I thought I posted this already, I found it still on "private" from September.

I was on a "date" with Eti we were holding hands and he started talking about photographs, and I was curious what he thought about what I do so I asked him "Eti why do you think Mommy takes pictures?"

He thought about it and then said "Because you like to look at things closer".

I have been reading Chloe "The Nutcracker" because I am taking her on Friday to see the ballet.  In an edition from Warren Chappell there is a quote that I have read over and over:

"There are as many wonders as ever, for those who have eyes to discover them."

These pictures of a birch tree were taken on a day when I felt spoiled. When I shoot weddings there is beauty everywhere, I don't need to look, it is at every glance handed to me.  So on this day I was home and wanted to challenge myself to find beauty in my yard, to go seek it out in the commonplace.