August 2020 Newsletter

2020

It certainly is turning out to be a "year", isn't it?  Between COVID-19, murder hornets, masks becoming a new fashion icon, and now "online school at home", everyone's styles are cramping. 

 

Being together at home a lot can be stressful.
Trying to balance working from home, keeping the kids going with schoolwork, and being the best parent you can be, can be super stressful.

Here at Honey Bee Photography, we are striving to bring you the very best value, whether it's in prepping for your photography experience, content on our blog and newsletters, or creating your artwork for you.  That's why I've partnered up with local experts whom I trust to share how to make things easier for you as a family, a business owner, or just for yourself.

That whole "yourself" thing.  It's easy to forget about yourself, when you are in the midst of figuring out what's awesome for everyone else in your family and business.  Staying focused, happy, and productive often take a back seat when you're concentrating on worrisome ideas.

This month, I'm introducing Brandie Bates with Mary Kay, Cheryl Cage with MyCore, and James Scott, director at Chesapeake Bay Hypnosis.  They have products, knowledge, and solutions to help with your everyday "new normal".  Please check out their articles by clicking on their names.

There's No Place Like Home

Hello my friends!

How are you?  I've been reaching out to so many of you over these past few months, to see how you and your family are doing.  

The number one thing that I've heard during these phone calls, besides hating wearing masks, is that families have been spending more time together, doing things... together.

Some of you have baked bread.  Some of you have done virtual 10ks.  Some of you had babies.  Some of you got pregnant.  Some of you entered a new chapter of your life.

But across the board... I heard that time was spent... together. In love. In reconnecting.  In creating together.  In thriving.  In everything.

Many discovered that all they really need, is in the place they live and love.

Isn't it interesting that when hard times hit, that's when we really figure things out? 

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Dorothy understood that after all of her whirlwind adventures in Oz, that really, the best place was home.

It is my wish that as we enter the new school year, and you are trying to figure out your "new normal",  that you'll discover, after all is said and done and dusted, "there's no place like home".

As you get ready for the new school year, may you have good days where learning together is a joy.  May the rough days bring you even closer together.

With love,

Megan

The Morning After

Yesterday it rained, like it has for most of May.  We had the kind of rain that just down poured; it splashed against the windows and onto the porch.  No thunder or lightning, though, which for me, was disappointing.  Thunder and lightning are fascinating to me.

It was definitely a soggy night.

This morning is sparkling, though.  The ground is soaked.  I put on my slogs to go take a few pictures, and as I walked in my back yard, the ground sucked at my shoes, as if to say, "you can't go forward".  I stooped down to photograph the tall grasses in my back yard, and water splashed up against my legs.  The droplets felt cool on my skin, and as I savored the wet earth scent.

The sunshine is really warm this morning, and so I decided that I wanted to remember what it's like to see the sunshine through the leaves of the tree in my backyard.

I feel like this is symbolic of what we, as a world, are going through with COVID-19.  The rain spraying everywhere represented the ability that (any) virus has of being everywhere with no actual direction.  The sogginess represents the illness.  The wet ground sucking at my shoes represents all of the negativity that social media and the MSM have been throwing out there, keeping us stuck in a place of misery and discontent.  The tall grasses represent new growth, new thoughts, new discoveries.  The cool droplets represent healing, and the wet earth scent represents hope.

These photographs represent how I see the world now, as we come out of this shutdown, and start reopening our world.

Bee in love with the heartwork of your life.