friday five

Right before Lydia was born, I invested in a pricey new lens for my Nikon.  My justification for purchasing something so extravagant right before having a baby was twofold: I would be able to take much better photos of client projects AND capture amazing, ethereal moments of my baby girl.  While my photography skills have improved DRAMATICALLY since then, I will say that for every amazing picture I grab of Lydia, there are about 35 outtakes that are either out of focus or blurry because my little Tazmanian Devil is on the run (which is a drastic improvement from the 5,000 tries it used to take to get a decent shot when I first got my lens)

My kid is no stranger to having a camera shoved in her face but I also have it out and “practice” with  ALL. THE. TIME.  This includes taking pictures of projects, DIY’s, my house or just because I rearranged things on my bookshelves and got a wild hair to photograph it for posterity (?!)  There are a bunch of photos I never post here and so, in an effort to share more of my home, my projects, my daughter and just life in general, I’m starting “FRIDAY FIVE” where I’ll post a few snapshots from the cutting room floor each week.  Here is this week’s five!

It’s still not cold enough to close it for the winter, so I still get to see sparkling blue from my kitchen and living room (and skim pine straw all day, every day) for a little while longer:

My sweet girl’s got some major curls, just like her momma:

I planted dahlias for the first time this year and while I was a tad disappointed to discover that, when cut, they don’t last more than a day or two in water (is that normal??), they made quite a striking impression from the curb!

It’s amazing how a little zhushing and shelf rearranging on a rainy day can improve your mood:

I’ve been buying sunflowers by the bucket lately; after two solid weeks of rain, I was beginning to think it was the only sun we would ever see again.  I don’t know how people in the Pacific Northwest do it!

making Have a wonderful weekend!