Well here goes nuttin'!


I was inspired to create a blog after viewing my co-worker's daughter's blog. (Geez, that's a mouthful!) She writes about the every day life of a new mother and seminary student. She attaches photos to her blogs and they are so poignant and touching that I thought I'd give it a go myself and write about the adventures of an aspiring photographer.


I decided on the name for my blog after going back and forth over a few "working" titles. I was going to go with "Boston Dream Pie" which would have been somewhat of a tribute to my pain in the butt dog, Gidgette, but I settled on Wind in the Loblollies. The reason for this title goes back to fond childhood memories of exploring in the woods on the family farm and I can vividly remember finding a favorite spot in the woods which was in a grove of loblollies. To those who don't know what a loblolly is it-it is a pine tree than is native to the eastern States. Usually very tall with branches only at the tippy top.


I remember looking up as the wind tousled the branches and created that special soothing sound as they blew to and fro. I loved how the sun filtered through the boughs and created dancing, dappled shadows on the pine needles below. Every time I smell the pines of the Eastern Shore I'm taken back to that special place and time. It was my spot that I never shared with anyone, though I'm sure everyone knew where it was, to me it was scared ground, my safe place, my thinking ground. That's what I hope this blog will be, my place to explore and to think and this time to share!