My beautiful {girl}.... almost teen!

I can hardly believe Grace is going to be 13 on July 1st!  She is turning into such a beautiful young lady.... inside and out!!!I am so blessed to be her mom!

 



And how beautiful are they together?  My sister and my daughter!
 

M4H Project 52 - Week 13: Nature

The official image of the week. It rained on Friday, and I just loved how the raindrops hung from the leaves and branches. 

 

Here is another one I took. This was a flower on a tree, but they are all gone now for the season. I wish flowers would last longer on the trees.... so short-lived. 

March Photo A Day - 24/31 - Colorful

(Images taken at the Dimnent Chapel on the campus of Hope College - Holland, Michigan)

March Photo A Day - 23/31 - Something Sweet

M4H Project 52 - Week 12: Sparkle

Every little girl needs sparkly shoes!

March Photo A Day - 22/31 Neighborhood

March Photo A Day - 21/31 Living Room

I really love my living room.  I love my big clock and my vintage cameras and my Willow Tree figurines.  And I love sitting on my recliner that is next to my aquarium while editing pictures and watching DVR'd episodes of House Hunters.  It's my favorite room.

March Photo A Day - 20/31 Flower

Well, technically flower buds.  But I am so thrilled my flowering pear tree is going to bloom soon!!  Stay tuned for lots of pictures!

And here's a flower from another tree in my yard. Not sure what it is though... some day a dogwood? Who knows. :)

And here is a hydrangea!! Beautiful here in Michigan.... in March! Wow. Hope it doesn't snow next week and kill everything!

March Photo A Day - 19/31 - Office Supply

How about supplies (plural)?

March Photo A Day - 18/31 - Book

March Photo A Day - 17/31 - Green

March Photo A Day - 15/31 - Wood

M4H Project 52 - Week 11: Blue

My sweet girl's baby blue eyes!
(If you look real close, you can see my silhouette in her pupil!)

 

March Photo A Day - 14/31 - Something in My Front Yard

I spy green grass in my front yard!!  Seriously???  On March 14.... in Michigan???  We are supposed to have feet of snow left on the ground.  What is going on????

March Photo A Day - 13/31 Favorite Accessory

My Pandora bracelet, of course!!!!

March Photo A Day - 12/31 - Store

"iTunes"

March Photo A Day - 11/31 - Clock

March Photo A Day - 10/31 - Something that Sparkles

My fishies eyes!

Their teeth, not so much! :)

March Photo A Day - 9/31 - Music

M4H Project 52 - Week 10: Personality

I know this image is a repeat.... but I decided to choose it for this week's M4H Project 52.

Each time I'd try to figure out what I was going to do for this week's theme of "Personality", I kept thinking back to my visit this week to this stunning structure.... and I kept thinking about this image I captured. Not only does this image represent my photographic personality - my love of photographing architecture and abandoned structures - it symbolizes "personality" at it's core. This is a historic insane asylum. Not only is the Kirkbride architecture full of personality, but every patient that ever stepped through the doors of these infamous facilities were tagged with some form of personality (or mental) disorder. This structure is one of the few remaining Kirkbride's in the country. Most have been demolished. It's such a shame. These structures symbolize so much more than just a pretty photograph. They symbolize everything thing that happened within the walls and they symbolize every person who ever called them home. Even though these people were diagnosed with various personality disorders, they all had personality.... unique, genuine personality.... and they must not be forgotten.