The One (and probably the first of many) with Gemma

I haven't had much time for *artsy* photography lately due to the arrival of Gemma Natalie Shealy on May 7. However, my camera has been getting more use than ever, also due to arrival of Gemma. So as a compromise, I'm posting a couple of the more artsy photos I've taken of the little baby girl. I'm planning to do a black & white photo shoot of her sometime soon (assuming I get up the energy to do so), so maybe this blog will have another post sometime soon. Doubtful.

I added this last picture because it's just hilarious.

The One Where We Plant Some Flowers

I guess we decided we didn't have enough projects to do with a baby coming at any moment, so we randomly decided to plant a bunch of flowers last night! I went ahead and snapped a few pics this morning, hoping to catch them before they all die, which is likely to happen at any moment as well. But for now they look really pretty!

The One at Old St. Andrews Parish Church

The One at the Beach

We went for a walk out at Sullivan's Island this morning and enjoyed the nice weather and I got the chance to snap a few photos.

The One with the Roses

Our pink roses (which, like Melman, we also thought were dead) have started blooming this week. We've realized that only pink plants seem to survive at our house (which of course, I am okay with).

The One with the Weird Pond

There is this totally weird looking pond at the very front of our neighborhood that has these horrible looking trees sprouting up out of the water for no apparent reason. I hate those trees; they drive the OCD part of me insane. But I was bored and looking for a new photography spot, so I headed over there for a while this afternoon. I got some surprisingly good photos despite the crappiness of the pond.

The One with the Swamp

I thought about calling this one "The One Where I Exercise Bad Judgment and Wander Around in a Random Swamp," which would be a more appropriate title, but that was just too long. So I will just put a disclaimer. I was bored and feeling hormonal, so I decided to cheer myself up by going to take a few pictures. I had seen this really pretty tree up the street with pink blooms, so I planned for just a short walk to get some pictures of the tree. Since I was planning on a short walk, I didn't bother to change out of my flip flops (and these weren't even my good Rainbows; these were my rubber & cloth SC flops). After I hit up the tree, I decided to scope out the pond for ducks since I had the bigger lens on my camera today, and the pond was only a bit further. As I was at the pond, I noticed a path winding through the swamp. I figured, hey, why not, so I started walking down it. Like I said, probably not the smartest idea for several reasons: a) I'm wearing really flimsy flip flops, b) I don't have my cell and no one knows where I am, c) I don't really even know where I am having never been through this random swamp before, and d) I'm ginormously pregnant. Ignoring all of this, I plow my way through the swamp. It ended up being really awesome and I took about 200 pictures, most of which turned out really great, so either I'm going to have to be really choosy about what I post here, or I'm just going to be posting swamp pictures pretty much every day for the next month. The craziest part of the whole thing was when I got all the way to the end of the path through the swamp and it opened up into this huge, gorgeous pond. I felt like I had wandered into Narnia or something (except post-White-Witch, as it fortunately was not winter there). Anyway, I give you my swamp photos (I promise they are better than that sounds)!