We're Safe and Sane...Mostly =)

dear onlookers, family, and friends,

I'm part of a very particular group. Our gait may be erratic and our tongues silent, but I promise you we're safe and sane... mostly.

We stop often gazing delightedly at some small detail missed; we lag behind capturing that perfect family shot then promptly race ahead to grab that dreamy light streaming in through the foliage.

We're probably only half listening to the conversation because we're occupied with figuring out what aperture would best achieve that sunflare. But I promise you we're safe and sane..

Please understand though that all of our kneeling down on the ground every few moments is only us trying to capture the perfect shot and all that reaching and stretching is just us trying to get that stubborn lens to focus. Honestly.

And all that jumping up and down after a extremely tough shot, well there's a logical and reasonable explanation for that too.

So please, forgive and forget. We're sane and safe. I promise.

             love,

                   Me

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If you're part of this very particular group of people, feel free to snag this button. :-)


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I got this from the blog Girlish Musings: http://girlishmusings.blogspot.com/

catching up..

Here is just a few photos I was catching up my editing. 

oh, so much to do, so little time. =)

Creepy Windmills..the name my family dubbed them. =)

                                                    Bubbles: "Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles .MY bubbles!"
                                                       Flo:  " He likes bubbles..."  

This is my kitten Marshmellow. He is on top of the porch railing in a small flower pot. sheesh! He loves that spot. =)

Mothers & Daughters

I went to a girls discipleship conference this week and they talked alot about our mothers and being mothers. We had a banquet at the end of the week and we invitred our mothers. We made all the food from scratch. It was soo yummy! and we had such a fun time! here are few pics from the banquet:

My wonderful team leader ,Laura. <3

                 Here are few pictures of my Mom and Grandma Schaaf, I took over the weekend.

                                                     I love Mothers! AND I love MY Mom!! <3 <3

Hey Ya'll!!

Allie at http://www.alliephotographyblog.com/ is having a photo contest. You should check it out! Her theme is silhouettes. So here is my entry:

~Gabi

A Song, a Quote and a Picture...

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This is is just a random pick of a song that I like, a quote that I like and a picture I took.



1. A SONG:

Teshuva " Your Eyes"



2. A QUOTE:

"One can never consent to creep when it feels the impulse to soar"
~Helen Keller

3. A PICTURE:

Lake Michigan!!

Here are some more pictures of our trip to Lake Michigan, Indiana,

Oh, boy has it been a while..

What has happened since I last wrote:

Trip to Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

 4-H fair

Volunteer at New Purpose Retreats

 The Garden

It seems like lately the days have ticking by so much faster. I have so enjoyed my summer break. We start school back on the 25th of July. Our county 4-H fair stated the last Saturday and we have been down there already a couple times for our Dog Demo. We actually did a demo the day it was 117 heat index. Talk about miserable. =)

 Our trip to Minnesota for the Huntington's Disease Society of America annual convention was a couple weeks ago. We were soo grateful for the scholarship we received. It was a very informative and fun time. Not to mention we got to to see so many states we have never seen! I love traveling!! =D  Here are some pictures I edited from our trip to Lake Michigan. (lovely place!)

  Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....
  Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
  Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
       ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. 
~John Lubbock

Heat, ma'am! it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones. ~Sydney Smith, Lady Holland's Memoir

(this quote is for those in Kentuckiana who experienced 117 heat index on Monday =) =)

I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips. ~Violette Leduc, Mad in Pursuit

Blessings,

Gabi