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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 30 May 2012 22:42:13 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Little Leaf Studios</title><subtitle>Blog</subtitle><id>http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-04-24T02:48:05Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Easter</title><category term="daily life"/><id>http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/2012/4/23/easter.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/2012/4/23/easter.html"/><author><name>Amanda Jaynes-Ray</name></author><published>2012-04-24T02:45:43Z</published><updated>2012-04-24T02:45:43Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/everyday-posts/easter_2012/littleleaf_easter12_001.jpg" alt=""/></span></span>
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<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/portraits/09_jaxon_rockstar/littleleaf_jaxon_rockstar_006.jpg" alt="" /></span></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Beckett's Snow Day</title><category term="daily life"/><id>http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/2012/1/29/becketts-snow-day.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/2012/1/29/becketts-snow-day.html"/><author><name>Amanda Jaynes-Ray</name></author><published>2012-01-29T21:00:00Z</published><updated>2012-01-29T21:00:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Growing up in TN, snow days were rare for me. Having already lived in CO and now MA, I think I have more than made up that deficit. Beckett<span style="text-align: left;"> was only a newborn in Colorado when it snowed last year, so this was the first time he really had a chance to get out and play in it.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-align: left;"><br />We bundled him up and Mathew pulled him around on the sled at first&hellip;<br /></span><img style="text-align: left;" src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_001.jpg?" alt="" /><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><img style="text-align: left;" src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_002.jpg?" alt="" /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">And he loved it!<br /><img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_003.jpg?" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span>Until Mathew stood him up and he face planted into the snow! Here daddy was trying to console him&hellip;</span><br /><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_004.jpg?" alt="" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>So he got back on the sled and went around a few more time until he just wanted to lay on the ground. So we let him&hellip;<br /></span><img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_005.jpg?" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_006.jpg?" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_007.jpg?" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_008.jpg?" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span>That's one happy boy! He was trying to catch the snowflakes in his mouth&hellip;</span><br /><img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_009.jpg?" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_010.jpg?" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_011.jpg?" alt="" /><img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_012.jpg?" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/storage/post-images/beckett/post_04/littleleaf_beckett_snow_013.jpg?" alt="" /></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>1.52</title><category term="52weeks"/><id>http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/2012/1/7/152.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.littleleafstudios.com/blog/2012/1/7/152.html"/><author><name>Amanda Jaynes-Ray</name></author><published>2012-01-08T02:52:13Z</published><updated>2012-01-08T02:52:13Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>In an effort to challenge myself on a weekly &amp; daily basis, I am participating in two photo challenges this year. One is simply to take a photo everyday and post it to <a href="http://instagrid.me/ajaynesray/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> (I plan on using just my iPhone for this challenge). The second is hosted by my favorite camera rental company, <a href="http://www.lensprotogo.com/" target="_blank">LensProToGo</a> (here in MA!). Their photo challenge is a 52 week theme based project and I intend to use my Nikon for this one.</p>
<p>Week One - A Self Portrait Without You In It</p>
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