙂 Today we …