Catherine Lacey Photography

{Orange County Newborn Hospital Photographer} Littlest Swann

2012-02-18T15:59:00.000-08:00

Born 10:27pm
Captured 8:27pm
22 hours old, exactly ❤

{Los Angeles Newborn Photography} Dahlia

2012-02-13T22:15:00.000-08:00

Beautiful family to work with in every way. Congratulations on your gorgeous new addition!

Los Angeles Newborn Photographer - Miss S

2012-02-13T22:00:00.000-08:00

It's been such a crazy shooting time of late, so this is a sneak peek of one of my recent newborn sessions in the studio.

Divine...

French inspired vintage boudoir

2012-02-04T20:04:00.000-08:00

Exquisite location for our vintage French inspired shoot with Vanessa Cedeno and make up by Denise Marquez. This is the sneak peek. My client Vanessa commissioned the shoot as a gift to her petit ami for Valentine's Day.

Snow White

2011-12-19T12:18:00.000-08:00

Snow White in the Snowy Forest of Big Bear Mountain

Sleeping Beauty

2011-12-18T23:40:00.000-08:00

Sleeping Beauty and her friends in the snowy forest of Big Bear Mountain

Policies

2011-12-15T15:10:00.000-08:00

As part of my yearly archiving of photographs and due to the space required to store a colossal number of images over time on multiple back up drives, I'm now notifying all my clients that the images stored will be deleted at the end of the year of the session, so any images captured in 2011 will be deleted that year end. For purchased products, I continue to store a single copy of the images, but the remainder of the images are now being deleted from my disks when not required by my clients.

This is due both to space constraints with the growth of my business, but more importantly, the responsibility placed on my workflow on behalf of my clients. Currently I effectively manage many tens of thousands of images each year, which are backed up online and on external drives on and offsite for fire, theft and database damage protection. My simplifying this process and only archiving purchased products, I am better able to focus on my profession, photography, allowing me to operate at the right price for a professional photographer in my field.

My policy of uploading galleries for a two week period after the session will continue for now, however, this will soon be replaced with by appointment only consultations at my studio in Los Angeles. For out of town clients, arrangements will be made for online galleries. Online galleries can be extended at a cost of $50 per week.

Memory DVDs are $800 providing a Personal License to print unlimited copies of all the images, each of which are simply edited.

I would like to thank you for your continued support of my business in 2011 and beyond.

Kind regards

Catherine

Brammo

2011-12-10T15:20:00.000-08:00

I was delighted when Brammo Inc asked me to cover the gorgeous Brammo Girls and showcase their stunning electric motorcycles at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show, Long Beach. Hope you'll enjoy the sneak peek for now!

Technical: Canon 5D Mark II, 70-200mm/2.8 IS, 24-70/2.8, 50/1.4, 85/1.8, Lensbaby Composer, natural light and 580EXii Speedlite

Where are all the pics?

2011-12-07T22:44:00.001-08:00

I'm getting there. I have weddings, commercial and family shoots to post. It's my busiest time with year not only with my work, but with my family. Thanks for your patience!

Black Friday Sale!!!!

2011-11-23T21:00:00.001-08:00

All your images downloaded straight to your computer. (CD option add $10). Sessions typically include 400 beautiful high resolution images, each of which are edited for print from the RAW file. Images are suitable for print up to 8x12". Regular price $800 + tax. Offer only applies during the time started on the promotion, Thanksgiving 12am - Black Friday 1159pm. Offer applies to past and future photographic sessions being booked.

To book, please contact me at catherine_lacey_dodd@hotmail.com with the title "Image Download"

Excludes CA Sales Tax

Orders are edited in the order in which they are received, so please hurry if you would like your images in time to create your Winter Holiday and Christmas gifts.

Thank you!
Catherine

Member of the Professional Photographers of America

The Desert : Palm Springs & Joshua Tree Family Photographer

2011-10-11T18:52:00.000-07:00

Photo Book

2011-09-21T23:50:00.001-07:00

Click here to view this photo book larger

Gabriel's 3rd Birthday

2011-09-21T14:34:00.000-07:00

Time won’t change the meaning of one love
Ageless and evergreen

Breanna is 5 - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2011-09-19T17:01:00.000-07:00

I have the pleasure of photographing many children in all their gorgeousness, yet I cannot help but think that Breanna's relationship with the camera, so natural and effortless, huge striking glossy eyes and lively hair, is just a little bit special. Happy 5th birthday Breanna...

Tara's 4th Birthday - Los Angeles Family Photographer

2011-09-01T17:41:00.000-07:00

Wonderful family, stunning location, great food and company made this a fitting 4th birthday party for a real princess.

In editing, I chose a mix of classic black and whites and romantic, vintage colours to reflect the beautiful background and the wonderful innocence in children in the late summer sun.

This is a sneak peek of the 500 images delivered to the family from a great family and friends celebration.

Tiny Dancer : Los Angeles Child Photographer

2011-08-24T13:05:00.000-07:00

The magic, poise, grace and adventure of being a beautiful 4 year old in the late summer sun...

Erick & Dana : Los Angeles Family Photographer

2011-08-14T21:54:00.000-07:00

Here come the brides: Los Angeles Wedding Photographer

2011-07-16T22:03:00.000-07:00

Summer lovin: Los Angeles Photographer

2011-07-02T18:48:00.000-07:00

Soaking up the Los Angeles sunshine on a hot and steamy holiday weekend. Happy July 4th!

Jennifer: Los Angeles Maternity Photographer

2011-07-01T18:53:00.000-07:00

Rob & Marina - Los Angeles Wedding Photographer

2011-06-22T22:26:00.000-07:00

Beautiful wedding in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains, light reflecting from the aqua pool, dabbled dancing light in the trees, and a handsome husband and beautiful wife about to embark on the next exciting step of their journey.

Second shooter to Dawn Bowery.

All images ©Catherine Lacey Photography 2007-2011. Do not copy.

Royal Wedding - Los Angeles Wedding Photographer

2011-04-30T03:12:00.000-07:00

A gloroius day in London and the rest of the country, each soaking up the joy emanating from the happy couple and me where I feel very at home, swaying with crowds and cheering on the Royal procession, by myself but never alone. Arriving at 6am meant I was still about 6 rows back from the thronging crowds, the image captured on tip toes and live view which for most of us ended up being humously misjudged till I found this gem amongst them.

Cheers to my favourite city in the World, my hometown, for hosting such a momentous event and long into the night in the country with my sister, watching the TV coverage I hadn't seen after a right old knees up in the pub.

I have never known the entire country to feel so happy. It sways and radiates joy, like the endless sunny Spring days feeling much like summer that have blessed this trip. It's overwhelming gorgeous.

How fortunate was I to be there on the Mall watching the procession and then by the luck of the police crowd control, to be swept moments from the Palace gates and that all too wanted first kiss.

To be a moment of great history I feel quite honoured, there by myself as I'd been for Diana's memorial. If only I'd had one of those huge zooms with me and not a pack of memory cards that kept reading full. Delete, delete, quick!

Fairytales do come true...

Milo & Moses - Los Angeles Photographer

2011-04-10T16:29:00.000-07:00

We're the Kids in America

Couldn't resist adding a couple of outtakes here...

Milo and Moses, growing up fast. Here in a mini shoot with Mama Vanessa on a chilly but exceptionally bright mid-Spring morning in Los Angeles.

Antelope Valley - Los Angeles Landscape Photographer

2011-04-04T12:16:00.000-07:00

In the High Desert of the western Mojave lies Antelope Valley, known for California's most consistent poppy-bearing land. But this is not going to be a great poppy season here, the blooms as unpredictable as nature herself.

With recent rains, I expected the land to be awash with wildflowers, yet the blooms are late this year. Relying only upon natural forces for stimulation of the blooms, the protected land battles intense temperatures and ferocious winds and in this most hostile of natural environments, spring forth brilliant orange poppies.

The looping trail originally lead by our ranger wound over the crest to the spring at the base, facing buttes in the distance which rose up from the undulating spurs of the valley. I was trying to remember from geographical days the description of a butte when she asked us. Lizards darted about our feet and scurried into burrows, whilst the rattlesnake pointed out by our ranger and essential for the preservation of the ecosystem, had recently maimed its gopher pray.

Here I wanted to recreate the sun-bleached and romantic feel of the High Desert in the look of the images using my vintage inspired editing. On location shoots using natural SoCal light are my speciality!

Pine Trees - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2011-03-11T22:48:00.001-08:00

In the grounds of the UCLA campus. These pines, heavenly scented after the rains, mean so very much to me

Twins are 3 - Los Angeles Birthday Party Photographer

2011-03-05T19:17:00.000-08:00

Which one is your favourite!

Happy Valentine's Day - Santa Monica Family Photographer

2011-02-14T00:12:00.001-08:00

The moment I laid eyes on this gorgeous blue eyed newly one year old, crawling on the lush green grass that straddles 4th St in Santa Monica, the marine layer fog was rapidly descending mid afternoon and creating quite exquisite light. The boy's eyes are quite incredible and his father had asked me to bring out his eyes but in editing, there was little to be done to them.

I knew my camera would be working on overdrive for this lovely family shoot. Sure enough, 1,300 images and 3 outfit changes later, I feel we have a stunning record of a beautiful 1st Birthday milestone, with a little Valentine's love thrown in.

This is just the Sneak Peek. The full gallery will be available on my website and is password protected.

And now it's time to sleep - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2011-02-08T18:10:00.000-08:00

"Goodnight baby

I hope you have sweet dreams

The world loves little babies
You are the world to me."

- Rachel Coleman

With Woody - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2011-02-06T16:16:00.000-08:00

2011 - Los Angeles Wedding Photographer

2011-01-27T22:49:00.000-08:00

Robyn & Friends - Los Angeles Headshot Photographer

2011-01-21T00:44:00.001-08:00

Before & After

A gorgeous impromptu shoot at the Getty with this group of college grad beauties enjoying a reunion. With stunning backlight, ocean breezes mixing with warm mountain air, the weather could not have been better and I had to pinch myself to remember it is actually January. That's LA!

This is the Sneak Peek! The full gallery's available on my Website

Christmas in Santa Monica - Los Angeles Family Photographer

2010-12-23T00:15:00.000-08:00

Beautiful family shoot yesterday in Santa Monica, gathered around the Christmas tree with the grandparents and a blessed moment when the rain stopped and we could step outside to run through the fallen leaves.

This is a sneak peak with a fuller gallery to follow. I wanted the family to see some of the lovely images before Christmas.

Proofing Gallery of All Images

Autumn Colours - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2010-12-18T07:35:00.001-08:00

Looking through the observation room at UCLA school, I couldn't resist the sight of the beautiful turning sycamores and maples, the few that are left and under which the toddlers make happy schoolyard memories.

Autumn leaves - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2010-12-18T07:06:00.003-08:00

Autumn leaves come later in Southern California...
See the lovely hickory rocker? I found this next to garbage in a back alley in Santa Monica today, hauled it back to my car and am giving it a new home which loves it. I've never had a rocking chair before.

Santa Babies: Los Angeles Kid's Photographer

2010-12-15T16:18:00.001-08:00

Your hands run through your Santa hat

Playing as if with my hair

Those times when you lull yourself into a peaceful slumber

And this evening as the sun begins to set on a glorious day

We skip over the leaves in the Radio Flyer Wagon

You boys side by side with your silly hats

I turn to you and your head is nestled into the soft and cosy cushion

A face plant

And the twisting and twirling of the Santa hat

Has lulled you into a deep and beautiful slumber

So as the light begins to fade

I pull the wagon up and down pavements

From garden to garden boasting Christmas lights

And you sleep through it all

Every garden's santa, reindeer, sleigh and penguin

You sleep through it all

Segil Twins - Los Angeles Newborn Photographer

2010-12-04T23:58:00.000-08:00

Natural light studio session with the wondrous Segil twins, Miss N and Master F at nearly 4 weeks. There's nothing more magnificent than capturing babies in the naked flash. Why the need for decoration when each part of them is gorgeous loveliness?

This is just the Sneak Peak!

Segil Twins at two weeks. At home session

Segils on Manhattan Beach - Los Angeles Family Photographer

2010-11-29T19:14:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had the joy of arriving in Manhattan Beach to meet the Segil family, cousins to the Segil family whose newborn twins I captured last week. What a beautiful family and a fun location. Great gusts of wind have a great way of making kids want to run and jump, smile and laugh, watching freshly caught soon to be cooked fish scurry across the pier, be scooped up in the air by Mom & Dad. The boys are exactly the same age as my own, born weeks and months apart. Photojournalism like this is my passion; like a fly on the wall during a family's day out, capturing the interplay between them, preciously recording the moments on film. We closed the shoot with a walk on the beach, under the pier as the sun fell into the Pacific. I love it!

This is the Sneak Peak! The full resolution extensive gallery will be coming soon at http://www.catherinelaceyphotography.com/Family-Portraits/Segil/14863950_xNLJu#1109271971_XJz2P

Cyber Monday Sale!

2010-11-28T23:58:00.000-08:00

Pop on over to my Facebook for details on a very special Cyber Monday Sale. Ends 11/30.

Segils - Los Angeles Newborn Twins Photographer

2010-11-24T22:28:00.000-08:00

"Oh no! It's the photographer"

There are few greater privileges in life than being honoured to photograph a newborn baby. With twins, there is double the privilege. For most of the time, I was just amazed looking at them, their symmetry, their snuggling together, tiny fingers dancing in the air searching for each other, reaching each other, crinkly feet with splayed toes. Thank you Segil family.

This is the Sneak Peak! The full gallery will be available to link from here shortly

Halloween Party - Los Angeles Event Photographer

2010-11-22T11:29:00.000-08:00

The Mom's Club of Santa Monica celebrated Halloween in style with a beautiful array of angels, princesses, fairies, knights and action heros. My favourite style of photography, candidly capturing children in the late afternoon sunlight. Gorgeous!

This is the Sneak Peak. See the full gallery here

Baby Ursula - Los Angeles Baby Photography

2010-11-16T11:55:00.001-08:00

I swear not a more beautiful, sweet natured, brown eyed baby exists. Or maybe I'm just a little bit biased (we're family friends!). Soaking up the morning sun in their delightful garden, I utterly love capturing children in their happy-to-be state, occupying themselves in play without a care in the world. The dreamy moments without interruption. And here, Ursula's hair tells the tale of the recent baptismal font holy water poured in great scoops over her head.

This is the Sneak Peak. Visit the Slideshow on my Website

Waddell Family - Los Angeles Family Photography

2010-11-14T22:36:00.000-08:00

Lovely to share the family's joy as newborn took her first flight from Chicago to LA to visit aunties, cousins and grandparents. An early Autumnal day, the leaves were just starting to turn as we frolicked in the leaves and late afternoon sun.

Kristina - Los Angeles Wedding Photographer

2010-11-14T22:06:00.000-08:00

The Backup Plan

2010-10-27T11:56:00.000-07:00

Haven't offered any tutorials or advice for quite some time but wanted to start again with my thoughts on creating a backup plan.

So I'll ask you. Whether you're a Mama wanting to record your children's precious photos, an amateur or a pro photographer, you'll want a backup plan for your photographic libraries. I wanted to write a brief article here which strips away much of the technical jargon I read when reviewing, well, technical stuff. Sure, I used to write databases, but have absolutely no idea how I did that now, especially since I moved headstrong into advertising in the '90s as a professional marketer, a beautiful creative direction which was much more my taste {smiles}.

There's a lot of noise currently about "in the cloud" the term given to storing data online (offsite) as part of a backup plan (onsite and offsite).

So what do you look for in selecting an online backup company?
- high-speed uploading, reassurance that you can quickly be sent a DVD of your library in the event of a crash or data loss
- ease of customer experience with tech support
- affordable pricing whether you want to capture your family's special moments, you're an amateur or a pro photographer (about $4.50 per month)
- and especially for me since I only store my photos on external hard drives, not my iMac, backup of disks which aren't connected to my computer, such as when they're hidden in a closet when I run out the door.

I've been testing them all from Mozy to Crashplan, Carbonite and Backblaze and am going to be sticking with Crashplan which won #1 Macworld Awards 2010.

I think even if you'd committed to an existing company by uploading all your photos to them and effectively tying you in (for me it was Mozy although after 3 months it's still uploading.. yawn!), it's worth keeping abreast of what the best option is out there. I combine this with my Smugmug pro (fantastic company for customer service and advice) for unlimited storage and my iMac's Time Machine. The two systems, Crashplan & TimeMachine are complimentary to each other as long as you tell Time Machine to ignore the CrashPlan.app file (or your disks will fill up in no time). And I always hide my external drives when I leave the house to ward against theft ;-(

The huge downside for me of Mozy which I'd previously been tied into, is that when I left the house I had the hard drive disconnected (to prevent theft), and I'd have to stop Mozy from running, simply because it would assume the data on that drive was marked for deletion. Oh no! If I forgot to stop Mozy which I often did, the files would be deleted in 30 days. With Crashplan, I can store away my old hard drives but they'll still be backed up by Crashplan. My prayers answered. With Crashplan, I can also back up to a friend's computer who has Crashplan (working on this one), and do an instant restore from their computer, thus saving me the restore fee from Crashplan. Amazing benefit, especially if you have a friend living close by who's a fellow photographer, amateur or pro.

It's easy to think we can make one backup copy of our photos and that'll be sufficient, but can I advise the following:

1. Select an online storage company for backup, your "cloud", such as Crashplan, Mozy, Smugmug, Carbonite, Backblaze (outstanding), run with it, keep an eye on it, check it's doing what you want it to do.

2. Copy your photos to an external hard drive (if you use Apple's Aperture, run a Vault backup, with Lightroom, your Catalog Backup, with Bridge or iPhoto, your chosen backups)
3. Copy your photos to a second hard drive and keep it offsite (with a family member or friend with a reciprocal arrangement). Update it regularly, say, weekly. Target are selling 2TB Western Digital drives for $69, half price - incredible. I found this deal on Amazon under comments (thanks!).
4. If like me, your photo library is too big for your iMac/PC, move it to an external hard drive. That makes 3 external drives, 1TB or 2TB capacity, often different brands to spread my risk.

With these steps, I have at least two hard copies of my data on external drives and online copies with Crashplan and Smugmug (my website). Time Machine and CrashPlan are complimentary to each other.

It's really useful to draw a sketch of what your Backup Plan actually looks like (example to follow). This will help you follow simple steps with each download from your camera to ensure you stick to the plan as a plan will only be as good as its administrator (eh, that's you!).

Please note I receive no financial incentive for endorsing products. I just do a lot of late night research and wanted to pass it on to save you the tremendous time and effort! I'm a Marketer by profession in the field of investment banking and finance focused on advertising, with previous experience on the technical side in programming and compliance, where backing up was essential, so hopefully speak with a little experience.

Have you had experience of a catastrophic computer failure (I have twice a long time ago which prompted me to make a Backup Plan) and do you have any personal backup plans you'd like to share? I fully respect that everyone has their own unique reasons for backing up and ways of working and that has to be taken into account. I haven't reviewed Windows backup plans as yet but certainly these principles apply to both.

Finally, would you like to see tutorials on particular aspects of photography, from what to wear to how to shoot in natural light (my favourite), editing or planning? I'm be writing a quick tutorial on what to do when you return from a shoot, or photographing your kids for the day. Just leave me a message in Comments. It's also useful for me to hear if you think these Tutorials & Advice articles are useful, to motivate me to spend the time researching and writing them. Thanks!

Christmas - Los Angeles Family Photography

2009-12-19T14:10:00.000-08:00

Call for last minute Christmas and holiday specials!

Jake - Los Angeles Kids Birthday Party Photographer

2009-11-15T00:20:00.000-08:00

Elsa - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-10-24T13:35:00.000-07:00

Malibu Beach - Los Angeles Family Photographer

2009-09-18T17:46:00.000-07:00

Baby blue eyes

2009-09-18T17:30:00.001-07:00

Malibu Beach - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-06-17T23:46:00.000-07:00

Had the pleasure of photographing a beautiful family in Malibu today to mark their son's 1st birthday. The Ocean was particularly stunning as a backdrop. Feels like it's been too long since I last saw it!

In the highchair - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2009-06-08T22:55:00.001-07:00

Swanns - Los Angeles Family Photographer

2009-06-07T23:31:00.000-07:00

Beautiful women, Gracie has such radiance

My baby on floor - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-06-07T23:30:00.001-07:00

Scott Baio Celebrity Yard Sale - Los Angeles Event & Charity Photographer

2009-05-30T22:27:00.000-07:00

Jared Kusnitz, Rocky Ruggerio and Nate Hartley and actress

Blue eyed girl in stroller

With balloons

Paparazzi gets Mamarazzi

Mother and child

Balloons

Funny man

Scott autographing

Cameraman

Crashing the red carpet

Photo competition: What is Scott Baio's brother demonstrating to me with his hands? Prize: Photo shoot by me

Callum's 1st Red Carpet and loving it!

Blue eyed girl in stroller II

Nate Hartley and Scott Baio

Model Maia

Wellies for sale (couldn't resist buying a pair for my hols in the UK)

Model legs

Model faces

Mamarazzi Catherine with Callum (taken by unknown press photographer with my camera. Thanks!)

Really enjoyed today as did Callum who was in the baby carrier the whole time I snapped away. His favourite place on Earth! Us mums are of course used to multi tasking.

Baby in a basket - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-05-29T21:10:00.000-07:00

Ah-choo! - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-05-29T20:03:00.001-07:00

Night light - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-05-28T20:06:00.000-07:00

Exersaucer - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-05-27T20:07:00.000-07:00

In black and white - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-05-20T20:09:00.000-07:00

Pregnancy - Los Angeles Maternity Photographer

2009-05-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

Sleeping - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-05-15T20:38:00.000-07:00

With teddies - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-05-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

Love to watch how Callum has grown, month on month, as he sits beside his teddies.

PS the plethora of Callum shots are due to wanting to record Callum, as I did with Reuben, day on day. This is him at 5m so I'm very behind. Birthday shots of Reuben to follow...

My son sleeping - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-28T21:57:00.000-07:00

My elder son in sepia - Los Angeles Child Photographer

2009-04-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

Sunglasses - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-27T16:58:00.000-07:00

Tiny dancer - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-27T16:49:00.000-07:00

Nape - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-26T16:59:00.000-07:00

The days Callum and I spent alone in hospital were wondrous, some of the best moments of my life, time to bond with my new son with nothing to distract us, time to study every little detail of his newness. I fell in love with the nape of his neck, the soft downiness of his little hairs standing to attention like a line of little soliders, the undulating creases along his shoulders, the fresh smell upon his skin. Little details of Callum at 2 days old.

In the bedclothes - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-25T17:01:00.000-07:00

Beach - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-24T17:10:00.000-07:00

Huntington Gardens - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-20T17:13:00.000-07:00

Milo - Los Angeles Kid's Birthday Photographer

2009-04-19T21:51:00.000-07:00

Click for the Flickr slideshow

Milo's 2nd birthday

On location at home in Pasadena

Little details - Los Angeles Baby Photographer

2009-04-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

Georgie birth - Los Angeles Newborn Photographer

2009-04-13T21:16:00.000-07:00

Poem: Asleep

2009-04-01T01:37:00.000-07:00

When I survey the wonder in your eyes
On bended knee beside your crib at night
And kiss curls frame the face that holds those eyes
You hold that gaze, it sets my heart alight.

When fast asleep, your fingers dance in words
And tell of dreams, enchantments, learned thoughts
Bewitched am I by aura, radiant light
'Neath fairy tales that speak of wooded walks.

And gentle shadows dancing softly cast
O'er tiny hands with dimples in a row
Such gentle hands that daddy's hands do touch
And downy toes then flicker all aglow.

Your cupid's bow that graces your dear face
I kiss those lips that ne'er fail to melt
My heart and when you try to speak
It grows the vines of love I've always felt.

Yay you have put me under your sweet spell
I cannot lift your face from my closed eyes
And when you wake in morning's summer light
Afresh! Anew! for life with great surprise!

- Catherine Lacey Dodd