{August Break} A road trip and new shoes...

{August Break} Tools of the Trade

What I have been using for the August Break:

-Instagram in my iPad (I am taking a break from worrying about shutter speed, f stops and my ISO and concentrating on composition. I have a long way to go.)

-I read this article about using the Camera+ app to add captions to my Instagram shots. I have a feeling I will be using this alot more.

-Blogsy app for blogging. Easy to use and I can out together a quick photo post in a minute or two.

{August Break} Ten on Ten

My day in Instagram:: ten pictures documenting my day on the 10th of the month. (Which, by the way, is my dad's birthday...Happy birthday, daddy!

good morning, Heather...breakfast date to start the day...

finding color at the store...

sunlight through the trees at the park

library time

nap time means a little summer color

working on the calendar for September. Next month is a clean slate.

Summer time is pool time, a good book and some sunshine.

30 day shred. Day 6.

After dinner:: keeping the high-energy 3 year in motion. Sun up to sundown.

before retiring inside for the night, checking the pears for ripeness...can't wait till they are ready!

{August Break} Collections

from the collections around the in-laws house...

{Day 4} On the edge.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Radmacher

{Day 3} On the Map

Day 2 {Trip to the Fire House}

{August Break} Day 1: Focus

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. 

When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

-Ansel Adams

Summer evenings in the backyard...

grass in your toes

tree swing

sunset coming through the branches

lemonade

sweet smell of flowers in the air

cicada melody in the trees

Americana nostalgia...

Things to do when you are a Stay-at-home-in-someone-else's-home-Mom

Things to do when you are unemployed, dealing with extreme minimalism in the toy/distraction area, and living in someone else's house (who you really want to try to keep intact from sticky fingers):

• Discover public parks and spaces.
• Be a mini-tourist in the area in which you are staying. (Like find a real-life dairy farm and try driving a tractor!)
• Check out the night life and utilize your hosts as babysitters (thanks, grandparents!)
• Work that GPS! Don't get stuck inside...get a map and get out and about.
• Eat copious amounts of ice cream. (It's summer and I am essentially on vacation, right?)

Through their eyes...

When your children look at something, really look at something, as parents, we tend to turn our eye in that direction. But often our child's point of interest is something normal to us, something we have seen a million times before. I have been coming to Disney for almost all of my life and while I love it (well, I love it when we don't come in July. Never again, Disney World in July...), certain things have lost their magic. My adult eyes don't see what my son sees. At his age, he views it all with the innocence and newness that childhood brings.

With the new changes and experiences on the way, I can only pray that I see things with such newness and innocence...

{Friday Photos} Last Minute Preparations

Last minute tasks are easy to get done when you are blessed with a friend with an amazing playroom and you are listening to some fun podcasts. Laundry, packing and filling up gas tanks: we are off tomorrow!

Shots from Guyana {Photography Highlight}

{All photographs by Nikhil Ramkarran}