I can’t believe a month has already past us by and I have barely posted anything (did I mention I am the furthest thing from a ‘good blogger’).
The weekend was somewhat busy ~ newborn session on Saturday, birthday for my bestie Kim in the evening and Sunday was of course me dragging my camera around all day snapping randomness. It started at Cora’s for brunch with Chamanda. I laughed when Chad texted me to say we needed to go early… like 11am. Um is that early in your world Chad? You OBVIOUSLY don’t have kids. Amanda had to take off early so I dragged Chad out to the dreaded Walmart shopping after (thanks for loaning me your hubby).
I wasn’t feeling overly inspired this Sunday so I stopped off to pick up some flowers for myself to both cheer me up and give me a subject for a few pictures…even busted out the macro lens after Caroline mentioned her 10 on 10 was going to be all macro shots.
Did I mention I had a newborn session on Saturday? I usually cull the session immediately after but I didn’t have time so I went through them on Sunday and am about to start editing….Do you think this can count as a ‘Sneak Peek’ for the parents? lol.
My day ended with a walk…a walk where my life flashed before my eyes. It started off with a large group of ducks nestled beside a frozen stream. Of course my first thought was ‘photo op’ so out came the camera. As I was attempting to get my lens cap back on after, my dog bolted and ripped her leash right out of my hands…I tried to get shots of it because at first I thought it was amusing (you can see her blurred head in the third shot down from here)…but next thing I hear is a large splash. Jessie ran full steam ahead and dove into a hole in the stream. First of all, it was FREEZING outside and secondly the stream was pretty deep in this one spot where she dove in and all I could see was her struggling to get out. Without thinking I ran after her on to the ice (with my camera flying all over the place). I heard it cracking under my feet and I have to admit that I started to panic but thankfully it held under my weight and I slowly edged my way over to her, grabbed her by the collar and dragged her out. Phew! I ran home with her stuffed in my jacket because I was scared she might get hypothermia or something. Now that I look back, it was pretty funny actually…she’s so dumb! I came across some kids playing hockey on the pond that the stream fed into.
And this shot is included just to illustrate how much snow we got in ONE day. There was seriously no snow on the ground until Friday when we had a huge storm. Apparently more snow fell in this one day than all of last year here (that’s about two feet high there).
Don’t forget to visit Jordan Parks Photography to continue along with our blog circle. You DON’T want to miss her post, she is so talented!
These are so fun. I love the Walmart shot…lol. And the dog…so perfect! I wish we got half the snow you did! Chicago keeps missing the big storms. Looks like you had a wonderful day!
What a fun day!! I love what you see Sara! Your poor doggie! She sounds dumb like mine! lol glad you were both safe!! silly dog! Love seeing the Winter photos…even though I love our mild weather I do at times 😉 miss snow and the crisp fresh feeling! Thanks for sharing your day! so FUN!!!! I can’t pick a fav I love them all! Love your macro shots soft and beautiful!
Beautiful shots, Sara. I love the picture of the ducks taking off, oh, and the macro shot of the flower! I can’t believe your dog fell in the water! I would have panicked big time – how scary! So glad you both are okay 🙂
SARA! These are all kinds of awesome!!!! Such a busy day! I love that bokeh snow, too:)
Oh I would have been freaking out if that was my dog!! I’m glad all was well.
I love the Gerbera daisies, they are my sister’s favorite, now I want to go and buy her some!
Audrey
Love your color palette, the sparkles on the snow, the story of your dog rescue! It feels like such a happy relaxing Sunday. Nice variety of images too- nice work girl!
I love the shot of the ducks taking off in fright (the movement of their wings unfurling)..what an awesome picture….
oh, poor Jessie! You must have freaked Sara. I love all these pictures, they have a vintagey feel to them
Sara, your pics are a work of art! Spectacular.
I LOVE this blog post!!! Thank GOD you did not fall through the ice omg – so scary!! I would have hardcore panicked ahh! haha. Ok thanks for telling me you had a sorta selfie in there – it totally counts but you know the kind of selfies I want to see ahem ;D And I think my favorite one is the two snow ones..cant believe you had that much snow but also, the sparkling snow is sooo so pretty. I haven’t ever experienced that much snow but the pictures suffice 🙂