Emily Steele Photography – Blog

Not only is it primary election time (did you know that early voting starts tomorrow?), but it’s time to fill out another important ballot!  The September issue of Maryland Family magazine is available around town (it’s FREE!) and it’s the annual voting issue.

I’d love it if you’d take a moment to fill out the ballot on pages 39 and 40 and vote for Emily Steele Photography as Best Family/Kids’ Photographer.  You must vote for a total of 10 categories for your ballot to be counted, and ballots must be mailed by Sept 23, 2010, but Maryland Family Magazine pays the postage for you!  Thank you for your vote!

(Don’t have a copy?  Find out where you can get one here!)

Ok, I admit it.  I bought the incredibly cheesy infomercial product Topsy Turvy Strawberry planter.  My whole family loves strawberries, my older son is at the age to really start appreciating how plants grow, and I had a coupon at Bed Bath and Beyond.

In late March (I think) our strawberry plants arrived.  25 “plants”.  More like roots.  I was pretty skeptical, but we planted them, and we’ve been dutifully watering them every day, when the rain didn’t do it for us.  After a week or so, we saw some green, and by the end of spring break, we came home to green leaves poking out everywhere.  (3 of the plants didn’t grow, but out of 25+ (we got a few extra), I’m ok with that.)  About a week and a half ago, I noticed our first bud.  We’ve over a dozen buds now, and the first one is a full-fledged flower!  Won’t be long before we’ve got our first harvest of berries.

Here, though, is our first bud, taken at the end of last week, and a couple of it’s “younger siblings”:

It’s been a crazy summer for me. Slow for photography, but very busy otherwise! We sold our townhouse, bought a new house, packed, and moved! The unpacking still isn’t finished. We’re currently going with the “cardboard box” decor. My oldest starts kindergarten on Monday, and my youngest starts nursery school Sept 15. All sorts of changes going on here!

But… Fall is just around the corner, and the holidays not long after that. Now’s the perfect time to schedule your holiday session! I’ve got some fabulous holiday card choices for my clients this season – I know you’ll love them!

So, check your calendars and contact me soon so we can schedule your session.  Available dates are starting to fill up already!  There’s no session fee with a signed model release, so take advantage while you can!

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Happy Holidays!

Well, it looks like I’ve been tagged. I got tagged by Hope Brown - you should definitely visit her site!

Here are the rules:

1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write 7 random things about yourself.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post.
4. Pass on the tag

Here are 7 random things about me:
1. I know way too much about car seats.
2. I cannot stand swiss cheese.
3. I am a HUGE muppet fan.
4. Our printer is out of ink, and I’m too lazy to go find the new one.
5. I grew up in NC, went to high school in PA, college in NY, and never went further west than Alabama until I was in grad school.
6. I hate going to the beach.
7. My cat thinks I’m her own personal sofa right now.

Now, let’s see…  I tag… WifeandMommy, Amy, Michelle, Phenway and that’s all I can think of. 

We’ve got a tiny container garden in our front yard.  We’re growing tomatoes (we should have our first yield any day now), sugar snap peas (we’ve gotten several already), peppers (another few weeks) and blueberries.  I’m not convinced we’ll get any actual blueberries – I think the birds are eating them long before they’re ripe, or it could be the ever exploding chipmunk population here – but at least I can get some cool dew drop pictures!

Someone just woke up from a lousy nap, so this is going to have to be quick, but I wanted to drop these off first.  They’re from the middle of may.