Lisa Weatherbee

It has been a joy to go through my photos from our time on Indian Safari, but figuring out how to share them has felt overwhelming, so I thought, why not start small? Why not begin with the birds?

I’m gonna say now what the birders already know but which is really only a recent revelation to me: birds are little miracles. Every single one. Miraculous, bright little beings with their personality and their birdsong.

I sometimes wonder whether avid bird lovers experience bird calls as instant identification — as though the birds are shouting their names at them. Me I’m just out here with my Merlin app, marveling at a layer of existence revealed, previously invisible to me. I fell in love with birding during our safari and I hope you enjoy this selection of my favorites.

If I had to pick just one it would be the white throated kingfisher, seen in slide 1. We saw this bird many times during our drives. What a little jewel.

spring is here, reminding us that time doesn’t stop, but oh what a beautiful string of days.

Thrilled to be sharing work from my time back at late last year, on assignment for the Washington Post Creative Group.

It was my honor to help tell the story of Leen, a 7 year old girl who traveled with her family from Saudi Arabia to receive a heart repair and lung transplant procedure from the incredible team of doctors at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.

Seeing her run and play put the biggest smile on everyone’s faces that day. If you’d like to learn more about Leen and her journey, I’ve shared a link in my bio.

my mom lives about 15 min from red rocks canyon and so we drove out into the mountain for little walks just about every day. on this particular morning it snowed and I don’t think I’ve ever been in a desert when it was snowing before. what a magical morning we had. it was just beautiful.

the first snow.

in another life she and i would have been total beach babes.

when i asked mg little niece if she’d like to just wander around our big thanksgiving house and take a bunch of cute portraits together, she took my hand in hers and said “yes.” bless you sweet baby willow.

spent thanksgiving with the family in San Diego. we rented a big house and got all the kids together cause what’s better than playing all day with your cousins. hope everyone had a good one and ate their little hearts out.

for a minute there, my whole camera roll was orange. hello and goodbye fall. you were lovely while you lasted.

went to see this beautiful and deeply moving installation in the chapel at today. on view until the 16th of November.

after what felt like ke 100 years of rain, this week we are crashing head first into summer at a speed that is only achievable by hitching yourself to a couple of 5 years olds. it’s 100 degrees out, we’ve achieved warp speed, let er rip.