What’s the first day of summer…



without saving a drowning chipmunk…



and frozen treats by the pool?



I wouldn’t know.



Happy Summer!

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Today I’m over at DC Metro Moms reminiscing about what I used to collect as a child.
Stickers? Barbies? Baseball Cards?
What did you collect and trade?

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Friday evening, I stayed after class and put up the new instructor headshots for the Haymarket Jazzercise Center that I have been working on for the last month. The entire process took longer than I first anticipated because I truly wanted to capture each instructor’s personality in their portrait. That meant several retakes. And some wine.

This week, the girls will walk in to teach their classes and be surprised by the new display. I have been biting my nails all weekend because I really hope they LIKE their images. And also because I had a nightmare that they all fell off the wall…

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So, I was out in the yard taking pictures of my
Cabbage Patch doll this morning when all of a sudden I burst out laughing.



Why?



Well, even though I had a perfectly good reason for my excursion (getting the right light for an upcoming shoot), walking around with a camera and a doll by the hair, dressed like I was, (basically my pajamas and polka-dotted wellies) I had to admit that I looked a wee bit insane.



Immediately, I thought to call my cousin and describe the scene to her so she could share my moment.

“I hope none of the neighbors drive by!”

It was then that I gasped and almost dropped the phone.



It seems as though I am not the only one in this neighborhood that folks should worry about.

Luckily, the baby was still alive when I found her.

(I’m just kidding. It was a doll, silly, so I just left it there.)

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I have decided that this is my last summer writing here. I think. No, I’m pretty sure. I don’t have the time…and honestly? My heart is just not in it anymore.

I want to concentrate on photography and my family and my house (not in that order) and I no longer feel the need to put it all out there/here.

And I think that’s a good thing for me.

I’ll be around. No goodbyes yet…just a decision.

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