not just for drinking...

we went straight from winter to summer. okay fine. technically, we had spring, but not one that anyone is going to give an award to, as it was just an okay performance. wisconsin can be that way. the way i look at it though, is that if mother nature can basically jump over whatever season she wants, she better be planning on jumping over winter this year and letting us go from fall, right into spring. i think that's a pretty fair deal. does anyone have a direct line to mother nature that they want to share with me.

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when summer's 90 degrees and tangible humidity {believe me, i am NOT complaining} show up, which it has, there is water and laughter and screaming to be found everywhere. i love it. but don't get my camera wet. my feet are good, even my clothes. but not the camera. well, and not my hair. you see my hair doesn't look good wet. actually, my hair looks fine wet. it's me that looks horrible.

sort of like a drowned rat.

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now granted. if we're all at, let's say a lake or the beach, and everyone is soaking wet, chances are i won't look like the only drowned rat, since some of you probably also carry that recessive drowned rat gene, so bring on the water. but to be the only one. in a backyard. where it feels like a fishbowl since all the neighbors are so close. i don't think so.

but i'll take the photos anytime and use my ninja like moves, jumping here and there, to prevent the drowned rat from showing up. and my camera from getting wet.

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this post and group of photos

has been entered into jill's water contest

i forgot to tell you....

happy weekend everyone

~but there's more~

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what i forgot to share 

 was that when i had issues with blogger, one of the suggestions was for me to clean out the cookies on my computer. so i did and blogger was fixed and overall, my computer seemed to be so much happier.

now granted, that might not be what fixed blogger, but it certainly can't hurt to do that every now and then. let's just call it general computer maintenance and pat ourselves on the back when it's done.

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if you don't know what your cookies are or how to get rid of them, google it, as it's different for everyone depending on what computer you use.

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so there you have it

a little tip from me

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i'm not a snot...

my plans changed today. the weatherman told me to. it's not raining. he said it was going to rain. 

he lied. okay he didn't lie. 

but he was wrong. i kind of want to kick him in the shin. not too hard. just enough to let him know that i think his weather maps and fancy doppler radars are crappy.

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if you have waited for an email from me and haven't gotten it. please check your spam. i have two email addresses. gmail and aol. sometimes my mac decides which one to use when he sends out my mail. i'm okay with that since i adore my mac and think he's extra special. but you might be thinking i'm a snot and haven't returned a note to you. i don't want you to think i'm a snot. i really don't.

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how's your thursday

mine's a bit choppy

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somebody slap that man...

it's june and i'm loving it. our weather is being as close to perfect as it possibly can. for the past few mornings, it's been tapping on my window, asking me to come out and play and then smiling at me all day long. yesterday, a rain cloud hung above the house for a few moments. 

quietly it opened up and dropped a tiny hand full of cotton ball sized rain drops on us and then flew away quickly while looking back in shame, like it had forgotten that it was supposed to do that anymore.

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thank you for all of your comments yesterday in regards to my little move. there was a bit of confusion and i just want to make sure that you all know that this blog, where i am right now, is and will forever be my home. the move only affected my portrait photography blog. and just in case you didn't know, i have a third blog {because i'm crazy} just for my black and white photos.

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i never talked about the finale of american idol. what do you think about scotty winning? i actually love his humbleness and the fact that he loves and talks openly about jesus. by the end of the year, i think he'll be taking over nashville.

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i have seen two train wrecks in the past two weeks and both of them have fallen off of "the bachelorette" train tracks. can i just say what a ridiculous mess that show is. and bentley. you need to be slapped.

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wide open arms....

so tomorrow we fly into june

~are you ready~

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i've been working on a little something that i want to share with all of you

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most of you know that i have a little home for my portrait photography

but 

recently i wasn't loving it and holding it the way that i should 

so

after a long talk with cups of hot tea and chocolate cookies

we parted, knowing that we will both always hold soft spots for each other

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"be yourself" 

are two powerful words that have somehow magically attached themselves to my heart 

~with help from of all of you~

and 

i really felt it was time to embrace them with my arms wide open

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so the ruby luna photography that you used to know 

is now 

BE YOURSELF PHOTOGRAPHY

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you know how these past weeks i've been bad mouthing blogger along with many of you. well i have to tell you something. blogger did something this weekend that made me stand up and cheer. when i decided to change photography blogs, i had to export and import ruby luna into the new space. well let me tell you something. blogger makes this so incredibly easy to do. i was prepared for a headache and some swearing mixed with some butt kicking, but honestly it took me less than 10 minutes and wha-la, all of my blogs posts were moved just like someone had waved a magic wand. 

now granted, my followers didn't get moved over, but i've learned to control my expectations when it comes to blogger. so i hope that if you followed me before, you'll want to follow me again.

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so the best part of all of this, is that if any of you were thinking about exporting and importing to a new space and were scared to death to try it, i can help you with it.

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now

onto a new note that has nothing to do with blogging

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have any of you seen the movie "easy A" on dvd or hbo/showtime. well, i just recently watched it and i have to tell you that i have a huge crush on stanley tucci. 

i've always loved him in any movie he's been in, but i really loved him in this. and the best part, is that this movie is really good and funny and sweet. i think you'll like it.

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i'll be going now and spending the whole day all confused and backwards, while i believe that it's monday even though i know it's tuesday. 

doesn't it feel like a monday to you, too, or am i alone on this one.

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i could have been a farm girl....

sometimes 

when a few of us from our photography group get together 

we do this or that or go here or there

last week 

we went to the heartland sanctuary

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these are all rescue animals

and

they love people 

~kind of the way dogs love people~

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i can't think of a better way to spend a late afternoon

especially since my hubby came with me

{can you find him in one of these photos}

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i hope you are loving your long weekend

because of you.....

i don't know how 

to thank all of you for your supportive and encouraging words

from yesterday's post

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because of you

i have been lifted up

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did any of you get the chance to see oprah's last show yesterday

where she spoke directly to the audience in her studio

and

directly to us

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i cried. i laughed. i cried some more.

it was incredibly powerful

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she hit some of my hibernating and sensitive nerves and set me on fire

~in a good way~

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there were so many quotes she shared with us 

and 

like a fool i took messy notes and wrote as many of her words as i could

in a notebook

{only to find them all on google this morning}

~i should have known~

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anyhow

i want to share two of my favorites with all of you

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"you have to know what sparks the light in you, 

so that you in your own way can illuminate the world. 

you have the power to change someone's life"

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and 

this next one might be my all time favorite

and

as a gentle reminder to myself and to my loved ones

i think i want it on a plaque hanging outside my office

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"you are responsible for the energy you bring into this room"

{this is actually a quote by dr. jill bolte taylor who is one of oprah's favorite people"

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so again

thank you 

all of you

for supporting me the way you do

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you're all amazing and i'd give anything if we could all spend a girl's weekend 

together

on the beach

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and

oprah would say

"well. if you dream it and believe it and put energy into it. it will happen."

gosh 

i'm going to miss her

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happy memorial weekend to all of you