Kaci & Family!

So today I got to finally hang-out with Kaci (Kathryn Brown) and her Family...

We went to Big Talbot Island...one of my favorite spots to shoot in Jacksonville...it's a very diverse place...and super cool for kids....

This was a special shoot, b/c if you don't know by now, Kaci and I assist each other on shoots and weddings...so this was special....

Enjoy...

Mike's B-day celebration!

Today I had the luxury to hang-out with Mike Jackson and friends to celebrate his birthday...

We met at Mossfire...in 5 points Jacksonville....

We changed tables 2 times!

Margaritas seemed to be the thing...

We sang happy birthday enough times to fulfill Mike's next 5 birthdays...

Jill was really having fun...

and as always...Mike was awesome....if this Mike looks familiar, it's b/c it's the same Mike (my friend) who took me along to the Adirondacks to shoot his wedding...

Thanks Mike for another fun time and little break from my usual routine....

Linley and Alison

Jill!

The crew that will save the world...sorry Elizabeth...the waitress did a bad crop job on your face?

About Florida

Ok...so like everyone not from Florida has this misconception that the state is all about beaches and hot weather...

This misconception is just plain ridiculous...yes...ridiculous...

To all northerners, yankees, or to my family in Chicago, I have a surprise...

Not every beach in Florida looks like the one in Miami that you saw in a magazine ad that was altered to make the water look bluer than it actually is...

Not every part of the coast is suitable for an awesome day at the beach...

Not everyone lives near the beach...I didn't even live that close to the beach when I lived in Tampa....an hour or so....???  

We have cow fields here...lots of them...

We have agriculture...plenty of strawberry fields (full of pesticide)...

We have mounds...no, not the sacred ones....ones full of phosphorous...or something like that...

Ok...yes, we have mad mosquitos...but you already know this, and we Floridians get upset when you complain about them so much...lay-off the cologne!

We do have springs and spring fed rivers!  And they're cleaner than our beaches!!!

The sand on the beaches aren't all white....most of them aren't!

And it's not always hot here...yes...this is true...tonite, we're getting down to 22 degrees...and it's been chilly like this for a few days.....see what it does to the green stuff:

Freezer Burn!

I hope this orchid will recover?

Poor guava "tree"...every winter he gets beat-up bad...but this year is the worse!

No leaves on the trees...that white spot is the moon!

A few things green...my confederate jasmine...that's what it's called...and it smells pretty darn good...keep crawling jazzy!!!

Superbowl...wow!

So I had this feeling this game was going to be special...check my blog post below....well something did happen in this Superbowl that has never happened in any other Superbowl....the longest interception returned for a touchdown...104 yards.....and it probably was the best ending ever...

I wonder if there were any other first times or new records...the safety wasn't the first...it was the 2nd...the first one took place in Tampa...hmmm...  Kurt Warner's yards....he owns top three performances in the Superbowl.....

Any others?

Superbowl?

Ok...the Superbowl is getting ready to get started...and I really don't care what team is going to win, b/c my team isn't there...again....regardless, I'm going on the limb here....I think this years Superbowl something special is going to happen...something that's never happened in other Superbowls...I don't know what's going to be...overtime...Cards winning on the last play...I don't know...we'll have to wait and see.....