they warn you about working with babies…

February 20, 2010

mornings on the couch…the twins…not helping.
i think we need to teach them to answer emails instead of just begging to watch thomas videos over and over.

poor peta, since she is a big sucker and falls for the cute sad faces, the twins think that the videos only play on her mac.
they never ask me.
when peta [...]

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GUCKLES!

February 18, 2010

the twins do knuckles…best baby trick ever.
“GUCKLES!”

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ladies (and kieran) lunch

February 16, 2010

our house hunters episode aired last night and so many people are saying how wonderful melbourne seemed…i just want to say, it is.  it really is.  i love being able to hop on a train and go into the city.  such a clean, vibrant and artistic city.  we are so happy here.
i miss my friends [...]

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the things you do

February 12, 2010

nap time is hard for us now on the best of days, but when it is about 100 degrees inside and there is someone cleaning the carpets in the house, you improvise…

i rocked that darn pram in a corner of our kitchen while standing in the pantry for about 30 minutes.  they slept for maybe [...]

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in my quest

February 11, 2010

for the perfect wide angle lens, i picked up peta’s canon 5d and had a play with it this morning.
it is so strange to observe the subtle variations in images made on a camera different from your own.
while it is the photographer who makes the image, the digital camera like film is an integral factor [...]

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a small spider by australian standards.

February 10, 2010

almost every morning, this spider or a variation on this spider builds a massive bee catching web on our back deck.  as the sun rises she climbs her web to the palm frond and disappears.  most of the time she does not return for her catch so i am convinced she builds her web out [...]

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coming valentine’s day to hgtv

February 9, 2010

this kid and her crazy family (us) as they all search for a new home (ours) in a new country (aus)

House Hunters International
HGTV
Airing:

February 14, 2010 9:30 PM e/p
February 14, 2010 12:30 AM e/p
March 20, 2010 11:00 PM e/p
March 20, 2010 2:00 AM e/p
April [...]

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GIMME

February 9, 2010

clover would like you to know that her mother would like one or both of the 2 new nikon lenses that were released today.  ok?
super.  thanks.
while the release of these lenses makes for more choices in my quest for a great W I D E lens, it does not seal the deal.
i will now take [...]

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hey moms, you know you have the cutest toddler, now prove it with the American Baby Photo Contest!

February 7, 2010

American Baby Magazine is having a cover photo contest and they are looking for the cutest baby/toddler. Since you have the cutest baby/toddler right in your own home, I am encouraging you all to enter!  The winner gets to be the cover child on the August issue of American Baby.  The deadline is March [...]

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back in time

February 4, 2010

i had a request for a particular shot, so i have been going back in time on my external hard drives and i found this one.

gemma was the same age as the twins and clover has now started wearing that dress.
time. flies.
there were so many images that i never touched the first time around…years of [...]

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