Tag: maternity photography

  • Featured in “On to Baby”

    Don’t worry guys… this is still a blog about Africa, coffee, and whatever else it’s about EVEN THOUGH this week it looks like a maternity photographer’s blog. What can I say? I love those preggie bellies!

    The great people over at On To Baby are featuring my session with Bonita and her husband, Dylan, today. You can visit both the post and the full gallery if you like. I am thrilled to see Dylan and Bon up there, they look so great! You also catch a glimpse of a their baby girl, Mila, over there. She appeared on the scene right before our move to Burundi. As a mostly unpaid photographer and blogger/writer, it is great to see my work featured in other places. For the love of the art, good people, for the love of the art!

    Since we’re now living in the middle-of-nowhere-Africa, seeing these photos is like visiting another world soooo different from the one I am in now. I have loved the trip down memory lane.

    Love,

    Kristy 

  • A beautiful bump

    Sometimes beauty just crosses your path.

    When it does, let it refresh your soul.

    Love,

    Kristy

    Felix and Mercy, thank you for hanging out in Nairobi. All the best on your little wonder due this week. 

  • Heidi’s Brown Butter Spice Bread

    When I saw the list of ingredients in this cake I knew I had to make it. Browned butter? Roasted winter squash? Garam Masala? Yes, please! We have plenty of Garam Masala lying around from all our attempts at making a good curry. It’s a beautiful blend of peppery cinnamonny cardamummy goodness. Since I’ve been doing a whole lotta “stress baking” to avoid packing, now seemed like the perfect time to bake this up!

    One of the things that I love about living in Durban is the really large and totally unique Indian community. *warning, incoming “did you know” fact* Did you know that Durban has the largest Indian population of any city, outside of India? It shows, we have curry coming out of our ears and I love it! You have not lived until you have tasted a Durban Bunny Chow, but that’s another story.

    The name here says bread, but this really is a cake. Heidi who created the remarkable 101 cookbooks mentions you can skip the browning of the butter. You could, it’s true, but I don’t think I ever would. The browned butter gives this cake an amazingly dark and nutty favor. Plus I just love browning butter, and being around butter, and eating butter… you get the picture. This cake is soooo good paired with a doppio of espresso on a Sunday afternoon.

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    Love,

    Kristy

    all images Kristy J Carlson recipe via Heidi at  101 cookbooks

     

     

  • A Little Cherry, Pt.1

    I realize that this is supposed to be a blog about one big adventure in the middle-of-nowhere-Africa and all that jazz, but I am breaking all of the rules today because I want to show you the most beautiful pregnant woman ever! Dylan and Bonita Cherry were MADE to have a little Cherry all their own. So much so that they bought the little booties pictured while on their honeymoon. These two make me a better person, they make our whole family better, actually. Their enthusiasm for parenthood is a reminder that being a parent is a gift. Their “can do” attitude constantly instills in us that all things are possible, especially the things we think aren’t possible. Have they ever uttered these cheesy words? No, they just live it. Every day. Plus they are two of the most beautiful people you will ever meet. You can find out more about their little Cherry here. Dylan and Bon, it was a honour. To the next chapter! undefinedundefinedundefinedundefinedundefined aaaaaaaand there’s gonna be a part two, can you believe it?

    Luv,

    Kristy

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