Photographs, quotes, thoughts and trees by Julie Walton Shaver, a lifestyle photographer based in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

quotes and thoughts

The Summer of Seven

The summer he was 7, G-rex learned to ride a bike and swim under water.


Art in the Eye of the Lego Holder

Bradley and I differ on the “better” Lego picture.


Last Week of School, Part 1

It was my distinct honor to cover the First Grade Author’s Tea and Kindergarten Graduation.


Bubblemania

We got a new bubble making thing the other day at the street fair.

As long as bubbles are flying in the air, my sons will chase them. I love bubbles.


Granny’s Here!

My mom is here from Charleston for a while. Gregory loves having Granny here!

Bradley does too, but he’s at a youth retreat with our church, so it’s just Gregory and Granny.

Hanging out on the couch…

…watching TV together.

I love it. After a while of me taking pictures of them, they forgot all about me.

Therefore, VOILA! The [...]


A Preview

Will Bradley always be known as “the tall one”?


The Great Tie-Breaker Post

On with the show!


A Light Comparison

All natural light from a window, camera right, and another one behind Bradley, camera left.

I turned the lamp on, and man, what a difference! Not sure which one I like better. Still, it’s interesting to study how light changes everything. I think the bottom one is more dramatic, and the top one is more natural. [...]


Eleven Day Dogwood: Zooming In, Panning, Studying the Miracle

Dogwood drama.


Ten Day Dogwood, Then a Track Meet

Why I love plant photography and sports photography.


Tiny Tim

Brad’s biosphere fish thingie.


Karlito’s Morning

Seven days after Easter: Kaptain Karl watches birds in the dogwood tree at sunrise.

This is Sunday’s picture of the dogwood we’ve been watching. We’re counting the number of days after Easter she blossoms. Still only one guess — mine. I said 21 days. This is not much of a guessing pool. Hey wait. I’m a [...]


Walk Through Holy Week With Me: Promises

This is pretty much my entire Easter day, sunrise to sunset.


Walk Through Holy Week With Me: Why Such an Early Easter?

A discussion of the ecclesiastical moon and how all that relates to the timing of Easter.


Walk Through Holy Week With Me: Hope

The Christ candle is the only light remaining on Maundy Thursday, and the only one I need.


Walk Through Holy Week With Me: A Day of Reflections

The most random blog post, so far.


Walk Through Holy Week With Me: My Lenten Promise

I fully recommend taking pictures of trees as a way to get better at photography!


Walk Through Holy Week With Me: Palm Sunday

Brad is a guard. Don’t mess with him. Seriously.


So Long Basketball: The Last Game

We love Grex’s basketball slide show!


Last Friday’s Snow Day

The first official snow day of the year.


Our Holiday Card

Ours was a Lego Christmas.


Creature Comfort

Chipmunk enjoys our birdseed.


We Are Squirrel-Obsessed

Squirrel warfare. We are losing.


Available Soon! Metuchen Musings, Volume 4

A new edition of Metuchen Musings is coming out! Click the book cover above — or click here —and turn up the sound for a little slide show of the writers doing what they do best — writing!This will be the fourth anthology created by the Writers of Metuchen. It includes extraordinary poems by Marcia [...]


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