You are my sunshine
My only Sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away.
This is the song I sing to my sweet Addie Jo when she is fussy or just can’t settle down enough to sleep. It is the same song my mother sang to me as a child, and before that, her father to her. We even have an old recording of him, my grandfather, singing it in his boisterous and jolly off-key voice. Of course, the next song on the tape is “Roll Out The Barrel”, followed by a made-up ditty dedicated to his “little Polish” wife, but that’s just the kind of merry elf he was.
My Addie has the same lively spirit as her great grandfather. I call her my little sunshine girl. She’s so sweet, and I wanted to capture that in the images I made last week for her seven month photos. This was taken in late afternoon in a patch of wild mustard on my parent’s property. Thank goodness the plant isn’t toxic because she grazed liberally on the flowers all around her, happy in the day’s last sunshine. Come to think of it, she may get her lively appetite from her great grandfather too. 🙂
I Heart Faces Weekly Photo Challenge
Theme: Yellow
22 comments
Oh so stunning. I love the contrast of her dress.
I am in LOVE with this photo!!!
this is a great picture! She has such beautiful eyes.
Beautiful, love the blue dress with the light yellow!
Great picture, sweet location. I bet it wasn’t easy keeping her on the chair 😉
this is super sweet!
Stunning! A top 10 or winner for sure!!
Love the contrast of blue and yellow! Gorgeous shot!!
Great shot!! WOW!
Precious! Great shot!
What a beautiful photo.. I agree, the contrast of the dress is amazing!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this photo! The Yellow flowers are great, but the light is even better:)Your baby is adorable too!
This is an absolutely stunning photo!
Aw thanks everyone! This is my first time entering I heart faces weekly challenge. @Louis she stayed in the chair pretty well thanks to grandpa on baby spotting duty. The biggest issue was keeping her from eating all the flowers 🙂
So lovely! The light is beautiful and this fits the “yellow” theme perfectly!
Gorgeous!
how beautiful! i love the light – it’s perfect 🙂
wow, what an absolutely magical photo! so beautiful 🙂
Love this photo, great shot.
Precious! So sweet!
She is adorable! 🙂 great picture
Addie is beautiful! i love this image. brilliant! if i am ever in your area…i am calling you to take some shots for me 😉 adding you to my list of photographer friends. i’d love to get to know you better! xx