I’ll be sure to share a few more of my shots from the Beer, Bourbon and BBQ festival soon, but I thought I’d share a macro first. I seem to be taking more and more random macro shots and fewer flower macro shots, but I think they’re still pretty interesting. I actually meant to take some photos of something completely different, but I guess I’ll save that moment for another day. This particular macro shot is of our wrist bands from the festival. In the process of this shot and a few prior, I realized that our white dining room table makes for a great photo...

In the spirit of The Paper Mama’s “Water” challenge and this week’s I Heart Faces theme: SURPRISE, I thought I’d re-share this photo of my niece at the beach. She was really enjoying sitting at the edge of the water as the tide washed over her feet…then the waves rushed in a little stronger than she expected and she nearly fell over. Can you see the surprise in her face? For more “surprise” photos, go