Love Thursday: February 28th, 2008

There's something I love about an image of a man caring for a young child.  And it's not just pictures of my husband with our daughter, either.  I think it has something to do with the fact that often men are expected to be strong, stoic,  and capable of subduing any signs of vulnerability -- so when I see a man being particularly tender or attentive with a child, I feel like I've been let in on a little secret. 

The photograph above was taken this past weekend:  a friend asked me to take pictures of her young daughters.  We met at a park, and I was so happy that her husband, B, decided to join us.  With the aid of my long 70-200mm lens, I was able to capture this special moment between daddy and daughter.  Thanks, B, for letting me in on the secret.

 Happy Love Thursday, everyone.  Please leave your links of images of love in the comments section, below -- and for inspiration, please check out the lovely image by Addicted to Coke left in the Shutter Sisters Flickr Pool.

And may you witness a tiny, secret moment of love today. 

Comments

[Mama DB]

Happy Love Thursday Y'all!

Here's mine:
http://mamadb.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-thursday-bb-molly.html

[Ursula]

Lotsa love to all on this Love Thursday!
http://fabulousflyingzamoras.blogspot.com/2008/02/could-you-be-loved.html

[Paige]

I agree Karen. One of the many reasons that I fell in love with my husband was his way with children. We don't have kids yet but I love watching him interact so sweetly with our friends' kids.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkphoto/2298567800/

[Renee]

This is such a sweet photo, a tender moment between a daddy and his girl. Great photography!

[kristyk]

Loving my husband...
http://kristyk.org/2008/02/28/love-thursday-2/

[natala]

Happy love Thursday everyone :)

http://atheart.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/mom-son/

[Terri]

My husband is in Germany & Austria on business right now. He sent me some pictures he took today. I know we are suppose to post pictures we took, but I am very much loving to see the world through his eyes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mondaysmemories/2298628346/

[Elizabeth]

A recent spontaneous shot. Daddy helps Tyler put on ice skates for the first time.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/esabet/2293255763/in/set-72157603988830528/

[LaundryGirl]

Happy Love Thursday everyone! I know the feeling, seeing the love between daddies and their babies is amazing. My daughter and husband have a nightly ritual of dancing around the family room in the evenings...no matter what our day has been like, it never fails to put a smile on my face!!! I will have to try and capture their antics on camera one day soon.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wantuhere/2298666322/

[nicky thomas]

Happy Love Thursday ladies/jim

generally she wants her daddy most when she is poorly.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickythomasphotography/2213133472/

hope you like it

Nicky x

[sperlygirl]

for the love of little mama flowers delivered by teeny hands...happy love thursday! :)
http://sperlygirl.typepad.com/sperlygirl/2008/02/mamas-flower.html

[stacelet]

I do like it when I am able to see a secret moment between people; that small glance or hands just touching, it's poignant and sweet.

In my photo this week, I saw dear friends walking together, in step, not talking and just enjoying the day together... it reminded me of their wedding and how they walked together from making their vows - steady and sure and so happy together.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stacelet/2270061319/

[carrie]

I love Love Thursdays!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/read2me/1508476963/in/set-72157602023445902/

[kelsie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtngrl/2282150100/

Happy Love Thursday!

[krystyn]

Karen, this post gave me extreme goosebumps when I read it. Have you been peeking inside my brain?

Last night I had a dream about Gage and his father. In the dream, they were playing on the beach and extremely happy. And I was so happy, knowing that even though things didn't work out between us, he is a FANTASTIC father and my sons very much love him. I am lucky to be blessed with such a great influence and role model in my sons' lives. And when I awoke, everything was okay in my heart.

I know this resulted from really missing them recently (they're at their dad's right now), but instead of having an anxious worry-filled dream like I usually do, I had this serene message delivered to me from the universe. I woke up peaceful and smiled reflecting on the moments I experienced in the dream.

Then I wandered downstairs, made some coffee, started up the iMac, and read this. It was like I already knew what Love Thursday was going to be for me, and it turned out to be the same for you as well.

Thank you for this. <3

[Jeanine]

It's my dear friend Kat's birthday today so Love Thursday came around just in time.

http://bohemiancreations.ca/blog/?p=815

[Wanneitta]

My husband is one of those big, strong, non-demonstrative types so I especially treasure this picture of him & Amanda on a ride at Canada's Wonderland. http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatswanniettaknittingtoday/2298759436/


And we don't see my mom very often but when we do we take walks on the beach. I caught them at a lull in the conversation, but it seems to be one of those wonderfully comfortable silences. http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatswanniettaknittingtoday/2298759442/

[Lynette]

This is my first post here although I've been reading for a while... these two pics both screamed LOVE to me I just had to post them both!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22562643@N04/2297938349/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22562643@N04/2298732990/in/photostream/

[Melissa]

Happy Love Thursday!

http://aphotomom.blogspot.com/2008/02/well-this-is-my-first-posting-on-my.html

[danielle]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23196640@N03/2298884526/

i love pics of daddy/daughters. they are all so beautiful!

[Lisa]

here is one of my daughters. i love this photo so much i had to scrap it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwphotography/2298882952/

[Lucy]

Its not quite the same type of Love mostly represented here. But, its late winter in the northwest of our fair country and the doldrums have set in and look to be staying a few more weeks.

So, my love contribution for this last LT in February is the love of sunshine and travel and looking forward to more of each, soon, very soon.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucindasummerville/122621371/

[Sara Moon]

I'm 13 days from delivery and had my belly blessed and adorned yesterday, with henna.
Love the art of it, love my baby-to-be.
http://flickr.com/photos/saraluna/2298905508/

[Stacibo]

Happy Thursday! Here's my contribution:

http://practicalspirit.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/love-thursday-2/

[Jules]

Here are my love entries (thanks, Tracey for the love!). My 3 year old and I set about making a very special Valentine 1st birthday party for his little brother. We made all the decorations ourselves, including heart wax paper to wrap up the party favors.

The process
http://www.flickr.com/photos/poemgal/2293397060/

The paper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/poemgal/2293403658/

The final product
http://www.flickr.com/photos/poemgal/2256766016/

[Sarah-Ji]

Oh, I love daddy-and-child photos! Here's my post:
http://www.shutterbugmama.com/2008/02/love-thursday-daddys-little-girl.html

[Kristin]

I know a lot of people post photos of family for Love Thursday, so this may not be what most have in mind. But I love red barns and I really love this photo. I've driven by this farm thousands of times, it's located where I grew up and I've been wanting to photograph it for a while. Finally the opportunity presented itself with the perfect light too. I added textures to give it a vintage feel, which I am really into right now. Thanks for looking!

http://flickr.com/photos/22621057@N04/2289945621/

[Brené Brown]

Our Love Thursday is all about chubby whales and thin mints. Happy day!
http://ordinarycourage.squarespace.com/

[jme*]

A boy and his snowman

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23371539@N02/

[emily]

the "love" i found in savannah today...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/girl_seeking_grace/2298557051/

[anilia]

http://littleanilia.blogspot.com/

My Love Thursday is at the bottom of todays post. I think it is worth the scroll down. Thanks for writing such an amazing blog!

[blissful*thinking]

i heart hearts! i love love thursdays!

my first love thursday post! yay!

thank you!

[blissful*thinking]

*ahem*

in my excitement, of course i forgot the link. oh brother...

http://blissfullthinking.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/love-thursday/

[Holly]

First bath and a favorite of my girl and her Daddy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollybnelson/125767250/in/set-72157594364874724/

[amy]

love for us these days is crawling around.
Happy Love Thursday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrogirll/2282096344/

[Jeannie]

I thought I posted a link to my Love Thursday entry on Thursday- but I don't see it here! I hope I can join in...

Here it is:

http://jeannie-picturethis.blogspot.com/2008/02/great-grandmothers-love.html

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