“…adventures don’t come calling like unexpected cousins calling from out of town. You have to go looking for them.”   the morning was hazy and blue corresponding perfectly with the chosen adventure for the day. blueberry picking. morning hair and sleepy eyes. two sisters side by side discovering something new together. dark, rich, plump ripe […]

And then we started plans for the birthday night. I decided I wanted to eat somewhere new, different, and sophisticated…to fit how I was feeling about “seventeen.”  So that’s what I found for us. 🙂What is one to say about June,the time of perfect young summer,the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months,and with […]

This blog is called “Allix B. Photography” That’s the name of my business, and this is the blog dedicated to it. {Thank you, yes, I know I’m Captain Obvious.} However, though my business is made up of images made for my clients, there’s a lot more to it than that.  Allix B. Photography = results […]

That beautiful season… Summer… Filled is the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | {Hope you are in the mood to tarry for a bit…this may be on the lengthy-ish side but sure to make you smile. […]

Everything we do in our life can seem mundane from time to time. We get up, get ready, eat breakfast, start our day. We do everyday things, in the same places, with the same people, and at the same time.  But do we forget the mystery, the wonder, the excitement, the unknown about Our First […]

I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it.  |Charles Schulz| 16 years ago…Tuesday, May 23rd, 1995 I was born,  (for the first time)  {I’ll explain, shortly} In an instant our family grew by two feet, two blue eyes, one little auburn curl, and one […]

Once upon a time there was a little girl that had always wanted to grow up and have little girls of her own that would call her Mommy. That same little girl is my Mama…she got half of her wish. 😉 And I’m so glad that God used my sister Holly and I to fulfill her dream!! 🙂 {Mama (19) and Holly (4)} […]

Campers: Nature’s way of feeding mosquitoes.   |Author Unknown| Camping…despite all the rigorous packing, buzzing mosquitoes, poison ivy, the impossible showers, the flies, and what-not there’s still:A lovely lake {of shining waters. ;)}Ca-uuuute little boys in red hatsOh-so-Fun round rainbow camping lightsCheesy Rabbit GrinsNot-so-little baby boys 🙂Other photographer friends that love to take pictures of […]

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.   | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Sometimes you get paid with money and sometimes sweet people pay you with a hat. A cute little mint green hat like this one: If I ever looked […]

Spring. “Dear Spring, why did you stay away so long? Was it something I said?” -Unknown It’s here everyone. Finally returned after its long trip to No-One-Knows-Where. I knew something was different when the sun seemed less shy, and clover started bravely popping up everywhere. You know, that beautiful purple clover that just blows your […]