Katy Perry In Westport :)

My niece Soleil is turning six years old in a few weeks and she's having a Katy Perry birthday party. Unfortunately I'll be working that day so I got a sneak peek of her party attire.

Horses In The Winter Fog

FYI

I'm lazy. It's common knowledge to all who know me. It's also widely known that I hate the cold and pretty much all inclement weather. I'm telling you this so you appreciate the fact that most of the pictures on this blog are taken from the comfort and warmth of my car. So blame Mother Nature or the fact that I don't live in sunny San Diego if ever the images aren't just so.

The Long Island Sound taken from Saugatuck Shores (and from my car)

Snow Day

 I tried to go out and take some pics of the 2ft of snow that fell here in Westport 

but our jeep got stuck in the snow. So this is it for now.

 A lone jogger on her way to Compo (a few minutes later, she helped us dig out our car!)

Compo Beach 

Main Street, freshly plowed

Post Road, Westport

Jimmy Izzo, one of everyone's favorite locals, shoveling the front of his hardware store so 

the people of Westport can be prepared to dig out!

And one last pic of my crazy husband going for walk at Compo while the jeep was stuck.

Boat Thingamajig

Everytime I drive through Long Shore, I see this boat thingamajig in the water. It's there in summer and winter, low tide and high tide. I've never seen any people on it. With the leaves down and the tide out earlier today, I got a clear shot but I still don't have any answers. Any ideas?

Easton Reservoir

My daughter and I drove by the Easton Reservoir today. Very quiet on Super Bowl Sunday.

Nash Pond 2013

Nash Pond is frozen (and so am I). I did manage to eke out a few pics before I ran back to the firepit where I sat for the remainder of the day while my friends and their families frolicked on the ice oblivious to the frigid weather.

Check out my blog post from the last time we skated on Nash Pond. 

It was two years ago, the year the snow wouldn't stop!

http://katherinehooperphotography.blogspot.com/2011/12/frozen-nash-pond.html

Ice Ice Baby Ice!

The weather in the Northeast is unbareable to someone like me who doesn't like ot leave the house unless the temperature is above 65 degrees. So all these images showing the bitter cold were taken from the warmth of my car with the window open just enough to snap!

The geese are freezing!

The Saugatuck River icing over. Taken from the parking lot of the Westport Arts Center

 Doesn't this pic look colder in black and white?

A close up of the Saugatuck River

New Year New Camera

I tried out my new camera today on the clouds at Compo. So fun.

   

Good Bye 2012

I thought I would post some of my favorite pics from 2012 that didn't make the blog.

 I love this pic. It's of a very close friend and her little niece looking out at the great big ocean.

My 5 year old niece on her first day of elementary school. So excited, so full of life.

I put this pic on in honor of all the kids at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

One of my favoite pics of the year. Not going to tell you what's going on here. 

Make your own interpretation.

I took this pic to join the campaign "STOP THE TERROR". It started with the daily bombing of Israel in the fall and now has grown to stop terrorism all over the globe.

 I had to put up one of my favorite pics from all the bar/bat mitzvahs I shot this year. 

There's a lot going on at 13, and the dresses, wow!

My favorite chemotherapy patient. She puts her arms up in the shape of a heart right before the treatment starts. Best of luck my new friend.

My daughter fooling around with colored sugar while making xmas cookies.

My son and baby Alice trying to look tough.

My father in law and favorite person, pulling funny faces (he's 92 now!) and my daughter.

I had to add one pic of my dad. He can't understand why he's not on the blog every week.

Happy New Year to all and may 2013 be better than the last.

Holiday Card 2012

The Hooper family annual holiday card is getting a pretty good response this year 

so I thought I'd share it.

The Hoopers like to stay connected over the holidays.

Merry Merry!

Bye Bye Summer

All I've been doing this week is taking pics for holiday cards and no one will let me post any of the shots until after their cards go out! So I'm posting some images from the summer because I am beginning to realize that this cold weather is going to be here for quite some time and I'm not happy about it.


I would love to fall asleep in the sun right now.

The Atlantic Ocean on Long Island glistening the sun.

Lulu laughing in the warm sun

Compo at sunset in summer

Thought I'd add a cool pic of my mom under the blue summer sky. Don't tell her. She'll probably make me delete it.