Running Against the Wind

Well, after 5 months of training, the 2010 Chicago Marathon is almost here! This morning we had to take the monsieur, it has been awhile since he has gone on a long run with us but we had no sitter for today. We bundled him up the best we could to brave the 50* temp and 25 mile per hour winds. He seemed super excited to go this morning, as were we. I had a great run, Kyle's knee is still bothering him so please send him your prayers. This coming week is basically a rest week, only 5 miles on Wednesday. I am sooooo pumped about the 10th. I can taste the finish line already! See more below...

I have been playing more with depth of field and ISO's on my camera. I have also been practicing on Photoshop, I feel like I am starting to get more comfortable with everything. Again, more below...
So, even though I live less than a block away from a grocery store, I choose to drive 10 miles to Sendiks. Gas be damned, I need good produce. Kyle and I have pretty much cut out all processed foods (with a few exceptions) so good, fresh produce is a must. So, Declan and I were driving to Sendiks on Wednesday and I noticed this field. The wildflowers or weeds or whatever was growing there was blooming and the sun was bouncing off the tall grass. I damn near died. I gotta shoot this field, I thought. I often get these grand ideas for shoots with my baby but rarely follow through because there is laundry, full dishwasher, life, etc and I forget.

Friday came and Declan was in a great mood. Even though I had a huge list of things to do that afternoon, I pushed it aside, grabbed my kid and my camera and off we went. It felt so great to do something I wanted to do and for those 45 minutes I wasn't worried about anything. This field is right next to a bank and a chiropractor's office. There were people in the window looking at me like I was a nut job dragging this baby into a field.

Sampling the local greens

Oh. My. Gawd.

I have a senior session later today and then took next weekend off to prep for the big day! Watch for a sneak peek tomorrow morning.