wonders of a pen.

i hope one day my pen will be;
as great as those that inspire me.

a memory.

i once had a very great love. it was very long ago. sometimes it makes me smile. sometimes it makes me sad. but all in all, it makes a memory grand.

a flower for you.

there was a flower outside my door.

i picked it for you.

i hope it makes you smile.

happy thursday.

and, as a sidenote, happy birthday to the loveliest twins in town. my brother and sister.

love.

amor. liebe. amore. gra. ljubav. cariad. dragoste. pag-ibig. l'amour.
it is said in so many ways. but its meaning is always the same. at first its when your heart beats so fast that your face turns red. its the butterflies that float around your stomach. its the smile that you cant hide. its the sparkle in your eyes. but even better is the silent ease that you feel with them. the confidence that you feel in their caring for you. the "i would do anything to make you happy." it can sneak up and suprise us. it envelops us in total. it can be for a person. for a thing. for a passion. love. its such a lot of meaning to put in such a small word. four letters- but so much more. i am lucky to have so much of it everyday. but especially this normal wednesday noon.

landoflove, ohio.

taken in the sweetheart of ohio.

i love this photo because even the shadows are shaped like hearts. you can see in the bottom corner the bright blue of a gorgeous loveland day.

loveland. a place that will always hold my heart.

bittersweet.

this was a week of goodbyes.
goodbye tuesday to my little sister's high school career.
goodbye thursday to my little brothers.
goodbye friday to my best friend as he leaves for his summer internship.

but i dont do well with goodbyes. i am much more a fan of hellos. i feel an ache in my heart every time i utter the word. its not a favorite thing about myself. but alas, it is so.

so today i must finish my bittersweet week. my week of not hellos.

little angel

meet the newest addition to the pfeifer family. he is three months old and holds the heart of our entire extended family.

he is the most precious gift in the world.

welcome to the fam little max.

somewhere over the rainbow

"some day ill wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me
...

where trouble melts like lemon drops
high above the chimney tops thats where youll find me."
...

is there anything more beautiful than turning the corner to see this? in the midst of the gray, in the dark of the day, there is beauty.

in the shadows

in the shadows lies a dream.
a dream of flowers and of fields.
in the shadow there is brightness.
paled by the darkness of the sun.

and so i think, that the sun creates the shadows. but the sun creates the flower. and the sun creates the day. and the sun creates the rainbow. and the sun creates the smile.
and still, the sun creates the shadow.

so in the shadow lies a dream. a dream of flowers and of fields. in the shadows lies a dream. a dream of the sun.

welcome to grand opera

photos to come.
and so my summer began monday at the cincinnati grand opera. so far it has been a magical experience- if not completely exhausting.

home

home for the summer.

again..

again for jeff.

and his favorite place on earth.

belated, but nonetheless meaningful.

happy mothers day.

osama

"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.