“If you don’t know the trees you may be lost in the forest. If you don’t know the stories, you may be lost in life.” -Proverb- journal entry: I don’t need to see anymore to know that Andrew is holding his Grandpa’s finger. I love the tenderness of a photograph …
“As we grow older, beauty steals inward.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson- journal entry: When new mothers are born, they forget to do a lot of things and learn to do others. They forget about the clock and forget about sleep. They forget about other people and other people’s children. They forget …
“Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” -Charles Dickens- journal entry: How did Heaven let this one go? Now and then the photograph turns out just right. Just right to see soft skin, beautiful eyes and a thoughtful gaze. How mommies of long ago …
“What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.” -Dr. Benjamin Spock- journal entry: The apples were small this year. It was a blessing. Grandpa put them in buckets and kept them on a cold cement floor. Little people soon learned exactly where …
“It’s not what you look at that matters . . . it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau journal entry: Everywhere I look there is a picture. A picture of a child picking up a bug. A child hugging his mommy. A child with a dirty face. I am learning …
“If your picture’s not good enough . . . you’re not close enough.” -Ansel Adams- journal entry: On Easter Sunday little Afton couldn’t believe her good fortune. Instead of taking away all of the things she found around the floor . . . everyone was eating the things they found …
” A good photograph stops a moment from running away.” – Eudora Welty – journal entry: I could hear the clang of the horseshoes from the kitchen. I put my telephoto lens on my camera and sneaked outside. From behind the trees I could see into the orchard, where the …
“Grandmas don’t just say ‘That’s nice’ . . . they reel back and roll their eyes and throw up their hands and smile. You get your money’s worth out of grandmas !” -Author Unknown- journal entry: Where was I when my little daughters were this age? I don’t recall knowing …
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” -Zora Neale Hurston- journal entry: I often wonder what will matter the most to me when I am old . . . I mean really old, not youngish old like I am today. I believe that it will be the …
