{Lucky Seven} Minneapolis, MN Child Photography

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me.
I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
Jimi Hendrix

In 10 days my daughter will be a 2nd grader. At a new school.
Her brother will be with her as a brand new Kindergarten Learner.
It is closer and is our neighborhood school, fits our lifestyle.
I believe in Neighborhood Schools.
It builds Community, Peace, Relationships...
Her old school is great.
School Choice is tough.
Oye.
We are in, not lost in Translation.
As I picked her up today,
We walked past the Peace Garden
I stopped. Looked. Whipped out the camera.
Embarrassed the bunches out of her...
Savored
every last bit...
Cause her new school is great...
But doesn't have a Peace Garden...

{Empty Chairs, Empty Tables} Memorial Day Tribute

There's a grief that can't be spoken,
There's a pain goes on and on...
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friend will sing no more....
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
The Muscial Les Miserables
Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil

Today I started complaining about the weather. No sun. Too hot. Kids whiny...
Then I remembered what today is....
Because of a fellow brilliant artist, not by my own "a ha" moment.
Thank you Amy for the kick in the ass.
Thank You my friends I have known and not.
I miss you.
I cannot understand the sacrifice.
I struggle.
I am humbled.
And grateful.
Blessings.....

{Soft} Minneapolis, MN Fine Art Photography

"They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't.
I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."
— Frida Kahlo

{Tropics and Manilow} Phoenix, AZ Lifestyle Photographer

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

-Barry Manilow

{Round and Round} Fine Art Photography

"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally"
— Abraham Lincoln

{Behind the fence} Minneapolis, MN Nature Photography

The free bird leaps
on the back of the win
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky....

The free bird thinks of another breeze
an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own....

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for
the caged bird

sings of freedom.

-Maya Angelou
{I know why a caged bird sings}

{Some Like It Hot} Twin Cities Lifestyle Photograhy

I'm not really too worried about the global warming. People like it a little warmer, don't they?
--Larry David as Larry David

Dear god.
So selfish.
Please give me sun
Please.
Some
Like it Hot.