We have some art on our walls, but not many personal photographs. Every place we’ve lived as a couple, only a small handful of favorite pictures have made it into frames. Most of those I lean up against furniture, and I can count on one hand how many personal photos have hung on our walls: four. I don’t have a reason for that. But I know I’d like to hang more personal photos on the walls in our house.

My mom, for Christmas, gifted us a gorgeous framed copy of our wedding thank-you notes: the front photo is of Rob and I – he’s looking into the camera smiling and I’m laughing with that classic bridal head-throw-back thing that always looks fake, if you ask me, although I know in that moment, mid-head-tilt, I was really laughing. I was happy. Plus, Rob is a very funny guy, you see.

So, I thought I’d start by thinking of other good moments we’ve had over the last few years – individually and as a pair – so that I, like my mom, can blow them up to a 5×7 size and immortalize them behind glass. It was a very thoughtful gift.

I debated sharing what my next photo would be, since I guess it’s a bit shallow: it’s of me. But this was a good moment in Paris and I’d like to put it somewhere I can see it, in my house, on those days when I feel whatever the reverse of home-sick is. Because that’s what it feels like some days, when all I want to do is be back here, in this picture:

Sadly, the program I used to edit this photo – picnik.com – will be shutting down on April 19. I’m think I’m going to be setting aside some time each week to edit a few more favorite photos (like the one of Rob last summer, holding up the biggest fish he ever caught) in preparation for their new homes in a mix of frames. I might post what that wall ends up looking like, but no promises. This could take some time.

-sandy.