“Not everybody trusts paintings, but people believe photographs.” -Ansel Adams- journal entry: Not every photograph has to have a face . . . as long as you label it somehow. Sometimes the story is in the body language. Sometimes it is in the clothing or the toys or the location. …
“Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.” -Emily Dickinson- journal entry: A macro lens is new to me. I saved up for it and eagerly waited for its delivery. When I took my first photographs with it . . . I thought I had discovered another …
“When in doubt, hold your altitude. No one has ever collided with the sky.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: Grandpa got a small helicopter for his birthday. Talmage couldn’t wait to see it in the air. Holden couldn’t wait to get his hands on the controls. A picture really is worth …
” We are all worms . . . but I believe that I am a glow worm.” -Winston Churchill- journal entry: I don’t think this is a worm. I think it is a poisonous snake. It is just too big for a worm. Holden never met a worm he didn’t …
” A nose that can see is worth two that can sniff.” -Santa Claus- journal entry: Okay, where is my nose? Everyone was asking that. I thought that I had plenty of extra noses but one child would leave his nose in the bathroom and another would leave his in …
” I don’t believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.” -Ann Landers- journal entry: Nor do you have to be a real mommy to take care of teeny, tiny babies. These little ones fit inside of a 3×3 box with a lid. It looks …
“A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.” -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi- journal entry: Only through a telephoto lens could I have captured my grandson’s concentration as he mused over what he was seeing just inches away. His hand covers his other eye. He said that if he …
“I can’t wait until I’m grown up and I can do anything I want and not have anything to worry about.” -Bil Keane-The Family Circus- journal entry: It wouldn’t be as fun to harvest the pumpkins without the help of children. They scream at every size, shape and color and …
” When you’re pretty sure that an adventure is going to happen, brush the honey off your nose and spruce yourself up as best you can, so as to look ready for anything.” -Winnie-the-Pooh- journal entry: Well, I’d say that George looks ready for anything. He decided that the scissors …
“A stitch in time saves nine.” -Benjamin Franklin- journal entry: Oh, this was fun to make. It is a teeny tiny pincushion made inside of a teeny tiny trunk. I simply sewed two 3×3 squares of soft, textured fabric together, right sides together and left a little opening on one …
