Corrie Lindroos Photography

“They began to walk again, but they always got deeper into the forest, and if help did not come soon, they must die of hunger and weariness. When it was mid-day, they saw a beautiful snow-white bird sitting on a bough, which sang so delightfully that they stood still and listened to it. And when it had finished its song, it spread its wings and flew away before them, and they followed it until they reached a little house, on the roof of which it alighted; and when they came quite up to little house they saw that it was built of bread and covered with cakes, but that the windows were of clear sugar. “We will set to work on that,” said Hansel, “and have a good meal. I will eat a bit of the roof, and thou, Grethel, canst eat some of the window, it will taste sweet.” Hansel reached up above, and broke off a little of the roof to try how it tasted, and Grethel leant against the window and nibbled at the panes. Then a soft voice cried from the room,

“Nibble, nibble, gnaw,
Who is nibbling at my little house?”

The children answered,

“The wind, the wind,
The heaven-born wind,”

~ The Brothers Grimm, 1812

For an oh so brief moment last weekend, the sun poked it’s head out and gave us a few hours of bliss after what seemed like an eternity of winter blah. I immediately wanted to get out and play with my camera but unfortunately, my children don’t always share the same excitement. So to entice my youngest to join me in some fun, I gave her a camera of her own. While it only bought me ten minutes of shooting time, it was still great to get out in the sun and shoot just for me.