Quarterly Top 5

I decided to participate in the Quarterly 5 at Naptimemomtog, meaning I picked out my 5 most favorite pictures I've taken since January, through March.  I've actually already posted all but one of these previously.

I posted this one for another photo challenge at I heart faces.  I love the intensity of Maggie's stare coupled with the wild movement of her hair.

I rarely am able to get a picture of Gwendolyn without her posing or making a fake smile.  You would think we watched lots of America's Next Top Model given the way she acts n front of the camera sometimes (we don't).  But I thought this was a sweet capture of her taken at Spring Break.

We had cupcakes at the library for Dr. Seuss's birthday!

Slice of Life shot and it was our first time to ever fly a kite.

Maggie and Gwendolyn swing and play outside every day the weather allows.  I love how they are both smiling and laughing and playing together, and I love that I was able to capture it because I know they might not always play so well together.

I heart faces: A Wild One

The photo challenge this week at I Heart Faces is "People's Choice" and we were just supposed to pick our favorite picture from the month of March.

I went through my pictures a dozen times, but kept coming back to this one.  It isn't entirely in focus and I cut off her chin, but I love the intensity of her stare and the wild movement of her hair.

Posing Giraffes

I have spent 15 minutes sitting here, looking at the screen, trying to find my words.  I considered posting about a book I just read, but I like to have more personal entries for Fridays when I link up with Rachel Anne and the Company Girls.  Then I considered a post about my frustration with rarely getting time to myself, and I'd just rather put a pin in that and look for better perspective.  The most obvious choice would be just posting about my  Thursday which is into the day of the week that guarantees all hell breaks loose, but I am still processing all of it. We are all okay, it is just mentally draining.

So I started looking through my pictures from earlier this week at the zoo.  I took 100+ pictures, but I kept coming back to the pictures I took of the giraffes.  I've always had a thing for giraffes: they are so beautiful and manage to appear simultaneously awkward and graceful.  My Grandy got me a signed print with personal regards from the artist of this Frace print for my high school graduation.  The string of pictures I took are by no means perfect, but it made me so happy to capture them.

I was snapping away, watching the giraffes.  When I walked up, they were all actually standing at the wall watching the zookeepers next door talk and clean. But I was snap, snap, snapping (pictures, not my fingers- that would be rude). Then suddenly, two of the giraffes took notice of me.

(Like I said the pictures aren't perfect.  The giraffes aren't in focus well, and the baby giraffe kissed his lips at me as I shot, making his head more blurry.)  Just the capture makes me smile though.

Then they started walking toward me.

And she (he?) came and stood right in front of me and posed.  Ha!  Seriously made my day.





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Wordless Wednesday: Flowers and Trees

Some of the flowers and trees from our zoo trip this week.

Edit:  I've had a couple people compliment the picture with the bee below.  I can't take any credit for that; all the credit goes to Ray at Pulling my mask off.

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