Coming down the mountain

Let it snow!

Up in the rain clouds

The Crew

Leaf Hair

This was taken a couple of weeks ago in Golden Gate Park. Zoe put the eucalyptus leaf in her hair, and did her Little Mermaid pose on a rock, and asked me to shoot it. So I did. BTW, this is the 900th Post.

Family Skate

Uncle Markie & Cricket

King of the Hill

Sometimes, you can go back

Autumn evening

Tolay Lake Fall Festival

The Chase

Rocket Vs. Car

My Punkins

Two Peas

Swing State

Chestie Time

Beauty Spa Night

So happy back at school

First Day of First Grade

Conservatory of Flowers

The Vanilla Lovers

Last Beach Day

Tandem

La Brea Tar Pits

All in a days' work

California dreamin'

She shoots, she scores!

With the Totems of the First Nations

Little Princess

Oh, Tooth Fairy....!

Kits pool

Almost....

It looks like a hole, but it's just the little tooth gone sideways.  With Zoe, many firsts are a big challenge, and this one too will be hard fought.  This tooth has been loose for a couple of months, and she is in fear of its release.  Don't fret, little kitten, this is a natural progression, and a rite of passage.  Now for the string and the doorknob...

Under the skylight

Naptime

Ice cream kisses

Jump!

Zoe has become such a great little muse. I have a confession. I am an Instagram addict. While I will not go into the details right now, I will say, if you are on Instagram, do follow me @athousandstars. Now, how does this relate to the kids? As this blog right here, is all about our lives, my life only as it relates to my Mommy persona, and the goings on of The Weasels. Well, I am always taking pictures of the kids, in various environments, catching great light etc., and they wind up in my Instagram stream. My life revolves around them, around "us", and so the images that I shoot everyday, wherever I happen to be, often have the children romping through them. Sometimes I will try to pose them to be a subject in an otherwise bland shot, or add movement, or simply catch them doing something lovely. While Julian is still very tough to pose, Zoe usually likes being in the pictures now, and will often play along. Every Friday, Instagram will post a weekend "homework" project- something to work on over the weekend. You take your shot, or shots along a theme, edit them, post them with an assigned hashtag (#hashtag) and on Monday, Instagram posts their favorites on their stream and blog. It's fun to play along, and see what other people come up with too. This is known as The Weekend Hashtag Project. And I love to play along. Often, Nico gives me a hard time as I stare endlessly into my iPhone. But I'm not Facebooking. I'm working on pictures. When I don't keep up at the Boardwalk, or I ask to pull over on the drive, or I linger too long in the forest, or "need" to go somewhere- it's because I'm trying to get a shot. The family has come (finally) to accept my needs, and everyone is pretty forgiving when on Saturday afternoon while we're all trying to get somewhere, I make a request like, "Zoe, would you please help me with a Jumpstagram and jump off the boardwalk right HERE, no over HERE, a little more HERE, okay, AGAIN!" while Daddy and Julian wait patiently on the side. This weekend, the hashtag project featured #jumpstagrams. This is where the photographer attempts to capture their subject/s in midair, during a leap or jump. Zoe really got into it, and insisted on going again and again and again- which helps because a #jumpstagram requires many takes. So here it is, my weekend hashtag project, with Zoe zealously jumping into the air over the sand, hands up, the boardwalk arches diminishing behind her. Jump!

Joe Cool

Today, on a beautifully sunny Sunday afternoon, Julian came with me on a photo safari of sorts. We went on an Instameet. Sort of a photo meet up with other Instagramers. I thought it would be fun to meet other Instagramers and take some fun group pictures. In the end, the meet up wasn't as conducive to meeting others as I'd hoped, but the walk was fun, and the best part- Julian and I had a great time cruising the Embarcadero, taking pics along the way and even joining in on a big silly string fight. Julian took to shooting silly string like a pro. All in all, I had fun, Juju had fun and was such a great sport. Not to mention, a pretty good model.

Good to be Home

Sibling Love

Biker Gang

Ahoy!

Dreamy

Wind Power

A perfect evening

Watching kites at sunset- Pismo
Beach

Turning it on

Light the way

Re: Sum sum summertime!

What a pair of cool cats.

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Sum sum summertime!