This week's theme for You Capture is perspective. I had a really difficult time with this one! One, I am lazy and did not want to brave the cold weather to go outside, which left me confined to my home. Two, I don't have the best camera, and I kept getting blurry shots. And three, I'm lazy. Wait, I already said that. Because I was lazy, I was sitting on the couch giving up on the challenge, when I looked up and saw her.
I didn't get up off the couch to take it, and I like the angle. You can see the rough edges and the texture better than looking at it straight on. Truthfully, not only do I forget about looking at her from different angles...but sometimes I forget she's there at all.
When Shane and I honeymooned to Belize, I bought her. We had just toured a Mayan ruin, when we came upon a boy selling stone carvings. He had a lot of nature-themed carvings, but much to Shane's chagrin, I fell in love with this one. She's the Mayan goddess of fertility, childbearing, and natural herbs and medicine. The boy told us, with a wink, that if you put her in your bedroom, she'll help you get pregnant. Obviously we didn't need her in our bedroom, but I love having her in the house. The stone is smooth, yet beautifully layered and rough at the edges. On the back, the boy wrote her name, all that she represents, along with his name and address. I love it!
And because it's Wednesday, you get a belly shot! Since we're doing perspectives here, I thought I'd do one from the front (even though the full frontal makes me look wide--also, what up purple bra?). Oh, also, I finally have a feeling as to the sex of this baby, but I'm so not sharing with anyone, in case I am wrong. You'd have to get me drunk to get that information out of me, and obviously the odds of that happening are right up there with me winning the lottery (those odds brought even lower by the fact that I don't play the lottery).
I want you to notice my awesomely hilarious shirt that Keely of kiddie winkles so graciously made custom order for me. I think my Mayan goddess would dig it!
25 comments:
great pic of the goddess! I too had a little trouble at first getting my entry in focus...amazing what you can learn when you get out the instruction book... :-) lol
congrats on the baby too... :-)
Fun perspective. You don't look wide, you definitely look pregnant. :-)
I love your Mayan Goddess and I love the story of how she is a guest in your home... well, a permanent guest! She is truly beautiful and meaningful and I truly BELIEVE in fertility symbols and rituals (did I ever tell you that Audrey and I wrote a book - Preconception Plain & Simple: A Deliciously Smart and Sexy Guide in Preparing for Pregnancy - in which we talk about many, many fertility rituals, amulets, symbols, blessings, stones and even spells and magic... this was written BEFORE Audrey conceived William, who is now 4, and we know how much the "fertility" things work because she had 4 babies in 3.5 years!!). Ahh...
But getting back to your photograph... it made me feel so happy and peaceful today. My computer is doing weird things today, so I got the Mayan Goddess, but your belly shot did not appear. I will be checking back all day to see it! I am thinking a particular gender for your baby, but I am ALWAYS wrong, so you will definitely be having the OTHER one!
Again... I LOVE your fertility story!!
I love your Mayan goddess! So pretty and special! Great capture, Erin!!
And the belly shot? ADORABLE! You have to be one of the most beautiful pregnant women I've ever seen.
I know lazy! And I love that the perspective you used was that you had, not trying to make a different angle. Good job!
I love it that you did not get up to take the picture! That makes it even better! Great shots.
I see two pictures of goddesses : ).
Awesome pictures!!! Congrats on the baby. You look great. Not wide at all. I love the Mayan goddess. My son was born in Guatemala so I am very into Mayan and other Guatemalan stories and folk lore. :)
Love the picture. What a great shot .. and you look FABULOUS!
I love your goddess photo! She's beautiful :-)
I didn't even realise you were pregnant in your photo - you definitely don't look wide at all.
Congrats on the baby!!
Cool shots for both...but please, please, don't let that goddess even come near me. in fact, I might not even go in your town limits again :)
Nice job! I like that you were creative (Not lazy) in capturing a different perspective of the Mayan Goddess. As for the pregnancy picture, the only way I could tell you were pregnant was by the beautiful, happy look on your face!
nice job!
ok, this is one of my favorites...mostly because you kept saying..."I'm lazy" and you still got a great shot! Thanks for sharing. Swing by my site, The IE Mommy, to guess my perspective photo.
Love the goddess photo! Congrats on that beautiful, full belly of yours! I love seeing women pregnant and it makes me yearn to be so again (much to my hubby's fear)
Amazing picture. I do like the angle, of the work of art and also your belly.
nice shot. the edges are intriguing. and i need one of those in my house, apparently. can i borrow?!
Great shots, but which one is the goddess? I think I see two.
you look great! i love both shots. :)
My psychic powers on guessing baby's genders has finally kicked in. I have not been wrong yet.
Oh, what a FAB perspective!! :) Congrats! And love the fact that you are walking in the March of Dimes, me too!!! :D
Cute, cute post and great pictures. You look really good preggers. I also looked half-alive. The goddess is a great vacation treasure. Thanks for sharing her!
ok, where is that carving in your living room? i can't even remember seeing it! :p
You can't even tell you are pregnant and you certainly don't look wide. YOU LOOK GORGEOUS, of course.
LOL... Fun perspective!!!
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