sperlygirl

finding beauty in the ugly...

what i love most is to wander around a place - camera in hand. i love to look for the details which sing out to me. so many times, i seem to 'miss' the bigger picture of the city because i become so enthralled with her lovely details. so as we walked today, this graffiti called out to me - perhaps it's simply a poetic tagger, maybe only a song lyric - whatever it's origins, it seemed to call out to me. and to me, i found the beauty in 'the writing on the wall'...

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little bits...

i stopped by shutter sisters and fell in love with the prompt. since kai was teeny, i have taken photos of random 'bits' of him. i just sweep my camera past him and click - not even looking in the lens. i hope to capture the tiny features which have such a dear home in my heart. and when i look back at these photographs i am able to summon up so many of the smallest details of our day. this photo, with the setting sun casting such a beautiful glow across his cheek - i can just hear him giggling as he watches the sand blow out of his fingertips.

mama's flower...

soon after we went into the yard to play, kai ran to the little flowering bush yelling back at me, "mama's flower, mama's flower". all smiles, he pulled a flower from the plant - running back to where i was standing. he held out his little hand and grinning up at me said, "mama's flower...mama...laloo mama."  little does he know - this mama will keep this teeny sweet flower until she's 100 (or more).

love thursday...

i never imagined the love that would take hold once i became a mama. nor did i ever dream that a teeny moment like this one (blowing back the waves into the water as we walk along the sea) would carve out such a little home in my heart. mi amore...