the kissing booth

the PPA convention was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so inspired, and am loving being a photographer in this day & age... I saw some fabulous speakers, learned some very cool things, and found out some good tips... I cannot wait to start the season, I've got so many ideas, my head is ready to explode! I am exhausted still, but ready to start the year off right... (I had a bit too much fun in the kissing booth, but that's what it was there for!!!) The Marriott in Tampa was lovely, I had this great corner room with this fabulous bed, feather pillows, feather comforter & feather mattress topper, I'm lucky I made it to any of my 7am classes!!! then there was the lure of the pool... ('cause unlike further in this post, after Ray & Adriana went home, it was gorgeous & in the 80's every day!!)

We went to Disney before the convention, it was freezing cold, but what a great time we had... Adriana loved all of the water rides, she went on Splash Mountain 3 times, of course when it's not even 40 degrees, there's no line at all!!! Gotta love the photo of us all bundled up, just how you normally see visitors to Fla! We had to buy it (like we had to buy wooly caps & gloves!!) Now we're all back home together, we've just finished putting together a puzzle as a family, we've never done that before, and man I hope we do it again, it was so lovely & relaxing, I do so adore my little family!!

If you haven't already, make sure you visit Self Portrait Cape Cod at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, this year's Arts Foundation of Cape Cod invitational show... It is really fabulous, Adriana and I spent a good couple of hours doing the scavenger hunt they had for the kids (I'm 2 of the answers! but I won't tell you which 2 so it's not spoiled for you!!!) Adriana loved the fact I was the answer, she wrote on her paper "Mama Jane Thornington", pretty funny. Her favorite (& one of mine as well) was Salley Mavor's portrait, she made a doll for every year of her life, it is outstanding, worth going to the exhibit just for that one! There were a few that really stood out for me, Salley Mavor's, Cherie Mittenthal did a very cool, quite tongue in cheek encaustic, and Jim Peters did a fabulous collage type print, where he combined rooms from different places he lived into one room, very, very, cool... Picasso asked, "What do you see when you look at yourself?" I've answered the question, can you? Visit before Feb 9th to see my answer...

oh, and by the way, it's Girl Scout cookie time... Call me if you need cookies!!!!