Nectar & Light

 

tomorrow morning, we are brooklyn bound.  we should be in new york monday afternoon.  i am so deeply involved in the physical act of moving that i have not allowed myself to deal with the emotional weight of it - leaving our friends and family - and i can't do it yet - not yet.  see you next week... from new york.

xoox~jla

p.s. jenny posted this for me and i am smitten - it has become our song this last week - the girls have been singing it and mama can't stop thinking of it's poignancy.

 

hello friends.  we returned from rome late saturday night - it was lovely, hot - but ever so lovely.   we are now in a rush to get packed and on the road next saturday morning for our move to brooklyn.  so much to do.  so many people i want to spend time with before i go.  and i feel the time slipping through my hands with the quickness of fine summer sand.  

a couple of things to share... martha and i have released our favorite seasonal collaboration so far, summer seas.  20% of the proceeds go to the gulf coast oil spill fund.

feather & bone is closing on 30 july.  8x8 prints are 50% off and will ship the first week of august.  thank you for your support of this collection - it was my favorite.  and in early august i will launch a new shop - something i am excited to share with you...

xoox~jla

 

six months ago, on a bitter and harshly cold afternoon, amy and i needed something to look forward to.  something that reminded us that winter would not indeed last forever, though it truly felt that way.  so we booked a little getaway to rome.  i had no idea the crazy direction and life changing events that would take place between that afternoon and today - but here we are - and regardless of how insane my life is right now, i can not tell you what nine days with my best friend in italy will do for my soul.  a world of good, i assure you.  we leave this afternoon and will spend the first couple of nights just outside of florence with amy's brother kevin and his girlfriend amber who have had the most amazing adventure themselves over this last year {please go lose yourself on their site - they are such an inspiration and their writing and research on sustainable food practices around the world is amazing}.  then on to a quiet apartment in rome where we plan to do a little site seeing, a lot of drinking, more eating and tons of wandering aimlessly through the glorious streets.

see you soon friends...

xoox~jla

p.s. and on 19 july... martha and i have another little jewel for you.

 

i have been keeping something from you.  and it's not that i did not want to share it.  because, really, i was bursting at the seams - wanting to share this with you so very much.  but i just needed to make sure that everything fell into place like we hoped - and this last weekend, it did.  in just two weeks we are moving to brooklyn, new york.  den and i just returned from brooklyn - we gave ourselves five days to find an apartment - we saw our apartment the evening we arrived and signed the lease the following evening leaving us three full days to explore our new neighborhood.  to say we are excited is an understatement - and the girls - oh my goodness - they are quivering with excitement and anticipation - i can't tell you how much i love the fact that they have such adventuresome little spirits and are so adaptable to new experiences.  why brooklyn?  i am ready to jump into the deep end - i love my work, it fills me with love and hope and i want to try and take the next step.  and for our family.  our girls thrive on experience and their capacity for knowledge and wonder knows no bounds.  i think - i hope and believe - we will find such wonder in our new city.

it's going to be a crazy month {i always say that don't i?} but you know us - we are always up for a challenge... i will keep you posted!

and i have started accepting bookings for both weddings and polaroid portrait sessions in the new york city area - so just drop me a line if you would like more information...

xoox~jla

 

hello friends - a busy month ahead - i will check in next week - in the meantime:

~ i love this photostream;

~ and we experienced our first {then second, then third, then fourth - there may have been a fifth} sazerac cocktail this weekend - with real absinthe {don't ask} - it was HEAVEN.

xoox~jla