have a beautiful sunday…xoxo

an OH, HOW CHARMING affair

OSCAR DE LA RENTA gown + sea air + LOUBOUTIN ballet flats = heaven on earth

“There is no use trying” said Alice, “One can’t believe impossible things”.
“I dare say you haven’t had much practice” said the Queen. “When i was your
age, I always did it for an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many
as six impossible things before breakfast.”

-Lewis Carroll-

xoxo

a sublime love story…years ago as i made my way through the corridors of art school…i was shy, painfully shy…a very sweet girl smiled at me in class & we became fast friends…sometime after that we were room-mates….we witnessed each other evolve…we took photographs & laughed, bathed in red light & fixer…and talked about the boys that tugged at our heart strings…and so the story begins….i remember when leah met duncan….we would listen to mazzy star on the tape deck & wait for him to take her away on the back of his bike towards the rest of her life….he was her true love…

“Ride It On”

Ride it on baby,
Into my view
Ride it on baby,
Into your side
Ride it on baby
Just like you used to do
Did you want me to love you, well,
I’m just here for the call
And you said that you’re so low, well,
I won’t really do you any harm
Won’t you ride it on baby,
Just like you used to do
There’s no love that you’re over feeling
And you still want to be with me
But you’re leaving like you said that you would
I’m waiting for the call
And you love like you always say now
But you know it won’t do you any harm
Ride it on baby,
Just like you said that you would
Oh then ride it on baby,
Just like you know it’s understood
Ride it on baby,
It’s still into your view
Ride it on baby,
I only want to be with you
I’m dreaming that you’re going far,
And you lie, take and whine
Won’t you ride it on baby,
But you’re so heavy for the price
Ride it on baby,
Just like you said that you would

MAZZY STAR

in her words…a kiss & tell….or rather a love & tell….

“you said that you love me baby, ride it on — always reminds me of the wind on Divisadero street and in the silent hum of cars in the night I sat waiting and wanting the roar of his motorcycle to be screaming my name on his way passed , under my window, his lips on my breath against the glass of my window and the tiny piece of paper that held my number to the leather strap of his seat holding on and tracing his steps like my finger on the edges of his lips and my cheek against his cheek my hair blowing around his face into the night”

LEAH MACDONALD

leah & duncan have been happily married & journeyed through life’s ups & downs for the past fifteen years…they have two beautiful boys & are still wrapped around each other’s hearts…they have matching tattooed wedding bands & a beautiful home in philadelphia…i have been photographing leah for twenty years…it’s been a beautiful work in progress…a true collaboration….a friendship….

leah is an artist, a wife & mother, & a wonderful friend…xoxo

xoxo

getting away on your wedding day is just like everything else, we all do it a little differently….whether you are canoodling in an antique car on horseback or strolling off arm & arm, the most important thing to remember is how wonderful it is to have a few moments alone with your new husband…the day will fly by….your friends & family full of good wishes & love will swirl around you & before you know it your wedding day will come to an end…its really a metaphor for life…things are always swirling around us…its so important to make a little time for the love of your life…sounds obvious but you’ll be surprised how life can get in the way of your plans…so hold hands & kiss you man (or woman) & get away with the one you love…trust me, you’ll be glad you did…xoxoxoxoxo

for morning light & fresh flowers…xoxo

Crazy Love

I can hear her heart beat for a thousand miles 
And the heavens open every time she smiles 
And when I come to her that's where I belong 
Yet I'm running to her like a river's song 

She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love 
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love 

She's got a fine sense of humor when I'm feeling low down 
And when I come to her when the sun goes down 
Take away my trouble, take away my grief 
Take away my heartache, in the night like a thief
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love 
She give me love, love, love, love, crazy love
VAN MORRISON 

& really good food…xoxo