Fire Taco!

I've no idea what exactly this expression means, but Ya insisted it was the thing to say as the boys posed and pounced on and off this sewer drain. Perhaps I consumed one too many tacos while pregnant?

While at our last playdate, I shot a quick couple of family photos for Jack's family to have (holidays are looming and cards are needed for everyone). We'll see if Mom picks one of these horizontal portraits. My favorite, though, is a vertical shot that is totally unposed and an absolutely precious moment captured.

Six Word Fridays: Peace

Tentatively titled:in the Darkroom

Red Sun. Casting warning to others:
Enter and be my destructive force.
Inside, darkness engulfs the tiny space.
Always night. And yet, here, awakening .
With eager hands, I strip you.
Naked, you lay perfectly still, waiting.
Moonlight brief, mere seconds to show.
Faint image from negative captured below.
Tepid liquid taints the enclosed air.
A pool of creation awaits me.
I glide you inside, parting sea.
There, you wade (coy, attempting hiding)
I prod you, gently coaxing response
And, cautiously, you reveal yourself. Intense:
Crisp black against stark white sheet.
Magical is this moment of revelation –
I breathe in, satisfied. Eyes beholding.
Perfection before me, I hold you.
Tenderly, I lay you down again
Against soft sheets, you rest, spent.
In this darkroom, I've found peace…
Once white page becomes life exposed.
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(and another)
tentatively titled: Cinematic Debut: "Peace of Heart"

Trepidation. A racing pulse pounds inside.
I open my mouth. Silence sounds.
I want to utter these words.
Tell you how much you mean –
To me, my kids, to us.
Your very presence brings heart’s peace.
No longer do I have worry
about love. I feel love abundantly.
You’ve made me the focal point,
the star in this romantic movie.
No longer a comedy or tragedy,
No “woe is me” lines scripted.
It’s really quite amazing to know.
I’m a fixture in this flick.
Extras cast aside, one woman show.
What’s my line again, great director?
I’ve got it now: “Love you.”




This week's Six Word Fridays inspiration word is "peace."

SHS: the dotted line

I promised myself the theme would not get the best of me... I would find a dotted line in my travels. I would make a dotted line if I had to. I was going to capture me a dotted line on film... er, uh, digital card.

I did it. I DID IT!

True, the folk seated outside The National Museum of the American Indian thought I was a bit loopy for shoving my son's stroller off to a corner and shooing away pedestrians like they were pigeons. I needed a clear shot of the etched ground.

I crouched low from several angles to shoot but refrained from laying down completely (couldn't freak out my traveling companions too much, you know, I like company). Nevertheless, I did hear one of them say in a theatrical aside: "I bet you and Ya are used to this, huh?" As she chuckled at my determination.

Well, as Dora would say, "Lo hicimos." Except there was no we. It was all me, oh yeah. I got it.

And, bonus! I got a second dotted line on a sculpture in the museum's garden installation. I didn't even have to crouch for it.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday, "mission complete!"