Why A Tuscany Elopement? It is a fair question, and most of our friends have posed it in recent conversations. Since she was a little girl, our daughter has known exactly what she wanted, including how she would be married. 'Six people on a beach' was her standard until she grew up and started traveling …
The Girl With the Apricot Hair
I was going to save this shot for the wedding trip post that I have scheduled for next Sunday, but it seemed appropriate for Terri's Sunday Stills theme - the color apricot. I have never thought of apricot as being a color, but when I saw her examples I knew I had to share these …
August Recap and Coffee Share
What's Up With Us This month has been all about preparing for our upcoming trip to Italy to celebrate our daughter's wedding. Considering that she has done all the planning herself, we didn't have much to do except lose a few pounds and assemble a wardrobe for the five-day event. The second task translated to …
A Breath of Fresh Air
If you have been following Picture Retirement for the past year, you know that Malcolm and I have been 'trying on lifestyles' while waiting for the housing market to right itself. After we purged a lot of 'stuff' and sold our home more than a year ago, we spent some time in a nearby beach …
Favorite Photos – Lens Artists Challenge
Several years ago learning more about photography became a personal goal. Studying and practicing photography opened up a world beyond the aspiration of taking nice vacation pictures. All of a sudden, my mind's eye was framing shots wherever I went. Clouds, a sunrise, the feathers of a bird, veins in a leaf...Finding a perspective that …