A "Sunny" Welcome For September

"By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer."~Helen Hunt Jackson

"If I were a flower I would be a 

sunflower. To always follow the sun, 

Turn my back to darkness,
Stand proud, tall and straight even

 with my head full of seeds."

 ~ Pam Stewart

“The new country lay open before me: there were no

 fences in those days, and I could choose my own way 

over the grass uplands, trusting the pony to get me home

 again. Sometimes I followed the sunflower-bordered

 roads. Fuchs told me that the sunflowers were introduced 

into that country by the Mormons; that at the time of the

 persecution when they left Missouri and struck out into 

the wilderness to find a place where they could worship

 God in their own way, the members of the first exploring

 party, crossing the plains to Utah, scattered sunflower 

seeds as they went. The next summer, when the long trains

 of wagons came through with all the women and children, 

they had a sunflower trail to follow. I believe that botanists do

 not confirm Jake's story but, insist that the sunflower was 

native to those plains. Nevertheless, that legend has stuck in

 my mind, and sunflower-bordered roads always seem to 

me the roads to freedom.” 

~Willa Cather

Welcome September,

 welcome Autumn!

Warmly,

Susie Q

Farewell Summer...

September Photo Shoots

I have been so honored to

have been asked to shoot another wedding and 2

 more family sessions. I love nothing more than doing this!

East End Girl Photography at your service!

The wedding was one of the 

sweetest I have seen and was so much fun. 

Happiness always Katie and Shawn!

I can't believe sweet Tabitha is 6 months old already! 

She and her Mom and Dad are such a special family.

And wow! Luke is almost two! How did that happen!

He and his lovely parents make one of the most wonderful families.

I am so grateful to these amazing people for 

allowing me to be a part of their lives! And aren't they all photogenic?

Summer 2013 was just amazing! It was a bit of a whirlwind

 to be sure but so much fun. A family trip to Quebec, a girlfriend getaway

to Tennessee and North Carolina. We saw Brian Wilson, the Happy Together Tour,

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, The Blues Brothers and the legendary Tony

Bennett in concert. 

We had visitors from around the country, 

lazy evenings with friends on the deck, day trips to Columbus and Cincinnati and Bill

and I celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary in late August.

 We began that weekend with Tony Bennett and finished with

 a wonderful dinner with family and

friends. We also have reservations to take a weekend trip to Ohio's

 Amish country in November to continue the celebrating! All in all a delightful

Summer to remember!

Here's to a beautiful and happy September for all of us!

Sunflower season is here, the sun sets just a wee bit earlier, the breeze

feels cooler and its time to begin decorating for Autumn!

My favorite time of year is upon us!

Warmly,

Susie Q