It really is hard for me to continue our amazing Zanzibar story when when we are busy getting our fingers stuck in the garden, mixing up batches of cookie dough, having dance parties to “All I Want For Christmas”, ordering our Christmas turkey, answering questions about where fairies come from, and doing dives into the [...]
Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Summertime.
Posted in Dogs and Kids, Durban Photography, Nature on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A nature walk
Posted in Africa, Durban Photography, Nature on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I got to go on a nature walk ALONE. This does not happen often. I am always surrounded by my boys, and I do love them, but I also love having breaks from them! I found this spider underneath a waterfall and couldn’t help myself! Then there was this glorious Quiver Tree. The heart [...]
The Legendary Ansel Adams
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, Photographers, Photography on October 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
His work is inspiring long after his death. His life was legendary. Plus, he wrote things like this: “To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.” “The negative is the equivalent of the composer’s score, and [...]
Bees Please.
Posted in Durban Photography, Nature on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have been asked to photograph more bees for my friends over at Honeycomb Home (I designed their logo too… in a previous life) but it has been raining ALL WEEK LONG. Rain = no bees. The one day that it did stop raining for a few hours… no bees. How long can they stay [...]
Smurf IT UP!
Posted in Durban Photography, Inspiration, Nature on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I wish I was back on this road. Breathing in the Northern Hemisphere air, taking photos like this. Relaxing into the journey. Relaxing, while on a journey? I usually tense up and freak out until I reach the end of the “adventure” and then I collapse into a ball of tears on the couch. [...]
Beeeeeeeees.
Posted in Durban Photography, Nature on October 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I love bees. They are so hard-working and dedicated, and they really only get angry if you step on them or swat at their faces. Unlike ants, who are mean and dismember other insects (too much National Geographic). As Munro Leaf writes in The Story of Ferdinand, “Well, if you were a bumble bee and [...]
Trees
Posted in Nature on September 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I am pacing with anxiety. The neighbors are chopping down all their trees. My little secret garden is disappearing. It used to be that they could not see into our garden (yard) and we could not see into theirs. They have opened up a porthole into their world that is most unwelcome. I do not [...]
Beezzz Pleazzzz
Posted in Africa, Nature, Photography on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, that was cheesy, but it is all I can think of at this hour! I ran into (literally) these fuzzy butt bees during a hike alone in Colorado. I WAS ALONE (an young mom’s dream!) for two and a half hours in an absolutely blissful place. I thought and prayed and shot around… and [...]
Gone Froggin’
Posted in Expat living, Nature on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For years we have been plagued by frogs. When we returned from the States in September, we “relocated” 28 frogs from our pool area. They sometimes croak so loudly that we can not hear ourselves think, let alone hear the television or talk to someone on the phone. Whenever it’s froggin’ season we are faced [...]
Posted in Nature on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rivers and Tides This man inspires me. Wouldn’t you love to run around in the woods all day making insanely creative and inspiring pieces of art? I sure would.
