My Picture Loft

Week 25 Theme - "Wedding Bells"

2009-06-30T07:48:00.000-07:00

This week's challenge over at I Heart Faces is "Wedding Bells". There are some fantastice entries and I encourage you to go check some of the photo's out if you have a chance!
I had such a hard time choosing, not that I have been to many weddings, maybe two in my lifetime, but the one that stands out was my sister-in-laws wedding in November 2005.

My little guy was only three and a half at the time, (where has the time gone?), and was completely smitten with himself in his posh little bow-tie suit and fancy shoes. He loves to dress up and if that little get-up didn't bring out the character in him, then I don't know what did! He was a little ham for the camera all day, but this particular photo made me giggle (and still does). He thought the pretty little girl was such a princess, and was all fine with standing next to her, even holding her basket, but the minute we asked him to hold her hand, he lost it...giggles and shyness set in and...well, this is what we got...I happen to love it!

Here are a couple of other pics from that day:

Week 23 Kids Category: “Sepia Toned”

2009-06-17T08:32:00.000-07:00

The theme for this week at I heart faces is 'Sepia Toned'. I have never really tuned in to this element of colour before, so was a little lost as to what type of picture works best. Also, given that we are now two days behind schedule for moving out of our house and getting to DC by the 23rd June, I ended up just grabbing a photo taken last week, and switching it to sepia. I actually really like how it turned out. I initially added a black vignette, but took it away on the advice of my seven year old :)
Anyway, got to run, we have GOT to get on the road today!

There are some amazing photos to browse through, so if you have a few spare moments head on over to I heart faces, and check out all of the fab entries!

I heart faces - Silhoettes

2009-05-27T19:55:00.000-07:00

So, I have about five mins to post this 'Silhouette' photo to the I heart Faces contest.
It was taken last August when we arrived in Telluride, Colorado. After 10 days on the road, we did one final long drive up the Imogene Pass.
My hubbie was so excited, he was doing hand-stands!

I heart faces - Blurb Photo Book Contest - Entries - Amateurs/Beginners Category

2009-05-19T10:51:00.000-07:00

After missing out in recent weeks on some great categories over on I heart faces, I am finally back again!
To choose a 'favorite' face photo was near impossible for me, it was just too hard! So, after creating a file of about 60 or so recent fave's, I closed my eyes, scrolled down and clicked! This photo of our little girl was the one that my mouse chose!
The photo was taken about a month ago on a visit home to Florida, and is a perfect portrayal of our little Wee~Wee - a little wild, free-spirited and a beach girl like no other!

"I am submitting this photo into the www.iheartfaces.com Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites."

I heart faces. 'Green' Theme, adult entry

2009-03-17T11:59:00.000-07:00

Napping Buddies

This photo is of Ex and his Papa napping together. They love an afternoon nap at weekends.
In this photo, Papa just happened to be wearing a green T-shirt! Perfect for this weeks Green Theme!

Head on over to and check out all of the wonderful 'Green' entries this week!

I Heart Faces, 'Green' Theme, Kids entry

2009-03-17T11:01:00.000-07:00

For this weeks I heart faces 'Green' theme, I chose this photo of my beautiful niece 'Jodie'. This photo was taken at home in Wales, during the summer of '07. Jodie is the sweetest little girl, beautiful inside and out.

"Aunty Shashy loves you Jo-Jo"!

There are so many great entries this week (as always), if you have a lazy few moments, head on over and check out all of the beautiful faces!

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone!!

Happy Birthday Aunty Margaret!

2009-03-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow will be my Aunty Margaret's birthday. This photo of my Nana and Aunty Margaret was taken in the summer of '07. A few weeks later my Nana passed on. I think of her and miss her everyday, and I know Aunty Margaret does too.
Have a wonderful Birthday Aunty Margaret!

and here she goes...

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2009-03-08T23:57:00.000-07:00

Not the best quality photo's, but definitely the best quality when it comes to memories...

2009-03-08T23:50:00.000-07:00

These pictures go along with my previous 'Crazy hair and all...' post

Crazy hair and all...

2009-03-08T22:49:00.000-07:00

'Creative Crop' is the theme for this weeks 'I heart faces' contest, check out all of the fun pictures, it's a great way to start out the week!

Each week I have a great time looking back through old pics trying to choose a photo for the I Heart Faces theme, this week was no exception!
I chose this particular picture because it is special to me for many reasons. It was taken last August and it was one of our last nights in Florida, before we moved to CO. We are very much a beach family, and any free moment was usually spent at the ocean. This evening, Nong Ex (my six year old) and his best buddy, William, were having a ball jumping off the pier at the Boynton Beach Inlet. Miss Wee, not to be left out, or out done, by the boys, decided she wanted to go too, so in her Papa's arms (and little Mermaid underwear) they jumped together! She loved it! This picture was taken as she headed back down the pier on her adored Aunty Maggie's shoulders. Aunty Maggie's eyes are almost closed and the picture is kind of dark. So I chose this picture to crop of little Miss Wee~Wee, because I just love her wild hair and her face covered in sand from a late evening at the beach.

Crazy hair and all, she is free-spirited and beautiful!

Original photo

Sunsets

2009-03-06T11:41:00.000-08:00

Maybe it is a sign of spring...because we have been having the most amazing sunsets.

Messy melons!

2009-03-03T11:39:00.000-08:00

O.K... So, My latest web preoccupation is I Heart Faces! In just two weeks I have gone from never before hearing of this awesome(ly) (addicting) blog, to a complete and utter junkie! I now find myself taking *many* quick 'breaks' during the day; whether it be in-between laundry, waiting for my little one to go potty, last thing before bed, first thing before anyone is up in the morning, and so forth...just to look at photo's! These are pictures of people I don't know and have never met, and yet we (picture takers) all have at least one thing in common...the love of photo's.
To be a little more specific, I Heart Faces, is a photo blog of... well, yes, Faces! But these are great pictures and moments captured of kids and grown-up's, that are too irresistible to be ignored! The photo's are inspiring and compelling, alluring and enchanting, charming, adorable, delightful and yes, as I already said...irresistible! I am hooked, but truly what better way to spend a little 'me' time, than captivated by an unknown face, captured in a snap by someone to whom that moment has significance and meaning. That 'me' moment is free of daily stresses, and allows me to forget the chores on my plate for a few minutes or two, I heart Faces is my daily therapy without having to pay the hefty price of a therapist! Thanks I Heart faces!!!
I encorage you photo lovers to check out http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ ...but only at your own risk ;)

The theme for this weeks contest is 'Messy'.
Last week was my first time entering and I LOVED going back through old photo's to find an entry. In the kids contest I entered one of my little Wee~Wee, so keeping it fair I decided that this weeks entry should be one of my little guy Ex, (not so little anymore...he will be 7 in less than four weeks now).
This proved to be tough though. Ever since he was a baby, he has never liked getting dirty! For a long time he would not walk on the sand (and we lived in Florida), because he didn't like getting it stuck in his toes! He never liked to have his hands dirty and was fussy, fussy about mess! However as the years have gone on, he has had some messy moments and they don't bother him anymore, in fact just yesterday he came home from school wearing what looked like a tie-dye shirt after a bottle of black paint exploded on him in art class! He thought he looked cool!!! What???!!
My little girl on the other hand is a different story. She is IMPOSSIBLE to keep clean, and finds the most delight painting on herself, running through muddle puddles and rolling in sand until it is stuck up her nose! So, yes, she is an easy subject to choose from when it comes to messy! Had I had been forward thinking enough, last week I would have checked out this week's theme, and had Ex as my Black and White entry and saved 'messy' for little Miss Wee! But, I am going to stick with my path and stop rambling...which brings me to this photo...

This is one of the rare messy moments in little Ex's life, he had just turned two and LOVED watermelon. I have cropped and tilted the photo, but in full it shows his Papa's big hands holding three finished slices of watermelon, as Ex works on his fourth slice! He sure was loving that Watery juice, so much so, that he forgot how sticky and soggy he was!

Nana Kitty and Nong Ex

2009-03-01T17:27:00.000-08:00

Between the earth and sky above,
nothing can match a grandmother’s love.

This is Nong Ex with my Nana, 'Nana Kitty' he called her. He had just turned two in this picture. As you can see, they loved each other very much. I am grateful that they had the chance to spend some time together. Nana passed away in summer 2007.

...and now I have two"! - Black and White adult entry for I heart faces

2009-02-25T14:13:00.000-08:00

This photo was taken the moment that our Daughter was placed with us in Thailand. It is me (Very happy and emotional Mama) hugging my 'two' babies!

...and now I have two"!

My little 'sweetness' - Child entry to 'I heart faces' contest, Black and White Theme

2009-02-25T13:48:00.000-08:00

I recently discovered http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/
It is a wonderful blog about photographs of faces. Each week there is a contest, one featuring kids and one featuring adults. I have had a ball looking through all of last weeks photo's where the theme was 'wonder'. This weeks theme is Black and White, check out some of the amazing entries! Warning: It may become addictive ;)

I decided to enter this photo of my beautiful little girl, 'Wee', in the kids contest. It was taken last summer in our Airstream. She and her brother love hanging out in their 'mini house' and watching movies. She was watching 'The Little Mermaid' as I took the picture. I love the delight in her face!

2009-02-25T13:42:00.000-08:00

Gentle-giants

2009-02-23T21:08:00.000-08:00

I am missing Thailand a lot these days, and spent a lot of the weekend enjoying photo's and memories.

Funky Wee~Wee

2009-02-20T20:38:00.000-08:00

Three years ago

2009-02-20T13:48:00.000-08:00

This is what we were doing in February three years ago...
NE was just about to turn 4 years old.
Our little music man!

My Handsome Boy

2009-02-19T20:16:00.000-08:00

My Beautiful Girl

2009-02-19T19:42:00.000-08:00

Tantrums, Tears and Pouts!

2009-02-19T18:51:00.000-08:00

Flip-Flop Fun!

2009-02-19T15:53:00.000-08:00

First flip-flops

Fishy photo

2009-02-19T15:30:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite's

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Rice Fields

2009-02-19T13:13:00.000-08:00

Did I also mention how much I love Thailand. My babies were born here, and my love for this beautiful country goes deeper than words can tell. One day I hope we will get the chance to live there.

My Beach Babies

2009-02-19T11:25:00.000-08:00

Did I mention that I truly love the beach. I love the ocean, the sounds, sights, scents and the feeling that comes over me just being near it, calming me, even on the most turbulent of days.

Uniting and Simplifying...I hope!

2009-02-19T10:56:00.000-08:00

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this blog will hopefully require little writing on my behalf. Two of my many 'favorite things to do' is to take pictures (and I take a LOT of them), and to blog (of which I have little time for these days). By creating a 'photo' or 'picture' blog, I am attempting to combine my interests in a simple and fun manner.

I am going to merely post photo's and pictures that I like, for whatever reason that may be. I may, or may not, add a few words, but welcome your comments or quotes.

I was inspired to create this *hopefully* simple blog, after spending a lazy morning browsing through friends and Family's photo's on Facebook (A little new-found guilty pleasure of mine). One link, linked to another and I fell across 'I heart faces', an awesome blog for Photo lovers like me. Check it out and consider joining it sounds like a fun, creative site for those who love to take pictures! iheartfaces.blogspot.com

If you have a photo that you would like to share here, feel free to email it to me!