Sunrise

I am a famously late riser but today for some unknown reason I woke up at 5:00. I have been known to say "5:00 in the morning is a time that should not be!" But today I was thankful for it.




The geese on the pond down the road seemed to like me taking pictures of them and posed very nicely.



They did not seem so sure about Sophie; our poorly socialized home-schooled dog =D.


She how ever was more than sure about them!


I have decided that once a week I can be a morning person =).



Claire (the lonely poster:D)

Rain

Today is rainy. And I am loving it. Rain is the best. So is sun. Really I think that I would love any kind of weather but; rain is so photogenic. And rain means umbrellas. And umbrellas mean color. And color means awesome. So for today rain is the in thing. And rain means rain drops on the Queen Dorothy irises.


Claire (the lonely poster =D)

Poppies = happiness

my new favorite pictures

And I took every one of them! That is the really exciting bit!

Claire (the lonely poster)

Happy day!

Today I am happy. :). For a number of reasons;

#1: My poison oak is going away!

#2: We live in a beautiful world full of light and color and people that are willing to say "you like photography and want to take some pics of the merchandise in my store? Find a cool angle and go right ahead!" People like that make me smile.


#3: My mom lets me borrow her camera.

#4: We (my mom, my dad and myself) spent the morning in down-town Placerville. Mom and Dad sat in Zia's cafe while I walked around town taking pics and making friends. It was awesome. I love my home town and my family!


#5 - 105: My garden is growing; My sister is coming home from college soon; It is almost summer; My oldest brother is graduating in June and we have awesome friends coming from far away to be there; And 100 other reasons that would probably sound really nice and poetic if I could only think of them all. Oh well they are here in spirit :).

Blessings,

Claire (the lonely poster:D)

Home coming

Madelaine is coming home on Sunday!!! I am so exited!!!

Random facts about life

Sorry we haven't posted in so long. At first there was nothing to post and then, I admit I forgot.

I am really the only one that posts on here and there are reasons for some of them. Madelaine is at college ... enough said. Zack has his own blog so what he post is on it. Rex and Brennan just aren't the blogging sort, unimaginable as that is for some of us. And that leaves spasmodic me :) So I am afraid that regular posts will probably never happen. I will try to remember to post when ever any thing interesting is going on.

We went to Half Moon bay on February 28. It was the best last day of February ever.



It was a mixture of sun, sand, Coke out of glass bottles, Ray-bans (the kind of sun glasses that I am wearing in the picture, for those of you not familiar with the very hippest kind of beach eye-wear:D), ocean air, getting your clothes drenched - and I mean drenched - in salt water (which by the way is the very legitest way of ironing EVER), watching sail boats at sea, and having just plain good old fashioned fun with two extra fun older brothers and the best mom on the planet:)!



Some day, Lord willing, I am going to live in Half Moon Bay ..... Can you see why?

Claire