“I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.”
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Holiday celebrations are such a big part of first grade. It seems there is
“You can’t crawl back in the dollhouse–
You’ve gotten too
big to
get in.
You’ve got to live here
Like the rest of us do.
You’ve got to walk roads
That are winding and new.
But oh, I wish I could
Crawl back with you
Into the dollhouse again.”
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The dollhouse has been in my classroom for years now. It is a favorite choice for my students when we have indoor recess. It has seen many hands and has lost a door and pieces of furniture along the way. The lack of perfection doesn’t deter the students from selecting the dollhouse as a place to spend quality time.
I thought the dollhouse would be an important picture to include in my project 900 Days of School in which I
“It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.”
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Two years ago, during the winter, I took a huge leap (for me) and joined some great friends and fellow photographers on a weekend primitive camping trip to Capers Island. That weekend turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life. I wrote a post about that trip upon my return. If you would like to read about it, you can do that here.
Last year, I was greatly anticipating joining the same group to spend another weekend on the island. Unfortunately,
“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
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Last night, as the lunar eclipse show began, I sat working at my computer. I had a list of reasons why I was not planning to photograph the eclipse. These reasons included:
But…
“Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.”
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This past weekend, my family and I finally went on a ski weekend that we have tried unsuccessfully for one reason or another to take for the past three years. This year, it finally worked out. We packed the car Friday, after work, and headed to Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia.
This trip was especially important to me since
“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”
-David Alan Harvey
New Year’s Eve 2018 and New Year’s Day 2019 were special for me for a couple of reasons. First of all, I got to spend quality time with my husband, Randy. Secondly, I had somewhat of a personal breakthrough with my photography both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
During my winter break, I saw that there was a holiday lights event before Christmas at Brookgreen Gardens, located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. By the time I attempted to purchase tickets for the event, all of the evenings that I could have attended were
“Our imagination flies — we are its shadow on the earth.”
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During my winter break, I had the opportunity to explore with my camera. I received a wonderful book, Seeing in Sixes, for Christmas. Seeing in Sixes is a collection of six image projects edited by Brooks Jensen and Maureen Gallagher. I think I had this book in my mind as I spent a day walking through the streets of downtown Charleston.
I have spent many trips photographing in Charleston. This time I was looking for something different to photograph. When I saw the shadow of ironwork cast upon a tree, my series for the day
“The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.”
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Each year at this time, like many of my fellow photographers, I like to take a look back at the work I created during the year. There is a lot that can be learned by taking a look back.
Instagram supplied me with my “top nine” images of 2018. This indicated the nine images that were liked the most by others who viewed my images on Instagram. I found it interesting to see that of the sixteen images that I selected as my personal favorites,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
-Clement Clarke Moore
A tradition that I enjoy each year at Christmastime is a visit to McAdenville, North Carolina. McAdenville is also known as Christmas Town USA. People drive from miles away and wait in very long lines of traffic to view the holiday lights displayed
