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Welcome to my blog. I'm a writer, photographer, and mom in no particular order.

Kathryn Trattner writer - photographer - adventurer
Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona
Feb 5

Feb 5 Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

If you get a chance go for the sunrise, get up while it's still dark and race the sun, sit with someone you love, and wait patiently. 

My Favorite Photos of 2018
Jan 22

Jan 22 My Favorite Photos of 2018

Kathryn Trattner
Photography

It seems like 2018 was over in a flash. It was a mix of family and travel and it ended with buying a house and moving.

Sawyer Jude - New Born Session - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sep 11

Sep 11 Sawyer Jude - New Born Session - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Kathryn Trattner
Photography, Life

‘Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby. - Charles Dickens

Hearst Castle - San Simeon, California
Aug 28

Aug 28 Hearst Castle - San Simeon, California

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

I wonder what it would have been like to come as a guest, to wake up in one of those beds and sit under the orange trees with a book, to watch the sunset over the Pacific.

South Padre Island, Texas - a Family Vacation
Aug 21

Aug 21 South Padre Island, Texas - a Family Vacation

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Life, Photography

South Padre is everything you’d expect from a touristy beach town. Lots of brightly colored souvior shops with kitschy items that both kids loved, tiny bathing suits, funny (and risqué) T-shirt’s, and giant fish complete neon and flashing lights.

Choose Your Own Adventure
Aug 14

Aug 14 Choose Your Own Adventure

Kathryn Trattner
Life

So, if it’s all about the journey and not the destination, when or where do you consider yourself successful? At what point do you feel like it’s enough?  

Petrified Forest National Park - Arizona
May 29

May 29 Petrified Forest National Park - Arizona

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

I loved the colors and textures. There are giant petrified logs everywhere, some of them huge, broken into sections or tumbled together.

Cooking from Memory
May 22

May 22 Cooking from Memory

Kathryn Trattner
Life

There are things that remind me, tugging me into the past, the scent of homemade bread and oatmeal cookies, the taste of sun ripened tomatoes still hot from the summer garden.

Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, Texas
May 15

May 15 Cadillac Ranch - Amarillo, Texas

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

The cars, dating from 1949 to 1963, are caked in years of paint, the layers dripping and bubbling, colors blurring into one another. 

Crater Lake National Park - Oregon
May 8

May 8 Crater Lake National Park - Oregon

Kathryn Trattner
Photography, Travel

The blue is just that clear and intense, like nothing else I've ever seen. 

Road Trip Essentials
May 1

May 1 Road Trip Essentials

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Life

A list of my must pack items

A Weekend in Texas - Oklahoma City to Austin on the Back Roads
Apr 24

Apr 24 A Weekend in Texas - Oklahoma City to Austin on the Back Roads

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

My favorite random spot we came across was Baby Head Cemetery. We drove by and then had to turn around when I realized what the sign said.

The Abandoned Baker Hotel - Mineral Wells, Texas
Apr 17

Apr 17 The Abandoned Baker Hotel - Mineral Wells, Texas

Kathryn Trattner
Photography, Travel

I’m drawn to abandoned places; pulled by history and loneliness, the quiet holding echoes and visions.

How To: Christmas Light Photography
Apr 10

Apr 10 How To: Christmas Light Photography

Kathryn Trattner
Photography

My kids got tired of playing with the Christmas lights way before I was tired of taking photos.

Death Valley National Park - California
Apr 3

Apr 3 Death Valley National Park - California

Kathryn Trattner
Photography, Travel

I've always wanted to see Death Valley; always, like forever and universes long, something that has and will always be there.

California Dreaming
Mar 27

Mar 27 California Dreaming

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

The last time we were in California we packed in as much as we could, filling eight days with countless miles and memories. 

Yosemite National Park - California
Mar 20

Mar 20 Yosemite National Park - California

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

Two days isn't enough to see everything Yosemite has to offer. I don't think there is enough time to see it all; to sit and watch the change of seasons and each the beautiful sunset.

Mono Lake - Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area, California
Mar 13

Mar 13 Mono Lake - Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area, California

Kathryn Trattner
Photography, Travel

We stood at the edge of the lake, clouds moving over the sun, the light coming and going, shimmering on the water.

Muir Woods National Monument - California 2017
Mar 6

Mar 6 Muir Woods National Monument - California 2017

Kathryn Trattner
Travel, Photography

It's magical. The silence and giant trees and the sounds of rain hitting leaves and touching your face.

Raising Kids in 2018
Feb 27

Feb 27 Raising Kids in 2018

Kathryn Trattner
Life

Childhood is at once magical and terrible. It is full of things that terrify and amaze, the world an endless place filled with happiness and hurt. 

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Based in Oklahoma City I write about everything and photograph the rest.

 
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