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choc chip cookies . workshop .  lost phones . farewells . play centers . pool parties . perma headache  . new dress . hot chocolate . gratitude .  grief . shopping . to do . insomnia . school orientation . vacation plans . welcome isla . cuddle valentina . and charlotte . skip gym . gain weight . lose mind . fret . laugh . cry . meet new friends . miss old friends . get it wrong . love borders . avoid etsy . write . read . see in frames . wish in dreams . miss . yearn . miss again.

it’s been that kind of month.

and tomorrow we leave for cali.forn. i. a.
i really, really should be packing and panicking.  not blogging.  but i’ve missed you all and i know it’s been too long and i promise, cross my heart, i will post more often as soon as i’m home again.
until then i will take lots of photos and breathe in the new and be so very glad for three uninterrupted and unplanned weeks with my babies doing not very much at all in our most favorite place on Earth.

much loves,
sheye xx

ps..we can’t have an image-less post so here’s one from a recent session with molly.
beautiful. wise. two.
i’ll share more when i return! x

Tucked Away Under // Family, General, Photography

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Brisbane & California Session Calender open!

Well hello there.  It’s been a while, I know.   I’ve been so busy trying to find my mind just recently I just haven’t had a chance to stop in.  Yes, one of those crazier than usual months.  The Evolve Workshop is in full swing which is the very nice bit.  My little sanity break, full of creativity and passion and spending time with beautiful people.  Outside that though, I’ve been juggling 78 other balls while Crayton has been in California.  I’m pretty sure I’ve dropped 76 of them.  It’s a funny thing though, once you locate your mind again you can’t seem to recall what all the fuss was about.   Darling husband returned this week, the balls have reduced to a manageable 34, and life once again looks do-able.  Thank you so much for all the emails checking that I’m still alive and well :)  I hope to get to answering some personal email this coming week.

As mentioned, I’m presently immersed in the last of the Eye Candy Workshops for 2010.  After 2.5 years of doing online workshops and teaching over 1000 people now,  I’m enjoying them more than ever.   I love that I stay in touch with many of the ECW students I’ve met and have spent time with a lot of them in person.   I do have some fun things planned for 2011, I can’t wait to show you!  Thank you so, so much to everyone who has supported my workshop venture – your enthusiasm takes my breath away.  What started as a simple Q&A post here at the blog has become the biggest focus of my business this past year and one of my greatest passions.  I truly adore teaching and I couldn’t be happier.    Thank you.

With so much going on this year, I had closed my shooting calendar for a period but am happy to say I’m taking client sessions again.  We’ve finished contacting those on wait list now so for anyone else interested, I have slots available  here in Brisbane from Feb 2011 onwards.   I’ll also be taking a limited number of bookings in Orange County, California in January. Please email Fran for more information.

I promise to post more early next week but for now, here’s some from a recent shoot with Wendy, David, their most beautiful girls and their lovely nanny Tanya!

xx

Tucked Away Under // Eye Candy, Photography

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Ivy in the Spring

It’s not just Luca. She’s growing too.  It’s so hard to stand by and watch and not want to stop the hands of time but then I have the eternal flip-side playing in my head, the counter-balance in my mind.   The never-ending wishing that Ava could have grown and learned and loved..it shifts my Mummy yearning to keep her small into nothing but absolute heart-smothering gratitude that she will wake up tomorrow just a wee bit bigger.   And it makes me reach out and hold tight and smother her with kisses.    It makes me say, more than once each day,  “Did you know I love you so much it makes my heart hurt?”   (And she will giggle or roll her eyes or smile, and then tell me that she loves me all the way to South America).

Ava’s coming and going makes me see more, love more, and fear more.   So many simple moments hold more emotion than they should..a curse and a gift and the reason why Ivy dancing around the garden yesterday still has me lost in grateful contemplation today.

Sweet Ivy, my little big girl,  thank you for you.

And, a little video..shot with absolutely no skill whatsoever but a whole lot of happy :) ps It really wasn’t cold..she’s just dramatic. xx

Tucked Away Under // Ava, Family

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Mum, can I make breakfast and can you watch me and can you take photos too?
Yes Luca, you can and I can.
You can make breakfast and I’ll get my camera and watch you break eggs and cook toast.
(and my heart may hurt and my eyes might sting while I realize you’re a baby no more).

Tucked Away Under // Family

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Saturday Loves.

Happy phone calls with friends.   Husbands who take the kids for the day.   Easy traffic.   Good shopping.   Landing a car-park ten seconds in.   Time with my Mama.   Finding two new dresses.   And a ten dollar cardi.   Good soy latte.     Snap Dragons.    Hearing I Love You.

Tucked Away Under // Family