twelve months gone by

january

habit :: corolla :: wild horses on the beach :: furniture :: baby shower :: traveling alone with my girl :: painting in the living room :: baking baguettes

february

new york city :: meeting amisha :: making valentines :: yellow week :: the 100th day of school at home :: new york again :: more painting in the living room :: sweet potato pound cake

march

green week :: erin's visit :: gocco swapping (finally) :: globetrotters :: sorting fountain pens :: penuche cake :: molly's book signing :: boston :: a new nephew :: maple syrup :: a finished hat :: sorting paintings :: bench monday :: girl + tripod + remote = 144 self-portraits of a 6 year old

april

thomas run :: paintings delivered to the gallery :: uncle morton's visit :: little league :: passover seder :: israel :: mitzpeh ramon :: hamburgers in haifa :: clothesline

may

mom's birthday party :: 72 cupcakes :: rubber duckies + kazoos :: more little league :: grilling :: another baby shower :: even the horizon :: bonfire :: campfires in the back yard :: make your own sushi :: planting the garden :: b.'s solo in the play :: painting bottles and jars :: painting at stoneworth

june

the school year finally comes to a close :: hail :: dinner with a friend from london :: csa :: stop motion video :: 50 mm lens :: felted rock :: corn on the cob :: monoprinting :: echoes :: hyacinth necklaces :: corolla :: broken lens :: camp

july

outdoor movies :: peach-plum crisp :: farmer's markets :: sagamore :: sleep overs :: swimming pools :: painting at thomas run :: caleb stine :: artscape :: burrow house brunch :: prints of my paintings

august 

sleepout :: brownies :: swimming at molly's :: grilling with coddles + urchins :: cape cod :: kayacking :: counselor dinner :: the beach collection :: kids visit grandparents :: photo shoot :: capture the flag :: state fair

september 

back to school :: weekend holidays :: morning trip to the philadelphia zoo :: cello lessons :: photoshoot :: apple pie :: 10 :: italian food + ice cream :: stoop stories :: breadcrumbs in the stream at the farm :: the baseball game

october

building the sukkah :: twinkle lights :: tomato soup :: painting rachel's dishes :: long weekend in maine :: campfires :: painted toenails :: seaweed :: hiking :: conquering the edge :: popovers :: anniversary lillies :: painting the golden light :: piles of leaves :: lost teeth :: sewing tentacles

november

the golden light collection :: schools :: birthday party :: ice cream cake :: tumblr :: lego store :: artful blogging :: picture parent :: birthday :: guitar strap :: making ravioli :: japanese steakhouse :: thanksgiving :: visit from the z.s :: camp dinner at eden mill :: hiking at irvine :: art market

december

prepping paintings for frames :: dinner party :: safety induction :: girl scouts visit the police station :: hanukkah :: potato latkes :: buying for a family in need :: making donuts :: sleepovers :: new york city :: mary poppins :: cousins :: the pause in time :: more lost teeth :: snow! :: caramel corn :: chess :: dinner by candle light :: stack 'em high :: outer banks

Comments

[shari]

all of these reflections warm my heart. happy new year!

[cloth.paper.string | sarah]

i LOVE your retrospective, emily! happy new year to you.

[bright and blithe]

the image from April is positively wonderful. a very happy new year to you and yours.

[Mama Urchin]

So glad I got to be part of that year, 4 times. In 2010 let's make it more.

[Lecia]

Happy 2010...thank you for sharing your beautiful 2009. xo

[Denise @ Chez Danisse]

Wonderful, all of it! I especially love the elephant glass and the perfect apple pie.

[erin]

oh, emily! i love the way you have looked back! here's to 2010 - it's going to be a great year. xo.

[Katie]

This is completely beautiful, Emily. Happy 2010 to you!

[Elizabeth]

How beautifully you have recapped your year. May 2010 be just as full. (I love that photo of the shells!)

[leslie]

love love love this, emily.happy new year!xxoo

[leya]

love this post. such a wonderful year of photos and events. xoxo

[Grace]

This is fantastic! What a year! I should copy you.

[amisha]

happy new year, emily. i hope that 2010 is a beautiful year for you! (and so happy to have been a part of your february- hope that 2010 brings another visit!) xo

[nikki]

What a year, this is such a lovely post!

[molly]

i didn't see this until just now. and i love it.

[Isabelle]

This is wonderful. I love that so many of your photos look like paintings - especially August and December.

[annamaria]

Amazing images-Happy New Year-Annamaria :)

[vintage simple]

Thank you for sharing your year through your wonderful photography... I especially like the pie and the lights around the sukkah... Beautiful. Happy new beginnings, Emily. May 2010 bring you as much inspiration and calm as these photos here...

-maria

[gracia]

A magical year so beautifully summarized.

[my spatula]

wow, beyond lovely...love, love this space of yours.

[writer]

The best thing I love about photos is concept. And these are so great that I can't even express it. My pleasure.
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