Jocelyn K Brown Photography

8 pictures since today is the 8th of february. i hope you don’t mind coonhound brown 8 different times. maybe  a bit redundant? i kind of agree, but i loved the light. really loved the light. if i could photograph anything a million ways.. it would be in this hazey afternoon light. it is my FAVORITE. i didn’t touch these photos. SOC (straight out of camera). rebel got a new ID tag thanks to my dad.  saturday at the dog park-  maybe both rebel and tucker were lost and maybe my heart was racing faster than it ever has… well, not ever but faster than it has in a very long time. especially when i realized our dogs don’t have name tags (how dumb is that?). if your pooch doesn’t have one… you really should get one. once we were done with the dog park.. my dad took us straight to petco to get the pups some ID.

p.s. did you see the last picture of rebel shaking? and all that hair/dust flying off of him? kind of amazing & kind of gross.

like i mentioned on my blog earlier today, i met up with kasie, hayley and mason. we took advantage of the sunshine and met down in kirkland on the waterfront so the kiddos could play around. within 5 minutes of being there- a bird crapped on kasie, mason spilled her latte, and 2 old men asked kasie if they could have their picture taken with hayley (um.. creepy)- which gave mason just enough time to run into the lake fully dressed. all we could do was just laugh at the craziness and try our best to fit in a conversation and just enjoy the day for what it was. thanks friend for meeting me. it has been too long!

early this morning, i got my coffee and threw the hound in the jeep and we ventured not too far to play ball. i couldn’t resist the light streaming through the trees. the type of light, and light off of water is my favorite scenic lighting. usually landscapes/naturescapes don’t grab me in photography, don’t get me wrong- i think they are gorgeous when other people who know what they are doing, do them… but this morning- i couldn’t help myself.  seeing this light this morning was a great way to start the day. not realizing that the field was like a septic drainage field… and having rebel jump into the jeep smelling like sewer…not so great.  win some. lose some.

it was a house project weekend. the downside to living in a home built in the late 40’s is that it requires work. but the upside is i love work and projects and the extra charm a somewhat older house has. i however did not like the 70’s dated trim and doors. so far, we’ve changed all the baseboard and trim throughout the house- except fo the hallway. so this was the weekend of hallway love.

1. finally found a home for my anthro hardware (DIY buffet i redid a year or so ago) 2. old trim (yuck) 3. a snippet of the new trim, baseboard, black hardware and white doors 4. bennett’s twin- daniel came to help 5. it’s a twinnie shot! 6. i’ve been decluttering the house- and am in the throws of new pics for the fridge, which means new magnets 7. turquoise filler 8. sign above a closet door, just a reminder! 9. rebbie exhausted with the project 10. rebbie’s tail with paint on it 11. my living room looking like a yard sale (all the crap from the dining room is in the living room) 12. new ampersand sign for my picture wall found at a thrift shop

i can’t remember having such a lax weekend as  i did this weekend. it was perfect. started friday night with sushi and a sleepover with my mom. on saturday i worked on a home project while bennett was in the office- and then we went to see a late showing of avatar. and sunday- i started the morning reading in bed(neffertiti) and then began the day with my latte and oatmeal.  i could have called it day at that point because i do love me some oatmeal (old fashioned oats, not quick oats). i picked up my camera, only to document sunday. so these are tid bits of our day.

1. new orange pillow. 2. new mustard plates plus mac n cheese for bennett 3. sampling paint colors. 4. clean laundry to fold 5. wrapped gifts to send to some of my favorite little girls.

6. the end result of a craft project 7. the beginning of a craft project (making dog tags out of shrinky dink paper found on martha). 8. starting to think about valentine’s decorations

9. tucker came over to bark 10. more pics of a gift package to be mailed 11. bennett watching football 12. rebel’s round booty.