DISCOVERY

magical wondrous nature, frog eggs

A year ago today we sold our loft.

Now after all these months of keeping it together 

juggling the needs of our little family, this house building project, 

living in furnished rentals all our stuff in storage, 

with no real studio or alone time.

I feel as though I am about to emerge.

HERE WE ARE

in transition

spring days are now finally here and 

we're waiting out our last nights before we can move

these girls never stopping

I race to keep up

OLD HAUNT

a quick trip to say bon voyage to our beloved friends who are setting off on their own adventure

stayed at The Dean - warm rain fell - a birthday and a long drive home

on moving

SETTLE DOWN

we are digging right in

I could have never imagined how easy this would be, although it was what people said. I thought my urban life was not too hard, if fact maybe even full of conveniences. Oh I was wrong, also something I was told. Here we are, 2+ weeks in, the longest I have ever been up here and at this point the honeymoon is over, we live in the country. We are rejoicing, it is grand.

22/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014"

joining Jodi in The 52 Project

SEEING FAMILIAR FACES

so grateful for a visit from our friends and old (as of one week) neighbors

To have them as guests and get to catchup after our first week apart felt like a gift, felt like a circle completed. They had cooked us meals, watched our girls and listened to us all with such care during our last few days in the city. Not to mention their support during the last year. So many sister friends!

AS IF FROM A DREAM

it has been nearly a week and I have just now looked at these images - nearly a week since we left 

I thought for weeks about taking these images before our last night (or what we thought would be our last night, we underestimated how long we need the next day and had to sleep another night), somehow it felt so final to take them. These scenes, the almost playful way the ambient light of the city lay shadows over our walls and ceiling, these shapes were part of my nightlife. Photographing them felt like telling a secret, a bit of a relief.

LOSING TRACK OF TIME

we packed, we loaded the truck for days, we drove and we made it

And really we couldn't be happier, stressed but really relieved. When we were still in Providence we kept saying we just need to get out of here and then anything can happen. Now we are at the anything.

20/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014"

a really special moment with our much loved babysitter/friend on our last "date night" in Providence 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

19/52

"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014"

joining in with Jodi

A SIMPLE SATURDAY