My newest inspiration

I must admit that I have been having a hard time keeping up with blogging and my photography in general, but I swear that I have a good excuse!

My son is now just over 9 months old and has been keeping me very busy. I'm loving every minute of being a mommy (...well maybe except for the 2am wake up calls), but alas it seems as though my image subject matter is changing. So I'm making my grand entrance as Nature girl: baby photographer! Definitely not my forte, but my neighborhood seems to be seriously lacking in grizzly bear and bobcat populations.

So here are a couple of my favorites of my handsome little man and I'm sure there will be many more to come.



Freda Mountain

 Last week I dragged my 7 month post partum butt up Freda Mountain in an epic 4.5 hour hike to the summit. The hike was even steeper than I remember, and I wanted to turn around several times.

The trails cklimbs through Old growth cypress and Mountain hemlock stands into a boggy subapline section with flowering pink and white mountian heather and White Rhododendron before emerging onto the Alpine ridge.

The bugs were nearly unbearable and both Jordan, Kyra and I were bleeding and swollen from numerous Black fly bites. There was still a ton of snow through the alpine sections of the trail- way more than past times we have done this hike.

The summit of this moutnain provides an amazing 360 degree view of the coast mountain range as well as the ocean and Vancouver Island and is covered in loose fragmented rock.

In all the hike took us 9 hours return, mostly due to my poor, out of shape, post-baby body, and I was sore for a full 7 days after!