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I am such a technical idiot.  New technology scares me.  Actually, it doesn’t really have to be new, just new to me! That’s why it has taken so long for me to get around to calibrating my monitor.  I knew, that as a ‘professional’ photographer, I was supposed to do it, but I kept trying […]

It’s About Time

This past week our next door neighbors have been living large in Hawaii.  While they were gone they hired Jill and Ellie (for $10 a day) to take care of their dog Pumpkin.  With the $70 they earned they decided to save $25 each and use the other $30 to buy two seasons of the […]

Brownie Brady Marathon

Ricky and Kelli braved the craziness of my household last weekend.  They brought their Little Man Ronan for his six month pictures in the midst of our neighborhood garage sale.  Not only did they have to make it through the traffic, but they had to push past all the treasure hunters in my driveway only […]

Wading Through

Last month Sandra called to ask if I would help commemorate her 40th birthday by taking pictures at her party.  This isn’t normally something I would agree to because I’m not a snapshot kind of gal.  It’s really a personal problem because I seem to have a creativity block when it comes to big party […]

It’s All in the Details

For Mother’s Day this year I offered to ‘help’ Allen out by ordering my own gift.  Okay, we all know that I am a control freak and he really didn’t have a choice in the matter. (I have to say, the whole thing took 8 weeks to arrive so I was happy that it came […]

Mother’s Day Revisited

A couple of weeks ago Jill went to her end of the year sleepover with her Girl Scout Troop.   The girls had raised a significant chunk of money by selling cookies this year and, together, they worked out a plan on how to spend it.  Half of it will go to a horse rescue organization […]

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