Welcome to Life's a Blog the blog of Story of Life Photography. My name is Dalia and other than my 3 children, photography is my passion. I am a natural light, on-location photographer of newborns, babies, and children. I work in Northern New Jersey and New York. Here you will find sneak peaks from my latest clients, pictures of my kids, silly musings with my friends, general ramblings about things that interest me....and of course my love for photography. I love to take pictures, read books about photography, talk to my friends about photography. I love to learn how edit pictures, manipulate colors and lightening. Just about everything about taking pictures and making them better. I adore babies and photographing them. I love kids and the challenges and joys of capturing them in the moment. I love natural backgrounds in the city and in the country. I want your photo session to be fun, simple, and relaxed. I love to capture real-life memories and stories. I would love to photograph your kids and capture some memories for you. Give me a call.
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today we went to ikea for the dollar plate, how we ended up spending over $20 is beyond me but that is how it goes. Anyway one of the things I really wanted to do was to go to the red mill.
mill
So the old mill is now in the middle of the biggest shopping areas in NJ. This tiny small piece of land is all that remains and it is in the middle of shoppers heaven. It lies on the saddle river trail which is a great place to walk and bike. The kids LOVED this old mill. They ran and jumped and climbed through small openings. Sam said it was the best day ever!! It is great to be 7 and be pleased so easily! LOL love that kid!!
The 4th grade project in Max’s school is an artist project. Each student chooses an artist, researches the artist and replicates one of the artist’s paintings. Max chose Van Gogh. He is so excited about this project. I don’t think he has ever been into a project as much as this one. He wants to paint all the time. We even took the kids to the Met and Max could name almost all the artists in the great art hall. He is happily working on this project without complaining and that makes me so happy!! Inspired by Amy, I am trying to do more “day in the life” photography.
Here goes.
While the origins of Purim appear clear from the Book of Esther, historians have looked in vain for any sort of extra-biblical corroboration of the events of the story. Be that as it may, it is a tale that purports to take place during a time when many Jews were living in Persia. A young Jewish woman, Esther, rises to be Queen of Persia under the tutelage of her guardian Mordecai. All, however, is not right. The Jews have enemies, and a certain Haman, the grand vizier, plots the Jews’ destruction. Even though Esther has hidden her Jewish identity from all, Mordecai prevails on her to risk her life by revealing her true identity to the king. She does this and denounces the evil Haman’s plot. At the end of the story, the Jews are able to turn the tables on their enemies, who are then punished in place of the intended victims. This story is one of the most beloved in the Jewish community, because of the hope that it gives a minority living in an oftentimes hostile majority culture.
Rachel’s Purim celebration was rescheduled due to the snow and was today. Here is my sweet little princess/barbie/fairy.
playing with some sunflowers I got for Rachel’s bday and a gift from Cheryl.
I have such great friends!! xoxoxo
