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Shelly > January 16, 2009 Reflecting on Life Changes -- and They're All My Kids Now Exactly ten years and ten days ago we packed up all five of our boys, two cats, and a bazillion uncertainties and moved to Houston and into a rental house that I had never even seen. We had no idea what kind of life was in store for us here, but we hoped for the best. Our kids are about grown now and hardly need us anymore. We've had good times and not so good times . . . but I never would have dreamed that in ten VERY SHORT YEARS I'd spend Friday nights watching and photographing other people's kids playing high school sports. How cool is THAT??!?!?! As far as I'm concerned, they're all my kids. Thought I'd share these two with you today. I just LOVE the intensity in their eyes and faces. Wonder where they'll be in another ten years and ten days. I hope they follow their dreams into very big things.
Shelly > March 31, 2008 An afternoon of senior pictures, and oh my goodness did we have fun. It was WAY too hard to choose one image for the day, but this is a fun shot for starters. More to come soon,
Shelly > June 11, 2009 World Famous Burgers Our old hometown used to have a red and white cinder-block hamburger dive called Bob's Better Burger. It was all the way on the other side of town . . . probably a good 10-15 minutes drive. That seems so funny now, when it takes nearly10 minutes just to get out of our subdivision. Still, a trip to Bob's was a very special treat. And, Ohhhh . . . those were some good burgers. Places like that -- and like this-- are few and far between now. We had to pull over so that I could grab a shot of this sign. 2-M's is still open and appears to be doing pretty brisk business, but you just can't count on these places and their wonderful old signs to be around the next time we pass by. This is a piece of Americana I wish we could bring back. "Burgers and fries and cherry pies, Life was simple and good back then. Walking in the sand, hand in hand, never thinking that it could end. Makin' our love with the moon above at the drive in picture show It was burgers and fries and cherry pies in a world we used to know." -- Charley Pride
Shelly > May 16, 2009 Congratulations to Annalies and James. Just a quick first peek at Saturday's festivities. I think I'll need to elminate the sidewalk before this series is finished, but couldn't wait to put something up. "The best things in life aren't things." -- Ann Landers
Shelly > August 6, 2008 Had to pop in to the school this morning wearing my volunteer hat to get a couple of pictures. I just love these blue benches, and they're rarely empty during the school year so I couldn't resist grabbing an image or two. Summer Band started today. These kids march from 8:00 to noon then they have sectionals from 1:30 to 3:30 and return to march again from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Doesn't matter that temp is usually in the upper 90's with high humidity -- and they're marching on an asphalt parking lot. Cross country has been running most of the summer -- multiple miles in HHHH (high heat and humidity) and these are only the activities I have direct and current involvement with. I have no clue what the other teams are doing, but can bet that they are not at home sitting on the couch. There is SO MUCH already going on behind the scenes for our awesome active and involved students, and school doesn't even start this year until August 25. Whatever anyone else says, I truly believe that our future is in very capable and well-disciplined hands. And regarding the "other kids" the ones sitting in front of the video games: "The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum." -- Menander, Greek comic dramatist (342 BC - 292 BC)
Shelly > October 23, 2008 "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler." -- Henry David Thoreau Sounds good in theory, doesn't it? I keep telling myself this, but for some reason the simplification just doesn't happen. Everything gets more intricate and complex, frustrating, and fascinating at the same time. The more I learn and accomplish, the more I realize that there IS for me to learn and accomplish.
Shelly > March 18, 2009 LifeFlight -- one of the most dreaded sounds you may ever want to hear. "After the verb, 'to love,' 'to help' is the most beautiful verb in the world." -- Bertha Von Suttner Austro-Hungarian -- the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Shelly > June 4, 2008 Daylilies in the Morning It was still early when I shot this, and the blossoms opening for the day had not yet reached their potential. With the previous day's spent blossom still hanging on and at least four or five days of potential promise in coming buds, the daylilies spoke to me. They really didn't speak. Actually, they sang "This is Your Life" by one of my favorite bands, Switchfoot. It's a very special song to me because it was one of the elements that encouraged me to make some important changes in my own life. Part of the lyrics go like this: yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead yesterday is a promise that you've broken don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes this is your life and today is all you've got now yeah, and today is all you'll ever have don't close your eyes don't close your eyes this is your life, are you who you want to be this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be when the world was younger and you had everything to lose yesterday is a kid in the corner yesterday is dead and over this is your life, are you who you want to be this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be when the world was younger and you had everything to lose
Shelly > January 5, 2009 Art? Really? Thank goodness the signage crew was working to ensure that we would recognize the works of New York's more obscure artists. I'm afraid I would have missed this masterpiece altogether.
June 4, 2008

Daylilies in the Morning

It was still early when I shot this, and the blossoms opening for the day had not yet reached their potential. With the previous day's spent blossom still hanging on and at least four or five days of potential promise in coming buds, the daylilies spoke to me.

They really didn't speak. Actually, they sang "This is Your Life" by one of my favorite bands, Switchfoot. It's a very special song to me because it was one of the elements that encouraged me to make some important changes in my own life.

Part of the lyrics go like this:


yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
yesterday is a promise that you've broken
don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes
this is your life and today is all you've got now
yeah, and today is all you'll ever have
don't close your eyes
don't close your eyes

this is your life, are you who you want to be

this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
when the world was younger and you had everything to lose

yesterday is a kid in the corner
yesterday is dead and over

this is your life, are you who you want to be

this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
when the world was younger and you had everything to lose
Shelly > June 4, 2008 Daylilies in the Morning It was still early when I shot this, and the blossoms opening for the day had not yet reached their potential. With the previous day's spent blossom still hanging on and at least four or five days of potential promise in coming buds, the daylilies spoke to me. They really didn't speak. Actually, they sang "This is Your Life" by one of my favorite bands, Switchfoot. It's a very special song to me because it was one of the elements that encouraged me to make some important changes in my own life. Part of the lyrics go like this: yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead yesterday is a promise that you've broken don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes this is your life and today is all you've got now yeah, and today is all you'll ever have don't close your eyes don't close your eyes this is your life, are you who you want to be this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be when the world was younger and you had everything to lose yesterday is a kid in the corner yesterday is dead and over this is your life, are you who you want to be this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be when the world was younger and you had everything to lose
June 4, 2008

Daylilies in the Morning

It was still early when I shot this, and the blossoms opening for the day had not yet reached their potential. With the previous day's spent blossom still hanging on and at least four or five days of potential promise in coming buds, the daylilies spoke to me.

They really didn't speak. Actually, they sang "This is Your Life" by one of my favorite bands, Switchfoot. It's a very special song to me because it was one of the elements that encouraged me to make some important changes in my own life.

Part of the lyrics go like this:


yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
yesterday is a promise that you've broken
don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes
this is your life and today is all you've got now
yeah, and today is all you'll ever have
don't close your eyes
don't close your eyes

this is your life, are you who you want to be

this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
when the world was younger and you had everything to lose

yesterday is a kid in the corner
yesterday is dead and over

this is your life, are you who you want to be

this is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
when the world was younger and you had everything to lose
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