She's all that + more

Meet my sister: the sweetest thing -a total princess who loves BIG earings and sparkly things, but wrestles with her brother and rides the snot out of her pony.

Mmmm, love her.

Essence of DELIGHTFUL

And this is after a begrudgingly deleted half the pictures I originally planned on posting. Can you not get over that face?!

J+A in black and white

News Flash: HOMESCHOOL KIDS ROCK PHOTO SHOOT LIKE NONE OTHERS.

It has been such a long time... but, the wait has been totally (shout out to Mum here!) worth it!!! PHOTO BOX madness from the Chiloquin and Beyond Homeschool Group!

These kids set my world ON FIRE.

Overexposure marries Radical

Amanda+Jason

WOOHOO! For two beautiful people!!!
If anyone has the "look of love" about them, its Amanda and Jason. The gentle, steady gaze, with an intense sort of communication... if I wasn't a hopeless romantic, that look, their look, would have forced me to make octopus faces and throw snowballs at them in true Calvin and Hobbes style. Lucky them.

This is take #1; stand by, good people, for more radical awesomeness!

Hello, Mr. President

This little gilded portrait of George Washington, makes me happy. Really happy. It hangs in my powder room and I go to the restroom at least one extra time per day, just to say hi to him. It's like having a dog.

I'm going to start a foundation, built to rescue all these misused prints of our first president and educate the public on proper care and the ills of abandonment.

This is a serious issue, and people need to know about it.

Before I die, I want to...

An encounter -of the wonderful variety

It's really of no consequence to you, I suppose.

I met a good friend at church today. A really good friend. He said it warmed his heart to see me. I said I missed him.
I hadn't recognized him at first; he was wearing civilian clothes -I had only once before seen him out of uniform; he had also procured a respectable amount of facial hair since our last meeting -he is normally clean shaven; and he was at church -I had never before seen him in church. He was passing out the "elements" of communion, and I must have been staring at him for a good while, my mind unable to bridge the gaps, because he suddenly turned from the people he had been assisting, caught my eye, and winked.
Chuck. Chuck Barry. He's a firefighter and an extraordinary guy. He's saved me on scene, he's saved me off scene.
He made my morning. No, more like my hope.