I’ve been replacing my morning coffee (temporarily) with warm, lemon water.

Really easy – warming water in the kettle, and squeezing half a lemon into my cup.

Definitely nice to have something warm first thing in the morning~

Thanks so much for your kind words from my previous post~

I’m still loving this black and white film.

I mentioned previously how I was busy with a few photography projects.  I’m happy to finally share them with you.

I’ve gathered together a collection of images that I’ve taken over the past year on my kitchen table.  A small book of images all captured on film.  And if you have been following me for some time, you know that my kitchen table is one of the favorite subjects!

In a small way, I wanted these images to be enjoyed together, in print.  It includes 35 pages of images, full color, perfect bound, with a short introduction.  On The Table is available here and here.

And another little project – a 2013 Calendar featuring my favorite images from the past year -

The calendar is unbound, approximately 5 x 7 inches, one page per month (including a cover page), and printed on beautiful, heavy matte paper with a small hole at the top for easy display.  2013 Calendars are available here and here.

I’m so happy to share this work with you.

And hopefully, enjoying my work in print will bring you joy + inspiration.

It’s been a long week.  I’m glad it’s behind me.

And this weekend looks full as well, but with promises of good food and good people – I’m looking forward to it.

Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments on my workspace.

Have a great weekend.

It’s the first day of Polaroid Week 2012 on Flickr.  Be sure to check out the group pool.

I’ll share a polaroid a day with you this week – all taken on beloved Polaroid 600 film that I purchased on ebay.  I haven’t had much luck with impossible film.

And by all means, if you are participating – please let me know!

There are never enough hours in my day.

There are so many thing I’d like to do, try, and create.  And it’s pretty hard to look at all of the inspiration online and think that everyone else has it together – more time, energy, and means to do everything I would like to do.

It’s a challenge to prevent myself from feeling the need to constantly update this blog, my instagram feed, flickr, etc.  Like not doing so somehow means that I am not making progress towards my goals.

And then, I read an Rebecca Parker Payne’s “Undocumented Hours” in Kinfolk, Volume 4.  And her words spoke to me,

The past few years have levied a strange burden of proof upon our backs, a burden to account for our hours and days, to prove to all who care to watch from the screens of their phones and computers that we are doing something worthy with our lives.  In the meantime, we have forgotten how to be content in being present.

How guilty I am of not being fully present.  Of feeling that I must jump into a race of constantly producing more material to prove to my productivity.  When one is not directly linked to another.  It’s about quality, not quantity.

So I’m giving myself permission to do what I can, when I can, with what I have now.  And be happy.

My days have been so full.  Not nearly enough time.

End of the school year parties, dinners with friends, impromptu gatherings, finally being able to put the finishing touches on my office, trying to work on my portfolio, the list goes on…

And changes are most definitely coming.  It will be good for us.

But it’s nice to come home, sit down, and share a meal.

It feels good to be loved.

Details captured on black and white film.

More soon, so busy these days.

Sometimes life happens, and I am away from this space far too long.

And I start to feel a little like something is missing.

And then on a random morning, the light is shining through my kitchen window just so.

Girls are screaming and chasing one another, the table is set, coffee is brewed, breakfast is eaten, and dishes are cleared.

And I quietly document it all, and I begin to feel whole once again.