baby parade

This summer, just for the fun of it, I organized a parade of beautiful babies in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Several local shops, the library, a preschool hosted play stations and a photo booth in the park. The mayor joined us for vegetable print making and a good time was had by all!

Marybeth of Lutheran preschool with art project

Parade begins at Black Cat Books

Parading down Manitou Avenue

Entering the park (little Lillibelle walked the whole way!)

Recess (consignment children's clothing) hosted water play

free professional photos for every one

free lemonade with Manitou spring water

Half Baked

“Half Baked” is a memoir written by Alexa Stevenson. The sub-title is an apt description of the book: “The Story of my nerves, my newborn, and how we both learned to breathe”.  The author took me intimately into her experiences with assisted fertility, prematurity and all its attendant crises. As a NICU nurse, I found it to be a real page turner. I would recommend it to all NICU staff, as it portrays what we know so well as our routine, from the importantly different perspective of one mother. What a privilege and responsibility to walk that road with a family! It uplifts in that it shows us the subtle movement one makes in personal evolution as we face and cope with crisis.

The Chinese character for the word crisis is a double symbol, uniting “danger” with “opportunity”. So true.

Hot off the presses!

Vibrant paper

This paper always makes me smile! Bright yellow/green waves with sparkly dots inside the spirals flow over a rich red background. The end papers are a solid red and it is bound with brass wire.

close look at design

a peek at the end paper