Kite Tails

Last Days Of Summer

They're going fast now, these last days of summer.  Leaves are changing shades of green, hinting at the hidden colors yet to come.  Cool days are now outnumbering the hot ones and hoodies are hanging by the backdoor already needed to ease the chill of early mornings.  Today when Kasey jumps in sister's pool I'll be wondering, is this our last day of summer....

A Simple Sunday

Finally a laid back Sunday with no boxes to unpack and no place we really needed to go. 

So I  Enjoyed a quiet morning with a cup of coffee and a current read on my favorite morning spot while Kasey and Bruce slept in.

Daydreamed as I watched the sun seem to glisten on my daughters vintage wicker rocking chair.

Ran a few errands in my dad's pretty yellow 68 vet.  

Delved into a jar full of buttons brought to me from a newly made friend.

Hope you all had a beautiful weekend and were able to grab a little time to relax and rejuvenate. :-)

This Is What It's All About

Sister and I stood in her living room window looking out over the yard below watching our husbands with their daughters fishing.  The house was filling with the thick sweet scent of blackberry pie in the oven as the sun crept lower in the sky and the light began fading.  Watching our little family out there on the lake's edge playing, laughing, and enjoying each others company spun my heart with threads of joy for this is what I had envisioned life being like when Bruce and I had decided to move to Indiana. 

These are the sweetest of moments for me and I wish I knew how to convey all these emotions that is spurred by them...but I don't, so instead I grabbed my SX70 and hurried downstairs and outside just in time to capture these two shots before the sun dropped too low on the horizon. 

Tonight Kasey hooked and reeled in her first bluegill, sister and I revamped her closet (since I'm the family's organizer), and Bruce and Matt sat in the kitchen eating pie and talking business...a blissful ending to a somewhat chaotic weekend.

How was your weekend?  Highlights?  Any euphoric moments that inspired you?  Please share! :-)

Kasey's Tree Swing

After seeing Rachel's post on Smile and Wave a few weeks back I was inspired to build Kasey a tree swing of her own.  I ran to Lowe's only to discover I was completely lost in the land of rope, deck screws, paddle bits and carabiners.  I unwittingly recruited a Lowe's employee after a good twenty minutes of searching around on my own and handed him my list.  This man found everything I needed and even cut the 8' board of cedar (which would have never fit in my little Civic) in record time.  Awesome!

At home I drug out my husbands tool box and attempted to assemble the swing on my own.  It wasn't long though before my hubby broke away from his school work to see what I was up to...and then laughed at me. 

Bruce built Kasey's swing in under an hour and left it for me to hang in the tree, of course I think hanging it in the tree was the hardest part...humph.

Kasey loves the swing and I love the way the morning light comes off the lake and can't stop taking photos of her while she swings.

Happy Thursday!

May 1st Farmers Market

  

May 1st has proven to be the hottest and most humid day of our Florida spring so far making today's visit to the farmers market a quick one. 

Though I brought my Pentax K1000 I ended up only using my Cannon Powershot.  Between carrying my backpack, a bag of fresh produce, a large bag of kettle corn and coaxing Kasey with my free hand to keep up with me as I wove my way through the dense crowd left me no chance to play with my beloved SLR. 

There needs to be a day, if just once a month, that I dedicate to solely going out alone with my cameras and taking pictures.  How do you make time for yourself so you are able to do the things you love to do?

 

Rainy Days I Love You!

Grey days from sunrise to sunset accompanied by soft showers and distant thunder is a rare occurrence here in Florida hence the reason when this act of nature takes place I am the last to complain about the lack of sunshine. 

The smell of rain saturates the air and yet magnifies the scent of orange blossoms and newly bloomed jasmine.  Muted colors still burst out in contrast against the cloudy skies and when the rains begin to fall more freely the noise of distant traffic is silenced.  Coffee becomes the perfect beverage of the day and books long neglected beckon to be read till you can deny them no more.  What better day than a rainy day to rest, rejuvenate and maybe just slowdown and enjoy what's around?  What is your favorite kind of weather and why?  I dare you to share and inspire! :-) 

Hope everyone had a beautiful Sunday...regardless of what the weather was. :-)

Winter Park Farmers Market

 

Kasey and I were two happy girls running about the farmers market downtown today.  Our little market bag full of fresh radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes along with a flat of Plant City strawberries tucked under my arm.  Everything was so pretty it was hard to resist buying more than what we needed.  I also purchased one of those pretty bottles of locally made vanilla extract (which is sitting on my desk at the moment) and even corked I can smell the sweet scent of vanilla in the air. 

Hope you all had a wonderful Saturday!