photography is [waking beauty]
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Dreams of a sleeping princess by Oceansoul Make a wish and dream a star may this little princess see, all the things she ever wants her desires,written in the night behind her eyes of perfect beauty wandering trough her ever-dream forevermore, little bright princess make a wish and dream a star, and the dream [...]
photography is [the home of faith and love]
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It is such an honor to have my photographs hanging near beautiful artwork in the Farrell home.
[life] is going in the sprinklers in 50º temps
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Merrik received a new sprinkler toy from his Aunt and Uncle and Cousins for Maliea’s birthday so he wouldn’t feel left out. Of course he wanted to use it asap so we hooked it up the other day just to watch it because it was cold and getting dark. The next morning he and Maliea [...]
[life] is the little riddles at home
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We’ve been spending quite a bit of time at home lately trying to keep everyone healthy. Jim has been swamped at work so the weekends “relaxing” at home with the kids has been the best way for him to rejuvenate. Relaxing at home usually includes chase sessions around the house, playing “waves” in the bedding, [...]
![[life] is a tea party](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091023family_007teaparty-150x150.jpg)
[life] is a modified board game
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While Maliea was napping today Merrik, Jim and I played Candyland. Not just your standard Candyland but Merrik’s version of Candyland. Merrik is very good at taking the usual toys and making them into something else. He’s one of those kids who will take things apart and put them back together in his own way. [...]
[life] at home
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Today was supposed to be a productive day. A day to get caught up on work and a few things around the house. The temptation to run off to the beach has been too great lately and many other things have fallen by the wayside. So after taking care of some photography business I decided [...]
[life] is a bedtime routine
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I am not too big on pushing routine around here but Merrik and Maliea love their bedtime routine: bath, run around naked for awhile then shave and brush teeth (they both LOVE to brush their teeth!). Merrik loves it when dad is home to help him shave with his Thomas the Tank shaver and foam [...]
[life] is the family that plays together
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Not only do we all love to be at or in the ocean together but we also love to be at home together. This past weekend we spent the day working on different projects and relaxing around the house. Jim and Merrik started work on their theramin and I washed some windows. Ever since Merrik [...]
[life] is our backyard
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After a busy day in the ocean the kids still had enough energy to goof off in the buckets of water in the backyard. It is an unusual backyard for a kid to grow up in but we are starting to get it worked out. Ever since we put the “sidewalk” in, we now have [...]
[life] game night
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We had fun gathering around the game board the other night. The kids were goofy and we never actually finished an entire game but it was fun to attempt to reach Candyland. Even Maliea was poised with her red gingerbread man game piece when the cards were being drawn. She pretty much won by picking [...]
[photography] my family
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Just over a year ago I was in a rut and on the verge of throwing in the towel on photography. I have been doing it for 20 years professionally off and on and was done with commercial work being completely un-gratifying and getting frustrated with my own fine art work not evolving. With the [...]
a little post photo sesh photo sesh
poor kids. I guess they are used to it by now. We spent practially 3 hours in a photo sesh with Bonnie Berry and as soon as she left I started following them around with the camera. I just couldn’t help myself. Maliea was half naked and Merrik still had tons of energy. He just [...]
rainy days
It’s been raining since Thursday so that means lots of time indoors with the kids- which always makes for a challenge. Fortunately the house is already a disaster from the flood and we are still dealing with the cleanup from that. I have been able to a lot at home: scan and process images for [...]
the resort life
I laugh at people who have “the resort life” on their license plate frames around town. The Talegans all think they are living “the resort life” but they don’t live at my house. Jim has been off quite a few days the last couple of weeks and I feel like I live at a resort [...]
happy new year!
wishing all of you health and happiness in 2009 [this is as far as any of us got for ringing in the new year]
thought gap: the last days of summer
We spent another wonderful afternoon at the beach. We met Garrett and Marla around 3:00pm. Marla and her husband, Roberto, are the cool people who wrote and published the Olas Books you see in shops everywhere around town. I first met Marla at her yoga class through the city back in 2003 and we’ve kept [...]
thought: crazy week!
I am so behind on posting images for the last week. Teaching has taken up a lot of my time but we also worked on our yard this weekend and I’ve been trying to get some things done around the house. It is so time consuming and sometimes I feel like I’m going backward! We [...]
thought: chaos
I am in the process of redoing the office, art room AND playroom all at once. It is going to be chaos around here to say the least. I am switching rooms for the playroom and office so the “kids” area is on one side of the house and the “adult” area is on the [...]