Diane Jarvis-Schuller

You know those spring snowfalls where you can watch the thick dark clouds headed your way and you know what they are about to bring? This morning my husband and I watched just such weather coming our way from the West. Sure enough, it began with a bit of snow spitting. After about maybe 10 minutes, the snow began in earnest and fell for maybe 15-20 minutes. Silly me, I posted about it on Facebook and I doubt anyone believed it. It’s times like that when a photo would have been the proof but I sure wasn’t interested in photographing snow — we’ve had enough! Anyway the snow melted immediately upon hitting the ground and the only sign of it was a damp patio for a while.

Naturally, this photo was taken in the middle of winter — not today!!

Taking photographs is like that. If a person doesn’t get photographs taken during a momentous occasion or simply to capture a great expression, that moment — the proof of that occurrence is gone, except for the mental memory of it. So, whether you hire a photographer or simply keep your camera handy for those special family moments, I hope you will capture them through the camera lens. When you look back upon those photos, sometimes you may be surprised that certain things had actually happened. The stories of those times will come alive again for you — even if no one believes you! You’ll know.

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”  -Aaron Siskind

I promised to answer that question and, since I’m taking a break from my heavy workload, now is a great time. When I took time to ponder my response, I came up with multiple responses but I’m going to share the response that first came to my mind. I believe in intuition especially mother’s intuition. There have been many times in my own life when I’ve had some intuition and, more often it seems, intuition tends to be a form of prescience of bad news or an unfortunate incident. I can think of times when I’ve had a bad feeling pertaining to someone and that turned out to be the case. I can think of having a thought about one of my cousins who I hadn’t been in touch with for years. She and I kind of hung out as kids but then went our separate ways as adults. She came to mind out of the blue one day, I had a bit of an image of her in my mind, and a terrible feeling deep in my gut. A week later I learned she had been killed and that happened on the day I thought of her. I remember my  mom telling me of incidences where she had some kind of intuition that I was in danger — she was right each time (once was a bad car accident I was involved in, another was a time of great sadness for me, and another time was a horseback riding accident). So, I do believe in intuition — whether what is being intuited is good or bad.

I can’t write a post without leaving some form of image so here’s a beautiful and healthy rooster. My mom really liked chickens, ducks, and geese and I do too. I love the soft cooing sound they make when they’re content. Enjoy!

What are you doing for your Christmas cards this year? Why not hire a local photographer to have some customized cards made to send to friends and family? It’s definitely not too soon to be making your booking.