self portrait

la de da

here are some faves.

me and my bag and coat and shoes.  yes, coat in arizona.  it was cool and windy.

this photo represents our food parties.  #1  m&m’s and water.  #2  ramen and bread and water.  #3 jello and ramen and water.

we picked grapefruit and tangelos from our grandparents’ trees.

i love this photo because:

the focus is on the orange one.

the orange one pops.

the orange one, i guess i shall say the tangelo, is in a visual sweet spot.

this one is rather cool.

bit of enlightenment:

putting a jug full of water outside will detract dogs.  like un attract them.  bother them so they don’t come to the front of your house.  supposedly.  it works, i think.  i didn’t witness it work, but i heard first hand accounts from reliable witnesses.

family photo!

road trip

 

 

 funny photo of us in the car.

haha this photo is funny too… and i won’t tell a funny quote clara said, but she asked me not to, but she doesn’t know i already put it on facebook…

we visited a big cross with  a statue garden of different scenes from jesus’ crucifiction, and here melissa and daddy are pretending to be disciples suprised at the empty tomb.

 it was really windy.

i like this photo of melly… even though she probably doesn’t.

 

we got to meet our cousin asher!!

 

Mom got to quilt with Mema.

kid-sitting and…jumping?

i babysit these adorable kids that i just love.

how rylee writes is just precious.  how she forms the letters and numbers is so cute.  but i bet i probably was like that when i was first learning.

and i don’t know if you can see it very well, but her E at the end of LOVE  is like 2 1/2 inches long.  i love it.

and of course, while they were napping, i went outside and took pictures of myself jumping.  one does that every time you babysit, right?

but this time i had a purpose.  my cousin mary’s birthday.

i love my face in this one.  jumping off playground equipment makes great photos, but i wanted to land on land- not shovels or slides.

i have another one that’s similar to this one, but i’m looking down.  i was jumping basically onto my camera, and didn’t really want to come down feet first on it.

outdoor poetry

i think the focus on this is just amazing.

and yes, nature is poetry.  in my eyes.

ginger {our dog} is funny.

i love the focus on this too.  all of these last ones.

izzle and beer

… root beer that is.

and here are some jewels of the many photos i took at my birthday party.

group photo #1

photo with a tea set

photo with coffee cans

photo with salt and pepper shakers

photo with a photo that remotely looks like you:

what do you think?  do we look anything like the photos?

emily wore olivia’s glasses.  because they were rounder than mine.  but you can hardly tell that the antique lady has glasses.  they’re tiny.

i love this photo.  like the focus, and everythin.

poor little broken bikini doll.

maybe she’s an antique barbie.

maybe she broke her neck because she dove into shallow water.

ha! breanna looks funny.

group photo #2

the crazy trio.

woohoo! boy shorts.

i’m really proud of how many faces i fit into this photo.

oh, and this is the picture with (root) beer.

playing quelf.  the most insanely fun random board game ever.

team super ninja monkey!

banana split.

sporting our handmade AWESOME scarves.

yes, we painted our nails outside. in the cold.  and in the wind. and in the treehouse.

i <3 mom

so the shirt i wore today inspired me.  and the valentine balloons.

for this one, i just darkened it.  notice the shoes, so i don’t step in poo.  notice the lack of a last p, clara.

this one i cropped.

and this is b&w.

it was hard to get a good photo, with the wind and everything.

Blustery Wind

I like the blustery wind that we are having today.  I think it’s all Gustav’s fault.