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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Rediscovering "Us"


It was one of those weird things... 
I had taken my laptop in to be repaired, 
and I just picked it up this afternoon. 

I don't know what sort of hoodoo voodoo 
the computer tech did, but he located a folder of photos 
that I haven't seen in almost 5 years. 

They are the story of us. 
Me and my husband. 
From our very first date, 
until our honeymoon, and a few stops in between. 

We've been married 8 years this Summer, 
and it hasn't been the easiest of paths. 
We've butted heads our fair share and then some, 
but rediscovering these photos reminds me 
of the really, honest-to-goodness, important stuff. 

I'm sharing these with you here... 
none of them are edited, in fact they all pre-date 
my career as a photographer, which didn't 
happen until late 2009. 

So here we are.The story of Anne and James. 
For better, for worse, 
in sickness and in health,
and you know the rest. 
:-)


The first date....St. Patrick's Day 2006. 
Dolores del Rio on The Riverwalk. 


Still the first date. Cheesy photo from Dave and Buster's.

From my trips to see him in the Rio Grande Valley....




And from his treks to see me 
in the Texas Hill Country....






Meeting other members 
of his clan, pre-engagement...


Meeting his oldest friends from The Valley. 


*****

And at the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville...


THE PROPOSAL!!!
All captured by his younger brother Andrew, 
who was in on the stealth plan.






And a post-proposal, celebratory dinner
with my husband's brother Andrew, ( my now brother-in-law ), 
and his lovely girlfriend Mary who became 
his bride 2 years later.


The bridal shower.
I don't think I've ever been this thin since!



Bridal shower loot and swag!



Hooray, I got the entire 
Antique White Mikasa china set!


And then the day arrived.
July 21, 2007.
Mr. and Mrs.

He put a ring on it.






Off to Hawaii for the honeymoon...

The one thing I most wanted to do, 
fly over an active volcano!
Bucket list...check!


Swing from inside a Banyan tree, 
just because I could.


Go native at a Luau...

{ please note: that armband "tat" was a pre-tat tat. It washed right off }

A view like no other,
Waikiki Beach.


And to just take a minute to realize... 
"holy cow, I'm married!!!"


And then below, a photo of us just a couple
of weeks back with me, my bro-in-law,
and the husband at the Houston House of Blues....


^ ^ ^
me + three dirty martinis later = not even recalling this photo. ;-)


The laughs, the fights, the tears, the unspeakable joy 
of finding your other half. 
Our faces pretty much say it all.


Thank you for sharing in 
our memories. 
Thank you for rediscovering us.

XOXO


Ad majorem Dei gloriam
Latin for "all for the glory of God."




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Sunday, August 16, 2015

New from Carol Hicks Bolton....


I've been busy shooting the latest 
swoony goings-on at Gus Antiques & Wonders. 
I mean, how could it not be swoony? 
It's Carol Hicks Bolton, fer crying loud!!! 

So when I say busy, I mean "happily keeping myself 
occupied and out of trouble doing what I love busy." 
Which makes for a lousy blogger, but we've already 
established that I'm sort of a "blog only when you feel like it" blogger. 

Which isn't a bad thing. 
:-)

Here's the smallest of sneak peeks 
at what you can find at Gus...


And I will certainly be posting more soon! 
I did want the Bolton's to have a chance 
to get these photos up and running 
on their website before I shared them here. 

I'll also be sharing two photo shoots I did earlier this Spring and Summer. 
All I can say about those two is 
"Thank you Where Women Create and Where Women Cook!" 

Now....back to editing!



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Latin for "all for the glory of God."




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Monday, July 27, 2015

Thank You, Romantic Country Magazine!


I always love working with Fifi O' Neill 
at Romantic Country Magazine
And I love photographing all my good friends 
at Fredericksburg Trade Days

So it was a perfect marriage of beautiful creativity 
when Fifi wanted to publish a photo of Trade Days 
in RC's "Best of The Fleas" feature 
in the Fall issue!


Above is the photo that made the magazine, 
from Lori Allen of Lori Allen Designs. 
Her space is a complete oasis of beauty.


A few more photos from Lori's Trade Days space....






Although the top photo from Lori's space was the one
chosen for the issue, I wanted to include
others from the same shoot.
Below is my sweet friend Hollie.


Hollie Fairchild just opened a FAB shop  
here in Fredericksburg  called Farm Haus. 
It's the stuff vintage dreams are made of.




And below are the sweet sisters from ReDid.... 







 All these gals are located in Barn 0 at 
Fredericksburg Trade Days, 
and no matter the distance, you owe it 
to yourself to visit only one of the best 
little fleas anywhere!

Next few show dates:
August 14-16
September 18-20
October 16-18

355 Sunday Farms Road
Fredericksburg, TX 78624

And if you're in the area, 
give me a shout! I'd love to leet up 
with my blogger and Facebook buddies.


Ad majorem Dei gloriam
Latin for "all for the glory of God."




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Thursday, July 2, 2015

The One-Eyed Pup



Her gait is much slower than it used to be. 
Climbing and going down the back steps takes her 
a whole lot longer than it once did. 

She lost her right eye in a scuffle with another pup 
a few years back.

And we noticed only recently when we were calling her, 
that she is beginning to go deaf. 

Yep.
Getting old ain't for sissies.
She's about 12 years old, which makes her 
and old lady in Husky years. 

But her heart? 
Her precious, sweet, generous heart 
is as young and full of love as it ever was. 


Have you seen the bumper sticker or magnet 
which says 
"Lord, help me to be the person my dog thinks I am." 

That pretty much sums it up.


All she has ever asked for is food and love. 
And she has given us so, so much more in return. 


My heart is going to break in a thousand different ways 
after she leaves this earthly plane. 
I've never known such unconditional and unselfish love 
as I have received from this old gal.
Always smiling, always happy to see me, 
always winking at me with that one beautiful blue eye.... 


Thank you for sharing your life with us, Belle.  
And I hope with my whole heart that  
I've always been the sort of person  
that you think I am.  


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Latin for ""all for the glory of God."





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Friday, June 26, 2015

Thank you Where Women Create!


A great big Texas thank you to 
Jo Packham and Brandy Shay of the Where Women Create 
family of magazines, and of course, 
huge thanks to Jill Thompson Elliott 
of Haberdashery Boutique 
here in Fredericksburg, Texas. 

These lovely gals were my 
collaborators and partners-in-crime for 
the just published Summer issue of 
Where Women Create Business magazine


Jill shared her story of how she built 
her successful business and created a 
stylish, cutting-edge source of timeless 
style and fashion for not only us Texans, 
but the many women around the world who 
shop with Jill via her Facebook business page. 
































I thoroughly enjoyed photographing this feature, 
and it delights me that Jill has been recognized 
for the smart and savvy businesswoman she truly is. 
And not only that, but she's one of the sweetest 
gals I know. I'm proud to call her my friend.
And I'm also super proud that my photo of 
the beautiful Jill made the cover!


I hope you will pick up the Summer 2015 issue 
of Where Women Create Business, 
and I also hope you'll drop by the 

Thank you for allowing me to share 
my projects with all of you... 
I know I'm pretty much a VERY 
infrequent blogger these days, 
but only because I'm out doing fun things 
like this magazine shoot! 

Take care!

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