because of debi....

we're having a little celebration

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cupcakes are being eaten

music is playing

feet are dancing

and

balloons are flying

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today we celebrate you and all that you are

~

congratulations on having yet another story

~with the most delicious photos~

published

~

YOU are amazing

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if you want to join in the celebration

just let amy know that you're at the party

you were expecting a pumpkin photo perhaps.....

or

something scary

or

me in a costume

~

sorry

~

all i have is this

adorable squirrel

that i felt so sorry for as i watched him try to remove a burr stuck in his tail

but

then he gave up

and

smiled for me instead

~seriously, do you see that smile~

~

anyhow

i would like to think

though

that if i was going to go all out and wear a costume this year

that i'd be as cute as this little guy

*

BOO

happy halloween

and

remember

don't eat the funny looking candy

and i'm fine with haunted....

last weekend

after shopping in a vintage furniture store downtown and then driving through an area we weren't familiar with

we found this

perfectly amazing old

house

~

it was hiding quietly behind some very overgrown shrubs and trees and in order to get this photo i had to get out of the car and walk up the driveway.

personally i think it's a bit haunted. probably only one ghost. maybe two at the most.

~

and

seriously

if there had a "for sale" sign in the front yard

we'd be signing a contract with a realtor today

*

maybe you wondered....

when i changed my blog to "moredoors" it was due to the fact that i wanted to embrace all the doors in my life that had opened for me. mostly those doors had been attached to new houses, in new neighborhoods, in new states, after 13 moves in 21 years.

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but often, doors aren't real doors with doorknobs and welcome mats and pretty flowers growing in a planter under the doorbell. instead, sometimes doors are new experiences that lead you down a path towards a dream you weren't expecting. or sometimes you've worked for years to open "that door" and finally you find yourself on the other side.

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you're heard the saying "you've had so many doors open for you" or "i hope this job opens the door for you to go onto bigger and better things"

~

so today, thinking about doors and some new things i'm working on, i hope that all of you find a door that opens for you in a surprising way or that a beautiful~ornate~vintage~glass knobbed door with years of love, swings wide open and welcomes you with open arms after you've been through blood, sweat and tears to get there.

~

happy weekend

a compliment that made my heart smile...

i was playing at the camera shop yesterday. printing pictures in the back of the store. talking to all the men that work there. it's one of those places i feel so comfortable in. they know me since i visit often. sometimes all i have are questions but they don't mind that all. and if i have some dust that needs to be blown out of my camera. well they love doing that for me. anyhow. after i was done printing my photos i showed this one to keith and he said he didn't realize i was scanning old photos onto cd's and printing them. i said i wasn't. i told him this was from a shoot a few weeks ago.

he said the old~soft~dreamy look of the photo was fantastic.

just beautiful and had obviously fooled him.

and

honestly

that's the only compliment i need this week

*

now granted

if anyone tells me that my hair {that i hate} looks nice

or

comments on my new skinny legged jeans which i'm not 100% sure a 46 year old mom should even be wearing in the first place

i'll take those

too

but

the photo compliment

from a photographer

at the camera store

who has seen millions of photos and has never said anything before to me about my photos

~we usually talk cameras~

kind of put me over the moon

~

i'll come back down to earth tomorrow

probably

*

hold it in your heart....

i've been playing in my studio

{while listening to really loud music and occasionally dancing}

and

honestly

loving it

~

i used to spend hours in that sweet little room

and

then my passion for art and paint dwindled

while my passion for photography soared

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now i'm combining the two and working on some new projects and ideas

and

today with the help of my hubby

i even worked on some dreams

as he took my big and wild and not even close to perfected thoughts

and

juggled them brilliantly for me

~

he's so great that way

anyhow

today i just wanted to remind you

that what you love

might look slightly or even hugely different from what someone else loves

but

no worries

~

remember

it's all in the eye of the beholder

and

more importantly

it's all in that beholder's heart

and

if it's in your heart

well

then

now we're talking

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picture above...cropped and original

photos forgotten.....

when we were in seattle

back in august

we saw our first elk

and

since around here i think deer are amazing

you can only imagine what i felt seeing a field full of elk at dusk

this tractor was in the same field as the elk

and

i didn't want it to feel left out with all my picture taking

and

honestly, as far as tractors go, it's quite fabulous

and

at the wedding rehearsal

when i asked the groom and all "his guys" to jump

well, all i can say is WOW

~

i feel terrible that they were all blinded by the late afternoon sun

but

i had to get that mountain in the background

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