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How great thou art
2010 I welcome with wide open arms!I have very strange reaction to the New Year. It's change. And I really don't like change, of any sort. I get used to my rut and like to stay comfortable, wallowing in it's sameness. I cried every time a new ter...
Cory\'s photography business is officially launched
We travel a lot. This summer alone we went from Bishop and Mammoth Lakes, CA, to the Leavenworth, Washington and lots of stuff in between (like Mt Raineer and Mt St Helens National Parks) before heading back to the Sierras, outside of Bishop again....
Priorities redefined
Moms and dads everywhere can relate to the transformation that occurs the first second that you hold your new baby. In an instant, life is redefined. Priorities shift.I can still remember the carefree days where I could tap into my spontaneous self...
We put on a Good show
Picture at the start of the race. I the one in the pink tank top.We were neck and neck the whole race. I felt awesome, running in my cool Orange and Black Beaver colored Brook racers in Yellow and Green Duck country...but it is always so intimidating...
twirling amongst the green hills and flowers
Here's what my D-70 captured the weekend of the Columbia Hills trip. Twirling and running, Dancing and laughing in the hills. ...
Wish me luck!
Today we head to the beach for a beautiful 3 day weekend that celebrates the blooming of the Rhododendrons. This trip has something for all of us - endless scenes to capture on film for my Man, a classic car show for the Wildboy Sprout, a parade for...
Why God made flowers
Friday night we sprinted up to the Washington Gorge area on our continual quest to chase wildflowers. As Rennaissance Man turned up a dirt road near a winery, I wondered how this was possibly going to lead to anything beautiful. Seconds later, we tur...
Leaving for the Hills
This is where we are headed today...apparently it's nearly 80 there. We'll be camping by a pristine lake tonight....rushing back tomorrow for the final soccer game of the season and then enjoying the Musical Annie with my mom and dad Sat night. Su...
Waterfalls, spring, and summer sun
We escaped the gloomy windy rain of our town this last weekend by heading to the gorge, up north, to capture the new spring growth surrounding the many waterfalls. Photographer husband (aka. Rennaissance man) had a wild time, getting wet, climbing h...
Chasing Flowers
Ahhh...my Studhusband! This spring he has asked me to plan nothing at all for the spring weekends because we will be chasing wildflowers in bloom around the NW, interspersed with soccer (he is the coach and Wildman Sprout wouldn't be caught dead mis...
Seeking God's direction at each turn
Our town has a lovely canyon, designated for pedestrians only that runs half the length of the town and is a favorite place for me to run. It's so quiet down there as the city beats on in the "above ground" world. But in the "lower lands" of the ca...
Uncanniness continues
I finished Chateou of Echos (Awesome read!!) and as I hesitated to close the cover, I realized it was because I couldn't help but think to myself, "Now that the book is over, our visitors will probably leave." (You'll need to read this post to under...
Welcome to my blog world
I have this cool spy program hooked up to my blog and now know that I usually have about 40 to 50 different readers every day looking at my blog - you are from all over the country and Canada - and I even know what you google searched to find me with...
Merry Christmas
Every year we take our 20 plus guitar and piano students up to the Nursing home to do a truly outstanding musical show for them. It's a tradition in my family that my mom started when my brother, David Klinkenberg, and I were kids. We'd travel to a...
A summer review in photos
I finally am processing my photos since Jan 2008. Now no one wants to see pictures of us in snow at this juncture. I've got to improve this!! When looking at the summer shots we got I couldn't resist a quick summary of the best of this last summer fo...
A moment to just "be"
God has blessed us with wonderful friends in our home town. But for this post, I am going to share a bit about "old" friends. Old and New bless us alike. Here's a look at some friends that have been in our life for about 10 years.These are friends th...
Ansel Adams Wilderness
Here's a couple of pictures of the last week of our 5 week trip: We arrived in Mammoth Lakes as the jumping off point for this incredible 4 day trek.In true California style, we had to catch a shuttle to get to the trailhead.In more California style,...
Do it afraid
To round out our summer and conclude this most amazing 5 week summer trip, we dropped the kids off with grandma and grandpa for a 6 day adventure of our own to celebrate 12 years of marriage. Traditionally, we love to backpack for 3 days and then go ...
Summer is amazing
There is no way I could possibly summarize our last 4 weeks! I have hundreds of photos and thousands of memories. I am sitting in an RV park tonight in Baker city so I have Wi-Fi for the first time in 4 weeks. Since I last posted, we have backpacked ...
Wall-e Part 2
There are few movies I have seen twice, or care to see twice, but on the first night of our 5 week trip, we drove through Hood River and saw a cinema. Spontaneously, we all decided to go see Wall-e (since mommy was raving and ranting about how great...
A Day in the Life from the Road
One daySaturday, July 12After sleeping 3 hrs, I woke up at 3:30AM to get ready for my flight.4:00 am left for PDX6:10 am – boarded plane4:45 pm (1:45 Oregon time)– arrived in NC5:45 pm – checked into hotel6:15 pm – running my 6 mile river fro...
North Carolina these days
Hendersonville, NCSpent the weekend in Hendersonville, NC doing a summer concert with David at 1st Baptist Church of Hendersonville. Packed the place out with more than 750 people creating an exciting show. What always amazes me is how many people co...
The Oil Boom!
Back to my time in Texas....Ranching, of course, is happening side by side to the booming oil business. At the church we played at in Midland Texas the next day,we met the other half of Texas – those employed, in some way or another, by the oil in...
Nepal, the USA, and a sad goodbye
What a weekend. On Sunday, June 28th, we headed up to our favorite lake for a week of camping. We enjoyed some great times with some friends. These are the friends I mentioned in my last post. You can check out their work in Nepal and India and lear...
Patriotism - mixed reviews
Recently a close friend of ours commented to SH, " I admire your patriotism. I wish I could say I had more of it in me." It's been of recent that I am seeing an increasing questioning of this country we call the US of A. Some of it might stem from m...
Notes from the Road - this time, Texas!!
Just got back from another show with David Klinkenberg. Right before the show, we spent time relaxing on this porch. Got so caught up chatting with Hence Barrow, that we forgot, for a second that we had a show to do!! We showed up to the theater at 7...
