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I love my bears. I often post Grizzly and Polar Bear photos and the Black bears get the shaft. Not from lack of love, more from lack of sight! This fall, the black bears have been out searching for and eating berries. Most of the sightings were quick and in the distance. A few times the last month, I was lucky enough to get close to these gorgeous guys for a photo op.
The first shot is my absolute favorite. This little cub spent over an hour climbing in the trees, exploring every little branch and then clung onto this limb for a nap. He hung there for an afternoon snooze and acted completely unaffected by the dozen of photographers gawking from the road.
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| This mama looks fat and healthy. The berries were so plentiful this year they seemed to have an all you can eat buffet. |
| This is one of the prettiest black bears I have seen. She is healthy, pretty and mama to one cute cub. |
| I have a lot more where these came from, next up are MOOSE! |
Meet precious Macy. She was the happiest 9 month old I have had in a while. What a great age, no worries in the world. Her only duty was to sit, be cute and giggle, which she handled effortlessly. I love her, she is so happy!
I know I am behind on blogging...I promise to post some photos from fall in the Tetons this week. I had to show off little Macy first, can you blame me??? |
| Laura sent me this photo tonight..from her visit to the Tetons. The dogs love to go camping, they go on many walks and Goldie growls at the Buffalo. She is so tough. I have been working in the studio lately, and will be posting some new sessions soon. My trailer... the color of the UNDEFEATED DALLAS COWBOYS! GO BOYS! |
I am proud to show off the portraits of Isabella Desiree Hartley, one of my first Idaho Falls babies. I love newborns and this was my first Idaho Falls newborn! She did not disappoint, we had a great time with this precious little girl. Her parents, Natasha and Jeremy, were great to work with and I can't wait to see her through the next year.
A perfect little angel in the tutu... she really knocked it out of the park here, one shot and we had it. |
Natasha reminded me of my Dallas moms. She came in with lots of ideas and open to different things to achieve
the best photos of her baby girl. It paid off, I think we captured this unique time between mother and child in a beautiful way. This is one of my favorite photos from the session. |
| I love this one too... two beautiful girls. |
| Jeremy does not stand a chance with this one! She will be giving him this look for years to come. Go ahead and pass over your credit cards now. Put them in the crib. Here, I think she had just peed on him. :) |
| Born early, Isabella is making up for being small FAST! A little gerber baby... |
| Thanks Natasha and Jeremy! You have a beautiful family started. |
This past weekend I went home to Dallas for my best friends baby shower. It's probably too early to mention how she CHEATED and is having a baby without me. We had this grand scheme to have them at the same time, IF we both decided to have children. Well thanks for letting a sister know! Im sort of in between life plans right now, with picking up and moving across the country BY MYSELF. Should I start taking ads out for a baby daddy? In the Idaho Falls Post Register? I don't think that will go over well here.
The shower was great. It was beautiful! I wish I could have hosted it for her, but it was questionable if I would even be able to go. We played games, talked baby names, ate and spent a great afternoon with friends on a gorgeous Dallas day. It did make me homesick. There is no place like Dallas.
A lot of people tried to convince me to come home. Its comforting to know that people miss you, and I would love nothing more than to be with my friends everyday again. Newly single, Dallas would be a lot of fun. Maybe too much fun for a girl trying to get her business together. I am loving it here in Idaho. No one understands that, but at any given moment I can be in the middle of the park watching a moose walk through my campsite. I gave up Neiman Marcus to watch moose at sunrise!!!! I might need help. I do get extremely homesick and I spend a lot of nights alone talking to the dogs. I am happy with my decision and I am going to work very hard to make things work here. ALTHOUGH I miss my heels and dresses and eating out at the most fabulous places SO MUCH! My heels are very neglected. |
| My shopping has come to a sudden halt, but I have great friends who fill the void. My birthday present arrived from Dawna, and I LOVE it. Perfect for the wilderness. More apologies for the blackberry photography. |
| Fall is APPROACHING!!!! That means new TV and FOOOTBALLLLLLLLLLLL. Preseason people!!! It's PRESEASON! It does NOT MATTER! That is what I have to say about that. I can't even watch all the Cowboy games here which is a crime. I think this is OUR YEAR. Romo is stepping up this year and the Cowboys will go far. Just watch. If you get them on TV, which I don't. Please text me Sunday scores. :) |
| Fall TV... I am behind on Project Runway, one of the best shows on TV. I did catch up online which is not the same. I need to see the nutty diva behavior and hideous fabric ensembles on a big flat screen. I don't see anyone wonderful like letha loving Stella yet, but there are some characters on this season. I started the blog with a pregnancy post and I will end with one. A man designed this. He had visions of eggs and feathers and chicken thighs ( wtp?????) to celebrate pregnancy. This was his egg outfit. For the love of all pregnant women, help HIM. Maybe he is mad at his mother? As he was getting the boot, he said he still has a voice. I hope that voice tells him to NEVER DESIGN MATERNITY CLOTHING AGAIN! EVER! NEVER! |
| Heidi's insults in a german accent are priceless. "Its one thing to think outside of the box, another to miss it completely." OUCH! And Nina Garcia who doesn't need an accent. Her looks say it all. She is the queen of insultive expression. |
I wonder if Fox kits have the same breath as puppies. PUPPY BREATH... ahhhhh... I did not get close enough to find out. Watching these guys run and play and nip... mama busy keeping track of all eight of them.. it was not easy. I could have watched this all day. When mom was out hunting, the babies would peek out and slowly work their way further into the real world.. but she was always close by keeping an eye on them.
I am posting these for Margie who sent me the coolest e-mail with a project she is working on. I hope I can blog about it soon! |
| I want sssssssmoooooreeeee! |
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What are the payoffs to staying at a campground with no electricity, running water or any luxury whatsoever? Well for one... you get to be close and personal with wonderful animals like these owl babies. I love these owlettes, I can't get enough. I was lucky enough to watch these two guys from when they first peaked out of their heart shaped tree nest, to when they were flying branch to branch.
At one point when they left the nest, they were pretty far apart... a couple of hundred yards maybe and the mom sat and watched one and the dad watched the other. When I woke the next morning, they were side by side on the same tree branch. This was amazing as they could barely fly. They just waddle over to another tree in the middle of the night. By now these guys are flying around and learning to hunt. |
Another great reason to rough it: to watch your friends rough it. :) Here is Laura and the smore photo. This was an event. I don't see the allure with smores, maybe its the whole I don't like chocolate thing.
As a professional photographer, I am ashamed to admit that I took this with my Blackberry camera phone. It was after hours. |
Dear Tony Romo,
I know your away playing ball now the season started. HOWEVER, now that you are living in Idaho, don't you think the Cowboy games should be televised here? Americas Team should be televised ALL OVER AMERICA. How can I see my man in those tight pants if I can't find the game???? I can understand if it was not televised in say... Los Angeles... but Idaho.. the new home of Tony Romo.. we have a problem!
I am hoping this is cleared up before the start of the regular season and the road to the Superbowl. Please don't be derailed by preseason scores. It's like golf.. if you do well on the driving range, you always play a lousy round. Bad on the range, a great game!
A couple of weeks ago my good friend Laura came to visit. She isn't much of an "outdoor" girl but we camped in the Trailer. ( aka "Chuck"). She was a trooper, we made smores and cooked dinner both nights outside. We didn't go second class either, check out these steaks! And true to Idaho ( although we were in Wyoming) we had potatoes. If I get her blessing I will post the smore photo. It was so funny when we woke up and she was freezing. The beginning of August and it dipped down into the 30's in the Tetons. I don't know how to use the heater in my trailer, I say more blankets!!!! Thats all you need. :)
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I put these photos under the "travel" category. When the blog started, in order to get photos like this, I had to TRAVEL. Somewhere far. Like Wyoming. Now I have to drive an hour and a half. I need a new category. I still can not phathom I actually live here. It has been an experience, both good and bad.
I am still happy I moved, though living outside of Texas has been eye opening. I miss the Texas heat. Today it was 82. The low is 44. Don't get me wrong, I love the weather, but its like winter is looming like that cold you know your going to get when your throat first gets sore. On Saturday I had a booth at an event here on the Snake river. Its called the duck races, and they release all these ducks into the river and the first one that goes over the falls wins. It wins a lot of great things from businesses throughout the city. Like Jewelry. This is a yellow plastic duck with sunglasses, Welcome to Idaho Falls, because this was a big event. We get to the river, and prepare to set up... and guess what... ITS COLD!!!! The turn out is low because the weather is bad and everyone is wearing COATS!!! IN AUGUST. At this point, I am thinking WHAT HAVE I DONE????????
Aside from that, I have been very busy trying to get the word out about my studio. I had my first baby session on Friday and it went so well! I cant wait to blog some of those photos. I LOVE my used beat up, leaking trailer. I have yet to use any of the appliances, I truly just sleep in it.
The below photo is from late April when I came out to visit and started to think about moving. You can see the snow was slowly melting and the mountains were covered. This photo is for Kenny. Here is a taste of Wyoming for you!!!! |
| From what I understand, owls are what suck people into birding. I am so cliche, because I LOVE owls. I can not get enough. When I moved here, I had never seen a Great Gray up close. Now I have seen more than one along with babies and it has been one of the best experiences I have had since moving. This particular owl, I could photograph from the road and at one point, she flew right by my head and I swear had I reached out, I could have touched her. My eyes were huge, and she was going about her business, hunting for mice. I printed this photo on canvas, and I love it. Definitely one of my favorites. This is for Olivia. I have many more owl pics coming your way! |
| Bear cubs. Thats all I have to say. In Alaska, we had these cubs of the year and I posted some of them playing with mom in a previous post. This was taken at the end of the day, ( which in Alaska was close to 11pm.. the sun only went down for maybe an hour) and the cubs ran to the log and started playing. They were up and down and swatting each other. I can't wait to post the video, most people never get to witness this innocence among animals. They looked at us with curiosity and showed off in a playful nature. How cute are they????! This is for Lola.. some baby baaaaaaayers. :) |
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