My friend Lisa M. and I made the pilgrimage to the NY Botanic's Orchid Show today and it was an extravaganza in tropical shades of color. Sometimes it's hard to figure out how to craft images that are remotely unique and interesting despite the exotic subject matter so I won't bore you more than necessary with my efforts.
I thought the highlight of coming to Florida would be visiting Eckerd College where our middle child Sarah will enter as a freshman this fall. It certainly wasn't counting the billboards for attorneys (Wrongful Death? Call Today!) or should your house disappear in to the ground (#1 in Sinkhole Remedies!!). I knew Sarah was intent on seeing the mermaid performance at Weeki Wachi and we made the pilgrimage direct from the airport. This weekend has been everything I imagined including hot and sunny and I for one (and probably not my daughter) am looking forward to heading home.
Tomorrow my daughter Sarah and I head to Florida to visit the college she plans to attend this fall. It's been grey and chilly for weeks now and the prospect of sunshine, turquoise waters, and warm breezes fills me with excitement for the chance to get away. I haven't travelled nearly as much
as I would like (taking five people anywhere is not a simple proposition) and I'm the weird kind of parent who didn't relish leaving her kids to head off solo. So an adventure- yes! Something new to see- yes! And the company of my almost all grown up child for three days should prove to be a bonding experience
. I hope.
My youngest is home today, too ill to go to school. (Nothing like a weekend out and about wearing a hoodie in the chilly wet weather- yes the mind of a teenaged boy.) Last night, he was too sick to fall asleep and I left him at midnight watching reruns of Modern Family and trying to sack out. It's day three of whatever ails him and it's time to go see the doctor. It's probably viral and he'll have to ride it out.
Watching him down for the count, craving the comfort of restless slumber, I'm glad my life allows me to take care of him myself. Privilege sometimes appears as the most mundane of things when you know where to find it.
Last summer I travelled to Long Island to photograph a lovely couple and their sons who were spending a month in New York visiting family. I was hired for this sitting when I reconnected with an old friend who wanted to gift her niece this portrait session with me.
My son Jacob came along to help and the shoot went well but driving back, we hit terrible traffic on Northern Boulevard and it took forever to get home. Made me glad that we live in Sleepy Hollow and all the open space our laid-back village along the Hudson provides.
