After the party...

First journal for Kat eye view "Find Your Eye" photo course.  Why I love photography?
It started about 28  years ago with the birth of my first child.  I didn't want to miss a thing... so photography was a way of DOCUMENTING my life.  I have three kids, the youngest is 24 and all are out of the house:(    So, my LOVE and PASSION for photography went into a different direction.  It was more about creating something that makes me HAPPY, to stop and take notice, to capture an image, capture the beauty, and capture a moment in time that would normally go unnoticed by others.  I love this shot because I found a BEAUTIFUL MESS after the guests had gone home.

the hills are alive...

My remake of the Sound of Music... just call me Janice von Trapp?

snow fence

Taken on our trip to Anchorage, Alaska.  This is at the Glen Alps trail head on Flattop mountain, the most climbed mountain in the state.

this little piggy...

at the Santa Barbara County Fair.  I love to go just to see the baby piggies.  Ted has to drag me away so that others can take a peek also.  Mom had 16 in the litter,  laid down on 6 of them, now there are 10.

baby chucks...

waiting till the day she can go home.

The sweetest thing ever...

Sleeping peacefully... with a finger in every hole!!!

check-up time

The Doctors and Nurses giving Lucy her daily routine inspections.  How does anyone sleep through this?

Lamb Chop

 Grandma Becky and Grandpa Kevin brought you Lamp Chop to keep you company in the hospital.

Cindy Lou Hoo

this picture reminds me of the little girl in the Grinch who stole Christmas story.

Dad and pee wee

You can see the marks from the daily heel pricks for blood.

Ash and lucy

Thanks mom for the pretty bow on my IV dog house!

check out my widows peak...

on the top photo, you can see her neck is swollen...  Doctors finally said either strep or staph infection in the lymph nodes was the cause of her fever.

Clint telling Lucy a bedtime story... I think she liked it!  Saying goodnight was always hard... we wanted to stay all night.

alaska dogs

We took a walk around the dog park... they all liked to swim, chase balls and carry sticks... one of the dogs even smiled for us!

flowers near the hospital

A kaleidoscope of color... just a bit of the color around the hospital...  also Arek and Ashleys sleeping quarters for two weeks.

Mom, Dad and Pee Wee

Checking out Uncle Clint... I think I like this guy!