Tuesday: August 4th, 2009 at 11:20am
I am spending the week visiting some of my good friends who live out of state and so far it’s been a blast! On my first day here all the boys in the family were given Mohawks. It’s lots of fun being surrounded by 4 ‘hawks of various sizes. I had to document the fun and then on Sunday afternoon we went out to take a few fun family photographs (say that 5 times fast!). Lots of fun was had and we got some cute pictures. Here are a few for your enjoyment.
Even the little 5mo Baby got a mohawk!
No pain, no gain!
All of the boys and their mowhawks
Mom and her Littlest Mohawked Man
Dad and the baby showing off
We found this fun stage at the park and decided to do some GIANT people and Tiny people pictures
And of course there are the Rockin’ Out pictures!
And now for some sweet family photos
And my favorite of the whole excursion:
Well, I’m off to play with the kids and help Mom out, but check back soon! I’ll blog some pictures of more summer things and my trip to the Academy of Natural Sciences in the near future!
C-ya Later Aligator!
- Julia Grace
Monday: July 27th, 2009 at 11:47pm
It’s the middle of summer now and autumn is looming on the horizon. I’ve been enjoying the fine weather while I can and I hope all of you have been doing the same. Here are some pictures of some local wildlife I’ve come across while spending time outside on some sunny days.
Honey Bees are quick little buggers! They were quite the challenge to photograph. I plan on trying my hand at photographing them again soon, but here are a couple images of those hard working girls for your enjoyment.
One of my favorite amphibians is the toad. I’ve loved them since before I can even remember. There are pictures of me holding toads at the age of two. I love to photograph them, so I was delighted to find this lovely toad hopping across my path. He tolerated having his portrait taken for a while and was returned to the garden to continue his hunt for tasty insects for lunch.
Camouflage… you’re doing it right!
Speaking of insects, my parents have a few large stalks of milkweed growing in the garden. We’re hoping to attracted Monarch Butterflies, but so far we’ve only seen one caterpillar and unfortunately we believe it was killed in a big thunderstorm shortly after taking its picture. We do see plenty of Red Milkweed Beetles though.
Another visitor my parents had to their garden was a groundhog. He was happily residing in a large hole in the floor of the barn, hanging out in the garden, eating fallen apples from the apple tree, and investigating the garage. Unfortunately his landscaping was not to our taste, so my father set a live trap with some apples, and soon enough the groundhog was caught. We drove him far away and set him loose in some nice woods. The funniest thing happened though. He leapt from the trap and then leapt into the woods, but failed to noticed he was leaping over a small hill. He learned that despite the best intentions, ground hogs can’t fly. Here are a couple pictures of our unwanted guest and the leap to freedom.
Adios!
- Julia Grace
Wednesday: July 15th, 2009 at 10:44pm
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Happy (Job) Hunting
- Julia Grace
Friday: July 3rd, 2009 at 9:54pm
I am “second shooting” a wedding tomorrow with Alessandro Babini of Saba Studio. Alessandro and his wife Tracy are wonderful people and I enjoy working with them. It’s a military wedding and I’m very excited to have the opportunity to photograph all the uniforms on this special day! Since I won’t be able to post pictures from tomorrow’s wedding until after the happy couple receive their photographs from Alessandro, I thought I would post a few of my favorite pictures from the wedding I worked with Alessandro on before. I hope you enjoy them and a Happy Independence Day to all and THANK YOU to those who’ve served our country!
Semper Fi
- Julia Grace
Thursday: June 18th, 2009 at 12:04am
… come again another day. All the world is waiting on the sun.
It’s been raining, drizzling, and pouring here for the past few days, so in hopes for sunny days to come I’m posting some pictures from my walk through the Jenkins Arboretum. It was a great walk. I saw the last of spring’s pretty flowers, some lazy turtles, and some protective red winged blackbirds. The Arboretum was also having a celebratory event so I got to see some tiny creatures displayed in ice cube trays (unfrozen of course!) in the children’s area. Enjoy!
This female red winged blackbird was following me around screeching at me. She must have had some babies near by.
This was the mate of the female who was chasing me around. He squawked at me too, but was harder to photograph since he stayed higher up in the trees.
Here’s the male flying right over my head bringing a juicy insect home for the babies
Here is another female that was in the process of building or lining her nest among the reeds. She made some pretty funny faces at me.
Auf Wiedersehen!
- Julia Grace
Wednesday: June 10th, 2009 at 8:15pm
Life has been busy! I’ve been photographing some local wildlife, including some turtles that I found crossing the roads! I will be posting some of those photographs soon. I’ve also been working on my novel. I purchased this great Mac writing program called Storyist. I’m really enjoying it! The program has wonderful features including wiki-linking, character & setting sheets, and industry standard formatting. If you’re working on a novel, story, or screenplay of your own I recommend checking Storyist out. I will post an in-depth entry about the different writing programs I use soon.
The real reason for this entry is to tell you the Julia Grace Arts deviantART page and Artfire Store are up and running! Hurrah! I was finally able to write up my store policies for Artfire and now I’m uploading products. Check back often for new products and if you don’t see something posted in the store that you’ve seen on the blog or my website please contact me!
The first product available in my store is a Signed Limited Edition 11×14 Print of “Finicky”, click the picture below to check it out!
You can also check out my deviantART page here and the Artfire Store here.
Cheerio!
- Julia Grace
Friday: May 15th, 2009 at 10:15pm
I just finished setting up my display for the Charlestown Township Art Show! I’m very excited to be participating in this years art show. I’m hoping that my work will sell and I’ll make some connections with other local artists. From what I was able to see while setting up, there’s lots of talent in this show and lots of variety! There were some wonderful paintings, sculptures, and even some lovely wooden furniture! If you’re in the area you should definitely come check out the show. Here’s the information!
What: Charlestown Township Art Show
When: Saturday May 16, 2009 from 10 am to 7 pm
Sunday May 17 from 1 pm to 5 pm
Where: Charlestown Elementary School
Address: 2060 Charlestown Road
Malvern, PA 19355
I will be attending the Artist Reception from 5pm-7pm on Saturday and will be at the show in the afternoon on both days. I’d love to see you there!
Buenos Noches!
- Julia Grace
Friday: May 15th, 2009 at 6:00pm
Ah… the smell of a new blog!
Well, perhaps not the smell, but the look! After a lot of tedious work the blog is go! It’s got that shiny and sleek vibe that makes people turn their heads when a hot car drives by, at least in my opinion, then again I’m more likely to look at blogs than cars!
Anyhoo, I’m glad you’re here! I hope you enjoy the look of the new Julia Grace Arts blog and will come back again and again. I plan on posting lots of great content, of course I am occasionally haunted by the gremlins of interrupted plans! Check back often to see posts from me and possibly the gremlins.
Toodle Pip!
- Julia Grace
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