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Easter

Easter was a bit different this year. We still had the usual trappings baskets, colored eggs, and of course candy. We even had a scaled down egg hunt. The things that were different left a void in our day. The girls made construction paper decorations. We dyed eggs, made cake, watched movies, and spent time together. It was a low key Easter. It was perfect!

The girls made the cake with only a…

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Week in Review April 3-9

These blogs are getting harder and harder to maintain. I am a few days into week 15 and haven’t written week 14. I have a separate post planned for Easter that I will hopefully get out tomorrow. So here it is week 14 this Sucks! There is no direction for our days anymore and I have definitely stopped worrying about what happens around here. As long as the three main meals are cooked and cleaned…

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Week in Review March 27-April 2

I know this post is late. I apologize and appreciate you checking in on my blog. Like most of the world these days we’ve been hanging around the house. I don’t know about y’all but this is hard. Just trying to find the right words for how all this is affecting our families and communities is hard. I am desperately trying to maintain some normalcy at home. But evey night when the girls say thier…

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Week in Review March 20-26th

Okay, we can not avoid the elephant in the room, Covid-19. The virus is all over the 24 hour news cycle. The President and our state Governors have daily briefings. Even if you aren’t on social media there really isn’t any escaping. The virus is all anyone can talk about. Going to the grocery store, which used to be an almost daily occurrence for us, is now hit or miss on basic items. The world…

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Week in Review March 6-12th

Week 10, Wow! Um…I don’t know what to say today? The news this week has been bleak and I know people are worried. Here at Puddlewonderful we are worried too. It feels like the world is coming to an end. Though I may be worried, my kids do not need to be. So we kept up the routine with only minor changes. I made sure I had my camera on me when I attended a baby shower for a very dear friend who is…

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We started the new Month by celebrating out eldest daughter’s tenth birthday. Yes, you read that correctly my husband and I are parent’s to a newly minted ten year old! She spent the day with out shopping and lunching with her grandmother and our Ms. Meek! They were gone all day and when she arrived home her other grandmother called her to wish her a happy birthday! No birthday would be complete without a cake. Complete with pink frosting! According to her, “it was best day ever!” HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS D!

That’s it for this week. I hope you enjoyed the photos and next week brings you not and peace.  Love, B.Week in Review March 1st-6th We started the new Month by celebrating out eldest daughter's tenth birthday. Yes, you read that correctly my husband and I are parent's to a newly minted ten year old!

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Week in Review February 22-29

We are in a bit of upheaval here at Puddlewonderful. I’ve got a few things I’m looking forward to accomplishing this year. I’m gearing up to take PuddleWonderful to the next step. First, I’ve been working on updating the PuddleWonderful website! The other changes are still in the works and I’ll be announcing them later. So keep an eye on the blog. Till then, this was the last week of February.…

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Two Week Review February 7-21

I know, I failed to post last week. Please, forgive me. I did not use my time wisely. I thought I’d be able to do my usual but life tripped me up. After being gone all weekend I had planned to blog Monday the 17th. Then my kids were sick and then I was under the weather…sigh. You definitely need a plan for when things get out of hand.

But, here it is Friday again and I’ve a few photos to…

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Week in Review Jan 24-31

Last year for her 9th birthday my daughter received a really cool gift. Which was educational and hands on. Always, a good combination.

But it sat and sat for almost an year. On Monday we watched a National Geographic program as part of our homeschool day. This must have jogged a memory. For on Tuesday before she even said, “good morning” my daughter was setting up her “dig”. I convinced her…

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Week in Review Jan 17-23

This week wasn’t as busy as last week. However, I still managed to take a few photos.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

On Monday for school we studied Martin Luther King Jr. And my eldest took it upon herself to write a little history report to share with her Dad.

The youngest, trying to comprehend not being able to sit wherever you like or go into certain places based solely on skin color. She…

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A very busy week. The girls and I spent most of the week out and about running errands. Part of making sure I can take photos whenever the mood takes me is making sure I have my camera with me at all times. Thank goodness I like a nice big purse. I am, also, trying my hand at more staged photos. So I set up a little studio space on Saturday afternoon. I have been meaning to take some photo’s of my Fire King Jadeite dishes, so I did.

Saturday afternoon

(How’s about a cuppa?)

The weather was so lovely here that my husband decided to enjoy a cigar on our front porch.

(Smokin’)

On Sunday after Mass the girls and I had an American Heritage Girl function. Unfortunately, I do not have pictures of this event I was running late and forgot my camera…Gasp! I was a bit disappointed but desernened it must have been God’s way of keeping me present in the moment.

Monday came too soon and way too early! But that marathon in October won’t run it’s self. So it’s back to the early morning runs after a long break due to injury.

Tuesday was fun. My mother and I went down to Richmond to do a bit of shopping. It was a gloomy day but these Le Creuset lids brighten up the day.

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Wednesday we ran our grocery shopping errands. I came home to discover that 3 of my eggs had broken in transit. But an opportunity for some photos. My youngest helped me put the dishes away before she helped to make dinner.

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Thursday the weather was lovely so while Spending some time at the Grandparents the girls scootered and I took pictures around the yard.

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That’s all for this week. I hope next week brings you joy and peace.

Love B.

Week in Review Jan 9-16 A very busy week. The girls and I spent most of the week out and about running errands.

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New for the year 2020 is a review of my week in photographs. The goal is to take at least ONE new photograph a week. Optimally, a photo a day is the goal. However, I believe in building up to consistency. I think burnout comes when I try to do all the things, all at once. That being said I’m going to start slow. Although, I was a bit excited and took a few more than one photo for the first entry.

  January 1st 2020 sometime after midnight. (Dream)

  This was the first year our girls stayed up to ring in the New Year with us. It was a quiet affair. My husband took a nap between 9 and 11pm. But he woke in time to crack open a bottle of champagne. Cheers!

(Sparkle)

January 3rd, sometime in the morning.

(Pop)

  January 6th

Our homeschool started back up after a long break for Advent and Christmas. And with the new year we started new chores. The girls are now in charge of their own laundry.

(The Laundresses)

January 7th

Art class. The girls decide they wanted to work on a panting together. They used random tools they picked up from around the house, including a nasal aspirator. While they were working on the abstract painting I thought it would be fun to play with shutter speeds.

The final product.

Thanks for checking out the post. Hope you all have had a wonderful first week to the new year. and I hope this next week brings you joy and peace.

Love, B.

Week in Review Jan 1-9 A few photos from the first week of 2020 New for the year 2020 is a review of my week in photographs. The goal is to take at least ONE new photograph a week.

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Had a fabulous day at the community Egg Hunt. Of course, what event isn’t wonderful that starts with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts?

Easter Egg Hunt Ladysmith Village 2013 #phototgraphy #fun #EggHunt #Easter #community and @krispykreme Had a fabulous day at the community Egg Hunt. Of course, what event isn't wonderful that starts with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts?

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Photographs I enjoy so I wanted to share them. They don’t have any theme. Just a jumble of images I thought interesting. I’ll be adding to this post on occasion and reposting it. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I do.

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No Rhyme or Reason Just #Photos I like Hope you #enjoy #fun Photographs I enjoy so I wanted to share them. They don't have any theme. Just a jumble of images I thought interesting.

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Iris for Mother's Day #photography #art #flowers #vintage #glass I took these for my Mother as a Mother's Day gift.

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Hello everyone!

It has been a long time since I posted anything here. I want to say something profound and meaningful about why there hasn’t been a post for almost 3 years, there isn’t a good reason. Life and motherhood and homeschooling took precedence. I’m not even sure why I kept the blog open. Maybe as a way to come back to it when life wasn’t so hectic. Like life will ever not be hectic…. Or I knew eventually I’d be back at it. What ever the reason I am grateful that my blog stayed available. Photography is meant to be shared. I forgot that in all the worry of the every day. I definitely lost track of that in my obsession to post what I thought other people would like to see. I forgot what I like most about photography and that is, every person has a unique view of the world and that should be shared regardless of how many likes you get. I take photographs because I love taking photographs. I was being bogged down trying to keep up with the other wonderful photographers on social media and I lost my own vision. I became disheartened,  I put my camera down one day and the next thing I knew a year had gone by. I did a few photos for friends and I volunteered to take photos for my children’s AHG troop. But I didn’t take photos because I love taking photos. So another year went by. I took obligatory photos of birthday’s and holidays. But again not because I love it. And that shows in the work. And another year went by.

Recently, someone reached out to me. Asked me to take photo’s for them. For their business. They want my unique view of the world to help them with their endeavor.

Now here I am revitalized. Realizing just how much I missed my camera. How much I missed my own view of the world. It took someone asking me to share that view with them for me to come back here.

So here I am! It’s funny how this revelation has come at the end of the year just as a new decade is about to begin. So because I skipped out on a few years of posting and it is almost a new decade, how about a retrospective of the past 10 years. (Funny how this also coincides with my eldest turning 10 this coming March. I can not believe I will soon have a 10 year old.)  Just a few of my favorites from the past 10 years. And ones not seen by anyone but myself. Because, after all, photographs are meant to be seen.

Here’s to a New Year and the beginning of a new PuddleWonderful!

    A Long Hiatus and Ten Years Hello everyone! It has been a long time since I posted anything here. I want to say something profound and meaningful about why there hasn't been a post for almost 3 years, there isn't a good reason.

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The Dad #familyportraits #dadsofinstagram #dadsrock #clickinmoms #clickitupanotch #bnwmagic #everydayportraits #everydaymoments #blessedisshe #projectblessed