October Summary

October came and went way too fast. I kept meaning to update but couldn't find the time. (Well, didn't make the time is a bit more accurate). So today I'm just posting a quick collage rather than trying to play catch-up like I originally intended. Instead I'm going to try and focus more on next month's endeavors. Which may include some film shots from my new Holga (which I am super excited about). My goal for next month is to make more blog posts than I did in July (13). 

See you next month!

i cross my heart & hope to die, these dreams of yours are gonna fly.

Lately I've been feeling lost. I've hardly been using my cameras. I don't go adventuring. I stay home with Dan every night. I feel like my lifeforce has been sucked out of me. Everything is at a standstill. I think I just need to try hardfer. I'm not ready to abandon my dreams yet.

Royal Pines with Dan

 I unfortunately haven't been out with my camera for a while due to a number of different things. But about a month ago Dan and I went to Royal Pines, a nearby nature park. We had a good time, I tested out my lensbaby but didn't come home with anything that didn't make me dizzy looking at it. Here are a few of the shots with my regular lens though.

  Hopefully I'll be able to get out with my camera and post some new stuff soon!

Let's open up a restaurant in Sante Fe

I just came across this photo of Dan from a trip to Miami we took way back in January. We had one of the little metro movers to ourselves. This picture just makes me think of Rent. If you haven't seen it there is a scene when they are on the subway and they sing about just leaving it all behind and starting over somewhere new. I think about that all the time. Just packing up and going. Nowhere in particular, just see where life takes me.

"Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe. Oh, sunny Santa Fe would be nice. Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe and leave this to the roaches and the mice."

Downtown Adventure Part Two: The Wall

Continued, as promised, from the excursions Courtney, Dan and myself had downtown a few weeks back...

There is this building by the train tracks that is painted really awesomely. It's a wonderful cliche spot for anyone in or around West Palm to take pictures.


Well, the three of us decided to venture to this wall and play around for a bit. It proved quite fun, despite the sulky looks on Courtney and Dan's faces in the following few.









I love, love, love the use of negative space in this one.*


We played around for awhile, and had a lot of fun. I came home to a corrupted memory card. It took me four days to recover and I was still missing a few favorites. All in all though I am satisfied with the photos from that day and the wall ones weren't even my favorites. So look for another entry or two from this day.

My words just don't seem to be flowing properly right now. So I will leave you with quite possibly my favorite triptych of all time.


(The credit goes to Dan for the jump shot of me.)





* and the boy too, of course.

Downtown Adventures Part One: The Doorway

Courtney, Dan and I went downtown last week. I grabbed my camera as we ran out the door and I'm so glad that I did. Several impromptu photoshoots happened along the way thanks to Courtney and the unusually willing Dan.

I found a green door that I fell in love with. Above is Dan, looking very handsome. Below is Courtney being candid and pretty. I love their t-shirts, robots and dinosaurs.

Here is Dan. I think the sign and the mood displayed by him in this go together very well.

A very happy un-birthday to you!

So, on April 13th it was my Dan's 22nd birthday. For his birthday we went out with some friends to Boomer's (see previous post). We also went to Key Biscayne which is a small key right off the coast of Miami with a state park that we accidentally found one night while exploring. After Key Biscayne we went to Miami Science Museum. So it was a fun-filled birthday. So fun, in fact, that it has taken me two months to post these pictures. At least that's the excuse I'm using.

Honestly, I couldn't ask for a better husband. We make the perfect team. He also puts up with all my nonsense. Anyone else would have ran away screaming by now. So thank you, Dan. I love you. Happy Un-Birthday!

cold-blooded cutie

a few weeks back sunny south florida encountered a rare freeze. on one of these unusually chilly evenings dan and i found a gecko outside of our front door. he had shut down all unnecassary body functions as geckos are prone to do under these circumstances. so we brought him in the house and let him get nice and warm. he was even nice enough to let me snap this before he went on his merry (and hopefully warmer) way.