a challenge - it begins with colour

I came across a blog with weekly color-photo challenges. This week, the challenge was to capture "wild card" or as much color as possible. It was tough since every day seems to be grey or dark grey but I decided to try it.

When I think of color at this time of year, I do always think about farmers' markets. I love going every week at the beginning of the season and watching how new colors are introduced each week. About a month ago, it was all mostly green and pink. This past week, blue came to the scene. I love going to new farmers' markets. Some fav's - Berkeley, Ithaca, Union Square...I enjoy mine too, it is just down the street. And next week, when we stay in Mystic, we will check that one out.

this is less of a creative shot and more of a documenting shot. in posting this, i realized that a lot of the time, i use photography to document. i know photos are about capturing but my eye is doing something specific, for documenting...i have done a lot of documenting, in mexico, in south america, and at different moments of random days. i wonder which is better...

life's treasures

I follow a few blogs here and there and I like when people come up with monthly or daily or weekly 'projects' for their blogs.
I have been doing a lot of thinking and being mindful of my life's treasures these days. In a book I keep going back to, Here for Now, the author has a great chapter on treasures. She talked about how our treasures are usually right here, right near us, or within us, even when we try to look far away for them. She asked the reader to think of your treasures. Listing them or thinking about them helps to remind us that treasures are present within us always, no matter where we are or what we are doing.

So as a blog project, I think once a month, I will post a 'life's treasures' entry. We'll see how it goes.

minutes before the ceremony - the photo is a little dark but i do love that face. it might be hard to see, but i see the love in his eyes. he has the best eyes.





my niece and nephew watching a frog eat grass, they have no idea how cute they are!

May, foggy days and sun with flowers

A visit to the Montclair Iris Garden
It is still in bloom if anyone wants to go! SO many kinds.










A foggy day in Ocean grove. I do love it when it is foggy and quiet at the ocean. Just before the mad summer rush...my favorite time for the beach, I think...

life Really is dynamic...to hair

wedding link

our wedding blog is here.  it isn't quite finished but it is close. i still have lots of fun pictures of the lunch party to add.  check it out soon. 

lodi in march

kevin, holly, mike and i had a little 3-day weekend in lodi, NY. we got to do some touring of the wineries, which included going behind the scenes and tasting wine straight from the barrels! we visited some waterfalls along the way. we made a fire each night and sat on huge couches for hours. a well-needed vacation.

holidays 2008

we stayed put at home for the holidays. libby and lydia came up for christmas eve breakfast. we went to brooklyn for christmas eve, and ate a ton of yummies with kevin and holly. crashed christmas day at donna's. new year's dinner in montclair. visit with amy and todd and kevin and holly too. pizza party with team harvey/felton. declan and lily chatted together while the adults played.