I am going to a party tonight. I will wear a cute black dress, silver earrings and fancy shoes. My tiny cancer-free breasts will be with me. The only body part missing on me is my uterus, two wisdom teeth and 6 pack of abs I had 3 years ago! I will be in the company of gorgeous women...school teachers, nurses, singers and entertainers...some with , some without breasts. some shy, some out-loud-and-proud. none the less...they are all SURVIVORS. women. wives. sisters. lovers. girlfriends. aunts. daughters. mothers. neighbors. I sat with them last week around a table with wine, time and trust. They told their stories about "day of diagnosis," chemo, bald heads, tears and fears. We laughed and cried so hard we doubled over in our chairs as we wiped away the flood of tears. I am honored and humbled to share with you some of the photographs I took for "CUPS FOR THE CAUSE" 2010 calender. (available to you if you wish to purchase) All proceeds benefit the Lee County Cancer Resource Center
as a follower ofI Love Faces blog, this weeks contest title is "excited"and right when I snapped this moment as she tried on her new hat, she was so excited to get her picture taken!!
when the weather turned cooler, I was inspired to sew with my wool again. The rain dripped all weekend, keeping me inside with slurpy soups, sewing machines and critters that make me smile!The following soup recipe kept me warm and toasty all weekend. CURRIED SWEET POTATO CHOWDER 2 T chopped fresh ginger, 2 garlic cloves, minced, 2 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp curry powder, 1/2 tsp Chinese Five Spice, 6 cups good quality vegetable stock, 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped, 1/2 can coconut milk, 1/4 cup plain yogurt, 1 1/2 tsp lime zest. 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, 1/4 cup chopped green onion, 3 T chopped fresh cilantro. In large soup pot, saute ginger and garlic for a couple minutes. Add veggie stock and sweet potato, bring to a low boil, reduce heat, then simmer about 20 minutes till potato is tender. Add coconut milk, yogurt, zest & lime juice. heat thoroughly, but do not boil. Remove soup from heat and add green onion and cilantro.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM! aka the Queen of Arts! She who gathers tiny smooth rocks, paints them perfectly with affirmations, wishes and good will. Sews, stuff and gives flight to precious little birdies ( go have a looksee here on her blog) Paints, doodles and colors her art journal to share openly and honestly with all of us fortunate to get a glimpse of her work. She is a loyal supporter and blog commenter to so many of us putting ourselves "out there." Travel safely, wrap yourself in the love of family and return to yet another week of Birthday Royalty! You truly are the Queen of HEARTS!
I love to take pictures. For as long as I can remember, since 7 years old at summer camp. Before that, my Daddy had a shiny fancy camera with a sexy smelling leather case. We( me and my brothers) would pile up at my Grandmothers house and watch slides of vacations, decorating christmas trees and jumping off diving boards. I transitioned easily from film to digital because it was during my days of traveling abroad and my only way to tell my story was emails with attached photographs! Now I Blog, Flickr and even get paid on ocasion to shoot semi naked women for calenders of cause!or the Women of Round Top bared it ALLmost for the local animal shelter. This past week, my photographs have been chosen on a couple of really cool blogs, Pioneer Woman and Kind Over Matter. If you click on the previous titles, you can go have a looksee! The photo of the young girl was taken while I was living in Mexico. She was beautifully eating an orange, and I asked her mother if I could take the shot. She paused perfectly, then carried on slurping that juicy fruit! The "Winged Messenger" is a project by Susanna Gordon. She hand paints them and sends them out into the world for us to place and photograph in random locations. Mine landed at the local Thrift Store where I feel like the volunteers need more appreciation than they receive on shopping days when crowds push their way thru the doors to grab all the bargains they can fight for. I usually tuck in a "Card Drop" with my dollar bills that I upload from Kind Over Matter...they are freebies! Gotta love that kind of bargain!
"to me, photography is an art of observation. it's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place...I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them"
~elliott erwitt~
I am going to a party tonight. I will wear a cute black dress, silver earrings and fancy shoes. My tiny cancer-free breasts will be with me. The only body part missing on me is my uterus, two wisdom teeth and 6 pack of abs I had 3 years ago! I will be in the company of gorgeous women...school teachers, nurses, singers and entertainers...some with , some without breasts. some shy, some out-loud-and-proud. none the less...they are all SURVIVORS. women. wives. sisters. lovers. girlfriends. aunts. daughters. mothers. neighbors. I sat with them last week around a table with wine, time and trust. They told their stories about "day of diagnosis," chemo, bald heads, tears and fears. We laughed and cried so hard we doubled over in our chairs as we wiped away the flood of tears. I am honored and humbled to share with you some of the photographs I took for "CUPS FOR THE CAUSE" 2010 calender. (available to you if you wish to purchase) All proceeds benefit the Lee County Cancer Resource Center
