365 days of change

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Just joined a flickr group. The 365 days pool has all members submit a self portrait of themselves for a full year. I'm going to try to do it. I love taking photos, but it comes in waves of activity. This forces me to pick up the camera and think about the image I am taking everyday. Hopefully this small change can get me rolling onto the " making art" segment of my life that I've been trying to get off the ground for a long time. If nothing else it will document the change that occurs over the course of a year. Augmenting my memory.

So many of my memories are linked to photographs. I don't have many childhood photos, but the ones that I do I have often wondered at the child who I was at the time. I wonder at my parents. Being mom is great right now. I love Archer's smiles and giggles. They really do seem so amazing. I'm a fairly social creature and love spending time with my friends, having no problem chatting up a storm with just about anyone. But having a child opens up the world even more. All of a sudden walking in public places elicits "oohs" and "ahhs" and "how old" from strangers with babies. Last week I had a wonderful conversation with a women about babies in a coffee shop while waiting for Ben....and how she had birthed a 9 and a half pound girl with only her husband and herself at home in Ireland (mid-wife was late - baby was quick to come). My baby powers my world and I love it.