dear callah

callah mackenzie

dear callah,
i'm sitting here.
not knowing how to write what i'm feeling.
i know i'm not some fancy writer who's writing makes people cry.
but i do want to make this letter special.
one that you will remember.

i think you're beautiful.
outside and inside.

you make me smile.
you bring joy to my life.

i remember when we were little you and i would sit in the back seats of our Dad's squeaky old green truck with the window open. holding our stuffed doggies-cookie and princess-tight so they wouldn't fly out the window, out of our reach.
Dad in the driver's seat smiling as we played with the stuffed dogs.
"I wonder if that person behind us thinks our doggies are real," i said.
"yeah,  he might think it's a bad idea to have our dogs hanging out the window," you said. we laughed.

i remember once when you got me laughing so hard i peed in my pants.

i remember us crying on your bed together.

i remember.
and always will.

i love you.
and always will.
-anna

a dog's soul

Every dog must have a soul, somewhere deep inside
Where all his hurts and grievances are buried with his pride.

Where he decides the good and bad, the wrong way from the right,
And where his judgement carefully is hidden from our sight.
A dog must have a secret place, where every thought abides,
A sort of close acquaintance that he trusts in and confides.
And when accused unjustly for himself, He cannot speak,
Rebuked, He finds within his soul, the comfort he must seek.
He'll love, tho'he is unloved, and he'll serve, tho'badly used,
And one kind word will wipe away the times when he's abused.
Altho' his heart may break in two, his love will still be whole,
Because God gave to every dog an understanding Soul!
-Author Unknown

 today i scribbled down a summer list. and then typed it. 

 

_______________________________MY SUMMER LIST_____________________________

spend more time with the family and get out of my own little world || finish reading at least 10 books || walk the dogs more often || interview a photographer || save up at least 100 dollars || finish math book || do a photoshoot with mom || write an essay on a book || start and complete a summer project(i got this idea from Hannah Nicole's summer list :) || and probably many other things that i might think of later :)

 

 

Way too much coffee.  But if it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever.  ~David Letterman

 

our best friends came over yesterday! i had soooo much fun. we went to the pool. had lunch. walked about a mile or so. jumped in the pool. again.

anyway, here's some portraits i did of my friend, Morgan.

refresh

i was getting tired of my old design so i decided to refresh my blog and change a few things.

what do you think?

cross-eyed Apple

i look into the crossed eyes and see the wild, playful, spunk,of our sweet cat, Apple. 

he plays with everything. 

i was sitting concentrating on my math and Apple trots over and rips the edge of my math book off with his sharp cat teeth. i guess you wouldn't call that playing, but destroying. anyway, he does both.

he's loves to snuggle.

last night, in bed, he snuggled up between my shoulder and neck, and purred.

so that's Apple. the family, cross-eyed cat.

hours of sleep lost. days flying away. no recovery. yet

i find myself not remembering what day it is lately. i have to think about it a little. i just came to the conclusion that today is monday. i'm so tired.  i cant seem to get back those hours of sleep i lost saturday. oh well. maybe after a couple more days i'll get those hours back.

i hope you have a good night's sleep tonight too.

life is beautiful

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller 

 

quick update

my sisters and i just got back from being at the barn in 86 degree weather. :o my legs are killing me from standing so long. as soon as we got home i ran upstairs and got in the shower. 

Now i'm just chilling out and blogging.

sorry i don't have any photos to share, i've been so busy i haven't had time to shoot some photos.

i miss my camera. maybe i'll have time to use it today.

rainy day post

rain. rain. all day. long. 

this morning me and my sisters got up and headed to the barn. mom dropped us off and we helped Lynn with the kids that came for the camp. since it was to wet to ride we did a bunch of activities in the barn. 

mom picked us up at 12:30 and we went home and ate lunch. then I went up stairs and got on the computer. and here i am writing this post. 

don't forget to check out Above All Else and see this Monday's group post! and my friend's new blog design! :D

 i hope you have a happy monday!

Shadows

“The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.”
― George R.R. Martin

 i have always wanted to shoot a photo with prominent shadows cast onto the subject. 

yesterday evening i was sitting on the sofa in front of a window with shades. looking at the shadows

cast on the sofa. then ran over grabbed my camera and shot a self-portrait. the shadows cast on my face looked really cool. so i ran over and grabbed my brother, Daniel, and made him sit on the sofa and turn one side of his face toward the window. i turned the shutter speed around 1/800 i think and the ISO at 400. and that is how i made the photo above. with very little editing.

what do you think?

Callah//film portraits

Callah was on the laptop doing her own thing while I snapped away. I went for the film look for these photos. I really enjoyed experimenting different things for these shots.

What do you think?