Day 27/365: We are always trying new foods in our home, especially ones I can cook from scratch. A long while back I tried making eggplant. It was my first time tasting and cooking it. Boy was it terrible! But after spying some beautiful eggplants at the grocery store I couldn't resist giving them another try. I'm sooo very glad I did. These were a complete success. I made baked eggplant parmesan sliders. I regret I didn't get a photo of these finished delights. I'll try to get a recipe together soon.


Day 28/365: We do our best to get whenever the weather is nice during the winter. Wednesday it got into the mid 60's, it was such a treat to take the kids for a walk and of course do a small photo shoot. I just love how goofy Piper looks with her hair bunched in her glasses. She's so silly.


Day 29/365: Aww my bonsai is a bit bare right now. It was once full of leaves but lately it's been a bit sparse. It's my great hope it's finally taking a much needed rest. I've read bonsai plants are known to go dormant every year or two. I've had mine for 2 years so I think that's what's happening... I hope!


Day 30/365: This is where Chloie will spend 99.99% of her free time if allowed to do so. But in our home we're pretty strict on her spending too much time on her bed. Beds are for sleeping in. So often we encourage her to draw, read, or do an activity elsewhere. This photo was me capturing her hiding away... tisk tisk



Day 31/365: Oh hi there! Just me goofing around with my new 35mm 1.4 lens and how cool is my new shirt from Gnome Enterprises?! I absolutely love their tees. Amazing quality!



Day 31/365: Another lamp in my home. When I first moved in I had thought I would replace this guy but he's grown on me and now I can't picture not having it there.




Day 33/365: I can't picture my life without this beautiful soul. You better live to be 100 Gretta! (In people years...just saying)






Take Care & Enjoy,
♥ Heather

Day 20: 365: It was a crazy blizzard of a day Tuesday. On one of Jedidiah's slides down he cracked his sled. It was quit the comical site seeing him tumble and roll. Thankfully he wasn't hurt. More picts to come.


 Day 21: 365: I'd love to think Buffy was talking to me in this photo about how she'd like to go outside or that perhaps she might like to go for a walk this week but alas she was only yawning.


Day 22 of 365:  Earlier this week I shared about my desperate need to alter some hems. I started one but I regret to report it is STILL sitting there on my table waiting to be finished... I'm a bit nervous to snip into my skirt. I'm working up to it, this time it's not procrastination. I swear! lol!


Day 23 of 365: I'm a proud mama who's showered daily with love and TONS of artwork.


Day 24 of 365: Bits of my home. I don't photograph it often because it's still so empty even though I'm crazy about home decorating. I also realized after taking this photo that my table is terribly dusty! Eek, just seeing that makes me anxious cause I'm a crazy clean freak. lol!


Day 25 of 365: Local wanderings. Manitou Springs.


 Day 26 of 365: My old green kitchen lamp. My love for the color green knows no bounds!



I'm terribly late getting these photos out this week and I do apologize. Jedidiah is doing a lot of upgrades to the computer and it's made everything really sluggish. He's building a super computer and dividing everything into two computers. Yep he's my huge nerd! Things should hopefully be back to normal soon.

Take Care & Enjoy,
Heather

Day 13: 365: Piper is pretty passionate about two things right now. My Little Pony's and Frozen. Here she is holding her new Anna doll that she very much loves.


Day 14: 365: I use to photograph these two all the time and then stopped for some reason. I've decided to make more of an effort to capture my beautiful babies more. Here Gretta is stopping in the middle of play for an apparently much needed grooming. She's always grooming Buffy.


Day 15: 365: Walls of candy from one of our favorite local haunts, Goldminers Nuts & Candy. This place is not only affordable but full of all the classics. Yum!


Day 16: 365: Ahh Chloie, this beauty has been like trying to capture a unicorn or photograph the loch ness monster lately. She's either never there or always a blur. On one of our quick random drives I encouraged her to dress up and borrow my scarf. She looked so cute. It's a shame it started to snow too heavily to take any decent photos.


Day 17: 365:  I like not having to layer so much in the summer but I truly love seeing everything in a blanket of snow.

Day 18: 365: This is the little cutie pie I've been watching since she was just a wee newborn. She's quite possibly the perfect baby. I've never cared for an easier infant. If I could keep her all for myself I totally would, I love her to bits! She just turned 1 years old.


Day 19: 365: We've been having some unusually nice weather here and there this year. So we decided to take the girls for a quick trip to the park before it got too cold and dark. This is Chloie with her best friend Teresa.



Take Care & Enjoy,
Heather ♥

Day 6: 365: My sweet Gretta is starting to get all frosty in the face. She's creeping on 8.


Day 7: 365: Ahhh lately it seems like our lives has been fueled by Dutch Brothers Coffee. Their grapefruit rebel energy drink iced is pretty amazing too! If you haven't tried them, you need to! Although I've only seen them in Colorado and in Washington. But that's probably because both are awesome places in general. lol!


 Day 8: 365: A lot of our spare time has been used to work on the girls playroom/ hang out space. Regrettably it's taking much longer than I would have liked to complete but like I mentioned before it's been a really busy past two months. Last month along with the holidays a family member passed away. It was sudden but with his health constantly declining we knew it was coming. Then Jedidiah has been traveling a lot lately. I'm grateful for the over time but not for having him gone so much. A few days ago my father inlaw (one of my personal role models) was overwhelmed with chest pains. Thankfully they decided to get it checked out. It turned out to be the early warnings of a heart attack. Had he not gone in for what resulted in an unexpected surgery he might have died. It was crazy seeing images of his heart and how closed the veins were. I'm so thankful to still have him with us. He still has so much to offer the world through his kindness and wisdom. ANYHOO, way off subject, I do this a lot in person too...LOL! We are still working on the room. I'm currently having a difficult time deciding on what direction I want to go with the decor and overall style. Piper is 7 and she will get the most use out of the room but Chloie is nearly 15 and I'd still like it to be a fun place for her to draw and lounge (That girl spends waaay too much time in her room...teenagers.)




Take Care & Enjoy,
Heather

Day 1: 365 I'm extremely excited to now own my very first Canon L series lens. The first of many to come I hope!


Day 2: 365 The first of my succulents and the last still left standing. You hang in there little guy! Why I'm great with other plants and not succulents, I'll never know. *sigh*


Day 3: 365  Aspens. They're everywhere in the Springs

Day 4: 365 Somebody joined the family of eyeglass wearers this past month. I'm sad to know she didn't get away with perfect vision but Piper couldn't be happier. And how cute are these little Rayban glasses?!

Day 5: 365 On our recent snow drive (we live for these) we got stuck in the snow. It doesn't happen often but we were in a valley with drifts that trapped us. It was too cold to go out and help Jedidiah. I also wore the wrong boots, ones with no traction. So with nothing better to do,  I took pictures! LOL!

I'm eager to see how my photography skills improve through out the year. I still have a great deal to learn. Are there things you'd like to see me photograph more?

Take Care & Enjoy,
Heather