{peonies + e-courses}

I found this photo tonight, it's from last Summer taken here in New Hampshire. I remember the exact day when my best friend (husband Tee) surprised me with a ravishing bunch of pink peonies that I placed into a vintage aqua teapot. It was May and the weather was sunny and warm. I placed these beauteous blooms near an open window so the breeze would lift their delicious perfume into the air kissing every corner of my home. Flowers make me happy and since it is winter I have to make do with my memories. Funny, looking at this photo now I recall why I never bothered to upload it. At that time I did not find it interesting but now 9 months later I'm suddenly taken by this image and cannot believe I once thought it was a mistake shot, a crap photo, junk. Isn't it funny how we discredit our work one day and fully support and value it the next? Speaking of criticism and photography, tomorrow I begin an online photography class given by British photographer Susannah Conway. It's called Unravelling: Ways of Seeing Myself and it's not so much about how to take photos as how to find yourself and your feelings, how to unravel, through your photos. I'm really interested to see what this 8 week e-course experience will be like for me. It's my first e-course and I'm both scared and excited. Have you ever taken an e-course? (photography by holly becker for haus maus)