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Welcome to my Blog!

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.

Thanks for stopping by, and please say hello!

p.s.--Please do not use or reproduce my photos without permission. Thanks!

Monthly Archives: April 2009

i am the tin man

On my way to Bible study this afternoon, I thought of the tin man from The Wizard of Oz and suddenly understood things about myself I had never seen that way before. It struck me so powerfully that I had to take a minute to pull myself together before walking into the building. Let me...

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around the house

spring always seems to get us moving with a couple of new projects around the house – i find myself tinkering around the yard trying to come up with things to do just because i love being outdoors so much.  of course, these first projects pictured were mostly matt… and he is happy that his...

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photo session :: welcome solomon & naomi

friends of ours, brad and monica, have recently added not one but two more children to their family through adoption from the orphanages of africa. yesterday i headed out to their home in hopes of giving them something to remember this time by. all five of the kids were a joy to photograph! ...

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sick sawyer

the poor little guy has had a rough week.  he came down with a flu bug this past weekend and has been off ever since.  fever, vomiting, diarrhea, no appetite, lethargic, and CRABBY.  understandably so.  thankfully, the rest of us seem to have been spared.
daddy gave him this band-aid to help make his tummy feel...

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innocademy

our kids got in! this feels like a God-send, so i guess we’ll see.
a couple of months ago, when i was about at my breaking point with homeschooling, i randomly ran into a very old friend at the library who told me about this program happening right in Zeeland. i had never heard...

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