Category Archives: nature photography.

nightswimming | reflections

nightswimming deserves a quiet night the photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago turned around backwards so the windshield shows every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse still, it’s so much clearer i forgot my shirt at the water’s edge the moon is low tonight nightswimming deserves a quiet night i’m not sure all those...

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the beach | in film

i’ve been playing with film. i started in film, so i should say, i suppose, that i’m going back to my roots. film makes you slow down. there is no screen to look at. no checking. there is “do i really want this?” my rolls have 12 shots on them. 12. not 200. not unlimited....

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sacrosanct | sunday

the best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature, and God. because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature....

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weekends | summer in virginia

sometimes, i have nothing to say. we had a great weekend, and here are some of my 500 photographs that i took. this incredible view is from the home of a dear friend of mine. yep, that is the view. it’s hard to spend a whole weekend here hanging out at the pool. yep, this...

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sisters | gainesville children’s photography

a long time ago, stood a tree. and while the Civil War raged in Virginia, the tree stood on. and now, many, many years later, two little girls swing nearby, right next to that gorgeous tree, which sits on their property, right outside Manassas Battlefield National Park. the little girls make wishes upon the seeds...

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home | meaning of

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of late, i feel as if i live my life in between two worlds. virginia, where my husband and children and business are. and pennsylvania, where i grew up, where my mom still lives in the same house, where i have been traveling to regularly for the past two months to help my mom clear...

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The Best Laid Plans of Mice And Men, or of Moms and Children…

It was unheard of. First, breakfast in bed.  Incredible.  And delicious. And then? A whole DAY of NO plans.  No sports.  No birthday parties.  No playdates.  Nothing.  Nada.  No how. What to do? What to do? After a little research, we decided to take the kids to a Flying Circus ~ of the old airplane...

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