Those are lovely photos, Consuela. I love the contrast of the foofy dress and the woods.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Mar 30, 2013 5:49:11 am PDT #16586 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Amy - Mar 30, 2013 5:52:25 am PDT #16587 of 30001
Because books.
I especially love the distance shot with her feet off the ground. Really gorgeous pictures.
Theodosia - Mar 30, 2013 6:10:21 am PDT #16588 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yay sumi! 17 years seems a long time... but then I reflect that I've been in my "new" house for, um, 12 years.
Buying a house was so complicated that I'm astounded sometimes that anyone, ever, voluntarily buys another.
Consuela - Mar 30, 2013 6:43:26 am PDT #16589 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I especially love the distance shot with her feet off the ground. Really gorgeous pictures.
Yeah, that one really got me. I'm so happy for them. Nice very smart kids.
Burrell - Mar 30, 2013 6:53:50 am PDT #16590 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Such sweet photos!
I just sent off the list of prize winners for the writing contest I'm running this year. Eight kids, $6000 in total prizes. Seems like a lot of money, right? And I'm really happy because one of the winners is a kid I know well, and he's just such a great guy and he's done such great work for me over the years. And his father just died. Winning would be a nice bright spot for him in what must have been a really really crappy month.
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2013 7:04:50 am PDT #16591 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love the idea of photographers having elopement packages. And I love the bride's shoes. I've never been to a wedding with broom-jumping, probably because I haven't been to a black people's wedding that wasn't second generation Jamaican, and that's not particularly one of our traditions--the bougies didn't grab it like American black families did.
I figure that no matter how unique and special your pictures are for you, there are standard dos and don'ts for the photographers--some pictures they make sure they have to get, for instance. I think I would make sure I had a picture like this. It's easy, it's sentimental, I like.
So I'm pissed at my sister's friend to whom I sent megabytes of art and hasn't replied. "She doesn't reply to email" my sister's explanations starts. What? You mean she doesn't know how to act? If you have an email address, and you encourage people to communicate with you that way, you should have some way planned to follow up--if typing into a computer freaks you out, write a damned postcard. Do something. She specifically asked for this stuff. I'm not even asking for "thank you", I'm asking for "I got it" since it was large enough I didn't know if her email host would bounce it.
But the end of my sister's explanation is "...plus her husband just got into an accident where his truck was totalled (he's okay, but the other guy died)."
Oh. Okay. Clearly I should usefully have been irritated a week ago, but I pretty much have to write this off as never gonna hear back, period. Yikes. I can't even imagine the sort of space they're in right now--my sister didn't say who was at fault in the accident. I...that doesn't come off in the wash. Whoa.
Burrell - Mar 30, 2013 7:10:34 am PDT #16592 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh ita, yeah, that's just not a good place to be, after an accident like that.
Consuela - Mar 30, 2013 7:24:17 am PDT #16593 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
that doesn't come off in the wash
God, no, how awful.
Jesse - Mar 30, 2013 7:27:08 am PDT #16594 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Congrats on the new place, sumi! Good luck moving.
Winning would be a nice bright spot for him in what must have been a really really crappy month.
That's really sweet.
I can't even imagine the sort of space they're in right now--my sister didn't say who was at fault in the accident. I...that doesn't come off in the wash. Whoa.
Yikes is right. Ugh. Poor all of them!
le nubian - Mar 30, 2013 7:31:02 am PDT #16595 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beautiful photos!
Ugh bad accident!
That's all I got for Saturday.