Film Friday

First roll of film back from the Yashica.
I have so much to learn and figure out when it comes to metering correctly.
 

I did get a few gems that I was pleased with.
Also, I have started a tumblr blog to document my adventures in shooting film. 

I am calling it, an.a.log. 

Click on over and take a peak if you fancy.
I am hoping it will encourage me to keep shooting and sharing my analog adventures.

Birthday at The X

Birthday requests come in all shapes and sizes. 

This year, my mom asked to go to another planet, Planet X to be exact.
Now this didn't take rocket fuel, just a two hour drive north of Reno.

Where the pavement ends and the West begins.

And when I was growing up, that statement was true. I am only 34 years old, but the town I grew up in (Planet X is a ranch just outside of Gerlach, NV) really didn't have paved roads for most of the town.



And once they were paved, it wasn't nice smooth stuff that was fun to roller skate on- it was bumpy bumperson chip seal... but I digress.

Birthdays... Any who, my mom requested to head out to our friends ranch where they rent out the old ranch house (they rent it on vrbo).



 I wasn't sure what the heck we were going to do all weekend out there. Would the kids get bored, would we? But the answer was a resounding, No. We had a blast. A low tech blast.

My mom and O played a few fierce games of Candy Land. The kids ran through the sprinklers, they drove tractors- real and of the Tonka version. 

 

We drove out to the Black Rock and let O have the wheel. I took tons of pictures, drank some wine, chatted with the Bogards about life in a town that is slowly fading away.

I have so many memories from being on this ranch.



We were out there a lot when I was a kid. And when I was a teenager, I watched one of the boys - who was about the same age as Fifi the summer I was there.




 My mom was glowing all weekend long. Somehow though, I didn't manage to take one photo of her... but we both took a shot of our feet while we were on the playa... like mother like daughter!

Happy Birthday Mom! I hope you had as much fun as we did.

artist in residence

It's like art camp over at my mom's house.

I love it.

 

Coloring in Jojo's 'Plan B" studio, aka the camp trailer.

Finger painting and mixing colors in Jojo's back yard.

141:365, Happy Birthday Jojo

My mom's birthday was on Saturday.

She requested a turkey dinner and apple pie.

It was Thanksgiving in May.

Happy Birthday Mom, we love you SOOO much.

123:365, Waiting for Jojo

My mom's train came in on Tuesday morning. She had been back east for about two and a half weeks to visit family and friends. We missed her tons while she was gone.

To say that Mr. O was excited to
a) go to the train station
b) pick up his Jojo
would be a total understatement.
(I was pretty excited as well)
I have never seen the boy so wired up and nutty.
Even his teachers at school said something about his energy and goofy spirit that day.

Watching him run to her when he recognized her walking towards us from the last car on the tracks is something that I will never forget. I remember him looking up at me like, can I let go of your hand mom? and then he was off at lightening speed... I was so choked up I couldn't even bring my camera to my face to capture it.

Trust me, it was cute..
straight outta the movies kinda cute.

generations

When I first found out we were pregnant I had my fingers crossed for a girl. I really didn't care either way, but wouldn't it be fun to have one of each? Although, I did have images in my mind of the crazy, boy filled house that could be should this new little one come out male. I am sure there would have been lots of fart jokes and black eyes along the way...

As I have said before, I am still getting over the shock of pink that has invaded the house since Fifi was born. I wouldn't call myself a girlie girl. I like to look good, but I don't think I ever wore skirts or dresses while growing up just because. (I have changed my tune these days, nothing like a cute skirt in the hot summer or paired with tights and boots during the winter) but all this frill that showed up in clothing and blankets and what not had me overwhelmed for a few weeks.

 

I don't know where I was going with this, other than to say that I am so excited to have a girl in the house. My mom and i have a very special relationship and I hope that my little girl and I can be as close. I love that my mom is so nearby that she can pop over to hold the baby for a few minutes in the afternoon and it isn't out of the way. It's pretty wonderful. Oh, and baby girl looks like her Jojo a bit too, wich is awfully sweet.