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Super bowl

I love football and so do my neighbors. Occasionally I get to catch the Seahawks on Sunday if I’m not working. This year I’ve headed down the street for a Monday Night Football potluck with Suzanne and Marcia. There’s nothing like being schooled on football by a couple of 70+ year old ladies while munching on a sloppy joe!

My friend does not love football. But she is from New Orleans. And so we were excited to host the super bowl party. Her dad sent shirts. I made a football cake for the guess the half time score game and there were cocktail weenies. And now it’s 8 months of waiting for football season to start again.

Patti Smith

I photographed Patti Smith the other night for Seattle Arts and Lectures. It kind of was as cool as it sounds. I wasn’t expecting anything since I only know her work minimally (don’t judge) and I certainly wasn’t expecting her to be as warm and generous and inviting as she was both back and on stage.

It was a really sweet talk about her and Robert Mapplethorpe and that time in her life. Nice. And then she sang and it was pretty cool. But then…at the end…she sang “Because the Night” a capella and I will tell you that it was totally and completely amazing and energizing and cool to be a part of.

Welcome back…with a bang!

I’ve been back and hard at work but just not quite ready to blog…like that might make it official. The year is here, the resolutions are under way (and progressing mostly nicely I might add) and it’s time to pick up where I left off…which frankly was something like mid-November…the time since seems to have happened so long ago and at a frenetic pace that I hardly remember me…but enough about me…

What about Amanda and Bryan…possibly the cutest couple ever. Oh, I love them…they met in an elevator…you know, the cute guy in the elevator you joke and make small talk with, the one you screw up your courage to ask out…did I mention I love them? They are so cutely in love with each other and with wedding planning and it seems with life itself…I know, overuse of cute. just wait, you’ll see…

 

Vacation

Mmmm…so many holiday things. But so little post holiday energy. My biggest holiday achievement (aside from totally enjoying being overrun by my brother and his family) is really embracing my iPhones camera and apps in general. In fact I’m posting from an app. I’m not saying I’m going to start texting or tweeting but if I were I’d say omg…whats the world coming to!

A sweet remembrance

There are places that you know from when you were a kid. Your grandparents house, summer camp,  a big backyard. My gramma and grandpa had a cabin on a lake. We swam and fished, walked the dusty road, played with the other summer kids…real sticky, sunshiney, summer goodness.

She was a grandkid here. And then they were married here. And now her son is having his own adventures here.

yummy cold day

It’s really cold here….so cold that it’s been sort of a questionable outside shooting experience. Oh, the kids are fine…I’m a big complainer though. So this morning we planned for some outdoor fun at the sculpture park and when they opened we ducked inside for some indoor time. It was a great decision! They love the sculpture park and go there all the time so Finn especially loved running around and visiting his spots. And then, the inside is so beautiful and stylish and modern and open and light filled that we all warmed up and skidded about and had some quiet family time.

This is an abreviated part of a series…I love how he is playing with her and then checking out that she is laughing. It was one of those wonderful sibling moments that I willingly threw myself onto the ground for and held my breath the entire time then did the happy dance.

A sunny November day (for real)

The weather has been so yucky this past month that it seems like every weekend has been rained or frozen out. And then I saw Chet’s order come in and it reminded me of the sunny fun that was just a few weeks ago. Chet and I have had some slow warm up periods in years past but this time it was full speed ahead right from the start! And once again, I got that shot I wished I had of myself…on dad’s shoulders, laughing with your parents, so happy and in love….honestly it makes me a little teary.

I love love love this shot!

Chet was really frustrated (in a happy goofy way) by his shadow. He wanted it gone. His mom kept trying to wipe it off his feet but it just stuck there. Shadows are tricky like that!