Home {A Haiku}...

Wherever they are,

Warm, loving, with outstretched arms,

Just waiting for you.

Have a wonderful weekend, friends!

My Little Photog...

Haiku {4: 52}

My flesh and my blood,

She's the best there is of me,

And yet so much more.

My eldest, Rayne, is a total creative soul. She spends her days either drawing, coloring, painting, writing, or acting out scenarios in imaginative play. Her latest obsession is taking pictures {gee, I wonder where she gets that from!}. She's really quite good and the only thing that had been holding her back was the poor quality of the pictures taken with her kid camera. We decided to let her use our good point and shoot camera {under supervision and with strict behavioral guidelines}. I thought I'd share some of her work with you.

We decided that if I was going to share her photos, we needed to protect her images with a watermark. So she'd have to come up with a name for her photography. She decide upon "Princess Pictures" and I think that's just perfect!

I love seeing what she chooses to capture: our family, her sisters, things she loves and thinks are pretty. Last night she photographed the setting sun and this morning she took pictures of the french toast batter I was mixing up. Her shots give me so much insight into the way she sees the world...and I am in awe!

I also enjoy that there's another photographer in this house to capture the precious moments that I don't!

Her sister is a bit jealous, but I've encouraged her to practice with her kid camera and then when she's a little older, she can use this one as well.

And you know, we can never have too many pictures of our cute baby Maya!

Yes, I can see that this is going to be quite good!

Happy Valentine's Day...

Haiku {3: 52}

Love is forever,
Not just warm days or happy hours.
Unconditional.

You know I love you all. And it is Valentine's Day. So I have gifts...

When I was telling you about my inspirational quote from the Yogi tea bag on Friday, I said I needed to hang that quote on my wall. I thought maybe you'd like to as well. You may download and print these images for personal use; hang them on your wall or mirror, use for a postcard to a friend, use as a bookmark. You could also use them for desktop wallpaper on your computer if you'd like. Just click on the image and it will take you to the Flickr page where you can downoad the file. Just click on the size you'd like to download and save it to your computer.

These are for personal use only. {Please don't make me get mean...}
Enjoy, my lovlies!
xo,
Meg

Progess {A Haiku}...

Knitting row by row,

Working steadily with patience,

Creating beauty.

I'm halfway done with my scarf! I try to knit at least a couple rows each day. Some days that's all I can fit in. Some days, I get to knit for pockets of time throughout the day and really make some headway. It's been a good lesson in the value of chipping away at big projects. And oh how I love the steady rhythm of the motions and the soft smooth feel of those beautiful bamboo needles!

I was so inspired to write a haiku after reading Jill's yesterday. I love the simple abundance of haikus. I have decided to join {yet another} Flickr group called 52 Haikus where I'll post a picture and corresponding original haiku every week for a year. I love having all these photographic challenges; they really help me to grow and stay creatively motivated. I'm excited to add the element of writing into the mix! And perhaps my next post will have to be a summary of all my current photography challenges and projects!