The Response: Sunshine — Jessica It’s always nice when the sun returns after a few grey, rainy days.

The Call: Sometimes I Forget — Cheryl I planted a packet of seeds a few years ago. In fact, I’ve planted many seeds over the years, and plenty have come to naught — perhaps that’s why the return of my forget-me-nots takes me by surprise nearly every spring.

The Response: No Matter How Old You Get — Cheryl Keep wishing, hoping, and praying.

The Call: A Pause — Jessica THE SKIES can’t keep their secret! They tell it to the hills— The hills just tell the orchards— And they the daffodils! A bird, by chance, that goes that way Soft overheard the whole. If I should bribe the little bird, Who knows but she would tell? I think […]

Response: Irving Penn Rose — Jessica After reading about Irving Penn on David DuChemin’s blog last night, I did a search for his still life images and fell absolutely in love with his studies of peonies and poppies. Since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I tried to honor him by attempting to photograph […]

Not Erased by the Ravages of Time — Cheryl “Many of those who have spoken before me on these occasions have commended the author of that law which we now are obeying for having instituted an oration to the honor of those who sacrifice their lives in fighting for their country. … I shall therefore […]

The Response: Where Would I Go? — Cheryl There are days when I look around my studio, which is supposed to be a sanctuary of sorts, and encounter so many representations of things I need to do and things I want to do (but who can find the time for that stuff?) that I almost […]

The Call: Swinging Free — Jessica

The Response: Brothers on a Swing — Jessica …another tender sibling moment.

The Call: Special Relationship — Cheryl Now that Stella is almost five, I miss seeing those tender moments when a big brother or sister held her close. That doesn’t mean that there are no more special moments — they just look different now.

The Response: The Beauty Surrounding Books — Cheryl For about a week now, I’ve been cruising around Augusta with my camera, hoping to find the cherry trees in bloom. Before today, no trees inspired me to lift my camera. The tide is turning, though. The beauties in front of Lithgow Library are coming into their […]

The Call: Time & Tide — Jessica When I was creating the new list of calls, I was thinking of “time and tide” and then automatically began to sing this old song. I looked up the origin of “time and tide wait for no man,” and was surprised to find that it was attributed to […]

The Response: Shadow Play — Jessica I love to photograph shadows because they can reflect things from outside the frame and in a way make visible the invisible.

The Call: A Veil Between Earth and Eternity — Cheryl Life is filled with wonderful moments that deepen my faith and keep me excited about learning. How often have I encountered a theme, day after day, or maybe month after month, in very different places? Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the notion of a thin […]