One day I WILL sit down to read my Nikon D3000 camera manual in its entirety (believe it or not, I read my serger machine manual, hehe!) and sound like a photographer, but in the meantime, I’ve just been playing around with the settings while I take the shots. Anyway, I took the following pictures in sequence (and at my daughter’s expense!). I love the  lighting and the glow it gives off…my little cranky angel!

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

It’s play week at i heart faces and it was so hard to pick just one photo. With my husband on summer break we’ve been taking the Little Peanut out to various parks around the city. We enjoy getting out of the house and she enjoys spending time running around and chasing birds, squirrles, ducks – you name it she’ll chase it! In this particular photo we’re at the Como Zoo and she’s chasing me. (She’s got the arm-warmers on because of a little rash on her elbows that she… Continue reading…

I’ve been a follower of i heart faces for awhile now and have either 1) always missed the deadline for the photo to go up or 2) never had the right photo. This week I got lucky on both counts! It’s a non-competition week which means photos are accepted all week. When I saw the theme was barefoot week I knew exactly which photo I wanted to share. This was taken in Puerto Vallarta on a day trip to Yelapa. We were on the boat on the way back to… Continue reading…

We had a lot of fun picking photos for photo month. I had a good time strolling down memory lane looking at old photos from my travels to Mexico and Asia. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Here’s a roundup of our photos. Click on the thumbnail to view it larger. (Adobe Flash is required.)

A few summers ago we went to Thailand. Our tour took us to Bangkok and Pattaya. We visited a flower garden and I was awed by this rock sculpture fountain.

Such a little diva! I love how she’s looking over her shoulder and the tiny smirk.

This is one of my all time favorite photos. We were on a day trip to Yelapa, Mexico and were allowed time to wonder the beach and we came across this pile of rocks. What caught my eye was that someone had stacked up a few on the right. It only took seconds for me to pull out my camera and find the right angle. The boat in the back balances the stack of rocks perfectly.

This is the Minneapolis Light Rail. It was the middle of the afternoon and amazingly there was not a person in sight! I just love the way the the blue of the buildings are reflecting off the train.

This photo makes me want to hop on a plane today and head to Vietnam. The markets are full of fresh food, this is one of the may isles of fruits. It just makes my mouth water thinking about the logans (nhan), rambutan (chom chom), green dragon (thanh long), mangosteen (mang cut) and many more! Learn about the different fruit available in Vietnam here.