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A Portrait of My Mom
I’m a little sad today. After a two-week visit, my mother got on the airplane this morning to fly back home. The house feels quiet and empty. Phoebe and I spent all of dinner swapping ‘Baba’...
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A Portrait of my Father
I hadn’t planned to write a post about my father…especially so soon after one featuring my mother. However, when life intervenes, things change… Last Friday, my father had a heart attack. He is now...
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A Child’s Eyes…
The more I photograph, the more I am fascinated by eyes….their infinite expression, their constant state of change, their ability to catch and hold light. Here is my girl, yesterday, after her nap....
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Photographic Art Exhibition at Dorney Court Kitchen Gardens
Have you been to Dorney Court Kitchen Gardens? It is a MAGICAL and beautiful place…with a wonderful walled garden, delicious food, strong coffe and now…a brand new look in the cafe with lots of fine...
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Our Journey 9 Months On…
Nine months ago, my life changed. Enormously. My then bubbly, cheeky, active three-year old was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. (I blogged about it here.) Back then, I didn’t know JRA...
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Mother’s Day
I love what I do…and even more, I love that, in what I do, I get to meet lots and lots and lots of mothers. I love seeing mothers who are just brand-new at mothering. And I love meeting mothers who...
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Three Things about Following Your Dream
This week was my birthday. It was, in may ways, a normal day, made special by lots of little things: A card through the door. Good wishes on Facebook. Long-distance phone calls. And hugs and more hugs...
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Sam’s Story
He came to me in an ice storm fourteen and a half years ago. He left me yesterday, on the grass in the sunshine. In a nutshell, this was the story of Sam’s life…. For the first six months, he was with...
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Stormy Summer
Summertime is teasing us. Warm. Cool. Wind. Rain. A dash of sun…My sweater is never far away. But still…this is summer. And summer is always beautiful.
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Hallelujah – a Phoebe Update
As many of you know, just over one year ago, my daughter was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis…and shortly thereafter, uveitis (inflammation in the eyes…common in some children with JRA)....
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A Playful Life
Playfulness. Recently, (and thank you Phoebe for showing me) I realised that I have forgotten how to play. How sad is this? I enjoy my life. I LOVE what I do. But it isn’t often that I stop and follow...
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Photos and Things: My Online Etsy Shop!
Psst! Have you heard of Etsy?? If not, please let me introduce you. Ahhh….Etsy is a wonderful online marketplace full of vintage and handmade items of all kinds. Looking for something quirky? handmade?...
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Summertime Portraits
Can you tell….I’m LOVING summer this year? Yes, we are having a summer here in the UK! And there is nothing I love more than shooting in the fields. Sky, grass, trees and space to play. How grateful I...
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Summertime Portraits: Away on Holiday…
We have run away for a few short days to show my mother a bit more of the UK. Yesterday evening, in midst of the beautiful golden light, it started to rain. My mother gave me 5 seconds before dashing...
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Summertime: Chalk Art
Summertime. Free time. Creative time. Photo time. I don’t want summer to end….
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A Pig Called Porky
This summer, I met a pig called Porky. She is a whiskered, spotted beauty with an appetite to match. Porky lives on a BEAUTIFUL sheep farm in Dorset. The sheep farm is also a B&B. At night, there...
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Portraits on the First Day of School
The first day of school. I remember when that sounded so foreign to me…and so far away. And today here it is and she is ready. Perhaps it is obvious to her that I am not so much. Yesterday she said,...
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Food on Friday: Our Un-pasta Pasta
Several times a week, I am asked, ‘But…what DO you eat?‘ You see, last year, my daughter was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. To reduce the inflammation in her body and to heal her immune...
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Beautiful Girl
Every once in a while, look back to the beginning and remember what it was that made you fall in love…
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A JRA Update and Personal Thoughts on Healing…
This week, we went to London to see Phoebe’s eye specialist at Great Ormond Street. What an eye-opening (please forgive the pun!) experience…and what a lesson in the pro’s and con’s of Western...
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