GG's Summer Girls

"Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild" ~Welsh Proverb

Towards the Heavens - Canon Rebel T3i

“You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”  - Jodi Picoult

A Walk in the Woods - Canon Rebel T3i

 

“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.” - Nicole Sobon

River Reflections - Canon Rebel T3i

 

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” - Steve Maraboli

Lonely Christmas - Canon Rebel T3

 

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” -  Mother Teresa

Spool Still Life Study - Canon Rebel T3

“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter's night.”  - Virginia Woolf

Fall Fence - Canon Rebel T3

"You will never be alone, you hear so deep a sound when autumn comes." — William Stafford 

River Reflections - Canon Rebel T3

 

“With inner peace, you are undisturbed by outside turbulence.” - Lailah Gifty Akita

Light House Waves - Canon Rebel T3

 

“A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly." - Matshona Dhliwayo

Bridge Reflections - Canon Rebel T3

 

“Life is defined by time and seasons.” - Lailah Gifty Akita

On the Line - Canon Rebel T3

"There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go." – Jessica Hatchigan

Sunflower - Canon Rebel T3

"I think that you never fall out of love with somebody, you just let go and move on."

 - Ashley Rickards

Skyline at Sunset - Canon Rebel T3

 

"The only thing more exhausting than being depressed is pretending that you're not." - Unknown

Sailboat at Sunset - Canon Rebel T3

 

“A person who deserves my loyalty receives it..” – Joyce Maynard 

Bean at Night - Canon Rebel T3

 

"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.” – Confucius 

On the Water

 

“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” - Diane Arbus

River Reflections

"When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear." Alfred Eisenstaedt

Full Moon - Canon Rebel T3

 

“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” - Anonymous

By the light of the moon - Canon Rebel T3

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." - Ansel Adams

Jumping Point - Canon Rebel T3

Having a boat now affords me the opportunity to get shots of different angles and perspectives that I have ever been afforded before.  I look forward to this new availability and adventures.

Jumper- Canon Rebel T3

In the middle of the St Joseph River, near Berrien Springs Mi, there are these old railroad pillars that stand like Sentinels watching over the river.  Once upon a time, the Interurban railway made its way through this area.  Beginning in 1898 it ran through cities in Southwestern Lower Michigan (Berrien County) through Northern Indiana, (Laporte and St Joseph County) and into Chicago.  The Interurban railway service was abandoned and replaced with buses in 1934.

As many of the things that attract my attention, a part of our history that stands to fall into ruins.

Fisherman - Canon Rebel T3

Came across two men fly fishing on the St. Joseph River near Berrien Springs Mi.  I did not have their permission to photograph, but snagged the opportunity to get a candid shot without the person posing.  I have always had a keen interest in the sport of fly fishing.  Someone was going to teach me once, but I guess we never got around to it.

Beatiful ladies - Canon Rebel T3

Probably, no most definitely, my greatest accomplishment in this world, these three girls!  As they grow into fine young women, I am excited to learn what they learn, see what they see, and experience what they experience.  There is just something about seeing the joy and wonder in a child's eyes when they experience something for the first time.  I learn something new with them everyday!  I can't wait to show them the world! 

Sunset - Canon Rebel T3

Yesterday we celebrated my parents 50th anniversary.  There is something to be said for two people that decide to stick it out, even through the rough stuff, in this day and age.  I am proud to call them my parents, and proud of their accomplishments!

Full Moon - Canon Rebel T3

"Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop." - Anonymous

Michigan Lighthouse - Canon Rebel T3

“Flower will not grow, if the stem doesn't allow” - Nayreil

Beach Trail - Canon Rebel T3

“Sometimes, the only soul that can mend a broken heart is the one that broke it. For they are the ones holding all the pieces.” - Patti Roberts

Lighthouse through the Trees - Canon Rebel T3

Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.” - Cassandra Clare

Frozen Drift Wood - Canon Rebel T3

“A broken heart bleeds tears.” - Steve Maraboli

Frozen Lighthouse - Canon Rebel T3

 

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”  - Laurell K. Hamilton