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I heard the slapping of his sandals first, then Josiah yelled, “Esther!”
It was dark outside, the deep of night. He must know our kids were sound asleep. Why on earth would he make such a ruckus? I wondered.
“Shhh, you are waking the kids,” I jumped up, holding out my hands towards Josiah as soon as he broke through the door.
“Esther, I saw the LORD.” He gasped and bend over, breathing hard.
“What Lord?” Did he drink again with his friends?
This was a really long summer break 🙂
No, actually these were some whirlwind-like couple of months.
First my daughter graduated and started her first job at Brookfield Zoo.
In August she started her freshman year in Colorado. Then, my husband got a new job and we moved to Colorado, too.
All this happened really fast and we had to search for a new place to stay, prep the house in Chicago to be sold and find a new permanent place in Colorado.
I am still trying to catch my breath 🙂
They are ready … ready to move on.
In May, a lot of Illinois high school seniors finished up their high school career and got to graduate.
Caps and gowns are bought, yearbooks are delivered, speeches are held, ceremonies are planned and carried out, certificates are handed over…
“Here is to never growing up!” The theme for the prom night at my daughter’s school fit right in with what we did for my first ever Prom photography session.
Continue reading ““Here is to never growing up””
Over the last three years I have participated in three Writing Journey Anthologies. All three books were on display at the Nichols Library in Naperville, IL.
So, if you want to read my short stories and the stories of my fellow Journey Writing Group authors, this is your chance – they are all available at our local library.
I love to look at pictures and to look at the unique ideas other photographers come up with. Their beautiful pictures of a sunrise or a mountain range, the funny pictures they take of their pets… and so on. But sometimes it frustrated me to see how much better they are than I am.
Continue reading “Don’t compare yourself to anybody else other than yourself – 30 photos I want to improve…”
There was nothing special in a cold Chicagoland winter, it has always been like that. The only special in that particular year was, that it was that cold. Single digit temperatures and even negatives several days in a row. Everything was frozen, and I really mean, everything – the tree branches, the bushes, the little and even the big lakes. There was even a layer of ice on the roads because the salt didn’t work anymore, which make the humans grumpier that usual.
So, you could probably say it was a hard winter that year. The deer and the coyotes fought over the last warm spaces beneath the bushes and the hawks fought over the numerous squirrels that were still out there and were having fun with all the bird feeders in the area.
Being huddled up inside, under a warm blanket, drinking hot chocolate all day becomes boring after a while, and unfortunately hibernating doesn’t work for me like it does for brown bears – I don’t lose weight, I gain it.
Continue reading “Berries on the Rocks and Valentine’s Roses”
And the third !
I am happy to announce, that my third short story is published. The love story “Life is Pretty Pink” is my first take on romance and is now published in another brand new Writing Journey Anthology. Twelve authors from my local writers group have compiled their stories and poems about love and the ties that bind.
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a presentation that promoted the Godox Flash system.
The presenter, Sherry Hagerman is the owner of Allusion Photography from Oakbrook, IL, one of the top wedding photography companies in the United States. She first explained and demonstrated the flash system and then walked us through the process of setting up the speed lights and how to set our cameras.