pet week at iheartfaces

this is rockstar, who took a christmas sleigh ride to our house with santa two short years ago...  and kept us up for the rest of that night!

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picture the holidays {day 9}

busy days in the malls make me appreciate the quiet in the evenings after the kids are in bed!  add in a glass of wine and a warm fire... this is the word for the night :)

it's a sign...

picture the holidays {day 8}

today's assignment was to look in reflections and use them....  but i'm having a hard time seeing the whole beauty of the season today, as a friends' 2 year old (born just weeks before mine) fights for his life in a hospital in san francisco.  he's about to undergo his second surgery in as many days, his parents finally by his side tonight. 

the broken glass on our door spoke to me as i looked for something to photograph today.

i anxiously await news.

day 8 - reflecting on the season

picture the holidays {catching up}

at the beginning of the month i began a course called "picture the holidays".  it is very much a group class and although we spend a lot of time communicating with the other online participants, and posting our work on the community gallery, i wanted to share my work with everyone reading this.  as i only have three subscribers, i hope all three of you enjoy ;)

for this course we are sent a daily inspirational email, call it an assignment if you'd like.  i am going to try to blog as we go, but as we're 7 days into the class already, i will just blog once to update on all the assignments so far!




day 1 - holding onto gratitude

~i am grateful that we have enough.~

‎...in this case, enough diapers for my toddler to play in ;)





day 2 - reframing the season


~this is what CHRISTMAS means to me. family. friends. those i love.~





day 3 - all you need is love

~i love my children so so so much!~





day 4 - you hold the key

~my favourite mug, a hot coffee, a cold day. my key to sanity ;) ~





day 5 - the view from here

~today's challenge was to enjoy mother nature and photograph the land we live in... but that landscape held no interest to me at all today. My attention was pulled back in through that window as 30 years of tradition, and three generations, gathered around a kitchen table to lovingly decorate home-made gingerbread houses.~





day 6 - every little thing





day 7 - express yourself

~today's assignment was to evaluate ourselves. how are we feeling at this moment? i looked at myself. i looked at my calendar. where is december running off to?~



blue the dog.

blue is such a sweet dog.  she is mild tempered but protective of her littles, who love her dearly. 

we adopted her from the SPCA 7 years ago and hope to have at least another 7 years with her.

my baby

looking through my pictures over the last few days, i've been trying to find ones to use for our family christmas cards. i stumbled upon this one and had to share.

my baby... growing so fast.