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I had this idea formulating in my head, pictures of a cute little fairy.  I shared the idea with a friend who is very talented and creative, and has an adorable little girl, and here's what we came up with. I took the pictures, of course, and scouted some good fairylands, and my friend made the costume.  I love it!  She made the wings! Don't you love stuff that's one-of-a-kind?  I literally had a hundred pictures that turned out great, but these are a few of my favorites.  The little fairy was even a good sport when it started to rain.   Fairies are known for being a little mischievous, aren't they?  And this one was no exception!

Thank you for your comments and thoughts and prayers on my parents' house. I'm hoping to get over there sometime this week and see the burned land for myself.  In the meantime, here's a spark of a different sort!  Just loved this picture from a wedding I shot recently.  It was a really fun wedding; it was really obvious how excited everyone was that these two were getting hitched!   

   If you've been following the High Park Fire in Colorado, here are pictures my dad took.  This first is a view of their house from the fire line.  I know it's small, these are my dad's pics.  If you click through to Flickr, you can see my tags. The second, below, is the view from their front porch.  For some of my old pictures of their house / property click here .

 

  It's a very warm day in Colorado.  We have a wildfire in northern Colorado where my parents live, they've been evacuated!  But so far, no fire near their house.  I hope you are all enjoying this day.  I'm looking forward to a little evening knitting, the last three rows on a beautiful shawl! 

Many things are long overdue around here.  As my mother says, "Karen was born late, Danny was born early, Christy was born right on time, and they've been that way ever since."  I really do make an effort (some times more than others) to be timely but I've come to realize I'm an optimist.  I assume everything will run smoothly, there will be no traffic jams, and I will be well prepared at exactly the moment I should be leaving to go to the next Thing.  Of course, this does not happen, but in my mind I know it will the next time.  Here are a couple of things I've been meaning to post in regards to my blog friends.   First of all, last December, I won a book from Miss Jean , and I never properly thanked her.  It is A Touch of Rosie Quilts , and while I haven't quilted yet this year, that is on my list of things to get back to!  It is a beautiful book, and very inspiring.  Thanks, Jean!  Jean also recently moved to Colorado; I h...