Time for a look back at month #2 of pandemic life: more puzzles, Facetime ballet performances, “helping” Mommy and Daddy with all the things… and the beginning of kindergarten Zoom calls!
Afton requested “cooking lessons” and of course dressed for the occasion. (Everything is a special occasion for this girl, and I’d say that quality has served us all pretty well over the past year.)
We loved finding sidewalk chalk obstacle courses in our neighborhood. We even made one of our own once, but it did not even begin to compete with the one pictured here. (Way to go, Castelmans!)
More duck pond fishing. Accidentally catching one of the turtles (and then rescuing it) was not much fun, so we don’t do this anymore. Lesson learned!
Socially distant paper egg hunting was a definite highlight of April! We took a LOT of long neighborhood walks searching for these and were so thankful for all the neighbors who took part!
Flowers from our friend Jessie at Maidenhair Floral definitely brightened up our Springtime table!
Alex really upped his grilling game, and we had a lot of tasty dinners al fresco.
Egg dying time!
Happy Easter!
Worshipping at home was different, but we still celebrated in some of the “normal” ways, including a backyard egg hunt…
…and a delicious meal, of course.
I didn’t really go anywhere all month (besides my empty office), but my camera helped me recognize that Springtime provides its own small “changes of scenery” if you look closely enough.
Speaking of looking closely, it appears that my 100mm lens was a clear favorite last April. :)
I’ve always had issues with the weird social media norm of real-time updates, but after this year, I’m leaning even more into how much I love sharing “old” photos. The “this time last year” pattern is allowing me to reflect on the passage of time, and I see beauty in these images that I wouldn’t have seen in real time.
Come to think of it, that’s a big part of why I blog in the first place, and why I connect these personal visual stories to my business. The feeling I have looking at my “old” photos is the one I want to provide for my portrait clients. Of course I want you to LOVE your portraits as soon as you see them, but even more than that, I want you to look back on them LATER (as wall art or perhaps an heirloom album or maybe your own family photo book ;)) when they will have so much MORE value.
You can call it “late posting” if you must, but I’m just practicing what I preach. ;)