Sleep

Right now, three furry, loving creatures lie next to me before I turn out the lights to fall into slumber. I figure I should at least show you who I am talking about.



mia



coda



matt

7-7-7

Today is the "day of perfection" -so I thought I would post an image what I visualize when I think of this word.



Wish I was back in Hawaii right now, summer's aren't the same in California- such is the life of the 'working' woman.

Pigeon Graveyard

I assisted Matt on a shoot for Fader Magazine in an abandoned building in downtown Los Angeles. Pigeons had taken over the realestate and decaying corpses of birds secreted throughout the rotting building.

Did you know that pigeons mate for life?

Fireworks, booze, and patriotic people.

It was a blazing hot fourth of July in California. We made cupcakes and watched fireworks go off all around us at the beach. Fun!

Mowing

cutting grass

Mt. Pleasant, Iowa

My love, sleeps next to me right now.. I think back to the home videos that were shown to me on my past visit to his home, the quaint town of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The family's nearest neighbor lies 1/2 a mile away and every morning his father and grandfather awake to begin the daily life of a hog farmer. They live in a house that they have all grown up in, generation after generation. The summer heat is sweltering and to cool off, teenagers get tubes from the local Walmart and slide down Skunk river. On your way you pass a graveyard with a tombstone the shape of a fist- a local party kid that drowned in the river, his friends still come to leave drugs in the hollow of the grave, 30 years later. His childhood friends meet up together to play frisbee golf and jam together in a band, called the "treats". We drive through seemingly abandoned roads only to find ourselves at the zoo. We visit Eldon, Iowa to see the original home of the American Gothic painting- a woman lives there and keeps the curtains shut for every tourist that comes to photograph themselves. Writing to paint a picture which I may not portray through the photographs below.




Mating Dance



Addict



I Met a Man



Denny



Cool Air



Cowan's Persona



Musique



Summer Goodnight



Caged In



The Landlocked Jelly



Delicate



Farm Dreams atop a Roof



Suburban Drama




An American Gothic

The Many Faces of Kim Marie Butler

Going through some images from our New Zealand trip, I came across quite a lot of interesting pictures of my dear mommy. As one of most fun and emotional people I know, she absolutely hates getting her picture taken- or atleast the outcome on most cases- but will create some wonderful expressions.

Eye

Dusk and Millionaire

Sonata

White Wind

Goof

Up High on the Side of a Road

Wino

Sun Goddess

With Rock

Silent Beauty in a Cafe

Wife

Kiss

Blonde in Gray

Apart

What Passes By

Make Me Laugh

Family Portrait minus 1

Loons

Happiness