The Weekend Lens
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A grading day + a furlough day (not a good time for schools around here right now) = a four-day weekend. For us that meant a Friday afternoon trip over to the coast to visit my parents.
SATURDAY
Saturday began with Anna doing a little reading in our bed. She was chattering right along.
Before heading out there's usually at least one lap around the tall grass.
Our main outing was a short walk at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
It's a really beautiful area. Trees, water, wildlife.
Pretending to be trees.
Back at the house we ran around a bit in the tall grass before heading out to dinner.
And a round of hide & go seek.
SUNDAY
Mornings at the beach are often for watching movies or surfing (on the computer rather than in the waves).
And conversation.
In the afternoon, on a sunny day like this, it's all about the beach.
In my own opinion it really wasn't warm enough for swim trunks, but I remember that I had a completely different sense of temperature when I was a kid.
And this kid, well, he's an experienced beach-goer and knows just what he likes.
There were definitely moments we felt bathed in light.
And moments of sheer delight.
Back at the house there was time for a swing.
This place is such a gift.
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Your family is so cute being trees-LOVE that picture!
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Love hearing about your weekends with family. Thank you for sharing. You are so blessed with the place your parents live and being able to visit them. The beach is an amazing place to be, and so great your kids can experience it. We love the beach.
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I have always loved the candid shots you take of your family, but lately they have been even more amazing. Something you're working on or maybe just focusing more on the light????
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It is something I'm thinking about more - both the light and in general. Thank you for the kind comment :).
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Such happy photos -- I love seeing your family!
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All the photos were a delight to look through. It's like you took a professional photographer with you. Such a great collection. Do you still use the Canon Rebel Digital? Deb, South Australia.
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Hi Deb - I'm using a Canon 5D. It's more camera than I need but I'm working on learning more and more bit by bit :).
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing so many photos.
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Ali, you have so many great photo's of the beach trip. do they go in a seperate scrapbook of events? do you select just a few for project life? How do you handle having so many great pictures from one short time period?
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I think that I'm going to add another page in Project Life to handle more photos for this week. Some weeks we have a ton and some weeks quite a bit less.
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Absolutely beautiful! What wonderful memories with blessed family! TFS.
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Never stop doing these types of posts :) They are so calming, inspiring, motivating, and relaxing. They always bring happiness and joy to me. Thanks for so openly sharing bits of your life. . .and always helping start my day with a 'happy heart' :)
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beautiful photos!!! Makes me want to move to the West Coast. The weather is far better than New England has been.... SNOW! SNOW! and more SNOW!
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Simply beautiful pictures. You are always an inspiration. Now more than ever for me. I have been in a "memory-keeping" rut for almost 2 years. But a loyal reader of your blog and always a fan. Thanks for sharing everything you share with the world.
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How very peaceful..
That scene at the table with all the computers...looks like our family room in the evenings. TV on, and all of us on laptops...we're all a little weird that way...we surf and watch and share what we're reading. Even the 10 yr old...
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Perfectly amazing pictures! I have been following your blog for, well, forever, and it really strikes me how Simon's face is changing in that way that boys' faces change at that age - I remember noticing it in pictures with my own son - not noticing it really until I studied his picture. He is really growing up - what a wonderful family. Thanks for sharing.
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I keep thinking about your comment on kids sense of temperature. Like when my four year old said it was too HOT in the kitchen this morning and it was only 68 degrees, or when I dropped my 10 year old off at the bus stop wearing shorts and it was 47 degrees outside and he thinks it is too warm for pants. And when I was little I loved to go sledding, build snow forts and downhill skiing. Now I can't stand the thought of doing those things. I even moved to Henderson, NV to escape the snow of the midwest. I actually miss skiing but I hate being cold more. Wonder why it doesn't bother them. Maybe the fun cancels out the cold.
I love the picture of Anna being pushed on the swing by your dad. What a great place to live!
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LOVE all of the photos! LOVE the "tree" picture and the one of you, your dad, and anna all on your laptops--a sign of the times! What a wonderful weekend!
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[...] After that big journaling insert I added two, 6×12 divided page protectors from American Crafts which gave me room for 12 additional 4×6 photos from our adventures at the beach. [...]
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We moved 6 hours inlands 7 months ago, after living most of our lives in a coastal city. So many beachy layouts from those times. So happy for you that you have this place.
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Stunning photos -- beautiful journaling. Thanks for sharing it all with us!! :)
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We are very lucky to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, that's for sure!
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Amen!
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so lovely. Thanks for sharing these peeks into your life Ali. So sweet. :)
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