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The Ocean
Yesterday Zoe got to play in her pool, she is such a water baby. While jumping up and down to give me some big splashes she tells me that she’s swimming in the ocean. The girl has imagination! She’s swimming in a teeny tiny kids pool and think she’s in the ocean! And I started thinking, what if we all turned our pools into oceans? I If we turned our city houses into farm houses? If our neighborhood walks became ridge walks in the woods? Or if we became so excited about seeing the moon in the middle of the day we grab the nearest person to share it with?…
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The Morning Gang
Behind the scenes at Goose Island State Park, on the pier. Discussing the morning’s catch…. Friends drop by to say hello and see where lunch may be at… Hey Bob, how’s life treating you? Just fine Jim, just fine. Loving the weather, aren’t you? Guess I’ll go now, see you later!
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Turtle Love
Ah, sea turtles. I love ’em! I think the first time I saw a sea turtle was when one popped its head up for some air while I was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off of Port Aransas growing up. At first I thought it was a sea snake, but upon closer examination I realized it was a turtle. I had no idea turtles lived in the ocean, moreoever in the murky Texas coastal waters. Then I did my internship in college and fell in love with them. Unfortunately I didn’t make an effort to get a job working with them when I graduated but I at least started…
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Growing Up
Mom and I took Zoe to the park yesterday morning so she could feed the ducks and to play at the playground. The Fall air is so glorious that I wanted to be outside in it. Zoe is certainly growing up and she’s so fun to be around, unless she’s throwing a fit for some reason. I went back and found some photos I took in March of ’09 to compare to today. I can’t wait to see what she’s like in a few more years! Maybe she’ll get some hair to put into ponytails!
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Wonderful Fall
Leading up to the Autumnal Equinox it really felt like summer was going to keep on going. The heat was stifling, the flowers that bloom this time of year seemed to be stalled and the leaves on the trees were holding back. Then it seemed like, BOOM! And everything is like Fall, complete with the lighting changes. The other day we met my brother, SIL and Zoe at the Dallas Farmers Market and held back on taking photos until I saw an enormous pumpkin patch. All I wanted to do was save seeds from the wacky ones! Aren’t they divine? I’ve never been able to grow any gourds or pumpkins…
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Local Coffee: Good Day Coffee & Books—Kilgore
Yesterday we popped into Good Day Coffee & Books in downtown Kilgore after we were done taking photos of Kylen. We’d spotted it the other night after grabbing some local Mexican food and thought it’d be fun to check out. Michelle ordered a Vanilla Chai Latte but she doesn’t think it was a good as the coffee shop in Henderson. I ordered a White Chocolate Macchiato with soy which also had a hint of strawberry in it and I thought it was pretty awesome. This store also has books, mostly literary and popular fiction but also has a super sweet kids section as well, complete with mini-bean bags. I definitely…
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Miss Kylen
I’ve been wanting to take pictures of someone other than my niece for a long time. Not that anything is wrong with taking her photos, but I need to practice on someone else! My opportunity was with one of my bff’s, Michelle and her daughter Kylen. Today I finally got my chance and even though I was not taking money or was it even a ‘professional’ gig, I was nervous as hell as totally screwing up. For one, I don’t have kids. I have no idea how to entertain them very much and two year olds certainly have the audacity to be bored and uninterested one minute and screaming the…
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A Few more of the Zoester
It’s funny, only a few weeks later and she’s already changing. Mom and I were remarking her face is changing again and her attitude is different. She’s also happier to go to her little girl potty for a tinkle than she used to be. My brother was cooking up lunch or something when I was sneaking in a few photos. This reminds me of Tori Amos’ “Caught a Light Sneeze”. Apparently there is some bee song by the Black Eyed Peas (see how out of date I am?) that Zoe loves to hold up to her ear and she had to share with dad. Looking for the balloon that was…
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(Windy) Wordless Wednesday
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Texas Road Trip: Palo Duro Canyon State Park
I think my favorite state park we went to was to Palo Duro Canyon. It was so beautiful and red! This photo is Chris up on the Lighthouse Peak. It is a 3 mile hike out to the peak and not too rugged in my opinion, but then again I have varying degrees on what ‘hard’ is now with a hiking trail. The only issue is taking enough water since there is not any water along the trail and it can get very hot out there. I highly recommend taking this trail as you will also go by the Capital Peak as well. There was a lot of wildlife along…