More photos of King William homes on my facebook page

First Friday is an art walk in the galleries just south of downtown San Antonio in the King William/Southtown ditrict.  Held on, you guessed it, the first friday of every month.

September is San Antonio’s month to  celebrate photography known as “Fotoseptiembre”.

Maybe it was just me, but I expected more from a city the size of San Antonio.  It was allright but it could’ve been great.  However….

What I enjoyed at September’s First Friday

1.  Strolling  through the King WIlliam District where the homes are majestic and historic and you breathe in the air that is thick with old San Antonio.  The afternoon rain had cooled the streets for the first time in months and the breeze made my steps a little lighter.  Enchanting

2. Photography at @Blue Star

There were some inspiring pieces there.  This one by Helen Maurene Cooper intrigued me in particular

I really really really wish that I had taken this picture.  There is so much in it that just makes me want to keep looking and wondering. Jealous.

More of these photos are on facebook

I graduated with my Early Childhood Education degree a little over a year ago and I am not a teacher.

Even though I really love what I get to do now, it still sometimes bums me out that I haven’t put the degree to functional use aside from my parenting.

I studied children with a passion.  I delved into readings on cognitive development and learning styles. I often take for granted how much I enjoy being around children, and getting to interact and relate with them.

But today I understood that photographing children is the little niche where my interests can come together.

On this photoshoot I felt those nuances of child observation seeping up.  I spent some play time with each child individually, looking for their personal little traits to come through and for them to get comfortable with me.   Then I could just watch for the moment that they reacted to the fun time we were having.

In those moments of play children become themselves.

I felt so privileged that these children wanted to hold my hand and give me hugs and enjoyed spending some play time with me.  And I got to bond some with two new loving little people.  I hope I gave them them something they can look at when they aren’t so little and still make them smile.

More Krav Maga photos on my facebookpage

Today my neck was super sore and for half a moment I thought “hmm…I must of slept wrong”.  Then I quickly reevaluated my day and realized that I spent the morning being repeatedly put into a headlock and flipped around.

And I did this voluntarily.

And regularly do.

Just another day at Krav Maga: my favorite stress relief/entertainment/physical exercise/cognitive exercise/skill set/way to spend the morning.

Krav Maga and I found each other about 6 months ago and have been inseparable ever since.

As I get more comfortable toting my camera around fighters I will post photos and share with you more about exactly what goes on in my adventures in ninja training.

Here are a couple from today’s class.  We went over Headlocks from the side defense.

Also…I’ve finally created a facebook fan page.

LOVE my lovely job!

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