Hi! My name is Valerie Dietsche. I am a wife of ten years and a homeschooling mom of three beautiful children. After a couple of stints overseas, we've now been settled for several years in our little fixer-upper in small-town America. Photography has been an interest of mine for a while, but just recently have I begun pursuing it as more than just a hobby. I love nature and being outdoors, as you can probably tell by many of my photos. I am now branching out into photographing people, as well. Other interests of mine include reading, (both personally and with my kids), good music, good coffee, and good company! You'll learn a lot more about me as you follow along with my random assortment of blog posts, and hopefully you'll also enjoy the photos along the way.
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SPRING!!!
wait, i mean christmas. except that it’s raining and 45+ degrees outside. (funny how we get excited about 40 degrees in michigan…) i think a couple of my perennials may even be starting to poke their little heads out of the ground and are probably really confused. i’m a little sad that it doesn’t...
maybe it’s because our budget is tight. maybe it’s because our house is small. maybe it’s because we’ve seen what having lots of stuff and getting lots more stuff can do in our kid’s hearts (not to mention our own). or, maybe it’s because we think our friends brian and amy are really cool...
last year as i began looking into doing some kind of advent calendar with the kids in preparation for Christmas, i realized that many of them are mostly about Santa and candy. i also began to realize that in its familiarity, the nativity was cute but not all that exciting or meaningful to me. i...
we had just returned home from sawyer’s doctor appointment this afternoon and i still had to feed him his lunch. i asked miriam if she would “read” levi a story and put him down for his nap. i figured, no harm done if it doesn’t work. about 20-30 minutes later as i was finishing feeding...
the following discourse between the Rabbit and the Skin Horse warmed my heart today as i read to miriam from The Velveteen Rabbit–especially the last part:
“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having...
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