Many of you may know that I am a proud Class of 2004 Peace College graduate. Peace is a women’s liberal arts college located in the heart of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 1854 by William Peace. On Thursday, July 21, 2011 the current president and Board of Trustees announced that the school would 1) change it’s name to William Peace University and 2) become co-ed beginning Fall 2012. Now, I’m all for change…Peace College has been changing for many years. However, many of us (alumni) found ourselves a bit shocked/heartbroken/betrayed that such a...

I DO NOT have a green thumb. In fact, if you see any beautiful flowers appearing on my blog, I am not to be credited. I’m doing good if I can simply water them. I know that may sound easy enough, but I tend to forget. Actually, these Echinacea Magnus blooms (sure you could call them Coneflowers, but isn’t Echinacea Magnus much more fun to say…try that 10 times), were found in my parents’ backyard. Last weekend, I found myself wandering around the backyard after spending the day visiting family (lunch with Grandma and a hair appointment with my sister…that was a...

Ecclesiastes 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” I took this shot a couple of weeks ago and finally processed it this week. I keep staring at it because I think it’s so beautiful (I’m really loving the combination of texture and use of Pixel Bender), but I have no idea what to say beyond that. I guess this is one of those times that I shouldn’t say anything at all. Have a wonderful weekend!       

While serving “jury duty,” I did not have my camera on me. Downtown Durham is not exactly the safest of places, and I thought that the taking pictures of people in the waiting room or even around the courthouse might be frowned upon. Needless to say, I was anxious to pick up my camera last night and since I’ve had my Scavenger Hunt photos done for several days now (I wasn’t sure what to expect, so I did a lot of writing on Monday and Tuesday), I decided to photograph to photograph my Valentine’s flowers…macro style. All of the pinks, greens and white just...