Snow Baby!

I was born and raised in New York state, where feet of snow and freezing temperatures where just the "norm" during the winter months. When I was 13, our family moved 5 hours south and we were lucky to get a few inches a year.

Even though I wouldn't consider our current geographical location as "southern", we are (just) south of the mason dixon line, so I guess I should be surprised that two inches of snow we got a couple weeks ago was treated like a full blown blizzard.

This snow fall was particularly beautiful. For just a few brief hours, it clung to the bare tree branches and transformed our backyard into a winter wonderland.

The trees were screaming "photograph me!", so I bundled Peanut up and we headed outside. I did manage to get some good pictures, but apparently I have turned into a Southern girl - after 3 minutes I was ready to just admire the snowfall from the inside of the window.

Pretty

I love my camera so much. I seriously don't know what I did before it came into my life. My little sister, Rosie...whoops, sorry...Rose, is in school for photography and her amazing photos made me see my need for a SLR camera. I finally got my hands on one this past May, via a crazy craigslist steal, and I've been snapping pictures like a crazy woman every since.

A couple days ago, I convinced Rose to jump in front of the camera and let me take pictures of her for a change.

She's so pretty. And I'm feeling compelled to share a few of my favorites with you.


Tomorrow: I shall try to publish a post without any photos.

What? Did I just say that?

I love fall!

Summer is fading

Summer is fading quickly. The days are shorter, the nights are cooler and there is a smell in the air that warns us that winter is right around the corner.

Every time I put a sweet little sundress on Peanut, I am reminded that this will be the last time she'll wear it. It'll be packed away to be worn by a future daughter, niece or cousin. But not by my not-so-little Peanut. She's growing and changing, just like the seasons.

And it makes me sad.

But it also makes me happy. I know that just around the corner is another season of growth and change for sweet Peanut. She will enter yet another stage that her Daddy and I will adore even more than the one she is in now.

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" Ecclesiastes 3:1