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More Leica M9 shots...

Ah, how I am enjoying these Leica shots...
Such a high quality... such great colors... sharpness... I should be hooked. Really hooked.
Good thing I learned to detach myself from all these earthly pleasures...

Oh, who am I kidding. Of course I'm buying it for my birthday. May be not the upcoming one, but who knows!

I was told to order it now, because apparently (even though all online shops claim it ships within 14 days) it takes months to get it (boy, I hope that was a big exaggeration!). But I know my favorite store will get it for me fast enough. They are cool that way..

So this is still in the backyard...

And from 'burbs into the city we go... one of the coolest buildings in the city - Reuters. So photogenic..

With my eyes - I was hoping he was giving ME the look, but oh well.

Just a shot of Times Square. All details very sharp when it's blown up on my screen.

Nice range huh?..

Until we meet again... have a Magical Day!

Sometimes it is all about the tool at hand...

Thanks to Unique Photo - the friendly neighborhood's camera store in Fairfield NJ - I had my greedy little hands on Leica M9 for quite a few hours (productive hours).

Like a good girl, first thing I did was to... charge the battery, yes, but also - download the user manual. What can I say. Written in German and translated to English - it became impossible for me to easily comprehend, and since I wasn't looking to do anything particularly fancy with it, I turned to a tried and true, as well as my personal favorite, method of learning - "Scientific Poke Around".
By a third day I guess I somewhat mastered it. Of course being lucky as I am, it was raining that day, so what you see is what you get from the first day or two.

I should probably write a review on it, but since I already admitted that I haven't read the user manual, and taking into account that by now so many good [reviews] are already out there, like this one here, for example - about differences between rangefinders and SLRs, so if you are curious, go ahead, give Google a try.

Just a couple of pics that actually came out worthy of showing...
Enjoy and have a magical day!

Pink and gray - my favorite color combination of all time. Green messed it all up for me.. boo. But what colors! wow..

Here I was checking for sharpness with smallest aperture available. Very cool to shoot with shutterspeed of 1/15 and still hand held sharp! That's one giant BIGGIE for me on the list of goodies..

This one's just yummy:

Truly yours...

I should really go and take a nap now. Tomorrow is a big day and this post is, of course, scheduled to run tomorrow morning, when you wake up!

4am. Still no sleep....

In a dreamland, where there are no schedules, deadlines or other pressing things - I will find myself one day in bliss.
I won't worry about snoozing through the next busy day or failing to put the right jeans on early in the morning, when the sleep finally catches up with me.
Woke up in the middle of the night, only to find my brain clicking away at all the unresolved stuff I had carried around in my head for weeks, typically - unable to spare time for any of it. In 15 minutes or less (just like in a dream) - I came up with concepts and plans for the next 6 months of my existence. Well, actually, I think I did it for at least next 5 years, but you know how things usually get a bit blurry after 6 months, and plans become more of a computer program rather than a to-do list.
If... Then... Else... And What Not.

Oh, but the planning part is so important. I remember a few years ago attempting a draft of my first ever business plan. When all that failed one try after another I concluded to myself - this stuff has never worked for me, I'll just... "wing it". Now looking back it is clear that I would never get anywhere if I didn't have some sort of a plan. Only I prefer the word - Vision. It keeps changing, it keeps perfecting itself. You will re-write, review, re-address pretty much everything and the secret is to stay flexible and in allowing these things evolve. "If it ain't on our list we ain't doing it" attitude should be replaced with something more open minded. Not necessarily "anything goes", but perhaps a perfect balance between the two will compliment your personal and/or business growth nicely.
For a photographer - your style would never be the same if you have never shot a wedding or a birthday party and saw what dynamics affect the image. If you never photographed a bug or reflections in puddles to understand how commitment to creativity develops the eye.
Growth spurs are the best, they are like windows being wide open on the first real spring day, when everything smiles at you, when all the lights seem to turn green wherever you go, and the birds seem to sing your favorite songs.
All of that said, I still have no sleep and I guess I'm off to do more writing in my "business plan" folder. File never turned out to be enough, I'm too random and unstructured. Yes, I'm awesome that way.
I guess I'll just milk it while it's pouring. These few precious hours sure will save me many a brainstorming session in the coming months.

And you... You have yourself a Magical Day!

Black eyed beauty - photographer's treat...

What a great networking night yesterday!

If you are a "creative" you have got to check these people out. The group just keeps getting better and better. The next meeting is in April and the speaker, I know for a fact, is going to kill it. Last night we got to hang out at the local brewery, had a tour, tasting and some pretty cool new people to meet. Then the owner, Rick, made a remarkable presentation about brewery, Sam Adams and the industry in general. I, personally, thought the man is a speaking genius. By the way, they do tours on Fridays, so go check them out if you are a beer geek. I certainly am not, but it's pleasant to watch someone's passion develop and transpire.
Join the group on:
Meetup.com and/or LinkedIn


I am still recovering with my foot (broke and sprained it about a month ago...), so didn't take any pictures (I thought I was lucky I could stand for more than 10 minutes). So, I AM getting better, but certainly not "there" yet. It is strange how things work out. When I had both healthy feet I barely had time to meet people and now.. They show up in my life even though I don't seem to be going anywhere. Universe just keeps working in its miraculous ways, huh..

In other news - check out this brave young woman who gracefully posed for me and my friend - for the 1st time in her life! Can you tell? No.. Because she is what my friend called "a natural". 

Well connected to the camera and a person behind it, good listener and soo beautiful. Sometimes I think what else is necessary, really, to start modeling - just watch and listen what you're asked to do, you will be just fine. Gotta be brave though. Not everybody expresses with their body freely when the shutter starts clicking. Being comfortable when you are being recorded in any way is a good skill to develop for everyone. Just like speaking in public, really... Will you freeze? Or will you let go and enjoy the process?

And the last but not least. There are a lot of great camera reviews out there, but this one got my attention, because it is anything but ordinary. And check out the video guy - he is wearing his Canon on a Nikon strap, which kinda rocks, because I really like folks for whom Nikon versus Canon is just Tool1 versus Tool2.

Have a magical day, my friends and ... Enjoy this spring!

Come on - it's supposed to be February!

No, don't get me wrong - I'm not upset. I just sympathize with my friends who gave away their hard-earned for the seasonal mountain passes. Now they have to go snowboard in... where... Canada?

As for me - I couldn't be happier. Warm winter saved us all a lot of workout (snow cleaning), some dough (didn't need to install the remote starter on my car.. yay!).


As of this morning, it is officially spring. In my world, that is.
The day I sat on the balcony, barefoot, without jacket, and felt a bit too warm in my sweat shirt? Admit it - it's spring!
Love is in the air and what not...

I can't deny myself a pleasure of having coffee outside. And writing my morning pages. And you shouldn't either. Do whatever pleases you the most - every day - and who knows? May be it'll all turn out good after all.

Have a magical day, my friends!

Winter break is over

And even though we barely had any winter (I see more good in it than bad, sorry my snowboarding friends ;)) - it was a well deserved break.

Now, where were we?

Is it holidays yet?

Since internet stopped this whole "you gotta know somebody in order to know something" nonsense, here's a cool find that came into my feed burner today:

Christmas drinks from around the globe

Which one's your favorite?

To this short list I must add a famous drink from where I come from - mulled wine - it is very much respected and is somewhat disrespectfully consumed by thousands and thousands all around the world during winter and the holidays. Spices warm up the body, heal cold and soul.
Here's the recipe. I never follow it to the letter, but you can start with these measurements and play as it goes.

.8 bottle of Cabernet/Merlot/Whatever red wine you choose
is heated up in a pan together with
- 3 large spoons of sugar
- 3 slices of lemon
- about 7 of those little smelly things the name of which I can't remember, but let me look it up in the dictionary
- 5 - 7 cardamom seeds
- ginger (I use powdered... 1/2 teaspoon or so)
- cinnamon sticks (I put a lot of!)

Don't overheat. Turn off just before it starts boiling and serve in mugs! Happy Holidays~

PS: another cool infographic showing a history of the Christmas tree as it started in 15th century in Latvia

Challenge - day 6... and QR* codes!

Aaaaannnd... Sunrise again!

I love mornings because you almost never wake up anxious, but almost always go to bed a little bit distraught. Meditation helps, but I would be living someone else's life if I said that I do it EVERY night.

Today, after reading an article on how QR codes can potentially cause a security threat (only potentially yet, or so I understood...) I learned how to make my own QR code, it was much easier than I anticipated, and also - absolutely FREE.

So I went to Kaywa, typed in the URL I want to point to with this code and voila!

Click here to 'like' our business page!

Or you can scan it with your smartphone, like I do (QRReader for iPhone for example), but there's nowhere to scan it from ;), unless you have one of my new business cards that may or may not include that on the back...

So, basically, for "Sigen Photography", so far - it is pretty useless. But how cool, eh?

The link you're pointing to better be mobile optimized, otherwise another pointless situation arises.

All in all, I don't yet see the use of it. So I scan something with my phone - then what? I still go to a computer to do any real reading, or research, or shopping.

Yawn.
Is it time to go sleep yet? Hah... back to work chica!

* QR or Quick Response code is a two-dimensional bar code that is scanned and understood by a cellphone camera. Of course you need an app for that as well. Once the QR code is scanned, the app directs you to the webpage it's attached to, for example.

Challenge - day 5

My Facebook friends have already seen this one. And if you haven't - here you go. The boy was helping me photograph the beautiful sunset and picked some wildflowers. In those two days of driving around I have been finding these in all sorts of places...

Tomorrow is Friday, I think I missed a day this week - where did it go?
That's what happens when the fall comes. Some people tighten up, toughen up - a lot to do before end of the year. And I will go get ready in a second as well. There's things to do, challenges to face and the best of all - being a mommy to a wonderful boy who is trying so hard to grow up faster. Stop stop - not so fast little one! First - I need to make you proud, then there will be your turn.

Have a magical day my friends!

Don't forget to look me up on Facebook.com/irina.smirnova and to like our page under Sigen Photography.

Challenge - day 4

Today was a good day.
Things are coming together and I seem to finally come to what I've been telling all new start ups that ask me for tips. GET A GOOD TEAM. Alone you can only do so much. When there's two of you doing work - it doesn't multiply by just two, it becomes more like a four. And when you assemble the perfect team, well, then things just get cracking.

It doesn't mean, of course, that I'm a big expert on running business, god - no!! But at some point I got tired of expressing that to everyone who looked up to me, and I said to myself - "you got something to tell them - so tell them!". After all, sharing in the experience is what we're all here for.

My team is finally coming together and I am very happy to conclude... that everything is only beginning!

Not much more to share at this point, stay tuned and check back, or better yet - add this blog to your feed burner or subscribe to receive e-mails when I post.

A little simpler photo for today...

Have a wonderful week!

Challenge - day 3

This one will be rather quick, because they are waiting for me at the kid's birthday party :)
And yes, I'm taking my camera for some cool candid shots...

This one should be a lot of fun, they are taking us to some farm with pumpkins and monster trucks... can't wait!

And here the photo - enjoy...

Since today is Sunday, I don't expect that you are at home in this gorgeous weather, so I will leave this post without any usual meaningful remarks, even though it is very hard for me not to say anything smart right now.

In case you didn't get it - that meant to be a joke. A very smart joke. Apparently.

I guess I better go.

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Challenge - day 2

Today was an unusual day. In a way that... I did everything that I would expect myself to usually do on a Saturday. Only, I never do any of these things.

I guess it's a good start to something new.

Here's today's "challenge" photo. Lucked out with this one...

You know, you drive around all day in Pennsylvania, you think - there's nothing to take a GORGEOUS picture of, except for people around you, but for some reason they refuse to participate in all the fun, they call you "paparazzi" and what not...

And then you pull out of your own driveway, and see this...

And you put the car on the reverse and back it up, grab the tripod and the camera, swap the lenses...

And forget that you were supposed to be going out for dinner, and you wear this gorgeous long skirt with heels and what not. And your earrings get stuck in camera gear...

But you are one with it all...

Challenge... and beautiful landscapes...

I don't know if you know this about me - but I can never be challenged. Even if I agree to that - I can never follow through. Don't ask..

And this time, I'm putting up my own - to entertain you for a week with a new beautiful landscape photo that I took within a month. That's hard! Believe me. Once you turn "professional", there's never time to do what you actually wanted to do as a professional.

That's why my first tip to everyone starting out is - write a business plan. It seems like an overhead, but that's something I should have done 3 years ago. I have it now - and love it. It keeps changing at least once a month... and it's hard to follow, but I know it'll work, because my heart is in it, and, most importantly, my vision.

All the words aside...

Here's the Day 1 photograph. Taken in a cute little PA town, the name of which I refuse to post here for convenience purposes:

I'm back! Missed me yet?

So.. the whole summer has come and gone and I have shamelessly forgotten all about my blog! Though if you'd know what I've been through, you would understand. And now that things are finally cooling down and I can see my path again clearer - welcome back ME!

He said he'll be a pilot too..

Summer fun and little boy growing up to be smarter than me


Well, that's expected. My son is my favorite teacher. I can look through his eyes at everything I do and judge from his perspective - just to get that sheltering feeling of comfort that I'm heading in the right direction. I wanted to post some pictures here, but realized that I'm typing this from a wireless device again and I have none with me. So I pulled some from Facebook via my phone. What have we been doing all our lifes without smart phones??










He has just started new school year (again?! Where did the summer go?). Just like last year - he refused to display any signs of affection in front of the school building. All he did is pose for a picture. Hm.. that didn't work out too well for him, did it..

Work and studio improvements

I'm very happy to share with you that the building is still there and we still have our studio. Even though we were very seriously considering the move, we are still in Neuman Leathers old building on Observer Hwy in Hoboken NJ.
We have also scheduled little improvement projects, including some cosmetic and structural changes. Coming for a visit?

August has been blissfully slow and I was able to catch up on some rest, joy and laughter. Although I don't physically feel rested, because things still remained Non-Stop - I definitely feel rejuvenated and energized. Thanks to You-Know-Who ;)

Re-branding and website re-design are well under way... watch out for changes soon. I hope you like them. I mean - changes in general. I do, I even love when Facebook changes. Even though the whole world seems to drop into exasperation every time they upgrade something.

Drawing is like writing. Writing is like drawing.

Last night I posted something PRETTY AWESOME about myself and my writing process and that got re-tweeted by several people right away. Even though I felt very special... internet is weird.
Also, I noticed that when I write - I wish I could write better. And when I draw - I wish I could draw better. Therefore I have decided to make efforts and improve on those skills. Meanwhile, you'll have to read what I write in the way I write now. But that may never change and you'll simply need to accept that fact. Because some things don't change.

Oh, and I also JUMPED out of the perfectly good airplane


That was my birthday surprise to myself. Just because I'm awesome that way. I have a video of that somewhere, but if I promise to post it, then I'll never get to it. So here's a couple of pics taken by Chad @ "Skydive Sussex"

The most beautiful sunset view I had experienced

Best face massage ever! Ladies - listen.

Last but not least - something useful

Found a cool article on Mashable today about readability. If you are anything like me - you have a feed reader set up and are subscribed to them. And I don't need to tell you what to do. Just wanted to comment again, that the more I learn - the stronger the feeling that I know less and less comparing to the amount of all available knowledge out there. What to do??? I'm simply giving up...

Also, that's why you see what you see in the post today. I'm trying to look smarter than I am. Is this more readable than just a bunch of paragraphs? I think so.

Have a wonderful week! I have just deserved my coffee break.

Cheese, cherries and white bread

"I choose to live a simpler life."
This weekend I went to visit my friend Caro in Quebec. Just the anticipation of being together again, hearing her laughter, be quiet together, swim in the lake, share simple food, exchange thoughts on spirituality, life and men (oh yeah!) - brings me into a place I want to be. Peaceful, detached and complete.
AND I get to meet her family!

First night we spent in a gorgeous two story house in downtown Montreal. I slept like a baby - completely uninterupted - right in the middle of a gorgeous empty room. And when I awoke, the streets were already alive.

I took some photos of the house while my friends caught up on their sleep. Walked around all over the place with my iPhone - I wanted to remember every little detail of this beautiful home. By the way, when someone recently asked me what is my favorite camera, I didn't have to think too long - it's my phone, of course. And why, you will ask... Because it's simply always "there".

And then, when they awoke, we took off to Sherbrooke, it's my friend's hometown - tonight there's a big festival by the lake and we are going to walk around, listen to music, indulge our taste buds, spend money on arts and crafts... I, personally, will stare at people, photograph and melt like butter in the sun from all the beautiful french sounds reaching my ears.

But for now there is smell of the summer. Swimming in a huuuuge lake near the house, quiet conversations, laughter and cute little noises by Caro's little nephew. Playing a little bit of the piano, they have same one as me...

I am complete.....

PS: I can't help but repeat over and over again, that there's nothing more precious in my life than my wonderful friends. I have been blessed with opportunity to meet and befriend some truly unique and amazing people.
And they in turn introduce me to their friends and I feel that there's nothing else in the world to do, but enjoy each others company.

I've got internet, but not the computer, so... No pictures for now :). May be some other time..

Little things...

Some things in life you can just never have. So when someone says 'everything is possible' - should you take it with a grain of salt or not?

Here's what I thought:
I'm old enough to claim that I will probably never celebrate my 40th wedding anniversary with the man I admire. Not in a hot sleek red dress at least hahahah. But who knows... May be the time WILL stop... So. Never say 'never'.

Enjoying what you have sometimes may take an effort, but humor took us through a lot (so far).
Here's something much less thoughtful, but precious nevertheless:

At the sushi place with my son the other day...

Me: can I have a ta... Wait... Did you just spit into your miso soup?
A: *laughs and snorts*
Me: I was just about to ask if I can have a taste of your miso soup and you went and spat in it?
A: *slides down his seat scorched with laughter*
(I'm telling you. Entertaining kids is not my piece of bread. I don't get their sense of humor...)
A: *stops laughing, giggles* but you have same germs as me!
Me: who said so??
A: YOU did!

(ahh)

Have a magical Friday, my friends and I will see you when I see you!

Law of attraction in action! Random thoughts from today...

First I buy a bunch of gear for road trips and camping...
Then I decide to go on a road trip so I can use it all.

Yeah, that's exactly how it works with thoughts too! You tell yourself long enough you are a ermmm... Singer, for instance - and you end up being one, just because you thought of it so much, and now you better be one!

Today, as I laid out all my gadgetry in the car and we took off - my son was watching his movie on a portable dvd player that I used for previews at shoots. And I thought to myself... Well, I already wrote what I thought.

On the other note -

For the first time in my life saw a real submarine (Penn's Landing in Philly). It's a museum, we got to go down and all. Conversation with my son:

Me: I cannot believe this is the 1st time I see a real sub. I'm pretty old, for Pete's sake!
A: yes, I cannot believe that either. Even I already saw some..
Me: I should probably make a wish.
A: make a wish.
Me: all right, I'm making a wish.
...
Me: do you wanna know what I just wished for?
A: yes.
Me: to see more submarines - these things are phenomenal!
A: now your wish won't come true, cause you told me.
Me: ah, boo... I better stay long enough in this last one then.

I think they should have it in a "Please Touch" museum. Although some things on it I would not!

Tomorrow we are seeing Mummies. Stay tuned...

On skydiving and letting go...

So this is what happens when you try to raise standards in unnatural way!
Back in April I decided that I need to focus my blog on more relatable topics and... I ran out of posts, I guess.

Today I'm back with a whole new perspective. Well, it's old, but strongly reinforced. Reevaluated, reviewed and recommitted to.
I say - let it be and let it flow. Nothing is important enough to pay too much attention to. Things should move the way they go and we ought to enjoy life in this free-flowing manner.

And so, with this new beginning, I want to share something very special with you all.

I had this growing desire to 're-write' some things, or may be 'overwrite'. Or may be it was something else - I'm not about to dive into the analysis, so I'm simply going to write about what I feel the desire to express.

I've gone and done it! Huh? What she mean?!

I went skydiving! It was a decision made in heavens. It came to me as easily as it was to do it. The moment I realized I HAD to go for it - there were no questions as to "where these legs are growing from". I was simply ready for another BIG experience.

The weather that day stayed wonderful - sunny, slightly hazy, neither too hot, nor too crazy.
We had the jump scheduled for 3 o'clock, something happened to their main airplane - it was taken for repairs - and we had to hang around the airport for 4+ hours. But during that time my pilot friend showed up to visit and support me, plus I had another good friend there for a company, her son, who also jumped, and one more good friend  - P. - who also jumped. And we had tons of fun.

We watched canopies being fold, people being trained, dressed and landed. We saw a girl lose her shoe in the air! *Rofl*

We had sliders in a local pub and roasted a little bit in the sun...

Then all of a sudden the big (main) airplane showed up to take the rest of us who were still waiting to come up - and then everything and everyone started to rush! Sun was setting pretty quickly and there were two more runs to be made, so everyone got whisked into the hangar for dressage and training purposes.
And it was exhilarating. I still don't know if I'd prefer it to be happening slower - so I have more time to realize what in the world I was doing! Or at least ask for my tandem's name BEFORE trusting my life to him hahah. Or may be it was just perfect. It was what it was and I sure took the best out of it.

In a matter of couple of minutes we were squished into a King Air - a twin engine, which stank with fuel exhaust so much - my eyes started to burn! That was the freakiest part of the whole thing, probably.

But when we were at the altitude and the door was opened - all I could think of was - "when jumping - head up, bend out like a banana, try to kick the instructor in a butt" and... these words which came out of some song: "real freedom can only be experienced during free fall".

Yeah. Just like that.

Also, my brain didn't expect to see what we saw. You could still make out roads and fields, but... Our side of the planet was preparing for a bedtime! Fantastic sunset on one hand and the ground mostly in the shadow on the other. It was dark below us. Like we were letting ourselves go into Nothingness. It was a 'wow' moment.

And then I heard 'Go'.
And I went.
Or may be Scott went - I'm not sure!
Our bodies tumbled down and within a moment we were rushing towards the ground, belly down, and I was gaping for air! There was no air! They told us to keep our heads up and our mouths shut, but I only did the first half, so...
Thank heavens for the video guy in front of my face - he showed me that I was doing the wrong thing and once my lips were sealed everything suddenly became just dandy. Another lesson - keeping your mouth shut can save your life! Talk about simpler situations...

It was a very pleasant jump. I was anxious about all the exhaust in the cabin and the no-air experience, but when all of that was over - I swear - it can all easily compete with the happiest moments of my life! Scott, my tandem buddy, was very caring and gentle through the entire time and I very much appreciated a man taking good care of me. Scott, if you are reading this - I want you to know that I remember every little word you said and every little gesture of kindness and care expressed by you.
You were the best first tandem experience I could have hoped for and I wish everyone to jump with someone like you and your friends.

Thank you man.

The rest of you readers - enjoy the upcoming footage and pictures. The school is supposedly sending over some real footage and pix - as soon as they arrive - I'll post here.

Have a wonderful and fulfilling lifetime experiences and... live it!

Irina

What's up in our neck of the woods...

There has been so much happening lately that I don't even know where to start.

Just in the past few days I found out:

1) that my favorite photo store UniquePhoto started carrying Leica cameras, which I was incredibly happy about. Now I can walk out of the house and rent Leica equipment in my own neighborhood.

2) that Lowepro decided to do Free Bag Fridays on their facebook page. All you need to do is track their Friday postings and like/comment on them to get some cool free stuff.

3) that there's such a cool thing as Eye-Fi. Eye-Fi is an SD memory card which will transfer my photos through wi-fi connection wherever I want it to go, whether it's my iPad, or computer. I got it from Amazon - that was the cheapest place - and of course I went with the 8GB Pro... Can't wait to get it and give a good test run. This will be very useful in my workflow!

More news...

4) We have a new photographer in our studio, a sweet guy who is also a pro, looking to expand his business into studio photography - we hope this will be a long lasting partnership - welcome Manny!

5) Working on creating a whole new website for Sigen Photography. While at it we also decided to work a bit more on branding. So, stick around for exciting changes.

6) Next week we'll be announcing a nice small giveaway on our Facebook fan page. It has little to do with photography, but a lot to do with passion. As many of you know, I am a big Yanni fan and this Saturday he's coming to NYC with his new (instrumental!!!) CD, which I doubt will be disappointing to all of us Yanni fans. So, at the concert I'm going to be picking up not one, but two CDs. One - for me to keep, and another - for one of you to get. All you'll need to do is go to our Facebook page, like the post about the giveaway AND comment on it! I encourage everyone to participate. Our page needs a lot more visibility and in return - you might just get this fabulous new CD! How's that for a win-win?

At this point I need to stop, there's so much work to do, and tonight I am shooting another one of Pamela Pekerman "Accessorize" press events, which are always interesting and educational. They also remind me of this TV show I used to watch as a kid - the one where everybody wins a lot of great stuff to take home... what was it's name?
Yeah.

Spring is here, old stuff falls off the wagon, great new stuff is growing - keep on walking whatever your path is! And with a smile :)

Irina