Happiness comes in various forms, here is one form, in the form of a lovely breakfast:

Yes I know I'm bad... Ghirardelli brownies for breakfast with whipped cream. mmmm

But to make up for it I had this for dinner. :)

May 4th

Can you guess what I did today? 

I voted for the first time. 

Thousands and Thousands of men have died so I could vote. 

Thank you

Charlotte's Birthday

Last week Charlotte turned nine! The baby of the family is growing up. To commemorate it I did a photo shoot in a new dress she received from Emily for her birthday. And it gave me a chance to practice using my new flash in the shade, I really like my new flash, you can't really tell I used one for all these pictures. 

I couldn't decide which ones I like better out of the above and the next three so I posted them all. 

Her new headband and sunglasses

Checking over directions with Nana

Lottie receiving her new scooter

And off she goes!

Birthday Pie

Nana brought two dresses with her, this one was the dress her mother wore to her (Nana's) wedding. 

And this one Nana wore when she was 17

Azalea Festival 2010

Well the Azalea Festival finished up. This year there were a lot of beautiful houses on the garden tour. I also had a good friend who was an Azalea Belle, like I was last year. 

The ribbon cutting house

My friend

She's pretty :)

I lot of the houses had the outdoor tables decorated with a tea sets. 

Instead of the usual daisies with yellow or black centers, these had purple centers. 

I thought these napkin rings were awfully cute. 

Charlotte taking a break

This was one of my favorite houses. 

Their porch was beautifully decorated...

and they had a beautiful pool; the water looked so inviting. 

One of the belles at the house.

Some friends have been asking to see my photography so I'm finally posting some pictures. I just finished a photography course so I have plenty to share. Enjoy. :)

The next 2 are together with this one above, taken at three different focal lengths

Poor Biscuit (the dog) lol

This is the result of a foggy morning and me playing around with the white balance on the camera