More photo from Labor Day. The next morning a few more people drove up from central Florida, and we started the full on jumping.

India ( right ) was the most amazing and gracious creative jumper ( comes with her personality)

Sorry for the blur, but I couldn’t not post the poses.

By the evening, we got the table ready with a ton of sushi, blew up some balloons, invited some more friends and neighbors, and India went to town doing our hair.

I got a wig put in It felt sooo weird.

more to come
{I just would like to note that these aren’t the best quality, because this was my first week owning a DSLR. They will get better as I continue editing other years and events. Hope it doesn’t bother you all too much}

As I am lying in bed here, tired and lazy, waiting for hubby to return home, I thought I’d post two collages I made on my iPhone from photos I took around town.
It’s day and night.

I’m starting my edits as far back as 2007, though I will probably jump around depending on my mood. That was the year we hosted a Black and White Martini Party for Labor Day. It was also the same party that I met some of my fellow bloggers ( back when I had a blog on a Russian blogging service). I always love meeting with people I know well online- it’s so much fun.
The two girls arrived throughout the day, one with her hubby, another with her new baby and it was instantly pool time.
This was also the week I got my first DSLR, so I was just learning to use it.

Being the pro pool jumper ( lol jk), I tried to get the shyest one, Nat, to jump with me. After a few attempts to literally walk into the pool by her, she finally got the “run and jump” method.

After the pool , we grabbed some food with mandatory around the table self portraits Again, you can tell who was a bit more shy and who was all about having fun Note: Nat did warm up towards the end and turned into quite a party girl

Case in point: Nat making my hubby into a devil, with his help of course

I have 4 more days of the party to edit, so more pictures coming up.

Like I mentioned previously, I am done taking new photos ( except for SS) and am going to concentrate on catching up on editing of my 46,000 in Lightroom.

I will be posting the photos I am working on and participate in challenges more often now ( considering I’m feeling a bit better), but with previously taken photos.  I’m actually exctied about getting all my thousands of photos edited.

So Today’s SH prompts are:

Black and White

{one of my favorite black an white glitter dresses, crumpled up from a party the night before}

Reflections in Glass

{I love how reflective my hubby’s sunglasses are. I can’t helpt it but always snap a reflection shot}

Headlights

Seeing Double

{WE LOVE DISNEY. And every time we go to Disneyworld ( which is OFTEN), we pick up a cup or two. So at this point we have sets of different cup collections from Disney. They’re so much fun!}

Bare

Show and Tell: {self portrait with a friend from Germany who was visiting us for a week}

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Weekend reflections

I had a total brain fart! As I was writing yesterday’s post about Changes, I completely forgot that it was Friday and I needed to post my SS submission. DUH!

This morning it dawned on me- luckily I had already taken my strawberry selfies and simply had to edit them.

I am very happy with this week’s results. Strawberries is somewhat a difficult topic to pull off in a selfie, but I am very happy with what came out of it. Mind you, the unedited photos were very IFFY, so I can’t believe I made them work.

My 3 Favorites:

This image totally reminds of  Terry Richardson’s style  ( google him if the name doesn’t ring a bell)- RAW, REAL, SEXUAL

This is a more classic strawberry shot I had in my mind but wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to pull off shooting it all by myself

And finally just an ordinary strawberry shot. I love all the juicy colors in this one:

NEXT WEEK’S THEME: LIGHT!

I decided to keep the topics easy and generic for now, with them getting progressively complicated. If you have theme suggestions, shoot me an email

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