Heart Inspired Photography

I’ve started a new personal photography project last week… It’s mostly to do with taking the camera out more as I go about my everyday and capturing some streetscape type things… I’m just enjoying the chance to take some photos for me and seeing where this little journey takes me.  I took this photo earlier this week before I had checked what this week’s theme was and it turned out it fit in perfectly…

Power is so vital to our modern day lives…

And yet as vital as power is… sometimes it can interfer in our lives too much… How many of us are guilty of spending too much time hooked up on the computer/internet/smart phones/TV?  I will put my hand up and say that I am all too guilty of allowing these power-driven gadgets to rule my life… Maybe it’s time to unplug a little from our electronic world and enjoy some of the simpler things in life?  I’m going to try to unplug a little more this week… Not sure how successful I’ll be, but I’ll let you know how I go…

Thanks for stopping by, now please visit Sabrina Koogler | Pearland, TX Child and Family Photographer who is next in our circle to see her interpretation for the challenge this week.

It is so hard to pick a single favourite song… I have so many favourite music artists… and so many different songs.

But one of my favourite artists of all time is Josh Groban… His voice is just amazing and gives me goosebumps and his music has a timeless quality about it…

I love all his songs, but one that has a special place in my heart is “Thankful” from his Christmas album “Noel”.

So here is “Thankful” this week…

Somedays we forget
To look around us
Somedays we can’t see
The joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give.

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be.
And on this day we hope for
What we still can’t see.
It’s up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There’s so much to be thankful for.

Look beyond ourselves
There’s so much sorrow
It’s way too late to say
I’ll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It’s so long overdue

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And every day we hope for
What we still can’t see
It’s up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There’s so much to be thankful for.

Even with our differences
There is a place we’re all connected
Each of us can find each other’s light

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can’t see
It’s up to us to be the change
And even though this world needs so much more
There’s so much to be thankful for.

If you’d like to hear the song - Here’s a you tube link to the song…

Thank you for stopping by this week… now to see the next person in our circle, please visit Sabrina Koogler | Pearland, TX Child and Family Photographer to see what her favourite song is.

Sometimes the temptation to get into your big sister’s things is too much and you just take the opportunity to scurry away somewhere and rummage through her stuff…

This was a rather timely photo opportunity as I found her hidden away in the spare room going through Elizabeth’s jewellery… Yes… it’s fun having a big sister so you can “borrow” her stuff…

Thanks for dropping by… now please head over to the next member in our circle Sabrina Koogler | Pearland, TX Child and Family Photographer to see what temptation she is going to share with us today!

Almost forgot about the challenge this week, so quickly snapped this one of my eldest’s dimples… she’s inherited them from her auntie seeing as neither Phan or I have them… She has such an infectious smile (and a matching giggle!)

Now please head over to the next person in our circle – Sabrina Koogler | Pearland, TX Child and Family Photographer to see what she’s sharing with us this week!  Thanks for visiting!

Have I mentioned that I’m dreading the terrible twos with my littest one?  It’s such a paradoxical time… it’s an age of being cute and adorable and learning so much about the world… but at the same time…. it’s the age of complete irrationality.  I am currently faced with mini tantrums regularly… actually, make that hourly…. about the most random, often insignificant things.

Here’s a quick glimpse of Catherine expressing her dislike for something very clearly… (I think I wasn’t letting her hold my iphone) but then stopping just as fast as it started… and all of this within the span of about 20 seconds… (Excuse that little rash on her chin – we recently discovered she’s allergic to bandaids on her face…)

Toddlers… while they try our patience… we still love them… those cheeky grins just win us over every time….

Thanks for popping by… now please head on over to Sabrina Koogler | Pearland, TX Child and Family Photographer to see what expressive-ness she’s going to be sharing with us this week!