One of my favorite things to do with the kids I work with is to build Legos.
Here is one of our creations from today:
Category Archives: photo a day
March 24, 2015
Looking back a bit to one of my favorite photos I’ve taken.
This was taken with a small Russian spy camera (film) around 1997 or so. It’s of sea divers, and has this very haunting feel to it…
March 22, 2015
Time to take my daughter back to college after her spring break…
Tony and I drove her up and stopped at my favorite restaurant in Black Mountain.
March 21, 2015
In 1993 I had a dream of buying some land and turning it into a therapeutic farm for kids.
I looked at this property and it was perfect, save for the fact that I couldn’t afford it, nor would I have been able to start such a big venture without the right support. But I loved the farm and it stayed in my heart.
Last year I drove by the farm and it was in terrible disrepair. It broke my heart to see the once beautiful property in such dire need. But alas, the story has a happy ending.
Recently the farm was purchased by former professional basketball player Rusty LaRue and his family. The LaRues are painstakingly restoring the farm to its former glory. I couldn’t be happier.
I had an idea to do a photo shoot at the farm with some of my photo league students. We were able to shoot there today on this amazingly beautiful day thanks to the gracious LaRue family.
This is what it’s all about for me. Taking time outside in the beautiful weather to photograph. It was a glorious day.
There are lots of photos to look at here…and yes, there is an old piano on the front porch! It was found on the property, among many other old treasures.
March 20, 2015
I recently found these old photos of me when I had just turned 4 years old.
It explains how deep my love of horses is. I’ve been riding since I was 3 years old. Here I am sporting the new cowgirl outfit I had gotten for my 4th birthday, right down to my new red riding boots. I still have the hat. Wish I still had the boots!
The horse I am on is Big Red. The man beside me in one of the photos is Mr. Simpson, who owned the farm. My mom tells the story of how I was sitting on Red when I was 3 years old, and he took off running. My mom panicked, but apparently I had a blast and stayed on his back as I bounced along laughing!
March 19, 2015
This weekend, my photo league will be doing a photo walk at the LaRue Farm in Lewisville.
I went by today to take a look at the place, and snapped this quick shot.
March 18, 2015
Two different photos today…
One is Thomas, a Welsh Cob who is one of the therapy horses at Riverwood where I volunteer on Wednesdays. The other photo is of the lights at the Italian restaurant where my daughter and I ate tonight.
March 17, 2015
I had my third vintage vogue photo shoot tonight, this time with the lovely Heather!
March 16, 2015
It’s getting harder and harder for me to keep up with this blog.
I’m taking photos every day, but the speed of my life has made it difficult for me to post them. I’m going to make more of an effort to keep up, but we’ll see what happens.
Four months into this project and I’m starting to rethink it. My initial purpose for doing this was to have a photo log of my 50th year. I’ve accomplished this so far, so that’s good. But my underlying goal was to improve my photography by making myself work, forcing myself to pick up my camera every day. That hasn’t been so successful. I’ve found myself just taking ordinary photos to make sure that I get something up on the site. I’m not pushing myself to take extraordinary photos. That comes when I have a job to do, or when I have a stretch of time to really focus on my photography, which isn’t very often.
So today is an ordinary photo. I’ll keep trying, though, and we’ll see how it goes as the year progresses.
March 15, 2015
We found a stray dog today on the way back home from my mom’s house.
He was standing in the middle of the road, confused and without any kind of identification. We asked the neighbors if they knew who he belonged to, and they didn’t know. So, at my daughter’s begging, we took him home. He is a sweetheart and we have enjoyed our brief time with him.
I put ads everywhere and contacted all of the local shelters. I think we’ve found his owners, so fingers crossed!
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