Yesterday was a gorgeous day and today is going to be fantastic! It's springtime in the midwest and this, plus the great people, is the reason we live in the heartland. Trees are budding, birds are singing, life doesn't get much better than this!
This is the time of year when the sweetest flowers bloom. Already having shown their pretty faces are daffodils and crocus. Tulips are popping up as we speak, as are grape hyacinth; rose of Sharon, dogwood trees and that thorny tree by the pond we think is a Russian Olive are all in bloom. I have a May favorite though. I wait for it all year long...the uncommonly beautiful scent of the common lilac is my favorite smell. I can close my eye and remember the smell the sweet scent of the lilac bushes that will explode onto the local landscape in the next week. Filled with anticipation of the fleeting fragrance, I know I will have my nose to the air to savor a years worth of the lilac scent on the May breeze.
It is also the time of wedding, graduations, proms and a summer of celebration. We have already started the wedding season and it has been wonderful. Brides, beautiful in their gowns, grooms dressed in tuxes, it's all a part of any wedding, spring, summer, winter or fall. Love blooms in all seasons and we are there to capture the lasting memories, be that the scent of the bouquet of the bride, or the taste of the wedding cake shared by all, our photographs will help you keep the memories of your loved ones, be that in a wedding, family portrait, senior portrait or reunion, as fresh in your mind as lilacs in spring.
Remember, Mother's Day is just around the corner and Father's Day follows quickly. Give the gift of memories this year. Portraits last for generations and they are a legacy for our children's children.