Nature Macros
When I lived in the US, my favorite thing to photograph was macros nature shots – for some reason, I don’t do this in Belgium. It’s very relaxing and peaceful to focus on a single object and block out everything else around it.  This week in the NC mountains, I’ve been able to wander around and capture some nature macros again. Here are some of my favorites:

Photographing Waterfalls
This week, Thomas and I are staying in a cabin with my family in Black Mountain – a gorgeous area in the NC mountains with a view like this. Yesterday, I joined my aunt and my cousin-in-law for a little hike along a river. I got to practice a little trick for photographing waterfalls – shoot with a longer shutter speed.  Inste

The Big Trip Home
We’re going home!  Not home home, permanently, but just for a couple of weeks.  It my first trip back to the US since we moved about a year ago. So far, we’ve packed: 3 cartons of Speckuloos 8 bottles of St. Bernardus Abt 12 beer 20 Liege waffles and 8 lbs of Neuhaus chocolate I hope we have room for some clothes in our suitcases too.  :)  We’ll be spend

Fall Trees Quilt
My month is coming up for Another Quilting  Bee 1, and last night, Sarah, came over and helped me figure out what to do for my quilt.  I have all these orangey fabrics that I want to use, and I had thought of requesting long tall stacks that would resemble trees (kinda like this), but I couldn’t figure out the logistics.

Slumber Party in the Netherlands
This Summer, I went on fantastic trip – a girl’s overnight to Volendam, Marken Island and Alkamaar in the Netherlands.  Reid, her 2-year old daughter, and I drove up there for some touring and girly time without our guys. Boats off of Marken Island Our first stop was Volendam and Marken Island.  Volendam is an adorable little tourist town, just across the water from Marken Island.  We caught a ferry over to the island and w