When I was at my in-laws house for Christmas day, I started taking some pictures of my Mother-in-law’s more unique Christmas decorations. I warned her that I would be making a blog post about them. She declared “Oh they’ve all been making fun of my decorations for years, so I don’t mind”. I have no [...]

My grandma’s funeral was the first time her 12 grandchildren were in one place at one time. It had also been a while since her 6 children posed for a picture together. We were losing light pretty quickly. So I just snapped a few pictures. I didn’t bother arranging anyone. Anyone want to venture a [...]

I caught a couple of pictures that I loved when I was in Canada a couple weeks ago.  Both my brother and one of my cousins were caught by my lens looking purposefully moody. My brother with his tie undone and a moody face that looks like it’s on the verge of breaking into a [...]

I went to college on a full scholarship, my brother didn’t go to college, he did electrician’s training. When I was in college my dad couldn’t wait for me to be done. He wanted to make sure that I didn’t suddenly lose my scholarship and be left with a semester of college and no way [...]

I was looking at my Flickr account trying to find inspirations for future blog posts. I’m making a list so I can continue my chattering even on days when I feel I have nothing to say. Then I found this picture of my brother, myself and my husband on Mont Royal in Montreal. I starting [...]

IMGP8056, originally uploaded by mbarsalou. So I was in Quebec this weekend. I got to visit my father’s side of the family in a large family Easter reunion. My aunt gave me a very special belated wedding present, a painting she painted based on a picture from my wedding. I’m very excited to put this [...]