spring!

Spring is coming!

I smell it in the air.

I feel it in the sun's warmth.

I hear it in the birds' excited chirping.

But mostly I see it on the ground.

Who needs to ask a groundhog when there are horses nearby?

Week 10: {Light} {Perspective}

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Light

My picture for this week has more to do with my internal light. When I am around horses, the depression I've battled for most of my life just disappears. This picture is not a "good" one, but it - and this horse in particular - makes my heart sing.

I loved watching her in today's jumping show. Now I have an idea of how awesome she and I will look together after some more training.

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Perspective

If there was one thing that ever gave me a new perspective, it was becoming a mother.

Week 9: {new} {architecture} and an explanation

I'm still not sure how to share last week's post, but today I'm going to try.

Last month was a month of house shopping. It was an intense roller coaster of emotion, soaring in exhilaration only to crash into despair a moment later.

Houses were selling left and right. Many had offers accepted on them their very first day on the market. Many others had offers accepted almost the very instant we expressed an interest in them.

But we finally found our perfect house. The only real flaw was that it wasn't a horse property, but this I could deal with. Everything else was almost as if it had been made just for us. We rushed to put in an offer and it was accepted. In our minds we had already moved in. We were planning future expansions to make us even happier there.

Then everything unraveled with a phone call from the loan agent. He had been over-eager in pre-approving us, and the loan wasn't going through. Kim's suspicion that his job is too new was correct.

The crushing devastation we felt is pretty indescribable.

The loan agent and realtor are still working hard to make this happen if at all possible. We are still moving forward with the paperwork just in case God decides to pull a miracle out of thin air, but we are resolved that it won't happen. We feel far too raw to allow ourselves to hope.

I debated taking a different picture for the "New" inspiration, but ultimately I've decided against it. Even if the house is not our new home and future, the search for it was most certainly a new learning experience for us. We will feel more confident in our continued house search next year.

For New and Architecture, here is Week 9's picture:

Week 8: Lines (in) My View

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Lines

My picture for this week feels very un-creative to me. But you have to admit that there are an awful lot of lines to be seen here.

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My View

 While I only see this on the weekends, it is what gets me through the rest of the week. This picture could also be taken as a prophetic view of my future.

Week 7: Free

This blog has been deserted the last couple of weeks due to mass busy-ness. I started a weekend job at a local horse farm, and we've been preparing to move again. 

The gal in charge of the 52 Weeks challenge was having computer issues that caused us to miss the 7th week. :-(

Project 52 had an inspiration of "Free," meaning that we could feel free to capture whatever fell into our laps to photograph.

Week 6: Fearless Motion

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Motion

While this isn't the crazy-active shot that I'd imagined getting, I do love the simple motion of this shot.

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Fearless

Yonah realized recently that he is scared of heights. But when we went to the "big park", he insisted on climbing up all the climbing rocks. Why? Because he wanted to try the "jumping off thing" to see if he liked it or not.

And this week you get a bonus picture!

This was my initial plan for the Fearless shot. I decided against it because I was so excited to get a shot of Yonah. Between his camera shyness and his sisters' excitement to have their pictures taken, I don't get many pictures of him these days.

Week 5: Busy Textures

I have been in a creative slump the past few weeks. Even the simple task of writing in my journal is unbearably difficult. It's been very discouraging.

But it was easier today, so maybe I'm starting to come out of it?

This week's inspirations were as follows:

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Textures

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Busy

Lila's determination to be as big as her siblings keeps her very busy each day.