Earth, Wind and Fire

No I am not referring to a band, I am referring to the weather. Today has been a MISERABLY windy day, and because I live in Southern California that means that it is extremely dry which results in FIRES. There are 12 fires nearby, and I feel for the families that have to be evacuated, and I thank God that we didn't move to the mountains last year when we thought about buying a house up that way.

I went to the high school I work at this morning to find most of the trees blown over and the rest flailing about wildly, I decided it would be best not to park next to a tree. Then upon leaving from work, I come to find sheet metal flying through the campus entrance. Visions of being impaled had me quickly going the other way. On my way home from work I saw about 3 camper-shells strewn about the side of the freeway, again I had visions of being impaled and decided it would be best to switch lanes. Then, because of all of the debri everywhere, I started to worry that possibly our big old pepper tree may have blown over; so I decided to call home. Of course no one answered, thus making me drive the 20 minutes home fearing for the worst. I finally arrive home after what seems like a 3 hour drive to find it completely calm, no wind, no fire, no tree blown over landing on our home, just calm completely calm! I go inside to find my overgrown husband asleep on the couch, with my infant son asleep in his swing and my little girl quietly watching cartoons. And then it dawns on me, aww to be a mother and to worry so. I am quite aware that I am a bit paranoid. A tad of a worry wart, and a bit hasty in thinking the worst; but I suppose this comes with the territory. After all, I still remember telling my own mother not to worry so much.


Now on to the show! I did yet another engagement session on Saturday for a very sweet and adorable couple. Here are some of my captures.


I know they appear small in this picture but I just think this bridge is just so sweet