Friday, September 12, 2014

Night Time...day. 369122014

Night Time is the Right Time, Ray Charles

Teens type...

Girls dance in their dreams...

Mom's clean...

anticipating love.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Throwback Thursday, Girls on Bikes day. 359112014

That Girl,  Stevie Wonder

(Throwback Thursday 3/29/2013)
There's something about a girl on a bike...




Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Pastime...day. 349102014

Lovely Day,  Bill Withers

There's something about the beach that brings comfort to the young and old. 

Why else would we lug all those unnatural necessities  so many long yards just to be closer it's peace.


Forgetting sometimes the simplicity of just having what's truly important...


Prayerfully my love affair with the beach will never be forced to end...

There's something to be said about a place offering a peace so great economies  depend on it's livelihood, as much as those who flock to it.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Soul Windows...day. 33992014

Your Eyes, Amel Larrieux 



Their raw and uncut...

Shy...

Tired...

Smile with wise intensity (aka wrinkles)

Dream.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Convocation 2014 day. 32982014

Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (performed by Sanford School ensemble choir)

Each school year the school adopts a theme.  The theme for this year "Be the change you expect to see in the world." 

She represents the change I expect to see. 

I still see the little girl with the dimples in her nervous smile...

I'm proud of the young lady she's become and the friends she's made along the way. 








Sunday, September 7, 2014

Sunday mornings...day. 31972014

Sunday Morning, Maroon 5

Sunday mornings for me instinctively have always been times spent with those closest to my heart.
Maybe it was my church upbringing (rarely a Sunday wasn't spent there) which conditioned me, making it essential for my heart and soul to be close Sunday mornings.

Even as a 'twenty something,' no matter how late I stayed out Saturday, I always made my way home Sunday mornings...

The wait for the big Sunday breakfast is now common place in my home...

Memories of my Sunday's with my mother are evoked when using her favorite mixing bowl...

As I watched this family share with the community what they believe in their heart and soul on Sunday morning, I realize there really is something special about Sunday Mornings...


Saturday, September 6, 2014

Hindu Wedding...day. 30962014

Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna, Lata Mangeshkhar and Udit Narayan
(In translation the songs title means keep the Mehndi(henna) applied.  In traditional Hindu wedding ceremonies, which can last for 5 days, Mehndi is applied to the brides hands and feet.  It is custom that she do no work in the marital home until the Mehndi fades.)


Photography opens the doors to learning with every new photographic encounter...


Today's encounter was with Nas(left) and Aisha(right). Nas introducing herself to me saying "...Nas, like the rapper" made this encounter all the more memorable...

Song lyric Doli sajaake rakhna (translation Keep the wedding carriage decorated)
Decorating the wedding carriage comes from tradition of groom arriving to wedding on decorated horse. Typically netted garland and fresh flowers are used in decorating.


A spin on tradition...









(In my best Jay-z voice) 'Only in America!'

Friday, September 5, 2014

B-WINE!...day. 29952014

Live your Life, Rhianna

At the teens first volleyball game of her senior year I realized something, the last time I was in this gym was my senior year... 


The last game I attended in this gym she was with me, my senior year was poles apart from hers...

My senior year was contrasting to that of my friends,also.
Although we shared the same experiences, we expereiced them differently.
There was a benefit they had of being just a student, the joy and expectation of possiblity without limitation.  There was a benefit I had of being a mom and a student, the appreciation of every moment I had as a student, living in the moment.

The moments I appreciated the most took place in that gym, because that year our basketball team won the conference and state championships.  It was all about the games!

And at those games I was able to appreciate the moment of being both a mom and a student simultaneously...

What's not remebered are the moments that balls didn't make it into the basket, the ones that went in are what counted...

Those baskets made are similar to the life me and my high school counter parts went on the live.
The benefits that we didn't have don't count, only the ones that we did are appreciated.
It doesn't matter what didn't happen in our lives, because all that's important is what did...

Still hear the crowd...
B-WINE! B-WINE! B-WINE!

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Throwback Thursday, Live at the Queen...day. 28942014

When there's live music my trigger finger dances all over my camera...

Candy, Cameo
(pics from Soul Opera performance 9/4/2014)





Throwback Thursday
Waiting in Vain, Bob Marley
(pics from Grateful Dread performance 4/19/2014)













Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Headache...day. 27932014

0 to 100 /The Catch Up, Drake

I don't get them often, but when I do I want nothing more than to curl up in a ball, in the dark, in a comforter (no a regular blanket just won't do)...

When I do, I feel like someone is shining a neon light in my eyeball and won't let me blink...