Just practicing with my girl. I see a lot of potential for this space. My sunroom. I can’t wait to put up some curtains to help control the light more easily. She was happy to help out in the morning (the B&W images), less so in the afternoon (color shots). There was a bit of finagling with reflectors & gobos. Not really what she wanted to be doing at the time.
…today. He had to wear his big bro’s shirt, and change into his black pants; which he wears everyday. I suggested we take his picture to document his outfit. He was upset to see I had not gotten his toes in the first shots. Couldn’t resist those black eyes and lashes. I moved back. This was taken in our sun room, which has really cold floors. He couldn’t take it so I put down a blanket. This might become my new space. I need a mahogany wall to move in and out (and warmer floors). Then I will be complete… well, the space will.
If you haven’t ever been in Jamaica Plain for the autumn solstice, you probably have never heard of a lantern walk. Every year JP, a neighborhood in Boston, hosts a Lantern Walk. People with home made lanterns (typically made from 2 liter bottle and tissue paper) crowd the path along Jamaica Pond. Musicians and performers dot the path to entertain the walkers and the lanterns light up the horizon. Some of these lanterns are pretty detailed and intricate. JP is a greet place, with such an awesome energy. Much thanks for this energy should be given to Spontaneous Celebrations, a non profit who organizes this and the “Wake up the Earth” celebration in the spring.
Since we’ve recently moved to a neighborhood with a pond, I thought it would be really cool to do a lantern walk here. I couldn’t invite the entire neighborhood this year, instead I invited some old and new neighbors. We had a pretty good turn out, considering I began sending text invites three days before. It was a pretty tall order too: “your invited… by the way, you need to make a lantern”. So India and I made a few extras, and we hosted a lantern making party the day before. The favorite lantern I made had a wolf howling at the moon. It was swiped by a 3 year old. I didn’t complain too loudly. I’ll just have to make an even cooler one for next year’s walk.
Everyone enjoyed walking the pitch black, coyote filled backwoods of our neighborhood.
Hulk
A Phoenix
Wolverine
We had a blast making costumes this year.
Enjoy!
These were taken on the first day of school. Yes, I know, that was over a month ago. I am way behind. My blog has taken a back seat lately while I’ve been enjoying the ease of posting images from my iPhone. So, if you’d like to see what we are up to on a day-to-day basis, get the app “Instagram” and we can be connected that way too.
Waiting for the bus… 1st to the stop on the 1st day of school… and most days, since Ezra can’t ever wait.
Out back, under our apple tree.
Cute little guy on the 1st day of big bro and sis’s school
Have a great day!