The Soft Toy Car

Aah! To be 3 years old and already quite strange...

"The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius." 

 ~Rebecca Pepper Sinkler

Little Red-Hooded Boy

I love taking photos that are "not so good" and warping them into something a little more interesting with the gift that is photoshop.

This cute little boy becomes a mysterious, urban warrior who swaps taking pastries to grandma with spying on innocent passers-by...

We Are...

Happy Birthday Baby Brother!

This 8 (now 9) year old slept a total of 2 hours last night out of pure excitement.

That, however, is not the only crazy thing about his birthday - his rules are even more wacky:

1. Do not buy him gifts that he has not seen or picked out himself.

2. Do not wrap the gifts you do get him in one packet (they should be individual.)

3. He will eat cake for breakfast (and make his whole family sing to him at 7AM!)

4. He is the boss on this special day (the ONLY boss!)

5. He will stay awake until midnight, because he does not want to miss one second.

6. He is officially older now, so everyone must listen carefully to all his insights on life, the universe and everything... 

Dramatic Kids: Little Director

"A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm."
- Bill Vaughn

Happy Anniversary...

30 Years...

...is how long my parents have been married today, 17 December 2010.

My mom had just turned 20 and my dad was a mere 21 when they exchanged vows in 1980 and 30 years, countless ups and downs and four children later, they still have the world to talk about, cannot imagine life without one another and still look into each other's eyes with utter devotion.

To those of you who do not believe in fairy tale love, these two people are proof of its existence...

Some pictures of their three decades together...

God With Us



With the parents on their wedding day...

 

Christmas before children

The crazy 80's

On a gondola in Venice (a typical romantic scene)

And my absolute favourite, their Sound of Music moment in Austria....

Happy Anniversary!

On Stage Today

I had an acting audition today for the first time in a while and as the waiting room grew ghostly quiet around me, you could feel the tension growing in the room. Strangely enough, it wasn't inside me. Yes, I had the butterflies, I had the fear of forgetting everything I had learnt, but I was calm... I didn't feel a single glimmer of dread! Which is, if you know me, the most peculiar thing ever. The audition was fun! It was fun to once again be able to transform into someone else, to pretend that my world was dimensions away and to live the life of a stranger. I'll confess... I like auditions! Most actors would stare at me with an intense look of disbelief, maybe even horror, but I believe auditions are chances. Chances to not only show your skill, but chances to enjoy your craft! After all, "all the world is a stage."

I inherited the acting bug from my parents and grandfather. Here are some photos from one of my mom's 1982 plays, The Golden Ring.

"Life is like a play; it is not the length that matters, but the excellence of the acting."

- Seneca (Roman Philosopher)

Eternity Through the Moment

He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.

Sampling Warhol

Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. - Andy Warhol

Grandmother

I love history. I love what it teaches us. I love how beautiful it looks in today's commercial world and finding photos like these makes me wish I could also experience it first hand. This is a photograph of my grandmother at age 20, so that makes the year 1945 (when World War II ended). Note the exquisite clock-radio (reminds me of the movie Titanic).

Grandfather

A classic photo of the filmmaker grandfather I never got to meet...