March 20, 2014

you said i could



thank you to everyone who said that sharing more of my photos from our winter in florida was okay. what a warm and fuzzy feeling.

on our last day in seaside, we took a long and thoughtful walk through the woods and town soaking in everything around us, knowing it would be a year before we'd do it all again. the photo above, while i don't condone carving your initials or anything else into someone else's property, made me smile. i found it on a small public portico at the end of a pier over a lake and what i want to believe is that while all of "his"friends were busy carving their initials into the wood, a child who wanted nothing more than to fit in and who was raised to know better, decided that carving a cross probably wouldn't get him into trouble.


in case you're wondering, yes…vsco editing is still what i'm doing with most of my photos because holy cow, i love the feeling they provoke in me. i'm a vintage girl through and through, who loves the lines of mid century modern anything mixed in and somehow, that's what vsco feels like to me.


there was a photo shoot going on when we were walking through town and i couldn't get over the gorgeousness of these three children. i took a few photos from the front, but obviously without permission i wouldn't share those here and to be honest with you, this photo that i quickly shot from behind, was the best one of the bunch. look at the handholding between the two littlest ones. wow…is that adorable or what??


on our very last night, we ran down to the beach for one last sunset. the temperature dropped dramatically and way too quickly, so there i sat in my hubby's lap trying to stay warm. i still had my flip flops on, so my toes were freezing and even with my hood up over my head, it was cold...but the sunset was blindingly brilliant.

to be safe, i didn't look through the view finder on my camera, as i'm always worried about burning my cornea or some other horrific "eye to the sun magnified by a camera lens related" issue when the sun is that bright and just clicked away.

i guess if i compared all of my sunset photos to each other, they'd look similar to each other, but this one i'll remember the most. the cold wind whipping against me, my hubby's warm arms around me and a sky that said, "this is for you, so you don't ever forget me."

19 comments:

  1. I truly love the feel your photos give me .
    The children, the photograph your right , is gorgeous and
    it also shows off splendidly the mood of
    the beautiful confident children that are lovingly connected as they wait.

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  2. The photo of those 3 girls....I'm melting here. So cute. Love the sunset and especially the words that went with it. Beautiful. You have to wait another year???? Ugh

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  3. they are always so beautiful Beth

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  4. The sunset is beautiful. But it's the picture of the wintered tree flower which I love best. It really captures the cold and the strength and the faded brown beauty of the season.

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  5. Gorgeous pictures.....love the hand holding kiddos and hello sunset.....priceless! happy Spring!

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  6. Oh those kiddos! What a gift fir you to capture that moment.
    My baby and his momma left on Sunday so my tender, broken open heart enjoyed that touching photo a lot.
    Love how that final sunset spoke to you two. I know you will all be reunited again soon!!!
    Love ya, Kiddo!

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  7. Love that rear shot of the kids. SO sweet and tender.

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  8. Yes that sunset was indeed for you. Lovely!
    Isn't it amazing how some photos bring memories of what was happening away from the photo.
    Love the children holding hands for sure.

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  9. lovely, just lovely!

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  10. I have been catching up here and wallowing as usual. My fave has to be the back view of the children and the hand-holding makes it.

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  11. Thanks for sharing your trip with us, Beth. It looks like a perfect with gorgeous images.
    And those kids! Whoa. Cuties for sure.
    xo jj

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  12. Aw, I think it was saying just exactly that. Just beautiful.

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  13. Stunning - those gorgeous children holding hands just make me so happy.

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  14. what beautiful images especially that sunset (so brilliant). it sounds like you guys had a nice time. hope all is well. have a great day~

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  15. Oh, Beth. You had me at that photo of the children, but it was the sunset and the final paragraph that made me smile from ear to ear. Just beautiful ~

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  16. Seaside is such a lovely place. It looks like you had a great time.

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  17. Lots of thoughts here, Beth. Yes, I'm spending more time on Facebook and I don't like it. My blog was down in Texas so I got hooked on Facebook. Now I'm in Holland and can blog again. Somehow I feel safer sharing myself on my blog. Love your photos. Lots of feelings in the children one.
    I'm in search of spring here. It's coming. I had my toenails painted but it's too cold for my sandals here. Still wearing my woolies. xo Jenny

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  18. The Blacklist and Survivor and Parenthood and Modern Family. Those are my shows. Oh, and Project Runway, but I managed to miss all but one of the Tim Gunn season that has recently been on. Just can't seem to sit down at the right time to watch. My husband DVRs the ones above, so we have "family time" in front of the TV. Oh, well.... We're together, and I still manage to talk! Even our daughter joins us for Parenthood and Modern Family every week.

    I love all of your beach photos. Capturing those little arms intertwined is really priceless. I bet the mom would have loved to have your photo (probably over all the others!).

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  19. Beautiful of the children.

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth