beach dreams

somehow it seems we skipped spring and jumped directly to summer...  this warm weather has me hoping for some relaxing beach trips in the coming months.  here are a couple of diana mini film photos from last summer's sparkly, sandy shores.

other treasures

happy new year!

here are some photos from our stay with chicagoan friends who enjoy collecting interesting old treasures as much as we do:

sandy fun

and we're back.  such a fantastic few days.  a couple at the beach and one in chicago (where we spent the day on the most amazing (6 hour!) urban adventure (planned by betsy))... 

below are more film photos from last year...  i remember driving through a short rain-burst on our way to the beach that let up just when we arrived.  the beach was so empty with a thin crust of wet sand.  perfect for dragging feet in to make circles, wiggles and other designs.  (the shot of david jumping is one of my favorites).

    

beach time

we are so excited to be heading to the beach tomorrow.  not our favorite beach, but still a nice bit of lake michigan shoreline.  i will be able to sort pebbles to my heart's content.

i just discovered a stack of photos from past beach trips that i hadn't posted.  here are a couple from last year shot with a roll of expired film.  more when we return!

warm up

on a cold day like this i'd rather not go out.  instead, i'll find some time to sit by a hot radiator and flip through photos of past summer beach trips.  these are some film shots from a mid-september visit to the michigan city shoreline.  i could've sorted through wet pebbles for hours...  not sure what i was looking for, but i did bring back a couple petoskey stones and bits of crinoid stems.  (treasures).

visiting home

photos from last weekend's visit to my parent's house. we ate cake, went thrifting and antiquing, did jigsaw puzzles and played with max...

ripples and waves

well, just one wave really.

it always amazes us how much the beach can change from day to day.  on this day the water was so flat, but the next gave us waves like nobody's business.

beach fun

we spent most of last week at the beach.  our favorite spot on lake michigan.  these film photos are actually from last year's trip...  i realized that i have a bunch from then that i can share with you while i wait for my new photos to be developed.

my ludington set on flickr.

c ♥ s

about a month ago we went to a wedding.  i brought along my film camera and clicked away...

cousin carla wed scott up on a stage.  it was pretty adorable.





we ate delicious food talked with friends and family.







uncle chris (father of the bride) brought out gertrude the chicken for a special wedding edition ventriloquism act.



carla and scott asked us to make the wedding favors...  handsoap!  each guest received two hands packaged in a pretty little bag.



so happy i snagged this shot of beautiful carla and her wedding photographer in action.