"100 Days Until Halloween" Day 149 ~ Dog With A...

Martini!

"100 Degrees Until Halloween" Day 137 ~ Soccer Tuesday Update

Silly boy...

"100 Degrees Until Halloween" Day 78 ~ Twinkle Lights

Leaving a lively (and HOT) 17-person family shoot last night I saw this...love the twinkle lights this family leaves up and on all year round in their mesquite grove.

"100 Degrees Until Halloween" Day 71 ~ Morning Ride

If you follow me on Facebook, personally, then you have seen the minor abrasions suffered this a.m. on the trail (not to mention the rattlesnake!) but this picture was taken at 6:15 a.m. before heading out.  Morning is the best part of these Tucson (no-chance-of-a-monsoon) days, for sure...

"100 Degrees until Halloween" Day 58 ~ Wet Roof

A quick rain last evening, and last night, and today.  Quick rains up here are the best because most of the time it is LONG rainy days (and nights) but thankfully, knock on wood, not today.

"100 Degrees Until Halloween" Day 49 ~ Storm

I grew up in New Jersey and moved to Tucson in 1996 (a mere 23 year old in the arid desert).  I have forgotten what it is like to NOT see the whole sky and what it is like to NOT be able to pinpoint where in the city it is raining.  In NJ (and Maine and everywhere I've been on the East coast) it is just gray and cloudy, or it is not.  I was trying to see if my friend in DC (who, to my knowledge, has not been to southern AZ) "got" my post from Day 40 (Rain Cliff).  Today, while driving home, I saw another chance to document this western phenom.  I could see two storms from miles and miles away...and I don't care.  I love it.  :)

"100 Degrees Until Halloween" Day 30 ~ And so it rolled.

The monsoon (clouds, at least)  rolled in last night.  It was heaven.  We got to spend time on our back porch watching the lightning show and feeling the breeze.  The start of monsoon season is what helps us all through June.  What a perfect June for my project.  Ice break on June 1st, first monsoon on June 30.  Recap to come.  Thanks for following and liking, my bloggie friends!

"100 Degrees Until Halloween" Day 5~ Baseball Playoffs

I know, I know, summer means baseball....but here, baseball is serious cruelty for these poor hot little leaguers (and parents) UNLESS the game is at 7pm and then it's just plain gorgeous....

This is my son sliding home and, as a totally unbiased person, he looks awesome.

What's in YOUR way???

Perhaps it's my impending 40th birthday...perhaps it was seeing such a new life (see newborn photo session below) and realizing how far away that all seemed to me...or, prior to all this, witnessing recent events where life can change instantly and with no warning, I wonder to all my friends and fans-- what's stopping you from capturing your family, your friends, your kids in a permanent, professional, and priceless way?

In my home office I have a wall covered with the yearly photos I take of my kids every Christmas.    Starting from the top left, there's 6-month old Alexandra...followed (very quickly, I might add) the next year,  a 2-month old Nathan with his "big" sister...and so on. This is far from all the pictures of my kids I have hanging up, but I love the continuity this wall shows.

Life isn't slowing down, we're not getting younger (although that's not to say we aren't getting better!)  I hope this post motivates you to just book the appointment-- set the date-- and know that you will be so thankful you did.

(P.S.  I could also attribute this post to Netflix and incessant "How I Met Your Mother" watching...but I think it's really all the mushy stuff heretofore mentioned)