tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post1777374499408564012..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Meg is growing upKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-65616397656956032972011-10-11T17:23:44.464+01:002011-10-11T17:23:44.464+01:00keep up the good work, meg! -Rainy, a proud mother...keep up the good work, meg! -Rainy, a proud mother to aurel, 10 yo, Down Syndrome_Rainy Arjakusumahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582381341261247186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-15600595910071136132011-10-11T17:22:59.967+01:002011-10-11T17:22:59.967+01:00keep up the good work, meg!keep up the good work, meg!Rainy Arjakusumahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582381341261247186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-90497104286651467882011-10-10T21:18:11.510+01:002011-10-10T21:18:11.510+01:00Goodness, I wish more people in the world thought ...Goodness, I wish more people in the world thought this way.Lauren Buzzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204488301248399303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-84513840173033537002010-10-11T18:21:28.685+01:002010-10-11T18:21:28.685+01:00You brought back so many memories for me with this...You brought back so many memories for me with this post Kim! I had mixed feelings when Kerri began her time at high school, trepidation and worry but pride at seeing her going in that gate with all of her peers, in the same uniform she 'melted in' so well.<br />Don't worry, she will make lot's of friends she will learn from them and they will learn from her.. I promise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-44251040587339122462010-09-15T00:48:54.747+01:002010-09-15T00:48:54.747+01:00Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the...Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. She's got quite an eye.Jayne Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053366144206401836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-32276286570956309172010-09-10T00:14:48.945+01:002010-09-10T00:14:48.945+01:00Wow -- your pictures of her are stunning and she&#...Wow -- your pictures of her are stunning and she's a chip off the old block. I love the close-up of the toadstool with all that texture.BLOOM - Parenting Kids With Disabilitieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901482901008135659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-1882474231769531142010-09-05T02:29:22.604+01:002010-09-05T02:29:22.604+01:00Beautiful picture, beautiful daughter! Thanks for...Beautiful picture, beautiful daughter! Thanks for sharing. :)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788653022581101272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-25697003501294862862010-09-05T01:23:05.583+01:002010-09-05T01:23:05.583+01:00Starrlife - If I'd started my blog when Meg wa...Starrlife - If I'd started my blog when Meg was a baby, I daresay it would have been completely dominated by Meg's DS. But because she was 7 by the time I did, I'd already overcome most of the fears and worries and the DS is now rarely an issue. Most of my posts about Meg are just father-daughter ones rather than DS specific.<br /><br />Allen - thank you :)<br /><br />Mary - aye, she'll be a teenager next birthday!<br /><br />Diedra - it is a pretty one :)<br /><br />Barbara - to be fair, I did pick the best photo she took of me... ;)<br /><br />Rocket Man - is she your first, or last to leave the nest?<br /><br />Falak - thank you :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-86662544566387822702010-09-04T16:57:53.962+01:002010-09-04T16:57:53.962+01:00Meg's photographs are lovely. High school can ...Meg's photographs are lovely. High school can be tough but I'm sure Meg will be just fine.Falakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321524864693512771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-80389844133583996762010-09-04T00:27:53.723+01:002010-09-04T00:27:53.723+01:00She is beautiful, Kim. Despite your concern about ...She is beautiful, Kim. Despite your concern about her starting high school I'll bet you're pride in her is more than words can express. Our not so little girl just moved out of the house and started her freshman year of college. The years go by so fast!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812329358511747697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-63204968075699316202010-09-03T15:13:26.488+01:002010-09-03T15:13:26.488+01:00Thank you so much, Kim! Wonderful to see her! Sh...Thank you so much, Kim! Wonderful to see her! She looks so much more mature than 12 1/2! Following in her father's footsteps with that camera! She has learned much to make you look so handsome in that photo. ;) BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-86467334966830670542010-09-02T20:27:32.319+01:002010-09-02T20:27:32.319+01:00I love her skirt! Sorry, I know that's sort o...I love her skirt! Sorry, I know that's sort of irrelevant, but I appreciate her style.Deidrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18194011122877670682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-76394404564925814202010-09-02T18:47:19.217+01:002010-09-02T18:47:19.217+01:00I can't get over how much she's grown, Kim...I can't get over how much she's grown, Kim. And she is absolutely lovely.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-9713782509169273322010-09-02T01:33:49.599+01:002010-09-02T01:33:49.599+01:00Wonderful photographs!Wonderful photographs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-20335633269751773292010-09-02T00:17:41.503+01:002010-09-02T00:17:41.503+01:00Well, I've been looking forward to that one fo...Well, I've been looking forward to that one for awhile! You know she's beautiful but I'll say it anyway! High school! My daughter is in 4th grade (they must structure things differently in Scotland)and that's scary enough. Love the 'shroom shots!<br />Thanks Kim. It's hard enough to find bloggers with kids that are close to mine's age - mostly seem to be about babies/toddlers- those frightening developmentally focused years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-47750161053678411352010-09-02T00:16:09.093+01:002010-09-02T00:16:09.093+01:00Lynne - I wasn't joking about living in her sh...Lynne - I wasn't joking about living in her shadow. Round here, I'm only known as Meg's Dad.<br /><br />Adila - thank you :)<br /><br />Ponita - she does enjoy the camera, so I'll be teaching her more<br /><br />Mapstew - thank you :)<br /><br />Keepin' afloat - thank you :)<br /><br />Carole - Meg caresses the soul... when she's not being an irritating 12 year old, that is ;)<br /><br />Debra - thanks :)<br /><br />Snoble24 - yup, every 12 months they get a year older... ;)<br /><br />Vicky - this is where it's handy having an old, but still reasonable, camera for her to use <br /><br />Fay - to be honest, I did post the best ones. But then I only post my best ones too :)<br /><br />~:C:~ - it is a nice one that :)<br /><br />Jasmine - it's a lovely forest, except for most of the summer when it's swarming with midges. Fortunately the cooler weather kept them away at the weekend <br /><br />Litzi - I think this is something she'll keep on with<br /><br />Whitney Lee - it's always lovely to have those special times together<br /><br />Parsnip - no junior high here - straight from primary to high school. And I certainly don't look too young - the grey hairs and deep lines are settling in.<br /><br />Hindsfeet - what a lovely thing to say - thank you :)<br /><br />Erika - I keep waiting to hear something terrible about school, but it's not happened yet<br /><br />Rachel - I don't usually smile in my self portraits, because I think other expressions are more interesting photographically. But for my daughter I had to follow her instructions :)<br /><br />Roschelle - thank you :)<br /><br />Katie - thank you :)<br /><br />Alice - fortunately the school has a good reputation and Meg's not the first child with additional support needs to go there<br /><br />Adila - you know I'm a sucker for flattery - I've trained myself to momentarily believe it :)<br /><br />Pamela Terry and Edward - thank you :)<br /><br />Sandy - thanks :)<br /><br />Eryl - it's true, she's never really been one for taking any nonsense :)<br /><br />Gyrobo - that's some mighty fine face fungus you're growing there. In fact, I hadn't realised robots could grow beards - is this a step into the future?<br /><br />Hope - thank you :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-76991434280911033112010-09-02T00:05:21.809+01:002010-09-02T00:05:21.809+01:00Seems you're both a good teacher and Dad. :)
...Seems you're both a good teacher and Dad. :)<br /><br />Meg is growing up into a lovely lady!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-26902405150230962642010-09-01T22:28:37.280+01:002010-09-01T22:28:37.280+01:00That's some mighty fine, photogenic fungi ther...That's some mighty fine, photogenic fungi there.Gyrobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256636954723983135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-3549294215127371662010-09-01T21:39:28.867+01:002010-09-01T21:39:28.867+01:00Crikey she's good! How wonderful, though, to b...Crikey she's good! How wonderful, though, to be taken through a forest by your dad with a camera like that to play with. Glad to hear she goes smiling to school each morning, I can't imagine her taking any nonsense.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-47654574839338246292010-09-01T21:39:24.740+01:002010-09-01T21:39:24.740+01:00Excellent pictures from both of you.Excellent pictures from both of you.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-31315559131970110812010-09-01T20:58:33.231+01:002010-09-01T20:58:33.231+01:00Lovely, lovely girl.Lovely, lovely girl.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-45238887704073577642010-09-01T15:24:46.782+01:002010-09-01T15:24:46.782+01:00@ Hindsfeet, I couldn't have said it better my...@ Hindsfeet, I couldn't have said it better myself. I thought the exact same thing. The picture Meg has taken of Kim, she's managed to capture his softness. No contrived fanciness, just truth of what is.AAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877649219630910144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-72781662318272165702010-09-01T14:55:25.950+01:002010-09-01T14:55:25.950+01:00I think about how worried I am sending my daughter...I think about how worried I am sending my daughter to school and it must be 100 times harder for you. But the kids are oblivious, aren't they?<br /><br />And she's so gifted...what a lucky dad!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262132543395998379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-29623874629189850002010-09-01T13:30:54.282+01:002010-09-01T13:30:54.282+01:00what a beautiful, thoughtful spirit you have Meg.....what a beautiful, thoughtful spirit you have Meg... not to mention talented!Katie Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957755010056987891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-33207843806880612652010-09-01T12:52:31.912+01:002010-09-01T12:52:31.912+01:00i saw meg in your photo album on facebook. she'...i saw meg in your photo album on facebook. she's a beautiful girl. i love her eyes and that hair!!!<br /><br />her photos are lovely kim. you should be proud.<br /><br />best of luck to her in high school!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577780679140276988noreply@blogger.com