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Soulcollage: Fiona
Feb. 24th, 2016 05:18 pmThis is the card I was dreaming of when I took pictures of Fiona when she was fifteen years old. I had a very vivid picture of the card in my mind, and it still isn't there quite yet, but it's a lot closer, what with all that I've been learning about software this week.
Fiona - Community Card
I am the daughter always in motion, the spinner, the warrior, the dancer, the delight.
I remember when Fiona was four years old vividly. She was always spinning. I wrote, once, about a walk I took with the two girls around the block. Delia (barely two) lurched gravely along, diaper creaking, occasionally stopping to crouch to examine a bug, a stone, a leaf. And then she would be up and moving again, pacing herself as if she were taking a ten mile walk.
Fiona flittered in and around us, dancing around us, spinning joyfully, peppering us with exclamations and questions: "Isn't the sky blue! I can't wait until I can go swimming. I need a new bathing suit. Can we have spaghetti for dinner? How long until Daddy comes home?"
Later, the girls started karate, and that spinning girl always remained in the back of my head. This gets a little closer to what I had in mind.
As I said, the pictures were taken seven years ago. I imagine I will make cards of the girls through their lifetimes, as they discover new stages of themselves.
What do you think? Not quite what I'd envisioned (the spinning figures were meant to be more transparent/translucent) but I like it. At the very least, it is a relief to get out of my head and onto paper an image that has been knocking around in my head for years.
Fiona - Community Card
I am the daughter always in motion, the spinner, the warrior, the dancer, the delight.
I remember when Fiona was four years old vividly. She was always spinning. I wrote, once, about a walk I took with the two girls around the block. Delia (barely two) lurched gravely along, diaper creaking, occasionally stopping to crouch to examine a bug, a stone, a leaf. And then she would be up and moving again, pacing herself as if she were taking a ten mile walk.
Fiona flittered in and around us, dancing around us, spinning joyfully, peppering us with exclamations and questions: "Isn't the sky blue! I can't wait until I can go swimming. I need a new bathing suit. Can we have spaghetti for dinner? How long until Daddy comes home?"
Later, the girls started karate, and that spinning girl always remained in the back of my head. This gets a little closer to what I had in mind.
As I said, the pictures were taken seven years ago. I imagine I will make cards of the girls through their lifetimes, as they discover new stages of themselves.
What do you think? Not quite what I'd envisioned (the spinning figures were meant to be more transparent/translucent) but I like it. At the very least, it is a relief to get out of my head and onto paper an image that has been knocking around in my head for years.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov. 26th, 2015 11:59 amI have many reasons to be grateful. One is that these two beautiful girls are home from college for the weekend.
Happy Thanksgiving from our household to yours.
Happy Thanksgiving from our household to yours.
Lovely Delia
Sep. 18th, 2015 07:25 pmHere is a picture of Delia that popped up on her Facebook page (posted here with her permission). My, she looks happy and elegant! I'm delighted to see her looking so well.
Peg and Fiona - Ren Fest 2014
Aug. 26th, 2014 11:50 pmIt was bloody hot, and I was exhausted by the time we got home, but it was still a wonderful time, as always.
Here are a couple of pics of the way we looked when we started the day. I had a new chemise by the time we got home, as my old one was about fifteen years old and the elastic was completely out of shape. In the selfie, you get an idea of Fiona's new haircut.
Here are a couple of pics of the way we looked when we started the day. I had a new chemise by the time we got home, as my old one was about fifteen years old and the elastic was completely out of shape. In the selfie, you get an idea of Fiona's new haircut.
Fiona is moving out
Aug. 2nd, 2014 12:32 pmShe slept in her new apartment last night and is back over here today, packing up a few more things. We have broken down the bed, because she is taking it with her.
(She has the cutest new haircut, a pixie hair cut which suits her gamine features beautifully. I asked to be allowed to post a picture, but she said, "Later, when I am not hot and sweaty and gross.")
She said that she and her roommates are well-stocked on kitchen things: "We have a popcorn popper. We have pots and pans. We have a slow cooker. We have a rice cooker. We have a waffle maker. We are real goddamn adults."
She has been going through her books, trying to decide what to take and what to cull. She took all her dearly beloved fantasy and fairytale books. I told her that we would be willing to store any she wants to keep that she doesn't want now but thinks she would want her own kids to read some day. I have given her my most treasured fairy tale book to take with her, Lona on the condition that she never ever sell it, that she keep it for her own child, or someone worthy, and that she hand it down to someone else only on the condition that they never sell it, but hand it to someone worthy. "Hand to God, I promise," she said. She knows how important it is. "And you also have visitation rights anytime you want to read it again."
This is really happening. My daughter is moving out.
(She has the cutest new haircut, a pixie hair cut which suits her gamine features beautifully. I asked to be allowed to post a picture, but she said, "Later, when I am not hot and sweaty and gross.")
She said that she and her roommates are well-stocked on kitchen things: "We have a popcorn popper. We have pots and pans. We have a slow cooker. We have a rice cooker. We have a waffle maker. We are real goddamn adults."
She has been going through her books, trying to decide what to take and what to cull. She took all her dearly beloved fantasy and fairytale books. I told her that we would be willing to store any she wants to keep that she doesn't want now but thinks she would want her own kids to read some day. I have given her my most treasured fairy tale book to take with her, Lona on the condition that she never ever sell it, that she keep it for her own child, or someone worthy, and that she hand it down to someone else only on the condition that they never sell it, but hand it to someone worthy. "Hand to God, I promise," she said. She knows how important it is. "And you also have visitation rights anytime you want to read it again."
This is really happening. My daughter is moving out.
Happy birthday, Delia!
Jun. 24th, 2014 05:40 pmWe can't spend this VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY with her because Miss Delia is off on a mission trip with kids from her church in Colorado. But we'll celebrate when she gets back!
In the meantime, here are some pictures that we displayed during her graduation party, both of the adorable baby she was, and the beautiful young woman she has become. So proud of you, honey!
In the meantime, here are some pictures that we displayed during her graduation party, both of the adorable baby she was, and the beautiful young woman she has become. So proud of you, honey!
Just because
Oct. 21st, 2013 06:28 pmI like these pictures, which were taken at Infinitus in 2010. Rob found them poking around the HPEF Flickr website.
© 2010 HPEF, all rights reserved. Free for private, non-commercial, use only. Please credit Jenn Racek and HPEF if photos are printed, published or reposted in any form.
© 2010 HPEF, all rights reserved. Free for private, non-commercial, use only. Please credit Jenn Racek and HPEF if photos are printed, published or reposted in any form.
A Side by Side Comparison
Jun. 8th, 2013 07:04 pmA friend of mine, David LaRochelle, recently posted a picture of me on Facebook when I was Fiona's age (20). Compare it to the picture taken of Fiona earlier today (still with the long hair). My hair at the time was about exactly the same length.
Fiona, of course, probably has better dress sense than I did at that age...although you do have to remember, it was the 1980s.
Fiona, of course, probably has better dress sense than I did at that age...although you do have to remember, it was the 1980s.
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Fiona makeover!
Jun. 8th, 2013 06:03 pmFiona decided that since she's going abroad, she wanted a change. So she made a big one!
Her reaction: "I look about five years older. And I am no longer swishy, but sproingy."
Her reaction: "I look about five years older. And I am no longer swishy, but sproingy."
A couple of family pics from Sunday
Mar. 20th, 2013 07:48 pmForgot to post these: a couple of family pictures from after the matinee performance on Sunday.
Adorable daughters are adorable
Mar. 19th, 2013 08:05 amGoing out for cupcakes after A Midsummer Night's Dream with our adorable girls.
Little Black Dress Friday
Mar. 1st, 2013 08:05 amIt's been awhile since I posted one of these. It's a little blurry, but yes, I'm still wearing the dress every Friday. And I felt I look pretty good today.
Delia this morning
Mar. 1st, 2013 07:18 amDelia, in the hallway, showing off her newest acquisition: "I love my new jeans."
Me (jaw dropping) "Delia, those jeans really love you!"
Me (jaw dropping) "Delia, those jeans really love you!"
Dinner with Fiona!
Feb. 9th, 2013 08:57 pmPicked her up and we had dinner at Highland Grill, where we had a wonderful discussion about being nerds and Fiona gorged on Nutella French Toast.
Damn, girl....
Feb. 1st, 2013 09:26 pmThis was the outfit I wore to our office (belated) holiday party last week.
I felt I looked pretty damn fabulous, if I do say so myself. I've reached my goal weight. And I had found that lovely top at a consignment shop a mere hour previously.
I felt I looked pretty damn fabulous, if I do say so myself. I've reached my goal weight. And I had found that lovely top at a consignment shop a mere hour previously.
A comment from Delia today
Dec. 12th, 2012 06:52 pmDelia bounced into the bathroom tonight, surveyed her outfit in the mirror, and popped her head out into the hallway and said in a tone of pleased surprise: "Mom! I'm smoking hot!"
Fiona shows off new acquisitions
Aug. 25th, 2012 08:05 pmFiona went to the Renaissance Faire today and bought a new chemise and skirt to go with her awesome leather bodice and hat.
She looks loverly.
She looks loverly.
