tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71881142419392686712011-04-21T17:11:49.955-05:00Bits and pieces of this and that...Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-67946844894415689012008-12-07T07:44:00.003-05:002008-12-07T08:03:50.751-05:00

It has been so long since I last posted here that I thought I would catch you up. To the left you can see our four jack-o-lanterns from Halloween. We had an adorable dinosaur costume that had come in a box of clothes we had gotten from Connie. He looked adorable in it and it fit perfectly by the time Halloween rolled around. Only problem was that he didn't want to wear it. About 30 minutes

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-82821974276915284582008-10-19T19:18:00.002-05:002008-10-19T19:29:06.468-05:00

This picture of him makes me think of a photo of my mother when she was very young. It is amazing how many family members I can see in him in a given week. I see my mom, my grandfather, Kirk's mom, Kirk, my dad...it is quite a wonder.Things at work for Kirk are finally beginning to improve. Truly a blessing and much needed!It has been nice to see gas prices go down. It was very depressing

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-69962679433416081782008-09-21T10:19:00.002-05:002008-09-21T10:28:09.919-05:00

I finally got my new website to a point where I don't mind sharing it. I have been using Uber to create it. A Different Light is mainly to showcase my photography projects, though in the future it may house more.There are two families of deer that wander through the yard in the evenings. One doe has teenage babies, the other has small ones that still have their spots.The weather is finally

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-30837425565994049222008-08-31T07:20:00.004-05:002008-08-31T07:54:41.535-05:00

Earlier this week we finally had some really nice, soaking rain. Thank you Fay! After two sunny days, the sky looks gray again this morning, so perhaps Gustav is sending some rain our way as well. I'm working on a new website. Decided to use uber.com as it is very easy to work with and it allows for a greater variation in page types than I know how to build on my own. Hopefully the end product

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-32642977574883173822008-08-17T08:34:00.003-05:002008-08-17T08:41:41.849-05:00

We so need rain. It teased us the other day with dark overcast skies, but then it just lightly spit at us all day. No real accumulation. The reservoirs are down 3 and 1/2 feet and the are finally talking restriction.I turned a year older this past Friday. For the first time ever I actually felt older. But, only because my bad knee is giving me fits all the time. It feels like it did in

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-82732154216844039832008-08-03T15:06:00.003-05:002008-08-03T15:13:23.307-05:00

We had a lot of fun outdoors this past week, despite the heat. I didn't realize how much we needed rain until I saw the frog pond today.Our tomato plant finally has blooms on it again. It has been broken in half twice by strong wings from short summer thunder storms. It is taller now than both previous times, so I guess that means we should get another storm here shortly.The squirrels also

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-59642114141991802302008-07-27T08:56:00.003-05:002008-07-27T09:00:07.090-05:00

This past week we were pretty busy running all over getting ready for Wilem's oral surgery on Friday. So there were plenty of bus rides and being gone from the house 2-4 hours a day.I didn't get much sleep and cried a bit. Just knowing the risks involved with general anesthesia and the fact that it was my baby. I had the mantra "it's going to be alright, they do this kind of thing all the time

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-80928006561881800182008-07-20T07:39:00.002-05:002008-07-20T08:03:02.856-05:00

We had a pretty quiet week. Monday was Wilem's yearly check up, and he passed with flying colors. He was over the bug he was fighting on his birthday and he did really well interacting with the doctor. Very few tears, and actually spoke to him without being prompted. Tuesday was our normal walk to see the geese and look for frogs and turtles and fish.Wednesday we took Kirk to work and then

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-7612146979979708252008-07-13T08:20:00.004-05:002008-07-13T08:25:01.745-05:00

I don't really have anything to add to the below description of the week's activities. The frog birthday cake took me 4 hours to do, and while it didn't turn out exactly how I had envisioned it, I still think it turned out pretty well.A good time was had by all!

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-72976987118139006192008-07-06T08:14:00.006-05:002008-07-06T08:38:20.928-05:00

While the helicopters were fun to look at on Wednesday, they were quite the pain on Friday. Apparently they had mentioned that you "might want to avoid route 20 on Friday" but they failed to mention that at times there would be total lock downs with no one getting in, or out. So I go to run to the nearby grocery store really quickly on Friday before lunch. I take Wilem with me, but don't take

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-46978049670614408462008-06-29T06:23:00.003-05:002008-06-29T06:35:37.646-05:00

As the days have grown hot again, we take water and juice along with us on our walks so that we can stay hydrated. Wilem insists on wearing "blue jeans pants" if mommy does. I can't convince him he would be cooler in shorts.This week was pretty much our normal routine until the weekend. On Friday we visited a new park and on Saturday my good friend and her son came for a visit. In the mean

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-18169257829961824272008-06-23T09:40:00.003-05:002008-06-23T09:55:22.248-05:00

Each year we have been here, in the summer we have a guest. There is a large lily plant right in front of where we park our car, and every year a Praying Mantis makes it's home there. This year I spotted him early, for he is still very tiny. I look for him every day. Sometimes I spot him right off, sometimes it takes some times, and other days he's just hiding too well. We always see them in

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-55883229024826453282008-06-15T09:54:00.004-05:002008-06-15T10:19:00.671-05:00

This week has been nice.On Monday Wilem and I rode into town with Kirk so we could get our father's day gift supplies. We got a wooden picture frame that can be decorated and then Wilem picked out the things to put around the frame. He chose a bumble bee (he hunts for them every day), a dog, a frog, and a triceratops. Then I picked some log letters. Wilem and I painted the frame a brown color

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-70992754406058540692008-06-08T06:43:00.002-05:002008-06-08T06:58:01.393-05:00

Usually I don't mind the arrival of summer, but when it comes with a heatwave it can just move right along and let fall come early or spring come back.We now have some nice family shots that are current. Kirk's mom, Trish, has been visiting and she took some shots of us the other night. Wilem wasn't the most cooperative, kept wiggling to get down, but they still turned out well.Trish also gave

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-87082224222809994732008-06-01T07:30:00.003-05:002008-06-01T08:09:55.210-05:00

"United We Stand" is my entry for a contest on Deviant Art . The object was to create a piece of art that draws attention to the plight of both the Polar Bear and Honeybee to promote support to the causes. Winning art will be used on fliers. The original sketches I made were better, but I couldn't get to a scanner, so I had to redraw everything with my wacom tablet, and I'm still getting the

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-60419570725721333192008-05-26T06:45:00.003-05:002008-05-26T06:56:59.900-05:00

These past two weeks have found us, well me, sniffling like crazy, still. Now it is from my allergies. They are really bad this year. Not as many bees means more pollen, more pollen means my nose is never far from a tissue. Bleh.The little guy got the stomach flu, poor guy. I can't think of much to share this week. I'm tired. Not much sleep the past few nights taking care our sick little

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-17067480728861575452008-05-11T10:52:00.002-05:002008-05-11T10:58:58.951-05:00

Rain has been a daily thing for awhile. I want the sun to come out again. Normally I don't mind rain, but there are things I want to do outside, and my little guy wants to play in the yard.I was hoping for rest and relaxation today, but it is not to be found. Everything he does today is done with fussing and crying and yelling. He threw my breakfast on the floor and is all around in a foul

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-80969289105331326802008-05-05T08:03:00.003-05:002008-05-05T08:34:19.723-05:00

Our days are spent taking long walks and playing in the yard. We are fortunate that nature abounds where we are. Deer often graze in our yard, bees buzz about and many birds sing and twitter in the trees.Just yesterday on our walk we saw frogs, red winged black birds, a small heron, robins, ravens, mosquitos, dragonflies, butterflies, squirrels, mocking birds, swallows, and I wont even try to

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-50864127760659281582007-04-29T10:46:00.000-05:002007-04-29T10:51:06.304-05:00

The weather is beautiful, birds are singing, flowers are blooming. I am enjoying walks with my son taking pictures. In 12 days we head off on our trip to Georgia and Florida to visit family.

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-35543506076738968202007-04-29T10:37:00.000-05:002007-04-29T10:44:07.196-05:00

I created this image for 'Illustration Friday' 's topic "Polar".The first thing I though when I read the topic was opposites...here we have the caterpillar/moth at opposite ends of their life span. This is a photomanipulation using two photographs I shot, one last fall and one just the other day.*edit - and wouldn't you know, I missed the deadline...

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-90804859323206270692007-04-26T12:14:00.000-05:002007-04-26T12:22:06.637-05:00

I began working on a Seven Deadly Sins series back in 2003. I have not yet completed my series. This is my second version of Envy. I had originally completed them all, but found no cohesion to the group. I took them back to the drawing board and have completed pride, lust, envy and anger. I am still working on the remaining three. My basis is pride, you can see it faintly in all of the

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My entry for the Diptych Portrait Competition hosted by DoNotAttempt and Ssecret at Deviant Art here

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During a visit to Annapolis in December of 2006, I began shooting images for someone interested in hanging some of my photography on their walls. They grew up in Annapolis and wanted me to begin shooting shots. More images from this shoot can be found here . Posters and notecards of these images can be found at my cafepress shop, a link is provided at right.

Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254524307152644613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188114241939268671.post-68141011734999073392007-03-04T16:13:00.000-05:002007-03-04T16:19:54.751-05:00

This is the most recent image in my ongoing Kaleidoscope project, more of these images can be found at my website, the link can be found in the links at the right.I have always enjoyed looking through Kaleidoscopes, and I am always playing around with images, and after playing one day this project was born.

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