A Long Weekend

'There is always a sunrise and always a sunset and it's up to you to choose to be there for it,' said my mother. 'Put yourself in the way of beauty.'  -  Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Shades of Brown

"When you train your eyes to see the magic and miracles in the little things, you open the door for your whole life to shift."  -  Carol Woodliff

The warmish February afternoon was perfect for shooting.  Megan grabbed her bow and arrows.  I grabbed my Nikon.  

My Daughter's Portrait

"A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give." 

 -  Laurel Atherton

"Daughters hold our hands for a little while but hold our hearts forever."  

 -  unknown

Focus

"Where focus goes energy flows...shift your focus toward where you want to go and your actions will take you in that direction."  -  Tony Robbins

Breakfast

"What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?"  

 -  Anthony Bourdan

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."  

 -  Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Is there one ingredient in your kitchen cabinet which you always add a little more of to the recipe than it recommends?

Sisters

"A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning

 of life."   -  Isadora Jones

I love my big sister.

Traveling

"To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted."  -  Bill Bryson

"One's destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things."  -  Henry Miller

Merry Christmas!

"My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others."  -  Bob Hope

"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas."  -  Peg Bracken