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My Portrait Session with M&M I couldn't get anyone in my family to pose for me so I could try out my new softbox with my SB600 speedlight so I found the perfect model....
Mr. M&M,isn't he adorable
  SB600 through softbox left and ambient light to the right December 31 Thank You Santa Baby :)))))Thank You Santa Baby for my new Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens :)))))
I Love It !!!!
 My Nephew Jake with his new scooter
 Practicing my "panning" shots
 December 28 Saying "Goodbye" to my youth :(I've come to realize at the age of (gulp) 43 that I can no longer do the things I used to as a kid. My nephew begged me to ride his new scooter that was given to him as a Christmas present from Santa and did I turn that blue eyed special nephew of mine down?.........Nope, and boy did I ever pay for it! Not only do I have a broken pinky finger, bruised butt and a bruised shoulder....but my ego is severly damaged as well.....my childhood dare devil days are absolutely over!!!!! LOL
Don't laugh too hard!!!!!!
(by the way....thanks to my husband for laughing during and after capturing this "priceless moment")
 The day after.........
 December 27 RIP Judy, We Love & Miss You RIP Judy, We Love & Miss You!
"It's the most wonderful time of the year" spending time with your friends and loved ones. This year was very bitter sweet. My dearly loved sister-in-law died tragically the day before Thanksgiving at the age of 37 leaving behind her 7 year old son and her husband (my brother) that unconditionally loved her.
Here's the story:
They were unable to concieve a child and was blessed with the adoption of Jacob Lee at birth. 3 months after his birth she knelt down on the floor to pick up a piece of grass and suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 30. The doctor's said her heart was so damaged that she would not make it through the night. Prayer all over the world had begun and to everyone's surprise she made it through the night but being that her heart was 75% damaged was in need of a heart transplant. She was an organ donor herself and through the love and sadness of another grieving family Judy recieved a donated heart. Terry and I raised Jake for the next 3 months of his life while his mother stayed in the hospital recovering and regaining her strength. She had several rejection episodes and was hospitalized for the next 2 years. After all of this her kidneys started to fail and needed a kidney transplant but the doctor at Baylor Hospital in Dallas said she would not survive the surgery due to her 90 year old body. She had osteoporosis due to the rejection medicine and was now at 4'9" and weighing only 80 pounds. She continued to survive for the love of her only beloved son and her husband for 7 years and having kidney dialysys for the following 4 years 3 days a week. Our Church members had always volunteered to take her to her dialysys and even though she had driven some she wanted to drive herself that day and do some Christmas shopping. After leaving her dialysys that day she took a pain killer and fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the line on the oncomming traffic and clipped an 18 wheeler. Her left arm (only good arm with veins) was severed in half. She was cohearant after being transported by careflight in the hospital and knew what had happened. They took her to surgery to complete the amputation but she flatlined for 45 minutes then shortly passed away. We had Jake that night and it was the most saddest day of my living life. We did not tell him as we knew he needed to hear this from his daddy. The following day all the men in our family gathered in a circle with prayer as Kevin told his son what had happened. Jake knew that his mother would reunite with her Savior but no one was prepared for the way it happened. Judy is now resting peacefully and has been reunited not only with her Savior but her Mother & Grandfather. Jake know's that he now has a special guardian angel watching over him~His beloved Mommy. And I must add that Judy herself recieving a transplant was a donor herself. She donated her eyes, skin and bones below her knee. I and all my family are donors as well after her heart transplant!
RIP Judy, We Love & Miss You
Jacob Lee
 Jacob's Daddy, Kevin (My Brother) and Emma (My Granddaughter)
 December 11 Endeavour Space ShuttleI was in the kitchen cooking when my husband came running into the house telling me to take a picture of this. It was the Endeavour space shuttle being transported to Ft. Worth for a final pit stop before the final journey to Kennedy Space Center in Florida!
October 31 Family Fall PortraitsHad my first family photo shoot over the weekend and thank goodness they are my family and they had to forgive me if they didn't turn out well. When we arrived at our location, Amanda told me she didn't want any "possing cheesy" shots only them in their natural activity which is hard to capture Mom, Dad and 2 very active boys. She wanted all the photos to be in B/W but I have to include the beautiful fall colors that was captured.
My nephew Justin, Amanda, Caden & "little" Collin
October 04 Just Horsin' AroundWent with Terry today to service some horse barns and walked around the property while Terry was in the barn "taking care of business". These little yearlings were starving for attention and when I pointed my camera at these little fillys they insisted on a photo shoot! I call them my little blue eyed pony posers!
September 10 Playing around with HDRJust wanted to give HDR a try. I downloaded the free trial of Photomatix Pro 3. The watermark remains on the photo until you purchase the program. Anyway, I took a photo of our country kitchen in RAW and after playing around in the program this is what I got. I think I will make Terry his favorite dinner tonight and then proceed to ask him if he will let me purchase the program :P
 September 09 Eat Your CarrotsSeptember 03 It's all about love & compasion!!!!!Another inspirational video that touched my soul! Please take the time to watch! Wishing everyone a beautiful day! http://en.zappinternet.com/video/nilSqaMboM/HISTORIA-DE-UN-LETRERO August 22 Thank you Horst!August 10 A Must See Video!Sometimes I get discouraged and feel that there is nothing around me worth taking photo's of. I've heard several similar stories as mine and know that I am not alone. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28163893
August 07 Princess AbbyMeet Princess Abby!
Now I lay me down to sleep The king-size bed is soft and deep I sleep right in the center groove My human being can hardly move! I' ve trapped their legs, they're tucked in tight And here is where I pass the night No one disturbs me or dares intrude Till morning comes and "I want food!" I sneak up slowly to begin My nibbles on my mommy's chin. For the morning's here and it's time to play I always seem to get my way. July 22 Snack before bedtimeBefore nesting in the hybrid willow trees in our front yard, these little hummers decided to get one more feeding before bedtime.
July 21 If you feed them....they will come!After pouring myself a cup of coffee this morning and sat on the front porch as usual I lost count of the hummingbirds at 25. I thought to myself....What have you done!!! I put out 1 feeder at the beginning of spring and the 5 hummers seemed to be crowded so I put out another feeder and so on and so on. The moral of this story is.......If you feed them.....they will come and come and come!
July 14 The American Bullfrog
Way down yonder in the yankety yank a bullfrog jumped from bank to bank.
As I was sitting on the front porch last night I could hear the bullfrogs croaking down at our tank and decided to get on my 4-wheeler and check em' out. I was amazed at how many there were just sitting on the bank of the water. I tried to catch one but they were way too fast for me
American Bullfrog July 03 Sunny FlowerAs I was on my way to town yesterday I saw this perfect sunflower standing tall above all others ....."how I long to be like you".
POEM TO A SUNFLOWER I see you there in glory shining bright, The little birds take great delight But there is more to you than first sight, He made you a part of creation, Sunflower, how I long to be like you! I can learn from you, my friend, ~By Katherine R. Lane (April 19, 1995)~ |
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