Somehow when the weather is terrible, the inner children come out in the professional workplace. People are giggling at their desks, someone is heating up hot chocolate mix, someone is munching on animal crackers (that would be me), and everyone has weather.com up as if the radar is going to give us a personal message […]

She is precious. Honestly. And even her cry that starts as just a little whimper that soon turns into a screech is the cutest thing you’ve ever heard. She wasn’t keen on having her photos taken, but we went with it anyway. As I left, I thought to myself again how awesome it is to […]

Old couples are cute. Case 1) Ramona and I were in Des Moines at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium to be guest pianists at the Iowa Prayer Breakfast. The day before, we played at the Governor’s Mansion and got to take photos with the Governor (Tom Vilsack at the time) and his wife, Christie. Regardless of […]

I don’t have a child to brag about or a dog or even a fish. I killed those all off several years ago…the fish, I mean.  But I do have a husband and he makes me incredibly happy with laughter because as serious as he is when he’s in business mode, I feel so lucky […]

I’m a bookworm. I’m also a sucker for sudoku and spider solitaire. I think my husband is the cutest thing to be put on this earth. And I eat Nutella with a spoon. That about covers it. My weekend, though it had its parts, was for the majority relaxing. I went to the gym a […]

It’s been slow this winter in the photography business, which is fine and expected. Being a “naturalist” photographer, I prefer to stay outside for pictures and use natural light. Nevertheless, I cannot resist the Veal family and their house has large windows that provide fantastic lighting in the early afternoon so my flash got to […]