Kindred spirits living 4,166.94 miles apart. Each spending their days in the simplicity of life. Wives and mothers in love with their family. Each with a passion for photography. Not just any photography but life photography. They do not work with fancy backdrops and artificial posing. They simply capture their day as it unfolds. Natural lighting, beautiful messy faces of a child, dirty counters, amazing sunsets, smudged windows and life adventures. Family and friendship. Here you will have the opportunity to peek into the lives of these two seelenschwesters. Enjoy~

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Nature

    Something is different about this morning, the are is crisp, the leaves are changing into colors of red, orange, yellow and brown. They are twirling as they fall!
    (((FALL))), Yes it is fall! Lets drop what we are doing and go for a walk, grab treasure pales and see what we can find.
Returning home with your treasures, I watch you examine them all. When you look up and ask me what treasure I like best, I smile and reply with one simple word...................YOU
You will always be the treasure I love best!
~Catherine Anne
I know what you mean!  It is wonderful!  I just love this time of year!  The comfort in savoring these last days of warmth and the excitement of the season to come, not to mention the joy of harvest!  Happy Fall Y'all!
~Leah Garland

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Two Tears in a Bucket...

My friend, sometimes there is something so soothing in chores. I never really felt this way until I moved into this house.  Maybe it is the pride of living somewhere so many other before lived, and they all shared the same mundane housework as I, or maybe it was just my age, but there is something to be said for the daily doings.  This past month or so it has been me versus the kitchen sink drain.  For now, the battle is won, but the war will rage on.  The landlord is bringing an auger, I am hoping this is the final blow to this kreig, but we shall see.  I am hoping it is a means to an end, and not a peace treaty, peace will be restored when it doesn't take over 12 hours of standing water, a few buckets work of water out, and the removal of the curved pipe thing from under the sink that sends water gushing into the bucket, all in my gloves and all over my lap and the underside of the sink and floor... we shall see, we shall see...
~Leah



         This photograph was actually captured a while back when we were assigned the subject of Water. Once I captured this subject of Water in my day to day life, all I could focus on was the water in baptism and then we both flopped on the Water assignment anyway.

       Today this photographs says so much more than it did the day I captured it. Although it still entails my life as a wife and a mother caring for her family and the many days of prayer and reflection as I scrub the food off these dishes, it also entails a chapter closing.
    A home we have lived in for most of my adult life. A home I have nurtured my family in. A home we have created all of these memories that have made us......US
 Saying goodbye is hard, but then I know my home is not in this photograph, my home is in my family.
~Catherine Anne