Expressions

My mother in law & brother in law having some xmas fun!

My newest step grandson singing a cooing song.

My aunt & Brother enjoying the holidays with family!

My niece playing with her new baby doll.

Christmas in my town

It is tradition for my girls and I to go to Main Street a weekend in December for the Christmas celebration. This year we were hit with 7 inches of snow so unless I get to go next weekend, I had to post the photos I took when we went in Christmas 2006.
Main street is very historical, so therefore every weekend in December the town has "Christmas characters" of all sorts walking around (there are aprox 25-30 characters). Each has a card that they hand out which tells their relation to Christmas. Kids, as well as adults eagerly collect to see if they can get every character before the parade begins. They have different santas from different eras as well as other countries. There is a sugar plum farie, Jack Frost, Ebonezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Carolers singing carols and a variety of others. They all speak with people as if they are the character they are playing.
All of the shops along Main street are very quaint and beautiful not only in the historical arcitecture but also in the decorations inside and out.

This is Civil War Santa

A Man roasting chestnuts over an open fire

A man with an old fashoned table saw worked by pedals showing a family how wood working used to be done.

A Christmas parade

My best friends wedding

The Barn in the middle of Town

The town that I live in, is a very busy suburban town with a large, growing population. There are strip malls and fast food all around. So the other day, when I was driving through one of my favorite strip malls, I looked over, saw this and couldn't resist taking my camera in hand.

In the middle of the strip malls, traffic and hustle & bustle of growing suburbia there is a field, and in that field stands a barn with a grove of trees behind it. Its almost as if this field and this barn are frozen in time, a quiet reminder of when this area was very different.

They are my world

A few portraits I took last week of my girls.

Nature Challenge Continued

Fall, Floating on a bed of water.

A few of the photos I took yesterday.

Nature Challenge

A sunrise in my backyard.

A January ice storm

Christy's photo Blog

The above photo was taken at the St. Louis Zoo the summer of '07. I knew it was a good shot when I took it, but didnt know how good until I uploaded it on my computer and saw this goreous beast seemingly looking into my eyes.

The above photo was taken at my step-grandson's Tball game. If I were to take the picture again, I would ask my hubby to tilt his head back a bit to reduce the "bill blockage".