Wednesday, February 20, 2008

One Tween for Two Themes

Since I'm totally obsessed with textures, I was thrilled that Theme Thursday at The Land of Ka was, what else, textures. Yay! And let me tell you, she's posted a great tutorial on the subject over there too.

And then of course I read Karen's Love Thursday post at Shutter Sisters and it stirred up so much motherly love within me that I couldn't resist sharing a recent shot of my oldest daughter for Love Thursday. And I thought I'd give it a little extra love and attention with one of NinianLifs textures. NinianLifs got some incredible stuff to play with.

So, as Karen's story runs through my head, I offer this image of my blossoming tween and I am recalling a day back when she was 18 months old when for a split second I thought I might lose her (long, exhausting story). That memory alone is all it takes to flood me with gratitude, appreciation, joy, and love love love for her and everything her independent adolescent attitude can dish up.



Just a little dose of motherhood perspective and it's all good. It's all good.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love that picture. For real, it's beautiful. :)

Happy Love Thursday!

Unknown said...

Love what you did with it!

Bunny said...

And just look how tall those legs are! My goodness!

Anonymous said...

Great shot, wonderful post about your tween--I so understand!

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Anonymous said...

Great pic. And great love. :)

Happy Love Thursday!

Anonymous said...

I love the message that I'm taking from that photo. Beautiful work. Really!

Maggie said...

The texture is gorgeous!

Megan said...

love those heart pants, too!

Anonymous said...

something old and wonderful like a memory pressed between the pages of a book about this image - lovely!

Shalet said...

Beautiful photo and texture and sentiment.

Happy Love Thursday!

Anonymous said...

Oh I relate to you on the TWEEN part ... I love looking at the old pictures from before she argued till she was blue in the face.

What a lovely picture!

Stacy said...

I love that Tracey! Great shot and the texture adds so much to it. Thanks for that link, too. I will have to check it out.

I think you told that story over at Picture This...she got something in her eye that caused her to go into shock. Scary stuff. :(

Christina said...

Such a sweet shot - those simple, every day pictures carry so much meaning. The texture really adds a lot!

kim said...

Cool photo, Tracey! Love the texture.

Heather said...

Beautiful! I am just beginning to tap into textures. And it is FUN.

Rose said...

Your photos never let me down, they are always so amazing whether in their simplicity or complex; they are always striking.

Perfect use of texture.

mandaroo63 said...

Great photo, and great texture. I love her heart pants. I'm glad there was (obviously) a happy ending.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Love all the colors in that shot!