• Heart wins

    When my husband was released from the hospital on Saturday, he also got a prescription for some medication I was supposed to pick up for him. I helped him to the car, and told him to wait there for me, and that I would be right back. I ran over to the pharmacy where they…

  • Mad

    Mad

    My son wasn’t very happy with me today. I dragged him away from his friends for a little Sunday afternoon walk with the family (and a photo op, of course). He moaned and whined the whole time in the car. How long is this going to take? When will we back home? Why do I…

  • Spring

    Spring

    One morning after a long, dreary winter, you wake up from sun rays that are sneaking through the blinds to tickle your eye lids, and the sweet scent of flowers drifts in through the open window, and the birds are singing, and the children outside are laughing and screaming their heads off, and the neighbour’s…

  • Candy to Cry For

    Candy to Cry For

    Today, my son and I went to a specialty store to rent a Tasmanian Devil cake pan (for his birthday party). The store also happens to have a wast assortment of original English candy. My son begged me to buy him some, and I gave him 2 dollars and told him to pick one that…

  • Yeah, we’ve heard it all before. We don’t need any filters on our lenses. Filters distort. Filters are useless. Lens glass is protected by all kinds of cool coatings that make them resistant to scratches, easy to clean, bla bla bla. But the lens glass is just that, GLASS. If something hits it, it will…

  • Street Photography is Difficult

    I don’t do street photography very often. It’s something that I find extremely intimidating. I do not search confrontation with anyone, but by pointing my camera in someone’s face I feel it would lead to just that, confrontation. So when visiting Seattle’s Pike Place Market last year, I thought that diving into a crowded place…