Dolls

I have always loved vintage dolls, toys, etc. I recently purchased this gem at an antique fair for $8. It is a 1920's "bed doll," and i love that she's tattered and looks like she was loved by her owner, or possibly many owners over the years.

Her hair must be human or horse, and its still styled!

I purchased the little (totally not P.C.) doll above at the first Antique show I ever went to when I was 10 years old with no clue about what this doll meant to many other people.

I love collecting iconic items, and I found a man that loves this stuff almost more than I do. Our collections take over the house!

We now live in Southern California and spend most of our time looking for the strange and occult, the weird and wonderful parts of this seemingly straight and narrow area, Orange County. Brian came across this amazing doll museum in Buena Park a few months back. It is part of a larger "amusement park" that has the most poorly kept and dangerous rides I've ever seen. But the doll museum was neat.

At this amusement park we also found the remains of what, in the 80's, must have been a Cabbage Patch "adoption center." My friend Amelia had told me about going to one of these as a kid, but I never thought I'd accidentally come across one myself!

Kitties: An Introduction

I'm sure most of the people reading this know me well enough to be aware of my love of cats. I'm a bit of a crazy cat lady. Thankfully, I am not alone...

Last year Brian and I went to a cat show in Santa Rosa not knowing what it would be like, but it was $3, so why not. It was more awesome then we ever could have imagined.

If you see an add for a show like this in your area, I highly recommend it.

Brian got to hold an egyptian hairless, then he was offered to purchase it for $1500. I can't even imagine how much these thing cost throughout their lifetime.

There were some amazingly cute kitties there...

But I was glad to come home to my Kitty; fat, and cute with her face shoved into her favorite blanket.

The Beginning...

I seem to take pictures of the same types of items/people/animals wherever I go; these are things that catch my interest always, but never look the same. These are my Collections.

Being fortunate enough to work for a company that will send me around the world, I try my hardest not to take that for granted. I am also aware that I may not be in this field forever so i am going to enjoy every bit of it while I am.
I take lots of film with me wherever I go and I rarely buy souvenirs. My photographs are my memories but I don't usually photograph what I need to remember, I photograph what I know I may forget...a lovey cat in a villa...an amazing meal over looking the ocean...children playing in the sand...broken metal pipes…colorful storefronts...the details.
I also spend quite a bit of time going on photo safaris with my very talented love Brian (http://www.brianhendersonphotography.com/). He has been shooting photos for years, and has an amazing eye. He and I use completely different cameras ; I have a 35mm Nikon N90 that my amazingly talented sister-in law Jessamyn (http://www.jessamynharris.blogspot.com/) passed to me a few years ago, and Brian uses mostly a Polaroid Propack or a Holga. Because of this, we look at photographs in completely different ways. He always inspires me.