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June 18, 2018

Honestly, I didn’t think it was possible for Meredith to be as beautiful as she was while pregnant with her first babe. Remember, when I captured these photos of she and Jim almost two years ago?! But, alas, she has proved me wrong. Two weekends ago, while on a girls weekend trip to Treasure Island, […]

On the last day of our trip to New England, Mom and I drove into Ogunquit, ME in search of a highly rated lobster shack, but what we found was much more than we had hoped. According to legend, the Abenaki tribe gave Ogunquit it’s name, meaning “beautiful place by the sea.” To locals and tourists alike, […]

Nestled on the border of the Everglades and Marco Island is Goodland –  a small fishing town in Southwest Florida. The type of place you accidentally end up, and then decide you never want to leave. Occupying only 222 acres, Goodland boasts a short list of eateries and bars, each one unique from the next […]

A few days ago, my mom and I discovered a u-pick nectarine farm in Crystal River. After about 30 minutes of picking, we came home with two buckets of ripe, juicy, locally grown nectarines. I wanted to make something a little bit out of the ordinary with them, so I started searching for a nectarine […]

Wanna know what I miss? I miss photographing for fun. This whole thing, this thing that I do here on this site, all started because I took a lot of pictures of random things. Things like my morning coffee cup and my mom’s blueberry pies. Or a random fence post or a pretty tree in […]