Archive: Sep 2013
  1. Letters To My Daughters | My Dearest Girls

    I have been undertaking a very special personal project for about a year and a half now. Early last year when I was approached about taking on this unique and special endeavor with a circle of crazy talented and special women I couldn’t help myself.  There are admittedly months where I just haven’t been able to keep up or life has gotten in the way but I have some very special keepsakes for my little ones and am so excited to continue on in this project. I in fact also write letters to my sons as well so essentially it is more of a letters to my children project.

    Some of my past letters can be found here and here and even here. Of course there are many more scattered throughout the blog here.

    And please follow the circle to my amazing friend Kirsty Larmour Photography. You can find her letter to her beautiful girls right HERE.

    Dearest Lillian and Sophia,

    A new season has crept up on us in more than one way for sure.  Your littlest brother will be joining our family in mere weeks, and I know that things are slowly changing to accommodate his arrival. For you Lillian, that may mean taking on a very new role. You will be so much older and most likely someone that not only nurtures him, but an almost maternal figure to him.  Sophia, you are used to be the baby in every sense. Soon you will have a new playmate.  You still feel very much like the baby and I am a bit apprehensive at how not only you, but I will handle a slight shift in our roles around here, but more than anything I am just so over joyed and excited to watch the two of you with your new baby.  Every morning, you make sure to hug my belly and greet your brother by name, and then tell him you love him.  I was a bit apprehensive you might have a hard time having to share some of the attentions with yet another sibling, but you have matured so much into a little girl these past months that I know you will be more than okay.  Lillian, I have you to thank especially because you have really set a shining example for what and how a big sister should be. We are all really growing around here aren’t we? I know it has been years since there has been a baby in this house, but I am more than ready to welcome this little boy into our home and our arms, but most importantly into our hearts.  He is going to have two very special big sisters to watch over him.
    I am so proud of the two of you.

    Love you girls so incredibly much,

    Mama

     

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  2. M4H P52 “Seasonal” Winner and Eye Candy

    Last week’s theme came right on time here. Suddenly we are in the 70’s weather wise, warm coffee and fall color are in, and we are definitely heading into a new season here in Colorado. I always so look forward to seeing what you all have been up to, so let’s get right into our lovely images for the week.

    Winner:
    By: a bit of sas photography

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    Caption:
    Apples, vintage poncho and late summer light. That hybrid of summer and fall when the days are still warm enough for shorts but the evenings call for night wrapped in a blanket on the couch. This is the in between, where here among the rolling hills of Eastern Pennsylvania you get to experience one season gong to sleep and the awakening of another.

    Lots of Eye Candy:

    By: {In Bloom Images}

    38/52 {Seasonal}

    Caption:
    Did you know that every month there is a special name for the moon? The month of September is known as the Harvest Moon. Due to this full moon rising near the autumnal equinox, the moon rises about 30 minutes later each day instead of the typical 50 minutes. This extra dose of lighting which farmers needed for harvesting crops is what gives it the Harvest moon name.

    By: Bluebells on the Green | Sophie James

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    Caption:
    A little bit of left over summer in my garden.

    By: denise slark

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    Caption:
    we are saying goodbye to summer here, and we are really quite sad about it!!!

    By: Lori Frederick

    {Seasonal}

    Caption:
    I love fall… the crisp air, the mums, the apples & pumpkins. My daughter inherited this from me…that…and a sense of humor.

    By: Pretty Little Prints Photography

    38/52: Seasonal

    Caption:
    I have been praying all this week for the bad weather in the North of Mexico stops, my dad has his clients lined up to pick his oranges and the only thing in the way of a successful picking is the weather. I got the call today that they started picking! What a blessing.

    By: Michelle Vinnacombe

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    Caption:
    The fall season is upon us here in northeaster PA and the leaves are already starting to turn.

    By: jennifer nobriga

    m4h seasons | crab meets crabby

    Caption:
    the time for summer to end and the fall to begin. we just finished shopping for new shoes for school and the cooler weather…and this wall was screaming her name. it’s perfect because, seriously, i would never be unhappy after shoe shopping.

    By: egalindo

    Project 52 - 38/52  "Seasonal"

    Caption:
    We went down to the annual Chili Festival in Pueblo today and it smelled amazing. My favorite time of year, mostly for the seasonal food.

    By: Sonja Stone

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    Caption:
    On the first day of Fall, it rained for the first time in more months than I can remember. We played and played and can’t wait for next time.

    By: heatherflo1

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    Caption:
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    By: Free 2 Be

    38-52-2013: It's Fall

    Caption:
    September 22, 2013 – Have you ever noticed that September seems like the start of the new year, not January. January 1st just seems like a continuation of weather and dark. Whereas September feels like a season of endings and beginnings.

    By: 13misaliss

    38/52 Seasonal

    Caption:
    According to the news we have had the hottest summer on record. We have a longer “swim” season then most. My daughter learned to swim this summer and she can’t get enough. As for me…I am ready to retire the swim suits…I need some cooler weather!

    M4H

    By: Vixpix:-)

    Seasonal

    Caption:
    Time for the wellies to come out again on a damp Saturday afternoon when we were blackberry picking. P.S. I tied her laces up after the shot!

    By: MnM Family Photography

    Week 38 {Seasonal}

    Caption:
    Saw the leaves and acorns laying like this in my yard this morning and it screamed fall to me! So excited for the changing of the seasons! Can’t wait for apple picking, pumpkin picking, boots and sweaters!

    By: Justine B7

    38/52 Seasonal

    Caption:
    Mum, I’ll give you a strawberry kiss! The strawberry season is at its peak in Australia. 99cents a punnet. Bargain!

    By: miabellaphotogs

    Seasonal

    Caption:
    I took this photo of the beautiful Italian sunset. It is that time of year that harvest is almost complete. I am so looking forward to all of these corn stalks being cut down so, I can see the landscape around me, but for a few more days I can see the harvest spread out to meet the sunset.

    By: Kristy Mulvihill Photography

    Week 38 - Seasonal

    Caption:
    Spring has sprung!!! And so have the pretty flowers, love this time of year 🙂

    By: Marta Rhine

    Playing Tourist

    Caption:
    I think we experienced the shift of the seasons this evening. The city was so quiet, empty. Like it’s resting and recharging for the next few months to come after a hot and festive Summer.
    We took a walk and played tourist for a bit. Snapped some pictures and got some ice-cream. 🙂

    By: Sonnie Mather Photography

    38/52 Seasonal

    Caption:
    We are on alert. It’s snake season! Yes! Really! We almost drove over a huge snake today…… the fright inspired our entry this week… with our fakey snakey of course 🙂

    By: Jana O’Flaherty

    M4H - Seasonal

    Caption:
    I live in Northwestern Ontario, and it is very clearly fall here now (turned on the furnace this morning!). I love fall, the crispness, the smells, the gorgeous deep colours and the lack of bugs! I was thrilled to turn on the oven and roast these gorgeous, fresh-from-the-farmer’s-market carrots with our dinner.

    By: April Burns

    Seasonal

    Caption:
    I have always known that the time would come when the boys would both be big enough to spend their time in the barn with their Daddy instead of in the house with me. This was my view the other evening, the days are getting shorter which makes me sad because I am such an outside girl. I do love fall but I have always hated the winter that follows!! This will be my new view out of my kitchen window, sigh…

    By: lzornesphotography

    Seasonal

    Caption:
    I had no idea what to shoot for this, until I saw this little heart shaped red leaf.

    By: Katiefewell

    38/52 Seasonal

    Caption:
    With the change in seasons, comes the inevitable sicknesses. We’re home being extra snuggly today. It takes 103 degrees to slow this one down.

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