Hi there and welcome to my new BLOG! This site will highlight my recent work as well as keep you posted on announcements or specials that I am offering. I am inspired by all of you so please leave your comments ~ I will also be promoting other artists and sharing the love of art in all forms...so please click on the links I leave. Thanks~ Maggie
"We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant."
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
”Know thyself, or at least keep renewing the acquaintance”. ~Robert Brault
I lost myself somewhere between August & October. It has happened before…I tend to stay happy but lose my inner self, like I continue looking totally together on the outside but am unravelled everywhere else. I began eating poorly, exercising less, complaining more, constantly in a state of trying to balance everything. I was multitasking & got overloaded…then the holidays hit. You get the idea. This is why I have truly welcomed January & this quiet season. I am cleansing & am starting to feel better, more myself. Less is more. WOW. Such an easy concept but so hard to implement in my life for some reason. Each day can totally be a fresh start. Forget the new year resolution stuff. I love that there is always hope…my tank is slowly filling back up~ I have ideas, things I want to get done, but I have to focus. Interesting word, focus… It’s got alot of meaning for me in my work & personal life. It can be hard to focus…
Focusing on my girl the other day made me see and feel what I have been missing. A real connection to what I love. I felt calm & really happy… Taking photos of people is my absolute favorite thing to do~ but I hardly took any personal photos last year…and I didn’t do some projects I had planned on doing. I need to learn to take time for my own life. You know that saying about the shoemaker? how his kids don’t have new shoes…well….I get that. Looking at my girl through my camera lens was interesting. I haven’t done it in a long while, she’s busy & really doesn’t like doing photoshoots! she needed some pics for a particular reason so I got lucky. She is a no fuss kinda girl, “30 minutes tops, Mom”…well, thanks to the warm weather and slight breeze , I got what I wanted and what she needed in that short time… I captured my girl & found myself. :) again.
Emmy face
when she laughs she squints~
my funny girl~
I encourage you to take MORE photos of your family~…that’s what I plan on doing
I always appreciate a comment below or you sharing this post on FB or to a friend~ thanks a bunch.
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John Keats (1795 – 1821)
I love food. I can eat alot. I adore breakfast in particular, in fact my ideal breakfast would consist of belgian waffles (with pieces of bacon inside them)….my favorite Canadian maple syrup, berries on the side…or blueberry pancakes…..or my other favorite, southwestern omelet with green chiles. Always accompanied by a lovely cup of hot tea~ cream & sugar please…
I love pop tarts too although I try not to eat them anymore…the cinnamon ones are delish with my tea. Lunch & dinner are entirely different topics.
Back to breakfast. I’m a little overweight.~ just a few pounds… (ten or more….)I feel doughy, too much bread. I don’t long to be skinny, never have been. . . I do however want to feel better & fit into my pants without unbuttoning when I sit down~. The photo below was taken last week. A perfectly toasted english muffin (oh, those nooks & crannies!) with peanut butter & raw honey, with a side of chopped green apple & of course, my tea. I cannot keep eating those. I am taking a break on the carbs. I miss my comfort food already & it has only been 3 days.
This weekend I will be taking nice walks with my new puppy Finn~ I will be eating lightly & plan on throwing in a few crunches. Just to make it clear I will never give up the food I love, no way! Life is too short to not enjoy food. Moderation is what I am working on….and cleansing comes first…..
goodbye carbs~ see you later……
having oatmeal for breakfast today. I would appreciate any thoughts below in the comment section.~ love the support!
p.s. I had to look it up~
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“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.” |
~Thomas Jefferson
I snapped this photo of my little Luke over Christmas. I caught him in a moment. When I asked him what he was doing he said, “nothing…I was just thinking”. I love that. Just thinking.
tgif~ have a thoughtful weekend.
“I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren’t certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying”.
~George Bird Evans,Troubles with Bird Dogs
Our new baby ~ “Finn”
right before Christmas we lost our two beloved dogs in a terrible way….we got Finn from the shelter 5 days later….two days ago he was on deaths door & is recovering from Coccidia. I cannot tell you the worrying we have done & all we have been through. He is adorable. this little life. Happy he is on the mend and taking up his “sisters” spot on the couch.
TGIF :)
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~
Hal Borland
Twenty years ago today my husband & I tied the knot at the courthouse in Santa Fe. We were full of hope & dreams sitting under that “most wanted” sign waiting for our name to be called. I really can’t believe 20 years have gone by (and then again…..) so quickly! I am blessed with an incredible life with a man that amazes me all the time with his heart, his pure love for me. I never imagined I would be so happy. I am lucky & so is he. Our story is this winding road with bumps & curves, hills and valleys and a straight line in between~.
I should be on a flight to Santa Fe as I type….sipping a bloody mary & relaxing, holding hands & looking into his eyes. We planned this trip forever….to go back to where we started, a place that is special to us.Plans change, life happens. Our two dogs died on the 19th & we cancelled our trip. We had a different Christmas this year with our kids, but we learned more lessons & that is what being married for twenty years will bring~ times like this make you stronger as a family and as a couple. Working through it together. That’s what we have always done.
20 years ago
Instead of having an anniversary trip we got a new puppy from the shelter~…he will no doubt add another chapter to our story and we will go on. That’s the way life should be.
Christmas is a time when you get homesick~ even when you’re home.
~ Carol Nelson
I get a little blue this time of year actually. I can’t seem to not go back in time …late 70′s… (“I remember Christmas past, round a Christmas tree, funny how those memories last, they come back to me”…) I can see my mom putting our old big lights on our tree and talking about each ornament, eating her cookies & waiting for my brother & sisters to fly in from college…then my mind wanders to my own kids~ it’s 1998 or so…and Mark and I are putting together the last of the presents wrapped under the tree, we are laughing over the screws & directions for some toy that needs assembling, dancing to some nice Christmas jazz & sipping our wine….the morning will come quickly, our kids up before dawn with huge smiles & shreaks of joy that Santa really came! Ahh, the memories are so wonderful~…now they are growing up & it’s great but different. I just loved them being little~.
I am happy & sad ~ it’s just a mixed bag of feelings. I always take out my Christmas scrapbook when we decorate the tree and I am pretty sure this is what got me in this melancholy mood. I can’t help thinking of others being sad this time of year too, missing their loved ones or whatever is wrong in their lives…there is alot of suffering & I feel it in my heart. I am going to go into this next week praying for others and chilling out! Now that I am finished working for this year I am going to take my own family photo~ last minute over here…I am really going to work on just loving the moment~
here is a glimpse into our past Christmases…
one of our best gig’s was this brunch!
favorite drinks….wine & milk (funny….Emma filled in this page)
and last night…
I need to take better pics this year! the one above not so hot! we were tired & only put a few ornaments on the tree……I hope this post makes someone a little nostalgic~…like me.
A much more upbeat post will follow!
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. – Oren Arnold
I just love my friend Cindy! ~ she is a photographer too and I was psyched when she asked me to do her family pics…the whole group was a hoot! It was windy & pretty darn chilly but we had a blast! Her daughters and sister & mom & dad…the kids….all totally cool! Lots of kissing & hugging & loads of laughs…my kind of people for sure here are just a few faves of mine.~~~(~a few extras of senior Chloe & her sis)….Merrry Christmas to you~ Cindy Lou ~
senior girl~…
Merry Christmas ~
by Maggie
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