Finally finding the time to post some images from the last two months!

Wow, things have been busy around here! Since late September, I've been running around, as evidenced by the fact I haven't had time to post anything.

The portrait garden was in great shape through the fall and still has some good areas that I can work in, thanks to the beautiful evergreens throughout. We had a constantly changing palette of colors from late August through late October and, even when I thought the good foliage was just about done, we captured some amazing and colorful portraits here. It was great fun!

These kids came the afternoon in late September when I found some extra inhabitants in our pond. A family of ribbon snakes (similar to the common garter snakes, but much better swimmers) came out of their hiding spot when I was cleaning out some debris before this photo session. Alas, they (the snakes!) were never seen again, but these six year old twins caught plenty of frogs. They (the kids!) were very, very fast and the poor frogs really didn't have much of a chance. Everyone had a great time (OK, I'm not sure if the frogs really enjoyed the photo session, but the kids had fun and the frogs came back out to sun themselves the next day... but were certainly more skittish than usual!).

I love this image of Big Sister taking care of Little Sister. So sweet and caring.

Another favorite is this one of the toddler. Something about the lighting and the garden path, and her expression.... it looks like it's from a different time. What beautiful children.