new york, new york

We are headed to Albany this weekend. To wander and take polaroids and visit farmer's markets and bring home cheesecake. It will be good

Last time we were in NY, we went to the city. Our next trip to the city is in the works. It will involve Mast Brother's chocolate and visiting a tea shop and wandering among the cherry blossoms. Until then, I'll just look at pictures from last time.

life on film

We went to the greenhouse for freesia and I ended up taking pictures of orchids.

Making friends...

Onions have sprouted.

Daffodils are so cheerful.

Sometimes you really just need a sundae from Ben & Jerry's. Mmmmm...

The remains of a blood orange.

Beautiful breakfast in bed.

first snow

Back before we got all that snow dumped on us, we got a little preview of what mother nature had in store. The first snow was very mild and pretty to look at, though strange to wake up to on an October morning. The flowers were still out...

summer film

Just a few end of summer shots...

film friday

I love film. This week was polaroid week over on flickr and the boy and I have been thinking of little but taking, looking at, and coming up with ideas for polaroids. Looking through everyone's pictures is so very inspiring.

Sometimes I feel like my experience with taking photos has been a little bit backwards. I started off with a digital SLR because that's what made the most sense. And I loved that camera and still do. It helped me get a feel for taking pictures because I could see my results immediately. But when I saw other people's photos, the ones I felt drawn to were not from digital cameras. So I started using film... then I started taking polaroids.... then I got a land camera and started taking polaroids with peel apart film! It involves lugging around multiple cameras and film and equipment, but the results make me happy. I love the scratches, fuzziness, vivid colors and unpredicability of it all.

Some of my favorite pictures to look at are old. Really old. I love looking through the old black and white family photos my mom has, so I thought I'd start featuring some of them here. These are the sorts of images that inspire me.

Starting things off...

These are two images of my great grandfather. I love the tilt of his hat and severe expression in the first picture. He looks like a bit of a dandy in these pictures, but he was actually a farmer. My mom grew up visiting the farm and I have plenty of beautiful pictures of that place to share at some point.

life on film

Little bits of everyday life, captured on film.

a walk into grey

Last week, when everything was still grey and rainy, Deb and I took a little walk to see how big the river had gotten. Bits of green were popping up everywhere thanks to all the wet, and the path beside the house had turned into a stream.

I was certainly glad when the sun finally came out, but our misty little walk was enjoyable in its own way.

laundry studies

Maybe this sounds strange, but laundry hanging out on the line is one of my very favorite sights.