Central Park - Part II

just follow a path and you will find the most amazing things...

lessons in multitasking..

reminders that patience is a virtue....


and one can always dream of beng future Olympians - even if they are financial analysts the rest of the week...

there's always a bench waiting just for you...

and the perfect ending to a perfect day within reach..

a day at Central Park - Part I

We love to spend the day at the Park - you never know what or who you will see; mostly it's our chance to capture from it some of it's of peacefulness to last us as we head into the toss and tumble of the work week ahead - and it seems others share that idea:

whether it's hangin' with old friends...

making new ones...

sitting still to enjoy just sitting

or to enjoy the sounds of others...

can one ever get enough of Paris??

arc d'triomphe from below


just one street away from the hustle and bustle of the Latin Quarter - seems like miles...


the watchdogs of Notre Dame


trinkets along the Seine...


and another quiet side street in the Latin Quarter

Bonjour Paris!

My amazing husband surprised me for my birthday this year by celebratin it with me in Paris! We spent an amazing week never even leaving the City of Lights - too much to see and more walking than we were used to. We enjoyed the camaraderie of Justyna Richards (http://www.justynaphotography.com) from Pictue Paris, who led us through the quiet side streets of the Latin Quarter and Montmartre, shared meals with us at fabulous boulangeries and creperies, overwhelmed us with her staggering knowledge of local history (is there any good reason why everyone famous dies a horrible and tragic death?!) and left us addicted to the history and sights of an amazing city. Below are some of our favorite shots - just a few of 2,300 that we took (gotta love digital!!)

the lovely Justyna!

the Louvre at night - eerie, romantic, awesome!

my little French friend on his way to work at the Louvre - although my French was weak and his English broken, you can clearly see how proud of his bicycle and the trinkets he had collected over time...

and our friends at Pizza Pino - one of the few places that we could understand the menu!!

the devil is in the details...

guests often enjoy the "ambience" of an event without realizing the attention to detail, along with the (sometimes agonizing) effort and time taken by those planning the event to create that "perfect effect" - here are a few of my favorites .....

"thank you" to Mary B!

Mary Basnight(http://www.marybasnight.com/) is a talented photographer based in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We know this because she photographed our wedding several years ago. It is because of our positive experience that Keith and I both picked up our cameras again, and now have the potential for a "second career" - after we retire from our current ones!

Mary was kind enough to include us as 2nd shooters on some of her weddings and engagement shoots, and some of the images I took are included below.

Thanks Mary!

we always see the bride's preparation - here's some of the groom!

...and the flower girls went quickly from "magic wands" to dueling swords! :-)

a photographic buffet...

or another way of saying a little bit of this, a litle bit of that...

sinatra park - hoboken, nj

can you tell we have a thing for parks yet? this is one of our favorites - right across from NYC, and a great place to spend the day people watching....

a day at mindowaskin park...

these pics were taken last october - the first week i had my camera!had no clue what i was doing, and didn't have my glasses to read the manual - what's that you say? beginner's luck?? lol

4th of july in OBX

sharing a sunset on the Roanoke sound wth good friends...

...driving in circles...

a dear friend of ours recently purchased a new Lotus sportscar - a cute little orange car about the size of a Matchbox toy. When he shared with us that he was gong to drive it "on the track" at the Pocono Raceway, we thought it would be a great way to show our support - and maybe finally figure out the men/cars/NASCAR/driving in circles "thing". Upon meeting our friend in the "garage" area, passing Corvettes, Porsche's, Audi's, etc., we understood the Security Guard's look of disdain as we entered Raceway Fantasyland in our 2005 Honda Pilot (Hey - I happen to know that I can go 0 to 60 pretty darn fast...). Enjoy some of my favorite pics....