Once again I find myself playing catch up with weeks 31, 32 and 33. 

I've had a wonderful summer with several road trips and nights away.  Days spent with friends and watching young ladies play.

I have spent little time at the computer, but that will be changing as fall approaches and my calendar starts to fill up with family portraits and beautiful little faces.

Here is a little peek into the last weeks of July and a wonderful start into August.

During week 31, I was in Long Island visiting family.  Some of my favorite childhood moments were spent running through farm fields and swimming in my grandma's pool with my cousins.  I am so thankful that my daughter shares similar moments with her cousins.  There is no better way to spend a July day.

This theme couldn't have come at a better time.  I cheated a little and didn't take this photo till Monday (a day late), as it was opening day at The Bouckville Antique Festival. 

This an amazing event that I look forward to every summer.  Where else can you find over 2,000 antique dealers in one place.  It's like being at a giant museum and flea market all in one.

This year seemed to be the year of glass as I came home with a case of antique canning jars, several medicinal bottles, and my favorite, a glass butter churn.

This piece was far out of my price range but I love the old artistry of the some of the the first record players.  This player was huge with an ornate wooden cabinet below.

A flower is such a simple and beautiful prop to use.  I took this photo during my first senior shoot of the season.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858