It took me a few days to come around to this photo because it’s kind of awkward to look at.  It’s disorienting and the parts that are in focus don’t seem to make sense.  But the light is good and the parts that are in focus are super sharp.  And anyway, photography is subjective and [...]

380 degrees hot!  Proceed with caution.  Aren’t I hilarious?  I think so.
Shockingly, I’ve retained my sense of humor on a Monday.  Not that there is any reason not to be in good spirits every day of the week, but this particular weekend was an unexpected mix of productive, relaxing, and fun.  I’m hoping for many [...]

This was taken in the backyard of my childhood home in Watertown, NY.  The entire time I was growing up I was under the impression that this was a crab apple tree.  One of many that my dad would pay me, my brother, and any willing friends 10 cents an apple to pick up off [...]

Since I keep writing about my awesome father, and I know he doesn’t read my blog so I know he won’t get mad about me posting this photo (and even if he does, my brother already threatened to put it as his Facebook photo), I figured this was only appropriate.
Unlike his garden where he just [...]

I believe I’ve mentioned it before, but my Dad is one badass gardener.  When I showed up a couple weeks ago the fridge was full of fresh tomatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers.  And that was just about the last of it for the summer.  There were still a few tomatoes left on the vines in the [...]

I apparently have a thing for white, flowery bikinis.  Because I now have three.  All with pink and green flowery patterns.  This one I bought in Italy at Calzedonia, which is this crazy chain that sells swimwear and tights.  Oh, Italy.  Sometimes you are very strange (stamps at the post office?  I don’t think so.  [...]

The pendant was an earring and I lost its twin sister.  The chain was a super long necklace that I’d grown bored with.  Together they make me a sexy new piece for fall.  Is recrafted jewelry making in my future?

I couldn’t believe it when I stepped out on my deck and the first thing that caught my eye were these 10 foot sunflowers in the garden.  There were only two of them, but the diameter of each head had to be over a foot long.  It was too bad that I came so late [...]

When I took this photo outside of a Buddhist temple in Vinegar Hill, I had no idea what significance these cloths held until I posted this photo on Flickr and someone left a comment saying they are Tibetan prayer flags.  Naturally that led me to looking it up on Wikipedia and now I know all [...]

It’s how I feel sometimes.  When I catch it, I take a big breath and tell myself to relax.  When I don’t, well, that’s when I head to the bar.  Both methods work in their own ways.