To see some wonderful images of texture, take a ride on the blog carousel. You can start by visiting the blog of Westchester County child and baby photographer Dawn Sela.  Dawn  will have a link to the next photographer, and so on, until you’ve made it around the circle. Enjoy!

If you are an ovarian cancer survivor, even if you’re currently living with the disease, I would love to photograph you. I’m putting together a fundraiser, which will either take the form of a calendar or a book, but it will include beautiful photos of the beautiful women who fight and survive this awful disease. Please contact me at lauribakerphoto@gmail.com

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…a perennial garden that’s also a living example of hope and trust. There’s some work. And then there’s waiting. And then there’s beauty. It may look a little bleak right now, with newly-transplanted small hints of the large perennials they’ll grow into, and a lot of empty soil. Winter will arrive before this garden really takes off, and we’ll have to wait and trust some more. But we have HOPE…in the TRUSTING sense of the word…that after a brief period of dormancy, spring will reawaken this patch of land, and it will once again be thriving with life…a better life than before.

Hope is the theme of this month’s blog carousel. You’ll find many images of hope by some wonderfully talented photographers. The next image of hope on this blog carousel is from one of my very favorite photographers, Simone Hanckel, Adelaide’s leading children’s photographer.

As August was coming to an end, our local ovarian cancer awareness group, SLOCA, was in final preparations for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, the entire month of September. We have lots of events planned, including a transit advertising campaign, a night at the ballpark, turning the fountain at Kiener plaza teal. The annual Families ROC 5K in Forest Park is on September 25th. SLOCA has a new, easy-to-navigate website with loads of useful information for those diagnosed, for caregivers, and for those who want to learn more, donate, or volunteer. We have a new Facebook page where we can talk about our events and share photos, notify followers of upcoming events, speakers, radio interviews, etc. that might not be listed on the website. And at the end of August, we began a campaign to turn Facebook teal by replacing our profile pictures with teal ribbons.

Sadly, the very next day after I put up my teal ribbon, I found that a friend was in the midst of being diagnosed. She’s only 37. She has two young children. She’s amazingly creative. This is not the way I want attention brought to this disease. But she has an enormous number of friends who she has met through photography; who she has made an impact on over the years. These women (and men) have jumped into this fight with her, sending their support through phone calls, texts, emails, Facebook messages, Facebook postings…every way they can think of to let her know how much support she has…how big her army of prayer warriors is. They turned Facebook teal on my screen.  When I open Facebook, my list of friends is full of teal ribbons because of her. I hope that you’ll join us. Because this year, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month once again became personal, and I want it to be the last time.

Jen started a blog, Am I Still a Girl, to communicate her thoughts and keep everyone updated.  She’s so creatively gifted at expression…including her writing. If you’d like to support Jen, please follow her blog.  There is a place under each post where you can leave comments too, which we so affectionately refer to as “blog love” but in this case, those words take on real meaning. The comments can really lift her spirits and give her strength for her fight.

When you’re out and about this month here in St. Louis, look for our bus ads. They’ll be up all month.

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This is just a small peek at the line. To see the rest of the Knollwood Lane line of gifts, please visit The White Rabbit in person, or Knollwood Lane’s old website. Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to photograph more of her fun things soon!