Last Fall Carl & I took our annual day trip to Longwood Gardens.  We both love going there!  If you haven’t been there before and you love beautiful things…… GO!  : )

Here are a few from our day….. And, yes, obviously, I am still dreaming of better weather.  It’s just that this time it’s Fall!

us being cute… 

us being strange…

…the rare natural smiling photo of Carl

This started out as a joke…. but now I kind of like it.  : )

Yes, I am still dreaming of summer…..  Back in August, we took a family vacation to Williamsport, PA to relax, enjoy the outdoors, and go to the Little League World Series.  It was a great vacation and one of the very few full family vacations we have ever taken.  With 3 siblings and 2 full time working parents, it just never really  happened as kids.  We stayed in a house and a cabin that was right on the lake.  There was lots of kayaking, fishing, reading, card playing, camp firing  and eating going on.  Though I am clearly a city girl at heart, I love being in nature and really enjoyed our week there so much.

and here goes the family slideshow…..

I recently came across a couple of wedding photographs that I took a little while back and thought I would share….

This just cracks me up….

So…. I definitely have been feeling the winter “blahs” and can hardly wait for the spring…. let alone summer.  I prefer to be baking hot than frigid cold.  In fact, not only do I prefer the heat, I downright love it.  Granted, I don’t so much love the humidity…. but who does?  I definitely feel more inspired during the warmer months and have been aching to get out and do some nature photography.

Anyway, this morning after I made breakfast and was headed upstairs to my office to get down to business, I noticed the beautiful light streaming through our doorway.  I instantly felt inspired and knew I needed to capture the light/ moment.  It is these beautiful moments that get me through the winter, i suppose.

So…. I took a few photographs but then realized it would be more interesting with Santucci (our cat… named after my favorite pizza parlor.  mmmmmmm).  So, I guided him here and there…. which isn’t always easy.  At one point, I actually picked him up, placed him in the light and sat him down like I would a dog.  To my complete surprise, he stayed there long enough for me to get back to the camera and lie on our kitchen floor.  I then tempted him with his favorite toy….. a hairband.  He couldn’t resist!  Here are the results::