tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29596881397982014062024-03-13T10:29:16.442-07:00lucia marie // the road less traveledLuciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.comBlogger441125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-84222885438936837342017-05-30T12:49:00.000-07:002017-05-30T18:33:03.348-07:00Silence is Not a Weakness. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ouAaD_EWwY4/WS3KgpXCy7I/AAAAAAAAITk/jCNyBuugy5gMvQupq6hReGSh2Qn9uy_5QCLcB/s1600/12093569_253745138349329_1432391079_n%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ouAaD_EWwY4/WS3KgpXCy7I/AAAAAAAAITk/jCNyBuugy5gMvQupq6hReGSh2Qn9uy_5QCLcB/s640/12093569_253745138349329_1432391079_n%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes, I sit on my bed and close my eyes and think of nothing at all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes, I start conversations with strangers with no thought to personal agenda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes, I get asked a hard question--an eschatological question, or a women's rights question, or a "what is life?" question, and I smile unapologetically:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<i>I know the answer; ask me again in 50 years</i>."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Call me overly-analytical, but in this generation, to know nothing--or, to know nothing <i>yet</i>--feels almost like a crime.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The world we live in is not one which condones stillness. Students are urged to turn their minds into complex diagrams of whatever they happen to be passionate about, be it beneficial to their fellow mankind or not. Millennials, regardless of their educational status, are encouraged to have an opinion--any opinion, really, as long as it's the right one, of course--the one that's right for <i>you</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Rightness" is presented as relative, yet it is not quite so. A truly philosophical mind is lauded and enviable, but not pursued. Or, if it is pursued, it is often flaunted in far from appropriate manners. Our constant need for truth is cancelled out by an unchecked desire for status and commendation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is it so terrible not to have an answer? To admit that there are issues within the current world that cannot be solved by a finite mind? A glance at today's news front and student-saturated online podiums would not be so sure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The irony is this: we exist in a state of constant answering, which as a result creates reflects a state of constant questioning. And under this same ordinance, answers from those who have seen more than two or three decades of the world are eliminated as invalid and detrimental, when in fact the opposite should be true.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It's okay to be uneducated.</i> Silent. Unknown. However, to be eternally resigned to a silent mind, simply for lack of knowledge, is not an applaudable state--<i>nor is a resignation to a life which is content to be void of education</i>. Instead, I believe the attitude should be this: live a life that is alright with the concept of being wrong. Of needing to stop for a moment and learn. Of dedicating slow years to researching one subject simply so you can form one well-rounded sentence about it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And if there must be resignation, let it be that of resigning oneself to the knowledge that there is One Who's answers far surpass our own--yet Who delights in our questions, our use of our created and complex minds, and reminds us that <i>not everything must be understood to be known</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Silence for a moment is not the weakness; arrogant ignorance for a lifetime is.</span></div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-42272479538465032212017-02-02T14:47:00.001-08:002017-02-03T14:33:06.796-08:00Jordan + Piper / Vancouver, WA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div id="connectPrompt" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; max-width: 960px; text-align: center;">
<div id="connectPrompt" style="max-width: 960px; text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />“i do not want to have you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">to fill the empty parts of me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">i want to be full on my own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">i want to be so complete</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">i could light a whole city</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">
</span><span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">and then</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">
</span><span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">i want to have you</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">
</span><span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
cause the two of us combined</div>
</span><span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
could set it on fire.”<br />
<br /></div>
</span></div>
<div id="connectPrompt" style="font-size: medium; max-width: 960px;">
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">-- Rupi Kaur, <i>Milk + Honey </i></span></span></div>
<div id="connectPrompt" style="font-size: medium; max-width: 960px;">
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<div id="connectPrompt" style="font-size: medium; max-width: 960px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div id="connectPrompt" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; max-width: 960px; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">It was a classic Bible school scenario: girl met boy and love blossomed over pool games and coffee. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">For Jordan and Piper, their deep friendship was where everything began. She was a freshman, he was a senior, and as their daily interactions became something more, everything just felt right. It became a relationship founded with trust and complete authenticity, and that, Piper says, is what built it to last: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">"We both could be completely ourselves without feeling ashamed." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">Eight months and they were engaged; thirteen months--December 3rd, 2016--and they were Mr. + Mrs. The day was cold, blustery, and simple, with donuts and s'mores and just the right amount of dancing. //</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div id="connectPrompt" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; max-width: 960px; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div id="connectPrompt" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; max-width: 960px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IqTGq5zaEsA/WJNtGi5h1pI/AAAAAAAAIQQ/J_OUVVyFNwwUJ61-bUDinfDcybe2Eq39ACLcB/s1600/BLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="1200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IqTGq5zaEsA/WJNtGi5h1pI/AAAAAAAAIQQ/J_OUVVyFNwwUJ61-bUDinfDcybe2Eq39ACLcB/s1600/BLOG.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vny8zTkNIkQ/WJI6X5ZZR_I/AAAAAAAAIKc/y3MeT3SuDFQ8IsmSsQSfUkXwHXWETmYHgCEw/s1600/DSC_0093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vny8zTkNIkQ/WJI6X5ZZR_I/AAAAAAAAIKc/y3MeT3SuDFQ8IsmSsQSfUkXwHXWETmYHgCEw/s400/DSC_0093.jpg" width="266" /></a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PF2cuTWViss/WJI6X8227pI/AAAAAAAAIKE/wdyrbJZimzcsi8ixRwibG5VxgwntBiqvQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PF2cuTWViss/WJI6X8227pI/AAAAAAAAIKE/wdyrbJZimzcsi8ixRwibG5VxgwntBiqvQCLcB/s400/DSC_0092.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xF2qAP76vLQ/WJI6XuhgJGI/AAAAAAAAIKA/ixA-JVucLncqBNJGiQcMMVjuqNuMjYO_ACEw/s1600/DSC_0101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xF2qAP76vLQ/WJI6XuhgJGI/AAAAAAAAIKA/ixA-JVucLncqBNJGiQcMMVjuqNuMjYO_ACEw/s1600/DSC_0101.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CLC_G5H-DKc/WJI6cQq8igI/AAAAAAAAIKQ/yNPXRsmtEeAabZsM2UBOMcbzUMAj5wo3gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CLC_G5H-DKc/WJI6cQq8igI/AAAAAAAAIKQ/yNPXRsmtEeAabZsM2UBOMcbzUMAj5wo3gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0399.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0s6eWwBNGc0/WJKuPN3sw0I/AAAAAAAAIKs/YsLaHFSPksQ0uryTd_GPbxXl-u9zz_boACLcB/s1600/DSC_0140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0s6eWwBNGc0/WJKuPN3sw0I/AAAAAAAAIKs/YsLaHFSPksQ0uryTd_GPbxXl-u9zz_boACLcB/s1600/DSC_0140.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TOHk4PLM2mQ/WJK1r7ntkwI/AAAAAAAAILs/quqBn14-QqURARauPQZ_-hxWGH5FjDoVgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TOHk4PLM2mQ/WJK1r7ntkwI/AAAAAAAAILs/quqBn14-QqURARauPQZ_-hxWGH5FjDoVgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0143.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QtI2LKM_VUc/WJK1rh1j-cI/AAAAAAAAILo/6P-TxpxuBrY366RE239374xulF4ZZ0G3wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QtI2LKM_VUc/WJK1rh1j-cI/AAAAAAAAILo/6P-TxpxuBrY366RE239374xulF4ZZ0G3wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0146.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HQtpWZu8A6M/WJKurHxD3cI/AAAAAAAAIK8/QQTtNcmwlZ8WTCWFtEZy-t3Z1zFWZ7FmwCEw/s1600/DSC_0162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HQtpWZu8A6M/WJKurHxD3cI/AAAAAAAAIK8/QQTtNcmwlZ8WTCWFtEZy-t3Z1zFWZ7FmwCEw/s1600/DSC_0162.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8uKFAkxKQWY/WJKvXntIWJI/AAAAAAAAIK4/0BEC4E8xtPEIaX0lV7TdEuFkpSDtEIM2gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8uKFAkxKQWY/WJKvXntIWJI/AAAAAAAAIK4/0BEC4E8xtPEIaX0lV7TdEuFkpSDtEIM2gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0164.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AwAq9uPKkdc/WJK0E3XxDMI/AAAAAAAAILY/II1BtE8lVcgLpfjn8DjTOgTtjy_gM-bLgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AwAq9uPKkdc/WJK0E3XxDMI/AAAAAAAAILY/II1BtE8lVcgLpfjn8DjTOgTtjy_gM-bLgCLcB/s400/DSC_0221.jpg" width="266" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ERI-iR0Wzng/WJKyKoBdIhI/AAAAAAAAILM/qBPQY5bvZnQ2OxfJ1cvSUn6hU0ODmf0HwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ERI-iR0Wzng/WJKyKoBdIhI/AAAAAAAAILM/qBPQY5bvZnQ2OxfJ1cvSUn6hU0ODmf0HwCLcB/s400/DSC_0218.jpg" width="266" /></a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YUG2kqO1ncE/WJKyKuSGNzI/AAAAAAAAILI/4RV2XDYQ2DEDOduoEI2cTAH-EQBGDkmCgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YUG2kqO1ncE/WJKyKuSGNzI/AAAAAAAAILI/4RV2XDYQ2DEDOduoEI2cTAH-EQBGDkmCgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0219.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-luZcRr0MgY4/WJK0uc3YJtI/AAAAAAAAILg/niFl_34cpJQo-RcWkhF3IZZAR5EmRcGMwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-luZcRr0MgY4/WJK0uc3YJtI/AAAAAAAAILg/niFl_34cpJQo-RcWkhF3IZZAR5EmRcGMwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0213.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UPCWSD3XX6A/WJK2otrx3oI/AAAAAAAAIL0/YIlPI7Jg4pQIPDuL3hDWIvQX1P_TMsP4wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UPCWSD3XX6A/WJK2otrx3oI/AAAAAAAAIL0/YIlPI7Jg4pQIPDuL3hDWIvQX1P_TMsP4wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0199.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnCBC_taMBU/WJK3Q_IZq3I/AAAAAAAAIL8/8aInsfxTyJAHokdB0GyWdxSMJLsi2JKRACLcB/s1600/DSC_0179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnCBC_taMBU/WJK3Q_IZq3I/AAAAAAAAIL8/8aInsfxTyJAHokdB0GyWdxSMJLsi2JKRACLcB/s1600/DSC_0179.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a37SL3redcE/WJK451lKhmI/AAAAAAAAIMM/KZL4t86hXsU9wh7sNMvG4ZJfBYIYF6tbwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a37SL3redcE/WJK451lKhmI/AAAAAAAAIMM/KZL4t86hXsU9wh7sNMvG4ZJfBYIYF6tbwCLcB/s400/DSC_0203.jpg" width="266" /></a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-euQ8TSC43s4/WJK451yaHyI/AAAAAAAAIMI/6AbnVYlDvWU58CSXZ9LyoWVBykTlGWSzgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-euQ8TSC43s4/WJK451yaHyI/AAAAAAAAIMI/6AbnVYlDvWU58CSXZ9LyoWVBykTlGWSzgCLcB/s400/DSC_0204.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YKlzUPx3s5I/WJK5dLe7NiI/AAAAAAAAIMQ/8BOYUGmVaCsK9rlstMCRJZdQ3svDPrD8wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YKlzUPx3s5I/WJK5dLe7NiI/AAAAAAAAIMQ/8BOYUGmVaCsK9rlstMCRJZdQ3svDPrD8wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0226.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1ooC_khlqE/WJK6OnNItRI/AAAAAAAAIMY/c2enWNWG_egkL59HEQkiIbWHsUBpK9buACLcB/s1600/DSC_0171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1ooC_khlqE/WJK6OnNItRI/AAAAAAAAIMY/c2enWNWG_egkL59HEQkiIbWHsUBpK9buACLcB/s1600/DSC_0171.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7fP9eG4-eA/WJK6t8c8LbI/AAAAAAAAIMg/MzpE9dtBm7UmNT3Mqul77jNBcTr0UoXBACLcB/s1600/DSC_0169.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7fP9eG4-eA/WJK6t8c8LbI/AAAAAAAAIMg/MzpE9dtBm7UmNT3Mqul77jNBcTr0UoXBACLcB/s1600/DSC_0169.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SVowvQFHV7U/WJNaXxkamdI/AAAAAAAAIM0/087SE8yPkmwmAAUyeI5sD4SfIBkftiDiQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SVowvQFHV7U/WJNaXxkamdI/AAAAAAAAIM0/087SE8yPkmwmAAUyeI5sD4SfIBkftiDiQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0181.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bECQxa7EpJM/WJNbAgjk9hI/AAAAAAAAIM8/TwJmqyIf_tMAtUlb-Lf0jFTNuoJnT-EwACLcB/s1600/DSC_0156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bECQxa7EpJM/WJNbAgjk9hI/AAAAAAAAIM8/TwJmqyIf_tMAtUlb-Lf0jFTNuoJnT-EwACLcB/s1600/DSC_0156.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jvFZyfj5TqE/WJNff7_t2BI/AAAAAAAAIOU/P6w9SDR3ohU6zXM8EkgWxK3Vk8Q0j7jEgCEw/s1600/DSC_0332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jvFZyfj5TqE/WJNff7_t2BI/AAAAAAAAIOU/P6w9SDR3ohU6zXM8EkgWxK3Vk8Q0j7jEgCEw/s1600/DSC_0332.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3WdQsJzQUXI/WJNbRJ1ee9I/AAAAAAAAINA/Qkgxsme1Hd0ZnpGBlcgYIrV6gSXbZEUXACLcB/s1600/DSC_0192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3WdQsJzQUXI/WJNbRJ1ee9I/AAAAAAAAINA/Qkgxsme1Hd0ZnpGBlcgYIrV6gSXbZEUXACLcB/s1600/DSC_0192.jpg" width="800" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wW_AhIIdhqg/WJNdT5kuaGI/AAAAAAAAINs/iC9Unto37f4O6T3B4tuyRQW-5QKZas0ZgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wW_AhIIdhqg/WJNdT5kuaGI/AAAAAAAAINs/iC9Unto37f4O6T3B4tuyRQW-5QKZas0ZgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0276.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bXc3TXOn8ak/WJNdTjSASiI/AAAAAAAAINo/5rlJq2u1PGIKvB5D201n2nrrJ_SwRTbhACLcB/s1600/DSC_0289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bXc3TXOn8ak/WJNdTjSASiI/AAAAAAAAINo/5rlJq2u1PGIKvB5D201n2nrrJ_SwRTbhACLcB/s1600/DSC_0289.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJbHL8gELlw/WJNeFjoLRaI/AAAAAAAAIN4/KHLuNHkPIZI_8G0p3Lu38uJFugHUHVqXwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJbHL8gELlw/WJNeFjoLRaI/AAAAAAAAIN4/KHLuNHkPIZI_8G0p3Lu38uJFugHUHVqXwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0238.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SAxdgN7NLGw/WJNcb8LYR8I/AAAAAAAAINU/hu8SqfW7UPMaFgaRbGYPds6_lDpldQIqgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SAxdgN7NLGw/WJNcb8LYR8I/AAAAAAAAINU/hu8SqfW7UPMaFgaRbGYPds6_lDpldQIqgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0444.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tgAh2JYS_zQ/WJNcbkfrUHI/AAAAAAAAINQ/uNmBSyDhmqsVggDDQN4c8JvN0ya5srI0gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tgAh2JYS_zQ/WJNcbkfrUHI/AAAAAAAAINQ/uNmBSyDhmqsVggDDQN4c8JvN0ya5srI0gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0448.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VWaOOy8E0so/WJNccHMFrMI/AAAAAAAAINY/ZJjgfASTURwppj5R-fYFw355N14qqqd9wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VWaOOy8E0so/WJNccHMFrMI/AAAAAAAAINY/ZJjgfASTURwppj5R-fYFw355N14qqqd9wCLcB/s1600/DSC_0489.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QxMJneFRNTU/WJNcdfYsLFI/AAAAAAAAINc/guE6g9ljC24dqay2I3MehSjhJS-nUC_EgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QxMJneFRNTU/WJNcdfYsLFI/AAAAAAAAINc/guE6g9ljC24dqay2I3MehSjhJS-nUC_EgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0491.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uOmFjlqxI7E/WJNp-ZlKcGI/AAAAAAAAIPw/EAcKcIxLbJ4tyBb_RJZAP2g7-BPMT_HMQCEw/s1600/DSC_0076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uOmFjlqxI7E/WJNp-ZlKcGI/AAAAAAAAIPw/EAcKcIxLbJ4tyBb_RJZAP2g7-BPMT_HMQCEw/s1600/DSC_0076.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4gVq2RDKIXU/WJNgmAT0sNI/AAAAAAAAIOY/8mP3wxWafPkexG-nb661Oz7z5b62tejKwCEw/s1600/DSC_0562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4gVq2RDKIXU/WJNgmAT0sNI/AAAAAAAAIOY/8mP3wxWafPkexG-nb661Oz7z5b62tejKwCEw/s1600/DSC_0562.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ah2Mx4xX54o/WJNgJhffq9I/AAAAAAAAIOQ/Y7Vp780CVL4Kt8ucA3WU2VE5lvJiKUxqQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ah2Mx4xX54o/WJNgJhffq9I/AAAAAAAAIOQ/Y7Vp780CVL4Kt8ucA3WU2VE5lvJiKUxqQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0552.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y5auPQbknzA/WJNgJVE8dJI/AAAAAAAAIOM/EZzt8P_dxGETpCjCtP9c1AR12Kv9IZsBACLcB/s1600/DSC_0555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y5auPQbknzA/WJNgJVE8dJI/AAAAAAAAIOM/EZzt8P_dxGETpCjCtP9c1AR12Kv9IZsBACLcB/s1600/DSC_0555.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5hfjJRxZ6hk/WJNhdPSr8pI/AAAAAAAAIOs/9zPScEjvBV08QmvUqBvDpC6UIhlMm6-yACLcB/s1600/DSC_0547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5hfjJRxZ6hk/WJNhdPSr8pI/AAAAAAAAIOs/9zPScEjvBV08QmvUqBvDpC6UIhlMm6-yACLcB/s1600/DSC_0547.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_p9qPR9uFM/WJNhceGSVuI/AAAAAAAAIOo/JIjbhZKlAwQn__ZBLvd7VumhNNvaajHcQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_p9qPR9uFM/WJNhceGSVuI/AAAAAAAAIOo/JIjbhZKlAwQn__ZBLvd7VumhNNvaajHcQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0557.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rXrhOP8xyuM/WJNq7ZQFIlI/AAAAAAAAIQA/eVFqSl4Ig6AMV7AVTYc55g26zmmi1JijgCEw/s1600/DSC_0550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rXrhOP8xyuM/WJNq7ZQFIlI/AAAAAAAAIQA/eVFqSl4Ig6AMV7AVTYc55g26zmmi1JijgCEw/s400/DSC_0550.jpg" width="266" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hLlLF0l1r4w/WJNp-4j31eI/AAAAAAAAIP8/72GVo3JJ9Ng2pNi7zNWmAH-EJpiv9rRagCEw/s1600/DSC_0056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hLlLF0l1r4w/WJNp-4j31eI/AAAAAAAAIP8/72GVo3JJ9Ng2pNi7zNWmAH-EJpiv9rRagCEw/s400/DSC_0056.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFtYutlBZqg/WJNqbwvHN9I/AAAAAAAAIP4/Dn2Nh_hyJoEsYYdUf51mzS0EQEPEaOWvwCEw/s1600/DSC_0543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFtYutlBZqg/WJNqbwvHN9I/AAAAAAAAIP4/Dn2Nh_hyJoEsYYdUf51mzS0EQEPEaOWvwCEw/s1600/DSC_0543.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j_-lRTJFmfo/WJNnDhdoEtI/AAAAAAAAIPY/e8ZE2SvSp3ooCzPZWQ9vZbWY2NXWxik6gCEw/s1600/DSC_0587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j_-lRTJFmfo/WJNnDhdoEtI/AAAAAAAAIPY/e8ZE2SvSp3ooCzPZWQ9vZbWY2NXWxik6gCEw/s1600/DSC_0587.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OzeRGK5veHo/WJNi_IZQo5I/AAAAAAAAIPA/Kg95Kg3Ays006s8usIIrQzrVfFLKJPfUgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OzeRGK5veHo/WJNi_IZQo5I/AAAAAAAAIPA/Kg95Kg3Ays006s8usIIrQzrVfFLKJPfUgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0648.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Igr03LnPz2g/WJNi_N6bCiI/AAAAAAAAIO8/_McTssN-y1EwnFtgVIVlTZWVWzpnjUp3ACLcB/s1600/DSC_0654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Igr03LnPz2g/WJNi_N6bCiI/AAAAAAAAIO8/_McTssN-y1EwnFtgVIVlTZWVWzpnjUp3ACLcB/s1600/DSC_0654.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W1c77qjucpw/WJNi_HfTOfI/AAAAAAAAIO4/l43gqF_fOZ8AdPmVDTkQqjNM2f-YVX8eQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W1c77qjucpw/WJNi_HfTOfI/AAAAAAAAIO4/l43gqF_fOZ8AdPmVDTkQqjNM2f-YVX8eQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0665.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nEDnoYqPPo8/WJNjAdG3BZI/AAAAAAAAIPE/XM0EwfORkWoa5RMnAD8AOclx2IDSVsMgACLcB/s1600/DSC_0680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nEDnoYqPPo8/WJNjAdG3BZI/AAAAAAAAIPE/XM0EwfORkWoa5RMnAD8AOclx2IDSVsMgACLcB/s1600/DSC_0680.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IiY0t_v-bvE/WJNjARWsTRI/AAAAAAAAIPI/gUHoAu9LRgkTEbbdaZrgd694fsplrCe8gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IiY0t_v-bvE/WJNjARWsTRI/AAAAAAAAIPI/gUHoAu9LRgkTEbbdaZrgd694fsplrCe8gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0741.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d8kuJ6QWZfw/WJNfIPCqELI/AAAAAAAAIOA/bDfCaOfHhLUlE__Po37hc-l_85HgqWpwQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d8kuJ6QWZfw/WJNfIPCqELI/AAAAAAAAIOA/bDfCaOfHhLUlE__Po37hc-l_85HgqWpwQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0688.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NUOUnaM1ePg/WJNoAuFUzwI/AAAAAAAAIPk/hTWt2dsPA3QVLjS9BrhfqU6RGOA-O0-RQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NUOUnaM1ePg/WJNoAuFUzwI/AAAAAAAAIPk/hTWt2dsPA3QVLjS9BrhfqU6RGOA-O0-RQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0763.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZH5w2cliedw/WJNoAmf8faI/AAAAAAAAIPg/Az6XQe6SUuo-yFAkn3PFOfP5uE956A9JgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="535" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZH5w2cliedw/WJNoAmf8faI/AAAAAAAAIPg/Az6XQe6SUuo-yFAkn3PFOfP5uE956A9JgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0764.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">-photos copyright 2016 Lucia Morud Photography-</span></span></div>
<br /></div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-59206382897811263302016-03-21T23:21:00.003-07:002016-04-07T13:15:08.794-07:00small thing // <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2fx5Ymf_2zs/VvDf53aRRoI/AAAAAAAAICM/GSj3E1QAJqgQwyTRml02tuo-j_0_GkwCA/s1600/DSC_0305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2fx5Ymf_2zs/VvDf53aRRoI/AAAAAAAAICM/GSj3E1QAJqgQwyTRml02tuo-j_0_GkwCA/s640/DSC_0305.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aGoz_hU4Ncg/VvDf3H5J2bI/AAAAAAAAICI/mBbfB7qhnM0piKSppHoYAKF0JTs7YD8cw/s1600/DSC_0343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aGoz_hU4Ncg/VvDf3H5J2bI/AAAAAAAAICI/mBbfB7qhnM0piKSppHoYAKF0JTs7YD8cw/s640/DSC_0343.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
</div>
<br />
small thing:<br />
you breathe; you sigh; you love<br />
relentlessly, simply, unconditionally--<br />
mewing and grasping<br />
for her.<br />
your hold is slight and firm.<br />
you trust her.<br />
<br />
small thing,<br />
you trust it: life,<br />
that is,<br />
the thing which pulled you from<br />
the safe,<br />
the cozy,<br />
the impenetrable warmth,<br />
and out into <br />
the big,<br />
the dark,<br />
the impenetrable chill.<br />
yet you were born to live,<br />
and live you shall.<br />
<br />
small thing:<br />
someday, this world will<br />
hold more than she,<br />
and you will learn to loose your grasp.<br />
but not soon.<br />
and she is thankful.<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>I am now a part-time professional photographer in the Portland, Oregon area. I attribute my growth in imagery completely to this blog, and I am thankful for the many words of encouragement and support which came to me for so many years as I began my photography endeavors. These images are from a recent newborn shoot. Photographing families + babies always leaves me with a sense of awe and delight. </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>xx lucia </i><br />
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-13243284364617085392016-03-13T23:50:00.000-07:002016-03-13T23:50:09.788-07:00Soul Breathing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UA0wWhgyszQ/VuZfDDUR2wI/AAAAAAAAIB0/CARA_L43N0g0rsC1Ny_ilMc55thMbni3Q/s1600/12545315_771285312975663_859208094_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UA0wWhgyszQ/VuZfDDUR2wI/AAAAAAAAIB0/CARA_L43N0g0rsC1Ny_ilMc55thMbni3Q/s1600/12545315_771285312975663_859208094_n.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2959688139798201406" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2959688139798201406" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">Sometimes, your soul needs to breathe. Mine did, and has. And so I have returned. //</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">It's been nearly two years since I have been in this place, and typing once more on a familiar blank sheet is nostalgic. My soul has indeed done a lot of breathing. I am different. I have changed. I have grown. I have lived; I have adventured. I have photographed, traveled, learned, written, cried, laughed, had my heart bruised and beautified. I am twenty years young now; thirteen, the age at which I began this little blog of mine, seems like a galaxy away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">But here I am, returning. I missed this outlet; this space in which to share my thoughts + musings. I intend to return wholeheartedly--sporadically, perhaps, but thoughtfully. I want to write again, merely to myself, if need be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Be blessed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">xo // lucia</span></div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-63894363470869076942014-09-05T16:41:00.000-07:002014-09-05T16:42:28.752-07:00Elijah + Jessica | Portland, Oregon Wedding Photography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So. I lied. Accidentally. I truly thought I would be back sooner than this. But look! I have photo proof for you: I've been busy. Like, really busy. One of the changes in my life (spoken of in my last post) that has occurred is my photography career. What started as a for-fun hobby is now rapidly blossoming into a (not quite official) side business. In fact, I just launched a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shecapturesyou">page</a>, am working on organizing my portfolio and a website, and I have gazillions of folders of shoots to share with you all. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have had the chance to photograph several weddings this year, and now, I want to share this one with you. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
////</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Elijah and Jessica, two sweet persons whom I am happy to also call my friends, were married in the backyard of a family friend (who also happens to be a mutual friend of mine. Gotta love small towns). It was to be an evening wedding, but morning already promised sky-rocketing temperatures--and Oregonians are easily wilted by heat. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
But it was okay (and I'm going to be cheesy here; bear with me), because love was also promising to be at an all-time high. And Oregonians (at least the ones I am happy to know) are pretty dang good at this whole love thing. I might be biased, but, <i>still</i>. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The girls wore pink and the boys wore romeos, and there was a potluck + strawberry shortcake for dessert. Adjectives--homey, pretty, friendly, sweet--were monogrammed into the atmosphere. It was a joy to capture such a sweet love as Elijah + Jessica's. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9vj-n7A2vw/VAdSSpjD-sI/AAAAAAAAHe0/p7UC8sGzGKw/s1600/Untitled4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9vj-n7A2vw/VAdSSpjD-sI/AAAAAAAAHe0/p7UC8sGzGKw/s1600/Untitled4.png" height="580" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z5Yc7EZoeTc/VAdTWvc4xaI/AAAAAAAAHfE/6xJYdOPcby8/s1600/DSC_6407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z5Yc7EZoeTc/VAdTWvc4xaI/AAAAAAAAHfE/6xJYdOPcby8/s1600/DSC_6407.jpg" height="1050" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMIozl1usOc/VAdTcT0DE0I/AAAAAAAAHfU/DXV0Xzldu2M/s1600/DSC_6249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMIozl1usOc/VAdTcT0DE0I/AAAAAAAAHfU/DXV0Xzldu2M/s1600/DSC_6249.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--sERwRQnr3o/VAdUk0s6E1I/AAAAAAAAHfs/JIISkv_uMfQ/s1600/DSC_6352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--sERwRQnr3o/VAdUk0s6E1I/AAAAAAAAHfs/JIISkv_uMfQ/s1600/DSC_6352.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oxqnOKOd2ok/VAdUwQYMnQI/AAAAAAAAHgE/FCxbasqmleo/s1600/DSC_6342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oxqnOKOd2ok/VAdUwQYMnQI/AAAAAAAAHgE/FCxbasqmleo/s1600/DSC_6342.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_3wv_LYq7iM/VAdUT-CozSI/AAAAAAAAHfk/ico77k8JaYo/s1600/Untitled%2B2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_3wv_LYq7iM/VAdUT-CozSI/AAAAAAAAHfk/ico77k8JaYo/s1600/Untitled%2B2.png" height="580" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HbGgEmcdpsA/VAdUmp2ZFyI/AAAAAAAAHf0/nyqYuTjCULI/s1600/DSC_6375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HbGgEmcdpsA/VAdUmp2ZFyI/AAAAAAAAHf0/nyqYuTjCULI/s1600/DSC_6375.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8TP6weiqHZw/VAdUoAS6hrI/AAAAAAAAHf8/ljGS0ZRpb1Q/s1600/DSC_6367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8TP6weiqHZw/VAdUoAS6hrI/AAAAAAAAHf8/ljGS0ZRpb1Q/s1600/DSC_6367.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8fiJ6TFROMA/VAdVmSrlJHI/AAAAAAAAHgM/KFkULueBYjY/s1600/DSC_6391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8fiJ6TFROMA/VAdVmSrlJHI/AAAAAAAAHgM/KFkULueBYjY/s1600/DSC_6391.jpg" height="1150" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sgO-1D16FDw/VAdV8R4TiWI/AAAAAAAAHgU/HK2UQjlFKzI/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sgO-1D16FDw/VAdV8R4TiWI/AAAAAAAAHgU/HK2UQjlFKzI/s1600/Untitled.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IxC1lKG7dKs/VAdWesPnv5I/AAAAAAAAHgk/SVIFLvbgbDY/s1600/Untitled%2B3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IxC1lKG7dKs/VAdWesPnv5I/AAAAAAAAHgk/SVIFLvbgbDY/s1600/Untitled%2B3.png" height="580" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhTTvAGfbp4/VAdX6rmam8I/AAAAAAAAHgs/YwI186lMYrg/s1600/DSC_6432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhTTvAGfbp4/VAdX6rmam8I/AAAAAAAAHgs/YwI186lMYrg/s1600/DSC_6432.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-258-u6GVCt0/VAdZoNkgFAI/AAAAAAAAHg0/7rZktMdTGGI/s1600/Untitled5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-258-u6GVCt0/VAdZoNkgFAI/AAAAAAAAHg0/7rZktMdTGGI/s1600/Untitled5.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yeb1aI_CMJ4/VAd1zdTv4iI/AAAAAAAAHhc/6Vj6Sfw9peA/s1600/DSC_6451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yeb1aI_CMJ4/VAd1zdTv4iI/AAAAAAAAHhc/6Vj6Sfw9peA/s1600/DSC_6451.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iLICyAbNbSk/VAd2m823ZzI/AAAAAAAAHhs/7Qo1GMW6I-k/s1600/Untitled6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iLICyAbNbSk/VAd2m823ZzI/AAAAAAAAHhs/7Qo1GMW6I-k/s1600/Untitled6.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BR6fJ0hEcBo/VAdalzC64VI/AAAAAAAAHhE/LmfmmZTvhQQ/s1600/DSC_6461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BR6fJ0hEcBo/VAdalzC64VI/AAAAAAAAHhE/LmfmmZTvhQQ/s1600/DSC_6461.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yQcRpoQvkxY/VAda0r2BwnI/AAAAAAAAHhM/BlHLAwMrsp8/s1600/DSC_6478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yQcRpoQvkxY/VAda0r2BwnI/AAAAAAAAHhM/BlHLAwMrsp8/s1600/DSC_6478.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xMm5RgZ9mnI/VAdWLZAtJYI/AAAAAAAAHgc/6eLHm36AQpE/s1600/DSC_6419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xMm5RgZ9mnI/VAdWLZAtJYI/AAAAAAAAHgc/6eLHm36AQpE/s1600/DSC_6419.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tsJk4hG8_M4/VAd4FkM3QJI/AAAAAAAAHiM/ArojvVHDe0g/s1600/DSC_6485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tsJk4hG8_M4/VAd4FkM3QJI/AAAAAAAAHiM/ArojvVHDe0g/s1600/DSC_6485.jpg" height="1200" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V3R1URH-Os4/VAd4mDCJskI/AAAAAAAAHiU/RMwDVrBUFRs/s1600/Untitled7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V3R1URH-Os4/VAd4mDCJskI/AAAAAAAAHiU/RMwDVrBUFRs/s1600/Untitled7.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UDQcCRePgVU/VAd5Gu_yRmI/AAAAAAAAHic/954wf_slC3I/s1600/DSC_6503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UDQcCRePgVU/VAd5Gu_yRmI/AAAAAAAAHic/954wf_slC3I/s1600/DSC_6503.jpg" height="1200" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eUC6K0lGL9U/VAd7pYye_RI/AAAAAAAAHik/8RD9-Nr5y8Q/s1600/Untitled8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eUC6K0lGL9U/VAd7pYye_RI/AAAAAAAAHik/8RD9-Nr5y8Q/s1600/Untitled8.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2kkpP8AVpUg/VAd_sQvWvyI/AAAAAAAAHjc/2sE67zItyUI/s1600/DSC_6643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2kkpP8AVpUg/VAd_sQvWvyI/AAAAAAAAHjc/2sE67zItyUI/s1600/DSC_6643.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QRbyrdVBdZU/VAd8WFmVXpI/AAAAAAAAHi0/swQrNytmBsc/s1600/DSC_6664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QRbyrdVBdZU/VAd8WFmVXpI/AAAAAAAAHi0/swQrNytmBsc/s1600/DSC_6664.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKdHzVfOFDg/VAd_0QZ3GhI/AAAAAAAAHjk/TfYp_xpzUXc/s1600/DSC_6658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKdHzVfOFDg/VAd_0QZ3GhI/AAAAAAAAHjk/TfYp_xpzUXc/s1600/DSC_6658.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ri1ONWIQsg/VAd8L3kM6OI/AAAAAAAAHis/3I7yPfqTtys/s1600/DSC_6536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ri1ONWIQsg/VAd8L3kM6OI/AAAAAAAAHis/3I7yPfqTtys/s1600/DSC_6536.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrBus63Bb4s/VAd9KwSwVkI/AAAAAAAAHi8/QHRv8wRLycI/s1600/DSC_6589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrBus63Bb4s/VAd9KwSwVkI/AAAAAAAAHi8/QHRv8wRLycI/s1600/DSC_6589.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I_21nb6Za2w/VAd9x_Rhx4I/AAAAAAAAHjE/OPceod_CCIE/s1600/DSC_6576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I_21nb6Za2w/VAd9x_Rhx4I/AAAAAAAAHjE/OPceod_CCIE/s1600/DSC_6576.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DLBAZMkYxQY/VAd-DufozGI/AAAAAAAAHjM/yQT-lb3T6iA/s1600/DSC_6582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DLBAZMkYxQY/VAd-DufozGI/AAAAAAAAHjM/yQT-lb3T6iA/s1600/DSC_6582.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yx065ITAgNA/VAd-xlBalkI/AAAAAAAAHjU/umZm7zsXuVs/s1600/DSC_6571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yx065ITAgNA/VAd-xlBalkI/AAAAAAAAHjU/umZm7zsXuVs/s1600/DSC_6571.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_RHkBgAMzU/VAeA9XXlsoI/AAAAAAAAHjs/639DiDVO0oA/s1600/DSC_6618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u_RHkBgAMzU/VAeA9XXlsoI/AAAAAAAAHjs/639DiDVO0oA/s1600/DSC_6618.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fxEYWX8UW2Q/VAeCXGtRc2I/AAAAAAAAHkE/avp0OQdl3fs/s1600/002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fxEYWX8UW2Q/VAeCXGtRc2I/AAAAAAAAHkE/avp0OQdl3fs/s1600/002.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uZAHnLWAs54/VAeCJiC8rDI/AAAAAAAAHj8/SsoHW41CnXA/s1600/DSC_6629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uZAHnLWAs54/VAeCJiC8rDI/AAAAAAAAHj8/SsoHW41CnXA/s1600/DSC_6629.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qEXrYeBe4B0/VAeCDVgQCMI/AAAAAAAAHj0/JF39LN6FIsg/s1600/019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qEXrYeBe4B0/VAeCDVgQCMI/AAAAAAAAHj0/JF39LN6FIsg/s1600/019.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y8yRB8rwZ-8/VAeDkT6tlfI/AAAAAAAAHkY/9Y4OM1Entyg/s1600/083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y8yRB8rwZ-8/VAeDkT6tlfI/AAAAAAAAHkY/9Y4OM1Entyg/s1600/083.jpg" height="1200" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIIDIdxtxPc/VAeDjAFt6HI/AAAAAAAAHkQ/6VCRus9rPoE/s1600/096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIIDIdxtxPc/VAeDjAFt6HI/AAAAAAAAHkQ/6VCRus9rPoE/s1600/096.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MLNG0vcS0Yo/VAeEF5a06TI/AAAAAAAAHkg/uXOFmwdW7W8/s1600/108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MLNG0vcS0Yo/VAeEF5a06TI/AAAAAAAAHkg/uXOFmwdW7W8/s1600/108.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JyrH0mV3p0k/VAoTL8IzOlI/AAAAAAAAHpY/bjpzfX5WomI/s1600/Untitled9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JyrH0mV3p0k/VAoTL8IzOlI/AAAAAAAAHpY/bjpzfX5WomI/s1600/Untitled9.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iV_KSp8UZf0/VAeKEWtJNKI/AAAAAAAAHlQ/f7r1Wuuab9k/s1600/092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iV_KSp8UZf0/VAeKEWtJNKI/AAAAAAAAHlQ/f7r1Wuuab9k/s1600/092.jpg" height="1200" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gyHG33yoDvQ/VAeHYRGZa-I/AAAAAAAAHlA/Rctosrq9CfY/s1600/157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gyHG33yoDvQ/VAeHYRGZa-I/AAAAAAAAHlA/Rctosrq9CfY/s1600/157.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mSYzJyFESIQ/VAeEzXGN27I/AAAAAAAAHkw/z9P0PQqxEMA/s1600/150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mSYzJyFESIQ/VAeEzXGN27I/AAAAAAAAHkw/z9P0PQqxEMA/s1600/150.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jPgSreSbbMU/VAeE5a2uDYI/AAAAAAAAHk4/W5XRWHL0pHk/s1600/152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jPgSreSbbMU/VAeE5a2uDYI/AAAAAAAAHk4/W5XRWHL0pHk/s1600/152.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNTKo_uf_kY/VAn80NV7i6I/AAAAAAAAHm8/QxISr5k7fak/s1600/181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNTKo_uf_kY/VAn80NV7i6I/AAAAAAAAHm8/QxISr5k7fak/s1600/181.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD-ou1lUdyE/VAn9bOOcnAI/AAAAAAAAHnQ/60tnodFHYwE/s1600/199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD-ou1lUdyE/VAn9bOOcnAI/AAAAAAAAHnQ/60tnodFHYwE/s1600/199.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5M6wP8FkQmY/VAn-A9xVPwI/AAAAAAAAHnk/LowjRqx0NBs/s1600/259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5M6wP8FkQmY/VAn-A9xVPwI/AAAAAAAAHnk/LowjRqx0NBs/s1600/259.jpg" height="1200" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zz9rkuFeiSk/VAoP-7BX2-I/AAAAAAAAHn0/XEM1Tg9bhRM/s1600/201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zz9rkuFeiSk/VAoP-7BX2-I/AAAAAAAAHn0/XEM1Tg9bhRM/s1600/201.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0M1nwlPy88U/VAn-ABqnufI/AAAAAAAAHng/388WkQmIQzU/s1600/233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0M1nwlPy88U/VAn-ABqnufI/AAAAAAAAHng/388WkQmIQzU/s1600/233.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uUsef5167t4/VAn9UqM5PrI/AAAAAAAAHnI/aqX4c0q_ZvE/s1600/224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uUsef5167t4/VAn9UqM5PrI/AAAAAAAAHnI/aqX4c0q_ZvE/s1600/224.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dcWwIi_8x-0/VAn9-6V3vUI/AAAAAAAAHnY/bEF-tUcLgO4/s1600/281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dcWwIi_8x-0/VAn9-6V3vUI/AAAAAAAAHnY/bEF-tUcLgO4/s1600/281.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FL1x3setLU8/VAoRXPTx50I/AAAAAAAAHoU/0f4t8FTOJpM/s1600/290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FL1x3setLU8/VAoRXPTx50I/AAAAAAAAHoU/0f4t8FTOJpM/s1600/290.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aHpt_fP_kjk/VAoRERsARgI/AAAAAAAAHoM/mMOV1oXwgwk/s1600/335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aHpt_fP_kjk/VAoRERsARgI/AAAAAAAAHoM/mMOV1oXwgwk/s1600/335.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ayyvwj6BPTQ/VApDuF-0N6I/AAAAAAAAHtc/ZS-mfgCfvNI/s1600/475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ayyvwj6BPTQ/VApDuF-0N6I/AAAAAAAAHtc/ZS-mfgCfvNI/s1600/475.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rf-1H43P64I/VAo2dgDAx6I/AAAAAAAAHpw/ELOhP3Kstv4/s1600/067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rf-1H43P64I/VAo2dgDAx6I/AAAAAAAAHpw/ELOhP3Kstv4/s1600/067.jpg" height="1200" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DQfg2fknoJI/VAo2XZlVYEI/AAAAAAAAHpo/UMNRssgktp8/s1600/065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DQfg2fknoJI/VAo2XZlVYEI/AAAAAAAAHpo/UMNRssgktp8/s1600/065.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JSGwToAAHjA/VAoQQurNrxI/AAAAAAAAHn8/4R7olM-vy-4/s1600/112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JSGwToAAHjA/VAoQQurNrxI/AAAAAAAAHn8/4R7olM-vy-4/s1600/112.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6jXeo7k3N4/VAoR6ms-HTI/AAAAAAAAHok/vwzmnChzHN0/s1600/730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6jXeo7k3N4/VAoR6ms-HTI/AAAAAAAAHok/vwzmnChzHN0/s1600/730.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V9TugtPVbrM/VAoSx_DQ3WI/AAAAAAAAHo8/agVmE7Qr7-s/s1600/344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V9TugtPVbrM/VAoSx_DQ3WI/AAAAAAAAHo8/agVmE7Qr7-s/s1600/344.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CQCB8m2b-RU/VAoTLAzD7KI/AAAAAAAAHpM/VQ8qsxTGdYw/s1600/362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CQCB8m2b-RU/VAoTLAzD7KI/AAAAAAAAHpM/VQ8qsxTGdYw/s1600/362.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-18CnLafV6w8/VAoS-qP_JKI/AAAAAAAAHpI/RbtjGiHANuQ/s1600/Untitled10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-18CnLafV6w8/VAoS-qP_JKI/AAAAAAAAHpI/RbtjGiHANuQ/s1600/Untitled10.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a19jL6eVZqI/VApDIe2x3JI/AAAAAAAAHtM/ryJK3T5w4fc/s1600/373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a19jL6eVZqI/VApDIe2x3JI/AAAAAAAAHtM/ryJK3T5w4fc/s1600/373.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjNbz1s_40w/VAoSXC3jqqI/AAAAAAAAHos/4lVvMC_9dOg/s1600/433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjNbz1s_40w/VAoSXC3jqqI/AAAAAAAAHos/4lVvMC_9dOg/s1600/433.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BbkunkLHGh8/VAoQmRWKyPI/AAAAAAAAHoE/5gjCLgxC1Bo/s1600/440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BbkunkLHGh8/VAoQmRWKyPI/AAAAAAAAHoE/5gjCLgxC1Bo/s1600/440.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ww4of-u3GUQ/VAoScN3CJ8I/AAAAAAAAHo0/0-i1vhheZi4/s1600/426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ww4of-u3GUQ/VAoScN3CJ8I/AAAAAAAAHo0/0-i1vhheZi4/s1600/426.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B3k980UPTLc/VAo3K46olyI/AAAAAAAAHqA/6qAOxj84lF8/s1600/478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B3k980UPTLc/VAo3K46olyI/AAAAAAAAHqA/6qAOxj84lF8/s1600/478.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_kl-z2lDW28/VAo382I8CTI/AAAAAAAAHqg/9oK5a6m0ma4/s1600/708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_kl-z2lDW28/VAo382I8CTI/AAAAAAAAHqg/9oK5a6m0ma4/s1600/708.jpg" height="1180" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2J7EmQZQRpQ/VAo49giqgQI/AAAAAAAAHq4/X6R6RBhZtNs/s1600/704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2J7EmQZQRpQ/VAo49giqgQI/AAAAAAAAHq4/X6R6RBhZtNs/s1600/704.jpg" height="1200" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KPxwyaeKwTo/VAo3d3UFEWI/AAAAAAAAHqQ/LeHHp5FyiYs/s1600/529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KPxwyaeKwTo/VAo3d3UFEWI/AAAAAAAAHqQ/LeHHp5FyiYs/s1600/529.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--H8Z93nvSBo/VAo4noAg5KI/AAAAAAAAHqw/xcOki_E3ANY/s1600/531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--H8Z93nvSBo/VAo4noAg5KI/AAAAAAAAHqw/xcOki_E3ANY/s1600/531.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_oYHGPMORqc/VAo24OCz5hI/AAAAAAAAHp4/nnWUZLCEuDk/s1600/625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_oYHGPMORqc/VAo24OCz5hI/AAAAAAAAHp4/nnWUZLCEuDk/s1600/625.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JiO7Eo8NbVw/VAo33Ec_-MI/AAAAAAAAHqY/0ngPOw7OBSI/s1600/537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JiO7Eo8NbVw/VAo33Ec_-MI/AAAAAAAAHqY/0ngPOw7OBSI/s1600/537.jpg" height="1190" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ohvP306iLbM/VAo4-LA1WvI/AAAAAAAAHq8/JOvCUpiV2uw/s1600/690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ohvP306iLbM/VAo4-LA1WvI/AAAAAAAAHq8/JOvCUpiV2uw/s1600/690.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UE5PPE4pFuY/VAo5hlQi0pI/AAAAAAAAHrY/BHM6e5IO64s/s1600/697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UE5PPE4pFuY/VAo5hlQi0pI/AAAAAAAAHrY/BHM6e5IO64s/s1600/697.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UZ14ZuiEQMc/VAo6bFEe_YI/AAAAAAAAHrw/YpTpvE2m484/s1600/682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UZ14ZuiEQMc/VAo6bFEe_YI/AAAAAAAAHrw/YpTpvE2m484/s1600/682.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oH7elUG3FiQ/VAo6EZtQGPI/AAAAAAAAHro/Pe_yARuBJVQ/s1600/713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oH7elUG3FiQ/VAo6EZtQGPI/AAAAAAAAHro/Pe_yARuBJVQ/s1600/713.jpg" height="1180" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7JVQB8TEEyQ/VAo5aV_cl5I/AAAAAAAAHrI/bdNu-jyPokU/s1600/719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7JVQB8TEEyQ/VAo5aV_cl5I/AAAAAAAAHrI/bdNu-jyPokU/s1600/719.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AUuwS1zlUoc/VAo3bLfXO-I/AAAAAAAAHqI/4VRRIxkA2iw/s1600/599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AUuwS1zlUoc/VAo3bLfXO-I/AAAAAAAAHqI/4VRRIxkA2iw/s1600/599.jpg" height="1180" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gd-pQvB5Ir8/VAo4Xh7b0zI/AAAAAAAAHqo/T8OLva0yldw/s1600/660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gd-pQvB5Ir8/VAo4Xh7b0zI/AAAAAAAAHqo/T8OLva0yldw/s1600/660.jpg" height="1180" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYL13F0OJak/VAo5-WAiV2I/AAAAAAAAHrg/bp-8VqKOG1E/s1600/608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYL13F0OJak/VAo5-WAiV2I/AAAAAAAAHrg/bp-8VqKOG1E/s1600/608.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JsAzPXSo1h4/VAo6de6wkDI/AAAAAAAAHr4/8DjJKxw3KQ4/s1600/569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JsAzPXSo1h4/VAo6de6wkDI/AAAAAAAAHr4/8DjJKxw3KQ4/s1600/569.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-okwz7PPmmso/VApDfw1dw8I/AAAAAAAAHtU/NAZmRdgzQJU/s1600/741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-okwz7PPmmso/VApDfw1dw8I/AAAAAAAAHtU/NAZmRdgzQJU/s1600/741.jpg" height="535" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-63726299112052336892014-05-20T21:40:00.000-07:002014-05-20T21:40:00.953-07:00the return <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c2by5qZyrQA/U18WkbFJMpI/AAAAAAAAHL0/Eye3Vce4t6w/s1600/DSC_2493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c2by5qZyrQA/U18WkbFJMpI/AAAAAAAAHL0/Eye3Vce4t6w/s1600/DSC_2493.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1G7Erm70N1Q/U18Wk6yr0yI/AAAAAAAAHL8/_SC1R1k_N9Y/s1600/DSC_2519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1G7Erm70N1Q/U18Wk6yr0yI/AAAAAAAAHL8/_SC1R1k_N9Y/s1600/DSC_2519.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ky5BvvMFTDE/U18WkiimkzI/AAAAAAAAHL4/Pd6AhvAUnrM/s1600/DSC_2643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ky5BvvMFTDE/U18WkiimkzI/AAAAAAAAHL4/Pd6AhvAUnrM/s1600/DSC_2643.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Oh, look.<br />
<br />
I have returned.<br />
<br />
..And the title of this post reminds me of a movie sequel. You know, the ones who just can't bring themselves to be called, "The Movie, Part Two," so they entitle themselves something impressive like, "The Return," and it ends up being super emotional and dramatic. I guess you could compare this blog to a movie of sorts--I am returning, and it does feel like a sequel. Hopefully not an emotional and dramatic one. But don't count on that.<br />
<br />
I feel like Lucy, stepping back from her trip to Narnia to find that nothing has changed--all is as it should be; albeit a bit dusty.I apologize for such a long, unexplained absence, dear friends (are you still there? I won't blame you if you have vanished like Aslan did when he knew the time was right). My life has changed so much: for the better, for the worse, but mostly for the 'busier.' I am now attending a community college three days a week, and on top of homework, daily life, and the occasional big photography job, I am...swamped, to say the least.<br />
<br />
But I wanted to come back to this. And when it all comes down to it, it was one word that brought me back--breathe. When I write, I breathe. And that is what I have missed. Breathing. I feel like I haven't caught a decent breath of air in months, and not just because of a lack of writing. Life has gotten....at best, weird. I feel like a stranger to the girl of eight months ago. But not an entirely bad stranger, so maybe you'll still like me. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
Mostly, I feel like I've grown up. A lot. And I have a love/hate relationship with the fact.<br />
<br />
Photos? I have millions of them. Not even kidding. Words? They're all here, in my head, ready to spill out once again as inky type on the crisp white screen. What is my plan for this little corner of the web which has become so distraught with disuse? Well. I don't exactly know. But what I do know is this: I have returned, and I have much to share (even if it's to myself. But that's okay. I like talking to myself. I can deal with that).<br />
<br />
xoxo lucia <3 nbsp="" p=""></3></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-40606910679023719352013-09-17T21:21:00.001-07:002013-09-17T21:25:09.349-07:00mary | senior preview // portland, oregon <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9HBm7aqGqY/UjkkQ7UlA9I/AAAAAAAAHCM/lUa3f7TvsbU/s1600/20130907-DSC_1232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9HBm7aqGqY/UjkkQ7UlA9I/AAAAAAAAHCM/lUa3f7TvsbU/s1600/20130907-DSC_1232.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TtZPqInzyQA/UjkkwrKzGZI/AAAAAAAAHCU/GOkqljC6Xl8/s1600/20130907-DSC_1268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TtZPqInzyQA/UjkkwrKzGZI/AAAAAAAAHCU/GOkqljC6Xl8/s1600/20130907-DSC_1268.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VCZYEafMtq4/Ujkl1FqTl-I/AAAAAAAAHCo/HXfk1MX_Yfw/s1600/20130907-DSC_1411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VCZYEafMtq4/Ujkl1FqTl-I/AAAAAAAAHCo/HXfk1MX_Yfw/s1600/20130907-DSC_1411.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7uZY1QO7UNw/UjkmlXDQ-UI/AAAAAAAAHC0/pOvrfjzhQMc/s1600/20130907-DSC_1336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7uZY1QO7UNw/UjkmlXDQ-UI/AAAAAAAAHC0/pOvrfjzhQMc/s1600/20130907-DSC_1336.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T9LMh5J7648/UjknGV6yCsI/AAAAAAAAHDE/7dmKb9pl1Xs/s1600/20130907-DSC_1517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T9LMh5J7648/UjknGV6yCsI/AAAAAAAAHDE/7dmKb9pl1Xs/s1600/20130907-DSC_1517.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kMMABg-pH3E/Ujkm75DoheI/AAAAAAAAHC8/e8aSLAVloEw/s1600/20130907-DSC_1514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1250" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kMMABg-pH3E/Ujkm75DoheI/AAAAAAAAHC8/e8aSLAVloEw/s1600/20130907-DSC_1514.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4avdLlLTmc/UjknQkfKzbI/AAAAAAAAHDM/T4fxQCgNk_A/s1600/20130907-DSC_1479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4avdLlLTmc/UjknQkfKzbI/AAAAAAAAHDM/T4fxQCgNk_A/s1600/20130907-DSC_1479.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHNubDHPpWc/UjknfCGwrSI/AAAAAAAAHDU/0OTHrM9eWpg/s1600/20130907-DSC_1484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHNubDHPpWc/UjknfCGwrSI/AAAAAAAAHDU/0OTHrM9eWpg/s1600/20130907-DSC_1484.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
A few shots of beautiful Mary. This girl is such a cutie, and she rocks the curls so well. One of my favorite senior sessions to date.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
More to come. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
-lucia marie </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
-photos copyright (c) 2013 l.m. photography-</div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-57413305885004902942013-09-05T21:33:00.001-07:002013-09-06T08:09:45.654-07:00before summer slips out the back door<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hMQvp9pogHs/UilVCM9-jdI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/F636C_nKTas/s1600/20130815-DSC_1121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hMQvp9pogHs/UilVCM9-jdI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/F636C_nKTas/s1600/20130815-DSC_1121.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nlrNNhx3isI/UilTdiuaDPI/AAAAAAAAG_Y/gsCpkoJ4j8Y/s1600/20130814-DSC_0993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nlrNNhx3isI/UilTdiuaDPI/AAAAAAAAG_Y/gsCpkoJ4j8Y/s1600/20130814-DSC_0993.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jy1NrrPq6IU/UilVsAoTv1I/AAAAAAAAHBw/21MFgOnHM1o/s1600/20130815-DSC_1093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jy1NrrPq6IU/UilVsAoTv1I/AAAAAAAAHBw/21MFgOnHM1o/s1600/20130815-DSC_1093.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6pENJq-iJ5Q/UilTgYzkEEI/AAAAAAAAG_g/jZaqgYcmSnQ/s1600/20130814-DSC_1003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6pENJq-iJ5Q/UilTgYzkEEI/AAAAAAAAG_g/jZaqgYcmSnQ/s1600/20130814-DSC_1003.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-naIy2MrH7ZE/UilToatP9kI/AAAAAAAAG_o/_8PgBOkWruU/s1600/20130727-DSC_0532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-naIy2MrH7ZE/UilToatP9kI/AAAAAAAAG_o/_8PgBOkWruU/s1600/20130727-DSC_0532.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--ta8BIKpzes/UilTrEF-NcI/AAAAAAAAG_w/ZjC51-0YCt0/s1600/20130814-DSC_0999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--ta8BIKpzes/UilTrEF-NcI/AAAAAAAAG_w/ZjC51-0YCt0/s1600/20130814-DSC_0999.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--C-1Ot09YvM/UilT-1yNlfI/AAAAAAAAHAM/POBD4uWVs8M/s1600/20130815-DSC_1109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--C-1Ot09YvM/UilT-1yNlfI/AAAAAAAAHAM/POBD4uWVs8M/s1600/20130815-DSC_1109.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qjbZsO69vaA/UilUSkHpaNI/AAAAAAAAHAc/IDQPUnftH4c/s1600/20130814-DSC_0963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qjbZsO69vaA/UilUSkHpaNI/AAAAAAAAHAc/IDQPUnftH4c/s1600/20130814-DSC_0963.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nG_iEGDyK7Q/UilUnLfGXbI/AAAAAAAAHA8/lrQUfjnQqbg/s1600/20130814-DSC_0981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nG_iEGDyK7Q/UilUnLfGXbI/AAAAAAAAHA8/lrQUfjnQqbg/s1600/20130814-DSC_0981.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6H9wIIH1zYA/UilU1TXtqqI/AAAAAAAAHBE/gqj2AH2cblg/s1600/20130815-DSC_1047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6H9wIIH1zYA/UilU1TXtqqI/AAAAAAAAHBE/gqj2AH2cblg/s1600/20130815-DSC_1047.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CmLRCanatmc/UilV6lwPBAI/AAAAAAAAHB4/jQsUf3JoFkU/s1600/20130815-DSC_1155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CmLRCanatmc/UilV6lwPBAI/AAAAAAAAHB4/jQsUf3JoFkU/s1600/20130815-DSC_1155.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTD9gMjCVSc/UilUagTPxZI/AAAAAAAAHA0/XTwMJxHoc9I/s1600/20130815-DSC_1020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTD9gMjCVSc/UilUagTPxZI/AAAAAAAAHA0/XTwMJxHoc9I/s1600/20130815-DSC_1020.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VaEFMQ8226k/UilVDpSEp0I/AAAAAAAAHBc/P72EXmHEmjk/s1600/20130814-DSC_0970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VaEFMQ8226k/UilVDpSEp0I/AAAAAAAAHBc/P72EXmHEmjk/s1600/20130814-DSC_0970.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aULgvQqgvc8/UilUYNuGzeI/AAAAAAAAHAw/sPTVQ6xWLZM/s1600/20130815-DSC_1027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aULgvQqgvc8/UilUYNuGzeI/AAAAAAAAHAw/sPTVQ6xWLZM/s1600/20130815-DSC_1027.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zXHqrIktEds/UilT-ECXurI/AAAAAAAAHAI/51gMfHHY6Ew/s1600/20130815-DSC_1057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zXHqrIktEds/UilT-ECXurI/AAAAAAAAHAI/51gMfHHY6Ew/s1600/20130815-DSC_1057.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DgbwIvZZE7o/UilVedcbwQI/AAAAAAAAHBk/E3Z0IkwJFc8/s1600/20130815-DSC_1087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DgbwIvZZE7o/UilVedcbwQI/AAAAAAAAHBk/E3Z0IkwJFc8/s1600/20130815-DSC_1087.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
We went to the beach in August, over my 18th birthday. We visited the same house we have been visiting since I was two feet shorter and celebrating a toothless eighth. I haven't changed (or grown) all that much. And neither has "Glory Be."<br />
<br />
I love the ocean. I used to be afraid of it, and still am, a little. But the same waves that used to frighten me with their pounding and roaring and foaming wrath now caress my toes and send a shiver of delicious cold--not paralyzing fear--up my spine. Did my fears grow up along with me? Or do I simply see the ocean as something under God's power? Because His power is mighty. And I love the ocean because it whispers His name in the froth that laps at my feet, and the billows that crest the rocks.<br />
<br />
And now, summer is slipping out the back door. I have taken a long, long break from my little web home, and it has felt strangely wonderful and sad all at the same time. I have cut back on computer time to focus on other things--school, now ended, and photography, and simply living. But I love this feeling--I had forgotten how much--the typing of my simple little words, the compilation of my simple little photos, and the moments they all bring back to me.<br />
<br />
I promise not to be gone so long again. But the future is closing in upon me with breathtaking speed, and Autumn is approaching--crisp, cozy Autumn. My heart is full.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-69115924712995702612013-07-05T19:41:00.001-07:002013-07-06T11:14:19.620-07:00stars and stripes forever. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tjDUL7U8kWY/UdeAPTpwMuI/AAAAAAAAG6E/SuA4qROXeP4/s1600/4th+collage.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tjDUL7U8kWY/UdeAPTpwMuI/AAAAAAAAG6E/SuA4qROXeP4/s1600/4th+collage.png" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>i love America., hip hip hooray!</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>and don't try to tell me we don't have freedom, because we do.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>we might lose it any day now, but we have it, so i am thankful.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>some parts of it I am not proud of;</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>we are greatly in need of a revival. </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>but mostly,</i><i> I am just </i><i>thankful. </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>we have more freedom than thousands, millions of people dream of.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>we are headed down if we don't take a sharp turn now,</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>but God is still here. and so is freedom. </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>so i am thankful. i</i><i> live in a free country, and i am proud to it call 'home.' </i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
//</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
//</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
what did yours look like? </div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-62657407996002075742013-07-02T21:59:00.001-07:002013-07-04T08:13:51.120-07:00mown hay should really be a perfume.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-azmDIjhY4TY/UdOlKSdLffI/AAAAAAAAG5E/KwI9FHYxOQ8/s1600/20130701-DSC_0057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-azmDIjhY4TY/UdOlKSdLffI/AAAAAAAAG5E/KwI9FHYxOQ8/s1600/20130701-DSC_0057.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yqL09bYfFhA/UdOlnBPVqoI/AAAAAAAAG5M/QtmVY2T6V2o/s1600/20130629-DSC_1206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yqL09bYfFhA/UdOlnBPVqoI/AAAAAAAAG5M/QtmVY2T6V2o/s1600/20130629-DSC_1206.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-29GUj0ohs-A/UdOlvLwE3KI/AAAAAAAAG5U/Pj0J2U2FNdE/s1600/20130702-DSC_0077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-29GUj0ohs-A/UdOlvLwE3KI/AAAAAAAAG5U/Pj0J2U2FNdE/s1600/20130702-DSC_0077.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gCxrOl7qauc/UdOnFm11ymI/AAAAAAAAG5k/Wm3ZvrF-0zo/s800/20130701-DSC_0052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gCxrOl7qauc/UdOnFm11ymI/AAAAAAAAG5k/Wm3ZvrF-0zo/s1600/20130701-DSC_0052.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Bxl8OfAHFs/UdOnOFBbgbI/AAAAAAAAG5s/i56mzRBqZvE/s1600/20130702-DSC_0074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Bxl8OfAHFs/UdOnOFBbgbI/AAAAAAAAG5s/i56mzRBqZvE/s1600/20130702-DSC_0074.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
It really should. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I would bottle that scent up and put it away for a December day, when I would take it out and smell golden fields while I sighed and watched the bleak grey landscape of winter out my window. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
It's summer. The golden time; the hay bale time; the season of blushing roses, straw hats, raspberry bushes plump with their harvest, and barefoot walks through waist-high wheat. There are flower seeds in our window sill, freckles on my nose, and sundresses dangling in the breeze on the cloths line. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Meanwhile, thank-you notes are piled in the mailbox, and my graduation cap hangs in the closet to collect dust until I pull it out in the eve of life and remember that dream called youth. For yes, I am at long last graduated--and the days stretch before me like an entrance. Summer opens her arms, and I feel like jumping into them with "wild abandon."</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
But that sounds too poetic. I think my summer will be just as oxymoron-ic it always is: crazily quiet and hectically slow, tinted with the scent of freshly mown hay. </div>
<br /></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-27050083617995826182013-06-11T21:34:00.001-07:002013-06-11T21:39:02.992-07:00daisy ventures. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lW9IYophA3U/Ua_bZEH5gNI/AAAAAAAAG2U/zVWcrvcZ0DQ/s1600/20130530-DSC_0355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lW9IYophA3U/Ua_bZEH5gNI/AAAAAAAAG2U/zVWcrvcZ0DQ/s1600/20130530-DSC_0355.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMnYSSv_rhU/UbfxH7WHdYI/AAAAAAAAG20/DKmCMU1nEww/s1600/20130610-DSC_0389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMnYSSv_rhU/UbfxH7WHdYI/AAAAAAAAG20/DKmCMU1nEww/s1600/20130610-DSC_0389.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uwaj1heTR5I/UbfyLL8EX3I/AAAAAAAAG3E/bSgMoUCZNr8/s1600/20130610-DSC_0437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1130" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uwaj1heTR5I/UbfyLL8EX3I/AAAAAAAAG3E/bSgMoUCZNr8/s1600/20130610-DSC_0437.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wo9elM0zffM/Ubfx68LhhkI/AAAAAAAAG28/mTv0CR-4Ijs/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wo9elM0zffM/Ubfx68LhhkI/AAAAAAAAG28/mTv0CR-4Ijs/s1600/Untitled.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HlYu3MK8mAY/UbfzrqQeNAI/AAAAAAAAG3g/k3BTzCqw4r0/s1600/20130610-DSC_0392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HlYu3MK8mAY/UbfzrqQeNAI/AAAAAAAAG3g/k3BTzCqw4r0/s1600/20130610-DSC_0392.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEs7NQEcfn8/Ubfy4PMYE6I/AAAAAAAAG3M/wOlw327lLyI/s1600/20130610-DSC_0425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEs7NQEcfn8/Ubfy4PMYE6I/AAAAAAAAG3M/wOlw327lLyI/s1600/20130610-DSC_0425.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r6thSDNu0IU/UbfzYhOgaKI/AAAAAAAAG3U/trcY5195a3k/s1600/20130610-DSC_0422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r6thSDNu0IU/UbfzYhOgaKI/AAAAAAAAG3U/trcY5195a3k/s1600/20130610-DSC_0422.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LXs9aU8FxFA/Ubf0BiKxtTI/AAAAAAAAG3k/B9qKzaFz-_k/s1600/20130610-DSC_0429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1130" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LXs9aU8FxFA/Ubf0BiKxtTI/AAAAAAAAG3k/B9qKzaFz-_k/s1600/20130610-DSC_0429.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
I sling my bag onto my bike and swing onto the seat. My feet pump the pedals and I rattle down the fielded hill, feeling every pothole. I reach the quiet road and skim down the pavement, feeling the cool spring wind blowing my face. I pass daisies bobbing their heads to the beat of the breeze, their faces almost golden in the setting sun. I stop and grab my camera from its bag. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
A woman strolling by stops to ask me what I'm doing. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
"Taking pictures of daisies," I say. It sounds simple, and silly. But she smiles and gazes at the flowers before us in a rather wistful way.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
"I used to make daisy chains with my sisters," she says. And I smile, too. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I pedal down the road with a chain in my hair and petals on my wheels. I pass an old house with an old bike and an old cat in its front yard. The mailbox is surrounded by a tangle of greens, and I wonder what sort of letters it has held in the years gone by. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I glimpse a man in the window, and I hurry by, embarrassed for stopping to stare. But I like to admire, and old houses are more beautiful than new ones. Their windows have souls. </div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-49546520846381964902013-05-16T10:54:00.003-07:002013-05-16T10:54:51.190-07:00marie | portland, oregon senior photography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
"<i>Sometimes, people are beautiful.</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Not just in looks,</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Not just in what they say,</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Just in what they are</i>." -Markus Zusak</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
///////</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I met Marie this past Fall when I joined my local swim team (and dang, is she crazy talented in that venue!). She is such a sweetheart, and has some of the prettiest blue eyes I have ever seen. We had so much fun traversing through the fields (even though she is allergic) and the Scotchbroom, even trespassing once (shh!) in someone's backyard to get some shots with the lilac bushes. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
///////</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoBhvg0HkwY/UZURW2xk5zI/AAAAAAAAGzc/WdJRjqFabig/s1600/20130510-DSC_0373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoBhvg0HkwY/UZURW2xk5zI/AAAAAAAAGzc/WdJRjqFabig/s1600/20130510-DSC_0373.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S2DSiafyKN0/UZUSX8do2oI/AAAAAAAAGzo/WGajsIbCD4o/s1600/Untitled+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S2DSiafyKN0/UZUSX8do2oI/AAAAAAAAGzo/WGajsIbCD4o/s1600/Untitled+2.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oeLZ_wRy9hA/UZUPPO3YbTI/AAAAAAAAGy8/3FQddhbuPgE/s1600/20130510-DSC_0308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oeLZ_wRy9hA/UZUPPO3YbTI/AAAAAAAAGy8/3FQddhbuPgE/s1600/20130510-DSC_0308.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zuvIH5ross/UZUP5CYN23I/AAAAAAAAGzE/vzy1yqcgRas/s1600/20130510-DSC_0323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zuvIH5ross/UZUP5CYN23I/AAAAAAAAGzE/vzy1yqcgRas/s1600/20130510-DSC_0323.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jEedyZwieHU/UZUQQbm9UFI/AAAAAAAAGzM/knwAfsnDjDQ/s1600/20130510-DSC_0339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jEedyZwieHU/UZUQQbm9UFI/AAAAAAAAGzM/knwAfsnDjDQ/s1600/20130510-DSC_0339.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_y3A2jZBvQ/UZUQ3uRD8oI/AAAAAAAAGzU/XiiXZ93b5vo/s1600/20130510-DSC_0341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_y3A2jZBvQ/UZUQ3uRD8oI/AAAAAAAAGzU/XiiXZ93b5vo/s1600/20130510-DSC_0341.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-084RCqemBBk/UZUTmaJt9BI/AAAAAAAAGz0/R3CIS5Ycj7M/s1600/Untitled+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-084RCqemBBk/UZUTmaJt9BI/AAAAAAAAGz0/R3CIS5Ycj7M/s1600/Untitled+3.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kD34oUAtPG8/UZUTzNXy23I/AAAAAAAAGz8/z1g40mNzN3U/s1600/20130510-DSC_0409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kD34oUAtPG8/UZUTzNXy23I/AAAAAAAAGz8/z1g40mNzN3U/s1600/20130510-DSC_0409.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a height="533" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_3yDrTdOWQ/UZUT034iAvI/AAAAAAAAG0E/AE9sAAxerMQ/s1600/20130510-DSC_0404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_3yDrTdOWQ/UZUT034iAvI/AAAAAAAAG0E/AE9sAAxerMQ/s1600/20130510-DSC_0404.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rbGNsGyFOu8/UZUUtjF_cYI/AAAAAAAAG0M/6-RS4Epa-oA/s1600/Untitled+4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rbGNsGyFOu8/UZUUtjF_cYI/AAAAAAAAG0M/6-RS4Epa-oA/s1600/Untitled+4.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FO-rhlTcKIs/UZUU3f3XlPI/AAAAAAAAG0U/Ij8U03qicsg/s1600/20130509-DSC_0274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FO-rhlTcKIs/UZUU3f3XlPI/AAAAAAAAG0U/Ij8U03qicsg/s1600/20130509-DSC_0274.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2veVQ0VwgA/UZUVyH9y54I/AAAAAAAAG0k/AW12Qo3T2OM/s1600/20130509-DSC_0032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2veVQ0VwgA/UZUVyH9y54I/AAAAAAAAG0k/AW12Qo3T2OM/s1600/20130509-DSC_0032.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g8FQ5ImeqTY/UZUVM8iY7RI/AAAAAAAAG0c/aODPsOWD3_Q/s1600/20130509-DSC_0029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1250" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g8FQ5ImeqTY/UZUVM8iY7RI/AAAAAAAAG0c/aODPsOWD3_Q/s1600/20130509-DSC_0029.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyFpiZ0nQ3Y/UZUWMiC00QI/AAAAAAAAG0s/idpE8mqtGIU/s1600/Untitled+5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyFpiZ0nQ3Y/UZUWMiC00QI/AAAAAAAAG0s/idpE8mqtGIU/s1600/Untitled+5.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wE2k1xBJ7Ho/UZUX8WeeqEI/AAAAAAAAG1Q/RPPlK-u3b_8/s1600/20130509-DSC_0039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wE2k1xBJ7Ho/UZUX8WeeqEI/AAAAAAAAG1Q/RPPlK-u3b_8/s1600/20130509-DSC_0039.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9NO_do6Vay0/UZUXBI9bnAI/AAAAAAAAG08/7RAyA1KeN-0/s1600/20130509-DSC_0225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9NO_do6Vay0/UZUXBI9bnAI/AAAAAAAAG08/7RAyA1KeN-0/s1600/20130509-DSC_0225.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMxfE29fK5M/UZUW1-qCVqI/AAAAAAAAG00/EIY6rTrdSCs/s1600/Untitled+6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMxfE29fK5M/UZUW1-qCVqI/AAAAAAAAG00/EIY6rTrdSCs/s1600/Untitled+6.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OrRbvy5baqQ/UZUXndBS5KI/AAAAAAAAG1E/NQl1imaqVLQ/s1600/20130509-DSC_0222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OrRbvy5baqQ/UZUXndBS5KI/AAAAAAAAG1E/NQl1imaqVLQ/s1600/20130509-DSC_0222.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1VeENE7eEs/UZUX7YRzPaI/AAAAAAAAG1M/bbftm1t16T4/s1600/20130509-DSC_0233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1VeENE7eEs/UZUX7YRzPaI/AAAAAAAAG1M/bbftm1t16T4/s1600/20130509-DSC_0233.jpg" width="800" /></a> </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h6cclEARUF8/UZUYDfRV8XI/AAAAAAAAG1c/Y0e_buO5Ne0/s1600/marie+collage.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h6cclEARUF8/UZUYDfRV8XI/AAAAAAAAG1c/Y0e_buO5Ne0/s1600/marie+collage.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eZmqvotXX-M/UZUYjgrSBZI/AAAAAAAAG1k/thWYWFnOI2w/s1600/20130509-DSC_0247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eZmqvotXX-M/UZUYjgrSBZI/AAAAAAAAG1k/thWYWFnOI2w/s1600/20130509-DSC_0247.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4aayIZb8tw0/UZUYpvfDVqI/AAAAAAAAG10/16cT0bz2cO0/s1600/20130509-DSC_0252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4aayIZb8tw0/UZUYpvfDVqI/AAAAAAAAG10/16cT0bz2cO0/s1600/20130509-DSC_0252.jpg" width="800" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E9ssMfvsF4Y/UZUYm9o5TWI/AAAAAAAAG1s/fQR1iPulmag/s1600/20130509-DSC_0259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E9ssMfvsF4Y/UZUYm9o5TWI/AAAAAAAAG1s/fQR1iPulmag/s1600/20130509-DSC_0259.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UDynjMe8J1Q/UZUZXbdbK9I/AAAAAAAAG2E/OVHTLmRksU0/s1600/20130509-DSC_0186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UDynjMe8J1Q/UZUZXbdbK9I/AAAAAAAAG2E/OVHTLmRksU0/s1600/20130509-DSC_0186.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-33198358725518111012013-05-14T21:44:00.000-07:002013-05-14T21:52:11.696-07:00oceanside. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8niEzbyrsag/UZLqKyK4jLI/AAAAAAAAGwI/fbzGGNM_idA/s1600/20130511-DSC_0044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8niEzbyrsag/UZLqKyK4jLI/AAAAAAAAGwI/fbzGGNM_idA/s1600/20130511-DSC_0044.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fVGVVoPTz84/UZLqUbRBVII/AAAAAAAAGwQ/sbIGEkxMnfA/s1600/20130511-DSC_0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fVGVVoPTz84/UZLqUbRBVII/AAAAAAAAGwQ/sbIGEkxMnfA/s1600/20130511-DSC_0011.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AFwWKeQ_Nuk/UZMIWXPyaoI/AAAAAAAAGxo/tvh9Kcd83vM/s1600/20130511-DSC_0057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AFwWKeQ_Nuk/UZMIWXPyaoI/AAAAAAAAGxo/tvh9Kcd83vM/s1600/20130511-DSC_0057.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NzcLnf4lun4/UZMHN0tQ8SI/AAAAAAAAGxQ/VWC96jKM0Fw/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NzcLnf4lun4/UZMHN0tQ8SI/AAAAAAAAGxQ/VWC96jKM0Fw/s1600/Untitled.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E2XNqt8UfrQ/UZMHup_3ecI/AAAAAAAAGxY/jb9Ez__Rf2I/s1600/20130511-DSC_0089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E2XNqt8UfrQ/UZMHup_3ecI/AAAAAAAAGxY/jb9Ez__Rf2I/s1600/20130511-DSC_0089.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_5_eLEKD-38/UZMH_CTrHLI/AAAAAAAAGxg/Lu8PP8_AnzY/s1600/20130511-DSC_0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_5_eLEKD-38/UZMH_CTrHLI/AAAAAAAAGxg/Lu8PP8_AnzY/s1600/20130511-DSC_0103.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DybJwnYo6iM/UZMJv8Eq4FI/AAAAAAAAGx4/URgrCNDTpso/s1600/20130511-DSC_0093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DybJwnYo6iM/UZMJv8Eq4FI/AAAAAAAAGx4/URgrCNDTpso/s1600/20130511-DSC_0093.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Oh, the deep, deep love of Jesus</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free;</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Rolling as a mighty ocean</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>In its fullness, </i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Over me. </i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Seeing the ocean always reminds me of the timeless hymn by Samuel Trevor Francis. It is one of my all-time favorites--the haunting melody; the soulful words. Somehow, I think that if I were on a ship sinking, that hymn would be the last thing playing in my mind--filling me with peace. To think of Jesus' love surrounding me, as powerful and more powerful than the ocean, is an awesome thing. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
---</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
On Sunday, our family traveled down to the Oregon Coast to celebrate Mother's Day (my mom loves the beach, and I do, too. Most of the time). It started out just windy + misty, but it turned extremely wet and a bit miserable.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Nevertheless, there was a wild beauty about the stormy beach (though I can't say the same about my wet and tangly hair). The tarnished clouds moving restlessly across the sky and the choppy waves with their shades of blue-grey looked so moody and free. I managed to snap a few photos before the air became too wet (and then I sprinted for the car, because naturally I didn't bring my camera bag), but the salt air and the billowing misty wind remain uncaptured.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I used to be afraid of the ocean, and I still am, a little bit--especially on days such as this one. I remember, a long time ago--when I was five or six--running in my little girl excitement down the beach beside the lapping surf. Suddenly, I found myself on my back in the midst of the inch-high tide, flailing my arms. I wasn't in danger or anything, but I was petrified. It is one of my most terrifying memories--lying there, helpless, sure that waves were going to cover me and drag me out to sea at any instant.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Then, daddy scooped me up. And I was safe. But that memory has stayed with me to this day. And I shiver a little when I see a stormy ocean. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
---</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
But summer is coming, when the sea turns blue, the sand warms your toes, and the cotton-flecked sky banishes all storms from the horizon. Yes, I'm all too ready for that, aren't you?</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Does your family travel to the beach?</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
With love,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Lucia </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
p.s. (have a question you've always wanted to ask? ask me anything <a href="http://ask.fm/imlucia">here</a>!)</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-33829555317431018532013-05-05T20:48:00.001-07:002013-05-06T08:41:55.140-07:00bread and jam <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YYOjM1k13EI/UW8jKlIMqVI/AAAAAAAAGo8/DIYJAci0QvY/s1600/20130415-DSC_0390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YYOjM1k13EI/UW8jKlIMqVI/AAAAAAAAGo8/DIYJAci0QvY/s1600/20130415-DSC_0390.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pXUlaPjQzmY/UW8jLXr3o_I/AAAAAAAAGpE/2vQSWOCuiWA/s1600/20130415-DSC_0393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pXUlaPjQzmY/UW8jLXr3o_I/AAAAAAAAGpE/2vQSWOCuiWA/s1600/20130415-DSC_0393.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PshsJml7meU/UYP_n_1jLlI/AAAAAAAAGp4/IY5Cg2BvWtE/s1600/20130502-DSC_0406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PshsJml7meU/UYP_n_1jLlI/AAAAAAAAGp4/IY5Cg2BvWtE/s1600/20130502-DSC_0406.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The days are warm at last; the air is mown clean and filtered with sunlight, and I have freckles on my nose. I have raspberry jam on my English Muffins in the bright clear mornings, my afternoons are hemmed with birds singing their little souls to heaven, but I am missing it all (except for the jam + bread. Starving simply wouldn't do.) for...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
studying. Yep. I have taken a (yet another unexplained and abrupt) blogging break to study for an upcoming lit. and comp. AP test this Thursday (prayers would be welcomed + loved if you think of me, sweltering in the early morning hours amidst syntax and onomatopoeia and Keats' epics). It promises to be a wonderful day, Thursday does (<i>not</i>). </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
But. I have not forgone living (or remembering you all, my friends) altogether, and I have been slowly lapsing back into snail-mailing a few lovely people. It has become a rather lost art for me over the past year or two, and I have missed scribbling 'sweet nothings' to my pen-friends. I am not at all sure I will be able to keep it up, but technology has taken too much of a hold on me. Friends deserve a little time, if they are to be kept at all, I've learned. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In the meantime, summer's skirts are peaking through the door, while spring's coat is slipping from her shoulders; the days ahead are calling me. All too soon (though I am almost ready to make that, "<i>none</i> too soon"), my senior year will be at an end. It isn't frightening to me; I know God will align my days with the care and gentle patience He always has. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Are there any other 2013 graduates among us?</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
With Love,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Lucia </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-80161469312589331332013-04-12T15:23:00.003-07:002013-04-12T21:33:28.531-07:00delicate spring | imagery <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AVIFsj55Pvc/UWbu6caXIAI/AAAAAAAAGnY/gQTVsxyjl78/s1600/20130408-DSC_0317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AVIFsj55Pvc/UWbu6caXIAI/AAAAAAAAGnY/gQTVsxyjl78/s1600/20130408-DSC_0317.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FAxk-Y-6KrQ/UWcPaQ3sh2I/AAAAAAAAGn0/xpISonaimH4/s1600/spring+collage.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FAxk-Y-6KrQ/UWcPaQ3sh2I/AAAAAAAAGn0/xpISonaimH4/s1600/spring+collage.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zLAIfmqm8Xc/UWcPFe4jLKI/AAAAAAAAGno/Fdg-7xT_BxE/s1600/20130408-DSC_0338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zLAIfmqm8Xc/UWcPFe4jLKI/AAAAAAAAGno/Fdg-7xT_BxE/s1600/20130408-DSC_0338.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
Spring is such a gentle season. Here, it arrives when the rains start to warm instead of freeze the ground; when the air begins to smell of freshly mown grass and honeysuckle, and when the cherry trees start to litter the ground with their blossom snow.<br />
<br />
I am an epitome of indecision when it comes to naming my favorite season--I find my taste changes as they change, and that is never any good. I love to cozy up to Winter, twirl amidst the Fall, run free with the Summer--but<i> breathing</i> with Spring is such a rejuvenating thing.<br />
<br />
I have been taking long bike rides in the evenings as the sun sets behind our country roads. I pedal my green bike up hills and down hills, feeling the wind in my hair, the beautiful ache in my lungs, and the sudden light sprinkles that come from nowhere and only wet my face a little.<br />
<br />
Spring is a lovely thing. And it's my favorite.<br />
<br />
(Do you believe me? You can for a few more months.)<br />
<br />
<br />
// xo, lucia<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-47964639357561909002013-03-13T21:16:00.002-07:002013-03-13T21:16:58.738-07:00hey girl, stop it. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jwez-55Rlww/UUEheH__YgI/AAAAAAAAGmU/u_qs9JxWcGs/s1600/20121109-_DSC0214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jwez-55Rlww/UUEheH__YgI/AAAAAAAAGmU/u_qs9JxWcGs/s1600/20121109-_DSC0214.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Hey girl. Yes, you. The one who looked in the mirror today and cried. The one who won't admit she's afraid of people. Of their thoughts. Their words. Their stares. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
The one who tries so hard to smile. The butterfly who can't see past her cocoon. The one who hides from cameras; who shuts her eyes when she walked past the magazine aisle.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
The one who has read a dozen posts and e-mails and articles and books like this, yet is still stuck in that rut of insecurity. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The girl who thinks that she's the only one who's got a tangled heart. </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Well, lady, you might have had this message hammered into you a million times over, or maybe this is the first time you've heard it. Either way, pretty girl, I'm talking to you on purpose. And I have two words to say: stop it. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Stop. It. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Halt. Pause. Breathe. Think. Cease to wallow on the ground--get up and shake the dust off. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Do you know who you are? I mean, really? <i>Do you know who you are?</i> You aren't your own person to degrade and pity. You are Someone else's intricate, glorious, dazzling masterpiece. The face in the mirror that you bemoan on bad days isn't your's to slander. And can't you see? It distinctly and visibly echoes the beauty of the Most Beautiful One. Look:<br />
<br />
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, I know that full well." (Psalm 149:13)<br />
<br />
Fearfully and wonderfully made. He says so.<br />
<br />
<i>So stop cursing yourself. </i><br />
<br />
And your tangled heart? Yes, I have one too, and so does she, the covergirl, and she, the Harvard graduate, and she, the president's wife, and she, the Olive Garden waitress.<br />
<br />
Want to know something else?<br />
<br />
Those messy, breakable, boy-crazy, scratched up, scarred, insecure, dented, painted over, wistful, selfish, flimsy paper hearts aren't our's to untangle.<br />
<br />
<i>So stop trying. </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Hey girl. Yes, you, lovely. The one sitting behind your screen biting your nails and still trapped in a world of uncertainty. You're beautiful. Have you heard it before? I'll wager you have. It's a message that's out there, constantly, on Facebook statuses, on Pinterest memes, in girlie pep talk books, and on the lips of your friends. But have you ever believed it? Have you ever sat back and realized who you are, what you are, and where you are? Have you ever contemplated your <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brittnicole/gold.html">worth</a>? The fact and reality of how blessed you are to have beauty--<i>not your beauty, but His</i>.<br />
<br />
So stop pretending. Stop not believing. Stop cutting you and your beautiful, beautiful self down, because it's Jesus' beauty, too.<br />
<br />
Hey girl. Dear one. Magnificent one. Beautiful one. Don't you hear His still, small voice? He isn't yelling, "STOP, YOU FOOL!," He's whispering, "Stop, beloved. Stop trying to exist on your own, and let me untangle your heart and wipe your tears."<br />
<br />
<br />
p.s. (<i>this post wasn't for you. it was for me. but thanks for eavesdropping.</i>)<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">-photo copyright lucia m., 2013-</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-62194781028207266412013-03-09T14:24:00.000-08:002013-03-09T14:24:33.502-08:00christopher + hannah // wedding preview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8T7LjGR61qo/UTuyQX-ivII/AAAAAAAAGkk/Rc5SkILmZnM/s1600/20121215-_DR74030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8T7LjGR61qo/UTuyQX-ivII/AAAAAAAAGkk/Rc5SkILmZnM/s1600/20121215-_DR74030.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cq79K4susZA/UTuy_sxnGkI/AAAAAAAAGk0/tShSuqcZiOI/s1600/20121215-_DR74069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cq79K4susZA/UTuy_sxnGkI/AAAAAAAAGk0/tShSuqcZiOI/s1600/20121215-_DR74069.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoyJEVOMshU/UTuzDSmp37I/AAAAAAAAGk8/21Lq32ByDoM/s1600/20121215-_DR74084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoyJEVOMshU/UTuzDSmp37I/AAAAAAAAGk8/21Lq32ByDoM/s1600/20121215-_DR74084.jpg" width="800" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NPceb4oRDZE/UTuzg62CKWI/AAAAAAAAGlE/xwhnvqeT3sA/s1600/20121215-_DR74195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NPceb4oRDZE/UTuzg62CKWI/AAAAAAAAGlE/xwhnvqeT3sA/s1600/20121215-_DR74195.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GgPtvoveuaQ/UTuzzjvMVnI/AAAAAAAAGlM/27r2XeTCSew/s1600/20121215-20121215-_DR74464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GgPtvoveuaQ/UTuzzjvMVnI/AAAAAAAAGlM/27r2XeTCSew/s1600/20121215-20121215-_DR74464.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yV3gylk3QtA/UTu0HW9GukI/AAAAAAAAGlU/MOKocMSrz4M/s1600/20121215-_DR74241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yV3gylk3QtA/UTu0HW9GukI/AAAAAAAAGlU/MOKocMSrz4M/s1600/20121215-_DR74241.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5aGQfHjmUU/UTu1L4HzcpI/AAAAAAAAGl0/H_wMvoeA_RU/s1600/20121215-_DR74268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5aGQfHjmUU/UTu1L4HzcpI/AAAAAAAAGl0/H_wMvoeA_RU/s1600/20121215-_DR74268.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d13i1U_mtHs/UTu0ofs4lnI/AAAAAAAAGlk/LCDfwg3WMi0/s1600/20121215-_DR74605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d13i1U_mtHs/UTu0ofs4lnI/AAAAAAAAGlk/LCDfwg3WMi0/s1600/20121215-_DR74605.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPy1jiwA0fQ/UTu09Nu0YQI/AAAAAAAAGls/XyCK7TQpzU0/s1600/20121215-20121215-_DR74599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPy1jiwA0fQ/UTu09Nu0YQI/AAAAAAAAGls/XyCK7TQpzU0/s1600/20121215-20121215-_DR74599.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M-we2o3UYM4/UTu1toOwhjI/AAAAAAAAGl8/mKiLa9gRoa4/s1600/20121215-_DR74853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M-we2o3UYM4/UTu1toOwhjI/AAAAAAAAGl8/mKiLa9gRoa4/s1600/20121215-_DR74853.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_UGv8XP7xjk/UTu19rDHA_I/AAAAAAAAGmE/5XPjfShwLmg/s1600/20121215-_DR74914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_UGv8XP7xjk/UTu19rDHA_I/AAAAAAAAGmE/5XPjfShwLmg/s1600/20121215-_DR74914.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
I thought it was about time for me to show you the wedding I shot in December. It was a beautiful wintery affair, and though it was sleeting outside (thus we had to do all of the formal shots and couple shots inside, much to my disappointment), the day was simply lovely.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I am putting together an official post full of images, but for now, here is Christopher and Hannah's preview (don't worry, I've long since gotten them their images).</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Enjoy!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
xo, // Lucia </div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-33212888789900742062013-03-05T20:11:00.000-08:002013-03-05T20:11:07.719-08:00adventuring || seattle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPtR68llrQ4/UTZwc9QkJZI/AAAAAAAAGgA/fyyibSaD1zE/s1600/20130216-DSC_0536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Several weekends ago my mom, two sisters (Olivia + Anne), and I ventured up to beautiful Seattle, Washington to visit with some family. I'm no city girl, but Seattle is one of those pretty places that makes skylines amiable.<br />
<br />
There are so many gorgeous lights, streets, views, grand examples of architecture, markets (ever heard of <a href="http://pikeplacemarket.org/">Pike's Place</a>? Photographer + tourists' heaven--sadly we didn't get to visit this time.), etc. to see, and so many things to do. It was all I could do to keep from snapping pictures of every random sign + vehicle in the vicinity; it would pretty much be my dream to do a city shoot in this town.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
However, we simply adventured around the neighborhood and meandered down a few city sidewalks.<br />
<br />
Here's a gritty streeview for you. //<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-reFsNrNFxEo/UTZr-gQK57I/AAAAAAAAGfg/JYMrNwxp38g/s1600/20130216-DSC_0584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-reFsNrNFxEo/UTZr-gQK57I/AAAAAAAAGfg/JYMrNwxp38g/s1600/20130216-DSC_0584.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J0Z8-DY1Koc/UTa12N8WRvI/AAAAAAAAGhg/hqA5uNgeCko/s1600/20130215-DSC_0417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J0Z8-DY1Koc/UTa12N8WRvI/AAAAAAAAGhg/hqA5uNgeCko/s1600/20130215-DSC_0417.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7uWdWwPh8Ws/UTZwfAhl5oI/AAAAAAAAGgI/yQcBAYOGnjE/s1600/20130216-DSC_0560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7uWdWwPh8Ws/UTZwfAhl5oI/AAAAAAAAGgI/yQcBAYOGnjE/s1600/20130216-DSC_0560.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A1fS0-23Cd0/USL6GQbBIzI/AAAAAAAAGb8/I433tGfl4bg/s1600/20130216-DSC_0567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A1fS0-23Cd0/USL6GQbBIzI/AAAAAAAAGb8/I433tGfl4bg/s1600/20130216-DSC_0567.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xB8t_xatFZw/USwe5ltnNoI/AAAAAAAAGd4/v5MbNmk15xw/s1600/20130216-DSC_0661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xB8t_xatFZw/USwe5ltnNoI/AAAAAAAAGd4/v5MbNmk15xw/s1600/20130216-DSC_0661.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PdeXoc-7VCk/UTZwVjQ9QDI/AAAAAAAAGfw/1a3k4J9pSBg/s1600/20130215-DSC_0412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PdeXoc-7VCk/UTZwVjQ9QDI/AAAAAAAAGfw/1a3k4J9pSBg/s1600/20130215-DSC_0412.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GHSTG0J_Fz4/UTZwVyFUVlI/AAAAAAAAGf4/MdOOPnTGhDM/s1600/20130215-DSC_0414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GHSTG0J_Fz4/UTZwVyFUVlI/AAAAAAAAGf4/MdOOPnTGhDM/s1600/20130215-DSC_0414.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJwu122sSWY/UTati-vwQEI/AAAAAAAAGhA/u6F3_JmGN6c/s1600/20130215-DSC_0433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJwu122sSWY/UTati-vwQEI/AAAAAAAAGhA/u6F3_JmGN6c/s1600/20130215-DSC_0433.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DRGzA5JzEes/UTatZXcxhvI/AAAAAAAAGgo/1pWuR_T7s7E/s1600/20130216-DSC_0603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DRGzA5JzEes/UTatZXcxhvI/AAAAAAAAGgo/1pWuR_T7s7E/s1600/20130216-DSC_0603.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gvpmmUKlC_s/USwecxstCSI/AAAAAAAAGdI/C1LZOv7tykA/s1600/20130216-DSC_0544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gvpmmUKlC_s/USwecxstCSI/AAAAAAAAGdI/C1LZOv7tykA/s1600/20130216-DSC_0544.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpBM4XSASv0/UTatfsJ23fI/AAAAAAAAGg4/lpGdBBDfN7o/s1600/20130216-DSC_0568.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpBM4XSASv0/UTatfsJ23fI/AAAAAAAAGg4/lpGdBBDfN7o/s1600/20130216-DSC_0568.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKyCk9QdFT8/UTa1rH02UaI/AAAAAAAAGhM/JldTj2TriKI/s1600/20130216-DSC_0659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKyCk9QdFT8/UTa1rH02UaI/AAAAAAAAGhM/JldTj2TriKI/s1600/20130216-DSC_0659.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LbOgPMZrzTg/UTa2AMlIzzI/AAAAAAAAGh4/0v6wwdxtm9k/s1600/20130216-DSC_0579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LbOgPMZrzTg/UTa2AMlIzzI/AAAAAAAAGh4/0v6wwdxtm9k/s1600/20130216-DSC_0579.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pr_MeJ-Y9B0/UTa2DWrS38I/AAAAAAAAGiA/kWBDwCJ_FJ4/s1600/20130216-DSC_0577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pr_MeJ-Y9B0/UTa2DWrS38I/AAAAAAAAGiA/kWBDwCJ_FJ4/s1600/20130216-DSC_0577.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oFU60dwiYDI/UTa10TH827I/AAAAAAAAGhY/5Lif1zrsw-8/s1600/20130216-DSC_0601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oFU60dwiYDI/UTa10TH827I/AAAAAAAAGhY/5Lif1zrsw-8/s1600/20130216-DSC_0601.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyMTRGRk2ds/UTa19Ovr5XI/AAAAAAAAGhw/PXDEy4YBOig/s1600/20130216-DSC_0574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyMTRGRk2ds/UTa19Ovr5XI/AAAAAAAAGhw/PXDEy4YBOig/s1600/20130216-DSC_0574.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ze_8uqBDiCE/UTa27FicEmI/AAAAAAAAGiM/oa9t04-qcaM/s1600/20130216-DSC_0578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ze_8uqBDiCE/UTa27FicEmI/AAAAAAAAGiM/oa9t04-qcaM/s1600/20130216-DSC_0578.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GZqofbANiRk/UTa3eit5BSI/AAAAAAAAGig/HupAfoFIW-Q/s1600/20130216-DSC_0614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GZqofbANiRk/UTa3eit5BSI/AAAAAAAAGig/HupAfoFIW-Q/s1600/20130216-DSC_0614.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CBZwh3gtXDM/UTa3eTU5oQI/AAAAAAAAGik/L2DmLgVgzkA/s1600/20130216-DSC_0613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CBZwh3gtXDM/UTa3eTU5oQI/AAAAAAAAGik/L2DmLgVgzkA/s1600/20130216-DSC_0613.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eFPXhMuxCsA/UTa3a1hbzHI/AAAAAAAAGiY/E3HwiN5uRr0/s1600/20130216-DSC_0608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eFPXhMuxCsA/UTa3a1hbzHI/AAAAAAAAGiY/E3HwiN5uRr0/s1600/20130216-DSC_0608.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1HnzqAJC3kM/USwerfioIUI/AAAAAAAAGdQ/PRsqR6YbFd8/s1600/20130216-DSC_0615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1HnzqAJC3kM/USwerfioIUI/AAAAAAAAGdQ/PRsqR6YbFd8/s1600/20130216-DSC_0615.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ud-uH8RfFrY/USwdDww4a_I/AAAAAAAAGcs/c9FIEw4hdjQ/s1600/20130215-DSC_0421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ud-uH8RfFrY/USwdDww4a_I/AAAAAAAAGcs/c9FIEw4hdjQ/s1600/20130215-DSC_0421.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B9Q18gKVaEk/USwdFATwA9I/AAAAAAAAGc0/d91b7qVzTxA/s1600/20130215-DSC_0422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B9Q18gKVaEk/USwdFATwA9I/AAAAAAAAGc0/d91b7qVzTxA/s1600/20130215-DSC_0422.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qghyGCM7RFM/UTa41YORV8I/AAAAAAAAGiw/BalwpVGU6Eo/s1600/20130215-DSC_0451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qghyGCM7RFM/UTa41YORV8I/AAAAAAAAGiw/BalwpVGU6Eo/s1600/20130215-DSC_0451.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a_b96vJBdw4/UTa133j5D6I/AAAAAAAAGho/QkAyOY97qlk/s1600/20130215-DSC_0399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a_b96vJBdw4/UTa133j5D6I/AAAAAAAAGho/QkAyOY97qlk/s1600/20130215-DSC_0399.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6ht-p8cxRjA/UTa6UlGUDGI/AAAAAAAAGjY/vrvUvQAG2Uo/s1600/20130216-DSC_0671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6ht-p8cxRjA/UTa6UlGUDGI/AAAAAAAAGjY/vrvUvQAG2Uo/s1600/20130216-DSC_0671.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vrUJjKOX3y4/UTa5jJfWT8I/AAAAAAAAGjA/u61TzHNZrRA/s1600/20130216-DSC_0616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vrUJjKOX3y4/UTa5jJfWT8I/AAAAAAAAGjA/u61TzHNZrRA/s1600/20130216-DSC_0616.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dftzwnq2NxU/UTa7LDD2xzI/AAAAAAAAGjo/cYy4_IOAgiI/s1600/20130215-DSC_0438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dftzwnq2NxU/UTa7LDD2xzI/AAAAAAAAGjo/cYy4_IOAgiI/s1600/20130215-DSC_0438.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Vv_aacDwpA/UTa7RLGP45I/AAAAAAAAGj4/vIBpw24u9CQ/s1600/20130215-DSC_0471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Vv_aacDwpA/UTa7RLGP45I/AAAAAAAAGj4/vIBpw24u9CQ/s1600/20130215-DSC_0471.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUeJQd16d90/UTa7S-9mVVI/AAAAAAAAGkA/p_zYRrobuVc/s1600/20130215-DSC_0479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUeJQd16d90/UTa7S-9mVVI/AAAAAAAAGkA/p_zYRrobuVc/s1600/20130215-DSC_0479.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aBeeug2QaMw/UTa-aDzaowI/AAAAAAAAGkM/7oQaFPm9Bog/s1600/20130216-DSC_0676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aBeeug2QaMw/UTa-aDzaowI/AAAAAAAAGkM/7oQaFPm9Bog/s1600/20130216-DSC_0676.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVZs6OP0_A4/UTa-nO876EI/AAAAAAAAGkU/EdX_ciIW4lQ/s1600/20130216-DSC_0693.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVZs6OP0_A4/UTa-nO876EI/AAAAAAAAGkU/EdX_ciIW4lQ/s1600/20130216-DSC_0693.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qTkDhAJuHz8/UTa5tVbnthI/AAAAAAAAGjI/LDDrCAhiK6I/s1600/20130216-DSC_0713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qTkDhAJuHz8/UTa5tVbnthI/AAAAAAAAGjI/LDDrCAhiK6I/s1600/20130216-DSC_0713.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLRjfzCCTZk/UTZzkuu0qgI/AAAAAAAAGgQ/oCNiNW6Wnwc/s1600/20130216-DSC_0546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLRjfzCCTZk/UTZzkuu0qgI/AAAAAAAAGgQ/oCNiNW6Wnwc/s1600/20130216-DSC_0546.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yep, if you like homeless dudes holding signs that say, "Visions of a cheesburger, please help,"</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Toms on every foot,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
a latte in every hand,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
street names like "Queen Anne,"</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
a ferris wheel in the distance and a skyline of grandeur,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
you've gotta go visit Seattle. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
// xo, Lucia</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-45735789092879144412013-02-12T18:51:00.002-08:002013-02-12T18:51:45.541-08:00afternoons <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VrEK75PD-Dw/URXVrp1popI/AAAAAAAAGW8/AIDFj6AsSl8/s1600/20130206-DSC_0565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VrEK75PD-Dw/URXVrp1popI/AAAAAAAAGW8/AIDFj6AsSl8/s640/20130206-DSC_0565.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TE1KyrhNYR4/URXVreMmoNI/AAAAAAAAGW0/Nqd6XoMzCdE/s1600/20130206-DSC_0563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TE1KyrhNYR4/URXVreMmoNI/AAAAAAAAGW0/Nqd6XoMzCdE/s1600/20130206-DSC_0563.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4eUg2kJlgI/URmCvvS1AWI/AAAAAAAAGZA/kwD1EVGpThk/s1600/20130210-DSC_0350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4eUg2kJlgI/URmCvvS1AWI/AAAAAAAAGZA/kwD1EVGpThk/s1600/20130210-DSC_0350.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-93KLv0AyVBI/URmCwMKK_7I/AAAAAAAAGZI/RLRApIvvqLw/s1600/20130210-DSC_0359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-93KLv0AyVBI/URmCwMKK_7I/AAAAAAAAGZI/RLRApIvvqLw/s1600/20130210-DSC_0359.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O8q7rKS4ckw/URmCwPETAYI/AAAAAAAAGZM/kta3Bjiz_XI/s1600/20130210-DSC_0358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O8q7rKS4ckw/URmCwPETAYI/AAAAAAAAGZM/kta3Bjiz_XI/s1600/20130210-DSC_0358.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C_Q6SxWq_MI/URmDSF4PTWI/AAAAAAAAGZY/_qNB-0GaNhw/s1600/20130210-DSC_0340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C_Q6SxWq_MI/URmDSF4PTWI/AAAAAAAAGZY/_qNB-0GaNhw/s1600/20130210-DSC_0340.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBiKTEwDTxg/URXZGYIjCgI/AAAAAAAAGYQ/imFyl2E-OMk/s1600/20130105-DSC_0316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RBiKTEwDTxg/URXZGYIjCgI/AAAAAAAAGYQ/imFyl2E-OMk/s640/20130105-DSC_0316.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T9-Xk-OARlE/URmDSFcuJ7I/AAAAAAAAGZc/PMniDfGjRME/s1600/20130210-DSC_0341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T9-Xk-OARlE/URmDSFcuJ7I/AAAAAAAAGZc/PMniDfGjRME/s1600/20130210-DSC_0341.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today seemed like one big cloudy grey afternoon, swept up in the quietness of "nothing really to do but study." It was so, so very nice. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Oh, hey there. I'm back, for reals. The days in these past few months have been so full, it seems--mainly attributed to the fact that I was a part of the swim team directly following the Cross Country season. It is the first time I have ever done two sports in a year, and it cut my free-time altogether. Thus, the lack of posts + much-needed updates on promised wedding photos and such. ;) </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Man is it hard to keep up on life, eh?</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
But here is a little list (because lists are really my things. Especially if they're happy lists, not lists telling me what to do. Those aren't so great.) of the things that have blessed me and kept me buzzing this past month, and beyond:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
// I shot my second wedding on December 15th. And because I have been utterly lame and gotten no previews up from that day, here is one. Yes, one. And it will have to do for now. ;)</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JzAU3EGf3EQ/URr6ve-ZrsI/AAAAAAAAGaQ/d-lv1NIQewg/s1600/20121215-_DR74906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JzAU3EGf3EQ/URr6ve-ZrsI/AAAAAAAAGaQ/d-lv1NIQewg/s640/20121215-_DR74906.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
// I placed 12th in District for swimming last week, and got to go on to the District Championships, which was a huge surprise for me! For you swimmers out there, I swam the 100 Breastroke and managed to PR 9 seconds in the two District days. That was such a blessing for me, especially since I am by no means an experienced swimmer. Swimming is definitely a difficult sport. And I look like a drowning Bald Eagle in a swim cap, just throwing that out there...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
// It was Nikki (my camera) and I's anniversary this December, and just in time I scored my first two paying photo clients (besides weddings) Now I am starting to work out a business plan (please be praying for direction in that, if you will!), and have some savings for a new cam. Nikki is a great little girl, but (and don't tell her this) she just isn't up to snuff for what I am going towards at this point. Things like *ahem* weak ISO and *double ahem* not focusing keep me an agitated yet ever-patient parent. I'll keep you updated on that. ;) </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
// I am finally living our my childhood dream of having long hair. It's almost down to the middle of my back, now, and I am as thrilled as a little girl. Yep, I'm easily excitable. But when you've been waiting your whole life...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And now, because I'm random like that:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hey, go listen to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lordemusic/royals">her</a>. This is the craziest yet most unique + catchy music I have heard in a long time. Though the lyrics, like most songs, are kind of pointless. And this is the only song you can trust me on so far; I haven't listened to the others. So be warned. But she's only 15 (amazing, right?!), so things should be good. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Be blessed, friends. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
// xo, lucia </div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-90237542568172233582013-02-05T13:35:00.001-08:002013-02-05T13:35:25.342-08:00simple days. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9rksa6xZ-jI/URFIxhtqbiI/AAAAAAAAGWI/-J_oWRafQNY/s1600/20130131-DSC_0466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9rksa6xZ-jI/URFIxhtqbiI/AAAAAAAAGWI/-J_oWRafQNY/s1600/20130131-DSC_0466.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jp_-D2swrWA/UQ1ox__GN8I/AAAAAAAAGUQ/eDr9yKlNFlg/s1600/20130201-DSC_0502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jp_-D2swrWA/UQ1ox__GN8I/AAAAAAAAGUQ/eDr9yKlNFlg/s1600/20130201-DSC_0502.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7LhSlHs-qE/UQ1o2yM-HPI/AAAAAAAAGUY/3lnB44TKudE/s1600/20130201-DSC_0492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7LhSlHs-qE/UQ1o2yM-HPI/AAAAAAAAGUY/3lnB44TKudE/s1600/20130201-DSC_0492.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6VVgxhjOzcQ/UQ1o8eD_IBI/AAAAAAAAGUg/G5VXWTi1cTA/s1600/20130201-DSC_0498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6VVgxhjOzcQ/UQ1o8eD_IBI/AAAAAAAAGUg/G5VXWTi1cTA/s1600/20130201-DSC_0498.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uaryEEQf0bo/URCUvqxidcI/AAAAAAAAGVM/ES4FpEWg6BY/s1600/20130201-DSC_0500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uaryEEQf0bo/URCUvqxidcI/AAAAAAAAGVM/ES4FpEWg6BY/s1600/20130201-DSC_0500.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mBbYxnnlVI8/URFIbPqGVTI/AAAAAAAAGWA/oVemtXnsajc/s1600/20130131-DSC_0464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mBbYxnnlVI8/URFIbPqGVTI/AAAAAAAAGWA/oVemtXnsajc/s1600/20130131-DSC_0464.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
as we grow older,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
the days grow simpler.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
no, they grow more</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
complicated.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
but the <i>desire</i> for simplicity becomes</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
stronger. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
it's funny how the simple people often wish for</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
a flamboyant life</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
and the flamboyant people find themselves pining for</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
a simple life.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
i like simplicity. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
it's like the rain. steady, clear,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
always refreshing.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
and simple days, too. when things get too busy--</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
when you have no spare moments to use for</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
pondering,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
or laying on your back and just</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
breathing,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i><b>the world becomes a dreary place. </b></i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
and so this is a simple post. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
the days have been so full. i have so much to say.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
i have so much to write.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
so many things to remember.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
but i just want to breathe. and let it all go.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
so here is a simple post that is only meant to say, </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
"hello, i'm alive still,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
just trying to breathe.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
i have forgotten my capitals today,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
but i haven't forgotten you."</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
// xo, lucia </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-27162748510875020322013-01-11T14:03:00.001-08:002013-01-11T14:03:15.608-08:00the road less traveled.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ve4qkwlnbks/UO8FSnlZ3sI/AAAAAAAAGLo/jZwtcCligtI/s1600/lucia-+path+landscape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ve4qkwlnbks/UO8FSnlZ3sI/AAAAAAAAGLo/jZwtcCligtI/s1600/lucia-+path+landscape.jpg" /></a></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-76YGfgkVTRg/UO8FLzsaj2I/AAAAAAAAGLg/drTL8d-LJ8Y/s1600/20121225-DSC_0206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-76YGfgkVTRg/UO8FLzsaj2I/AAAAAAAAGLg/drTL8d-LJ8Y/s1600/20121225-DSC_0206.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lTBn6KCvuVg/UO8FnXvv_PI/AAAAAAAAGLw/JZhTE-Q_B8o/s1600/20121223-DSC_0161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lTBn6KCvuVg/UO8FnXvv_PI/AAAAAAAAGLw/JZhTE-Q_B8o/s1600/20121223-DSC_0161.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eUJQxomTwck/UO8G6I_t4TI/AAAAAAAAGME/jJ2O3tHq-Vk/s1600/20121227-DSC_0252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eUJQxomTwck/UO8G6I_t4TI/AAAAAAAAGME/jJ2O3tHq-Vk/s1600/20121227-DSC_0252.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: left;">
I would like to someday say that I am one who has taken “the
road less traveled.” Wouldn’t you? An un-trodden road is such a mysterious
thing—it whispers of the furtive, the enigmatic adventures awaiting—yet it also
has an undertone of unknown danger. Most would prefer a road full of tracks and
footprints to an spindly path with only a few deer trails across it, for when a
road is traveled by many, it is deemed safe by many. Yet sometimes safety can
be deceiving; as Christians, we are warned against the “wide road” which many take—the
well-traveled road of the World. It is my desire to take the narrow path; to
employ Robert Frost’s verses as my life’s motto: </div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<i>Two roads diverged in
a wood,</i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal">
<i>And
I—</i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal">
<i>I
took the one less traveled by,</i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal">
<i>And
that has made all the difference.”</i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: left;">
Which brings me, in one way or
another, to another point. You may have noticed some changes around here—yes, I
changed my design (again), but this time mainly to suit my blog’s new name. It’s
nothing fancy, simply “<i>Lucia Marie</i>,” with a sub-title (which may come into play
later but is currently not up there): “<i>The Road Less Traveled</i>.” I know a lot of
fellow bloggers have been changing their names recently, and it is not my
intention to simply ‘go with the flow’ or ‘copy’ anyone else; I simply felt it
was time for this change. I wanted a name that could be incorporated into a
photography business, and my own name was kind of a given. Thus—welcome to “<i>Lucia
Marie: The Road Less Traveled.</i>” Though nothing has changed too drastically. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
---</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Today is a quiet day at home. It is cold and crisp outside; remnants of last night's ice skitter the driveway and make you watch your step. My eyes are heavy from a rather restless night and an early awakening (I swim on Fridays at 6:30, but today there was no practice because of the ice and I didn't know so I went anyways so...yeah.), but I feel alive. Feeling alive is a rarity for some. Being alive is a blessing in and of itself. May we never forget it.<br />
<br />
<br />
xo,<br />
Lucia </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-26244749943341731652013-01-04T13:23:00.004-08:002013-01-04T13:24:41.876-08:00it was a jolly old year. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9rJ9KRizLK8/UOICAwYpZuI/AAAAAAAAGHM/JveairHfGEo/s1600/20121230-DSC_0054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9rJ9KRizLK8/UOICAwYpZuI/AAAAAAAAGHM/JveairHfGEo/s1600/20121230-DSC_0054.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VmSWgAvh_Y/UOIB96cN64I/AAAAAAAAGHE/JYqCjLyJmAg/s1600/20121230-DSC_0052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VmSWgAvh_Y/UOIB96cN64I/AAAAAAAAGHE/JYqCjLyJmAg/s1600/20121230-DSC_0052.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p5K1qmpKzIY/UOICDi1XTpI/AAAAAAAAGHk/EKMR7FsIR0U/s1600/20121230-DSC_0078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p5K1qmpKzIY/UOICDi1XTpI/AAAAAAAAGHk/EKMR7FsIR0U/s1600/20121230-DSC_0078.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0nJP_pbTm9I/UOICEe_ofVI/AAAAAAAAGHs/jKHJ9iLRWpk/s1600/20121230-DSC_0089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0nJP_pbTm9I/UOICEe_ofVI/AAAAAAAAGHs/jKHJ9iLRWpk/s1600/20121230-DSC_0089.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qYU07cdQXTA/UOI_BFGKnvI/AAAAAAAAGJs/uTAyiBlBHcI/s1600/20121230-DSC_0076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qYU07cdQXTA/UOI_BFGKnvI/AAAAAAAAGJs/uTAyiBlBHcI/s1600/20121230-DSC_0076.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5F2mljTE8Uw/UOICFCUdYLI/AAAAAAAAGH0/W-Pm3aKT6X0/s1600/20121230-DSC_0119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5F2mljTE8Uw/UOICFCUdYLI/AAAAAAAAGH0/W-Pm3aKT6X0/s1600/20121230-DSC_0119.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YOmFWp0WAcs/UOIDuzUM7DI/AAAAAAAAGI4/hFU2jbv54vo/s1600/20121223-DSC_0173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YOmFWp0WAcs/UOIDuzUM7DI/AAAAAAAAGI4/hFU2jbv54vo/s1600/20121223-DSC_0173.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y3scqe14_K8/UOJBdsvQNoI/AAAAAAAAGKY/mcTNyfeTFa0/s1600/20121230-DSC_0121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y3scqe14_K8/UOJBdsvQNoI/AAAAAAAAGKY/mcTNyfeTFa0/s1600/20121230-DSC_0121.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUCSoIvykDg/UOJBosNUL0I/AAAAAAAAGKg/ESrBk5WJuto/s1600/20121230-DSC_0082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUCSoIvykDg/UOJBosNUL0I/AAAAAAAAGKg/ESrBk5WJuto/s1600/20121230-DSC_0082.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
"<i>Write it in your heart that every day is the best day in the year</i>."</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-<i>Ralph Waldo Emerson </i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It was a jolly old year, was 2012. And as it ebbed away, like a tide subtly brushing the sand beneath it clean, snow came in fairy-tale flakes. It was the first decent snow of the winter, and a pretty way to ring in the new year. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I thought awhile about what my "New Year's post" might be written about, late as it is. I know most people write long lists of the things they accomplished in the old year; favorite memories and adventures and good times spent; or they compile innumerable resolutions and hopes for the new year coming.Indeed, I have many things I could share--resolutions, fond memories, wishes, highlights. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have folder upon folder of photos that remind me vividly of good times past; I have a memory box in my head of these, as well. But instead of filling my post with a clutter of these things, I thought I would share one of my favorite poems with you all, and then two short five-item lists of 2012 memories and 2013 hopes. Thus, </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>A Song for New Year's Eve</i></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
by William Cullen Bryant</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stay yet, my friends, a moment stay‚—</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> Stay till the good old year,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">So long companion of our way,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Shakes hands, and leaves us here.</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Oh stay, oh stay,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
One little hour, and then away.</div>
</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">The year, whose hopes were high and strong,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> Has now no hopes to wake;</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Yet one hour more of jest and song</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
For his familiar sake.</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Oh stay, oh stay,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
One mirthful hour, and then away.</div>
</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">The kindly year, his liberal hands</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> Have lavished all his store.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
And shall we turn from where he stands,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Because he gives no more?</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Oh stay, oh stay,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
One grateful hour, and then away.</div>
</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">Days brightly came and calmly went,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> While yet he was our guest;</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
How cheerfully the week was spent!</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
How sweet the seventh day’s rest!</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Oh stay, oh stay,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
One golden hour, and then away.</div>
</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">Dear friends were with us, some who sleep</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> Beneath the coffin-lid:</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
What pleasant memories we keep</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Of all they said and did!</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Oh stay, oh stay,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
One tender hour, and then away.</div>
</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">Even while we sing, he smiles his last,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"></span></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> And leaves our sphere behind.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
The good old year is with the past;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Oh be the new as kind!</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Oh stay, oh stay,</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
One parting strain, and then away.</div>
</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I love this poem by Bryant because it simply and honestly rings the old year out with a wistful and almost melancholy air, but with bright hope for the future and a little underscore which whispers as Anne Shirley did, "Tomorrow is a fresh new day with no mistakes in it." For so it is with a new year--2013 is a fresh slate, though we mark it up as coarsely as we did the last. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">2012 // MEMORIES </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Buying my first DSLR camera</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Shooting my <a href="http://one-beloved.blogspot.com/2012/11/rob-megan-married.html">first</a> and second weddings</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Running at the <a href="http://www.osaa.org/crosscountry/">2012 OSAA Cross Country Championships</a> with my team</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Starting a new sport</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Helping an unbelieving team mate come to know the Lord, and watching how on fire for Him she is today! </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">2013 // THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Turning 18</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Getting my driver's license </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Developing a photography business</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Finishing my senior year of home schooled high school </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
-Saving enough money to buy an upgraded SLR and potentially attend <a href="http://www.capernwray.org.uk/">Capenwray Bible College</a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
(and visit the lovely <a href="http://www.jjyourstruly.blogspot.com/">Jess</a>! maybe?)</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
..Yes, 2012 was a "jolly old year." It had its trying moments, sadness, losses, failures, tears--but the laughter and the cozy, warm moments outweighed the bad. May you live this year, this coming 2013, with relish and joy, and may you be blessed by Him. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
xo,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
lucia </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.100000381469727px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.</i></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.100000381469727px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Jeremiah 29:11)</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.100000381469727px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-1093555790707995822012-12-22T11:52:00.000-08:002012-12-22T11:52:15.888-08:00jessica || winter portraits<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5-41W5-p3E/UNU7PJf028I/AAAAAAAAF_o/YxbSVp6aang/s1600/20121213-DSC_0204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5-41W5-p3E/UNU7PJf028I/AAAAAAAAF_o/YxbSVp6aang/s1600/20121213-DSC_0204.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zCePZ1bSuXs/UNU7UB0UE9I/AAAAAAAAF_w/eUYE2qipCxE/s1600/20121213-DSC_0141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zCePZ1bSuXs/UNU7UB0UE9I/AAAAAAAAF_w/eUYE2qipCxE/s1600/20121213-DSC_0141.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uBfrWvL_DTs/UNVGOlZpFJI/AAAAAAAAGAg/aA9uTcE011U/s1600/fir+tree+01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uBfrWvL_DTs/UNVGOlZpFJI/AAAAAAAAGAg/aA9uTcE011U/s1600/fir+tree+01.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUmqhrMbszc/UNVGVqidIdI/AAAAAAAAGAo/wtf1YOpcq84/s1600/20121213-DSC_0119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUmqhrMbszc/UNVGVqidIdI/AAAAAAAAGAo/wtf1YOpcq84/s1600/20121213-DSC_0119.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1MgN8MbqHH8/UNVGnsuGOlI/AAAAAAAAGAw/hv76RcGHQKw/s1600/002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1MgN8MbqHH8/UNVGnsuGOlI/AAAAAAAAGAw/hv76RcGHQKw/s1600/002.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ujpcl__awF8/UNVGuhdHJ9I/AAAAAAAAGA4/_T8AmHEVi6U/s1600/20121213-DSC_0163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ujpcl__awF8/UNVGuhdHJ9I/AAAAAAAAGA4/_T8AmHEVi6U/s1600/20121213-DSC_0163.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2U5VfkAxAJ0/UNVG0qHQEPI/AAAAAAAAGBA/qbeEymH6mvY/s1600/20121213-DSC_0196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2U5VfkAxAJ0/UNVG0qHQEPI/AAAAAAAAGBA/qbeEymH6mvY/s1600/20121213-DSC_0196.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qz9ETiQWYS4/UNU7eaXLalI/AAAAAAAAF_4/M2VjZo3dhTc/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qz9ETiQWYS4/UNU7eaXLalI/AAAAAAAAF_4/M2VjZo3dhTc/s1600/Untitled.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_kowf5TLTA8/UNVKMK0B80I/AAAAAAAAGBw/QYAKnAhXN1w/s1600/20121213-DSC_0154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_kowf5TLTA8/UNVKMK0B80I/AAAAAAAAGBw/QYAKnAhXN1w/s1600/20121213-DSC_0154.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qgS4AwgVy60/UNVKUjlCwzI/AAAAAAAAGB4/Qz5rzZFfJtg/s1600/20121213-DSC_0165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qgS4AwgVy60/UNVKUjlCwzI/AAAAAAAAGB4/Qz5rzZFfJtg/s1600/20121213-DSC_0165.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rSTHRu9Hsw4/UNVKs2c3R8I/AAAAAAAAGCA/nh8z-j6hR38/s1600/004.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rSTHRu9Hsw4/UNVKs2c3R8I/AAAAAAAAGCA/nh8z-j6hR38/s1600/004.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HO_zbPwrLzM/UNVK50aDewI/AAAAAAAAGCI/14KkXNK5V7I/s1600/20121213-DSC_0216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HO_zbPwrLzM/UNVK50aDewI/AAAAAAAAGCI/14KkXNK5V7I/s1600/20121213-DSC_0216.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1HQsIua0xjw/UNVKAC0FUKI/AAAAAAAAGBo/S_5okqTqZs8/s1600/003.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1HQsIua0xjw/UNVKAC0FUKI/AAAAAAAAGBo/S_5okqTqZs8/s1600/003.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2G8IPirLsQ/UNYFZw3IDhI/AAAAAAAAGEU/_KRZl28WSgQ/s1600/20121213-DSC_0187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2G8IPirLsQ/UNYFZw3IDhI/AAAAAAAAGEU/_KRZl28WSgQ/s1600/20121213-DSC_0187.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hBfxXnWPPmU/UNVLY2GZ-HI/AAAAAAAAGCY/3TRwu9eVfLs/s1600/20121213-DSC_0214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hBfxXnWPPmU/UNVLY2GZ-HI/AAAAAAAAGCY/3TRwu9eVfLs/s1600/20121213-DSC_0214.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-upTcCySfQdI/UNVMHmi-pSI/AAAAAAAAGCk/Rgw6_ErxQUo/s1600/20121213-DSC_0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-upTcCySfQdI/UNVMHmi-pSI/AAAAAAAAGCk/Rgw6_ErxQUo/s1600/20121213-DSC_0176.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nNdATFNiYdM/UNVMyNqaIMI/AAAAAAAAGDQ/YDMO5qbTm7g/s1600/20121213-DSC_0192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nNdATFNiYdM/UNVMyNqaIMI/AAAAAAAAGDQ/YDMO5qbTm7g/s1600/20121213-DSC_0192.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QkKy16s-PQQ/UNVM_F8Ss7I/AAAAAAAAGDY/_Curvn4BoZw/s1600/20121213-DSC_0182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QkKy16s-PQQ/UNVM_F8Ss7I/AAAAAAAAGDY/_Curvn4BoZw/s1600/20121213-DSC_0182.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QGX65vo82Ww/UNVNHGXB1YI/AAAAAAAAGDg/qO6SK8x8_6c/s1600/005.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QGX65vo82Ww/UNVNHGXB1YI/AAAAAAAAGDg/qO6SK8x8_6c/s1600/005.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0QZXH-YhyI/UNVNLWOUFXI/AAAAAAAAGDo/iGFF4_zth4U/s1600/20121213-DSC_0242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0QZXH-YhyI/UNVNLWOUFXI/AAAAAAAAGDo/iGFF4_zth4U/s1600/20121213-DSC_0242.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This is my lovely friend <a href="http://www.jessicaillias.blogspot.com/">Jessica</a>, whom some of you might remember from <a href="http://one-beloved.blogspot.com/2012/07/jessica-v-ii.html">this summer</a>. She is also a blogger and an aspiring photographer whom I have known for several years now, and we share a love for <a href="http://www.kinfolkmag.com/">Kinfolk</a>, style (which she is better at than me), and pretty scenery. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
She was my second shooter for the wedding last Saturday, and on Friday we met at the church to scout out some photo places. Needless to say, it rained on the day of the wedding so we were unable to use those places, but we got some use out of them by ourselves. We had been planning to do a Fall photo shoot (just for fun), but things got busy, and so, it never happened. Thus we used the few minutes we had on Friday for an impromptu Winter shoot amidst the scarlet berries and leftover apples. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
She took some of me as well (and it felt insanely weird--I haven't been in front of the camera for so long!), which have been used in my new header. It was absolutely freezing, and I could barely click the shutter after just a few minutes, but photo shoots are always my thing. Friends, if any of you are ever up my way, be sure to let me know, okay? To me, there is nothing better. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
xo,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Lucia</div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-68064659350769534242012-12-20T21:20:00.002-08:002012-12-21T11:14:21.672-08:00es ist warm und gemütlich Saeson. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3OLSECHeNcY/UNNhgPdra1I/AAAAAAAAF6s/Gbl_9iu59Kw/s1600/20121218-DSC_0120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3OLSECHeNcY/UNNhgPdra1I/AAAAAAAAF6s/Gbl_9iu59Kw/s1600/20121218-DSC_0120.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3UWFViXQMMM/UNNhhc-rrKI/AAAAAAAAF60/zVjnedLq3Uo/s1600/20121219-DSC_0124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3UWFViXQMMM/UNNhhc-rrKI/AAAAAAAAF60/zVjnedLq3Uo/s1600/20121219-DSC_0124.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2plWvfzsaDA/UNPssRvtCFI/AAAAAAAAF8s/d3OqsH_ryt0/s1600/20121216-DSC_0084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2plWvfzsaDA/UNPssRvtCFI/AAAAAAAAF8s/d3OqsH_ryt0/s1600/20121216-DSC_0084.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J3YDKA5l-0I/UNPxs056HKI/AAAAAAAAF9Q/ZHFFUHeKeIc/s1600/20121216-DSC_0095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J3YDKA5l-0I/UNPxs056HKI/AAAAAAAAF9Q/ZHFFUHeKeIc/s1600/20121216-DSC_0095.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
It is warm and cozy season. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
...Or, echoing my post title (auf Deutsch), "warm und gemütlich Saeson." That's what I like to call Winter. This is the time when you can sit by the fire and look out the window and be content with the crackle of the wood and a pile of wrapping paper + ribbon + tape + secret items in your lap. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
We got our Christmas tree last week--yes, a real live Douglas Fir, dropping needles on the carpet constantly but smelling oh so piney and authentic. Hanging lights and ornaments wasn't quite as exciting as it has been in recent years, but pulling out the old baubles--funny shell angels with chipped noses, a pair of wooden German dolls in their traditional attire, straw hearts on red ribbons, a fat blue bird with a quirky smile--holds a sentiment that will never fade.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Gingerbread men (or their crumbs) pile in the cookie jar for a few days (or moments), legless and armless as tends to happen with such treats. It doesn't take long for even the crumbs to vanish, nevertheless.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Es ist warm und gemütlich Saeson. // It is warm and cozy season. Let's go cozy in it. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Happy First of Winter, on the 'morrow. </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Much Love,</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
L </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">p.s. (I <a href="http://www.jjyourstruly.blogspot.com/2012/12/oh-hello-winter.html">guest posted</a> this week with a few more words to welcome Winter at <i><a href="http://jjyourstruly.blogspot.co.uk/">Your's Truly</a></i>. Just sayin.')</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">p.p.s. (Go make yourself some Hot Cocoa. Just because.) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">p.p.p.s. (Wow, I'm on a roll, aren't I? But just FYI, that ^ is not our tree. It is just a huge randomly lighted tree in the middle of a park. Yep yep.)</span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959688139798201406.post-36534840767182624992012-12-12T15:27:00.003-08:002012-12-12T15:27:51.539-08:00molly || senior portraits <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I met Molly...the day of her senior pictures! No joke. She is one of my first "official" clients, and I was honored to capture her '13 senior shots. We went to a pretty park nearby, and took advantage of the gorgeous Fall colors before they left entirely. Molly was super fun to work with and has the cutest haircut + smile! Plus an adorable wardrobe. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Enjoy these images--and for fellow photographers, this session was my first time shooting in RAW. Needless to say, I don't know why in the world I have never used it before. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
xo,</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
lucia </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xPfNRGFu7cg/UMi8xhZYqEI/AAAAAAAAF1w/M5tE8PPuTNw/s1600/collage+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xPfNRGFu7cg/UMi8xhZYqEI/AAAAAAAAF1w/M5tE8PPuTNw/s1600/collage+2.png" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ycbe_06K9Ig/UMi-KH1dJII/AAAAAAAAF2A/D7UC3H7_CqU/s1600/DSC_0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ycbe_06K9Ig/UMi-KH1dJII/AAAAAAAAF2A/D7UC3H7_CqU/s1600/DSC_0014.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Buer5T07_HA/UMi-LOQLO2I/AAAAAAAAF2I/3Llw4ClIfDM/s1600/DSC_0062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Buer5T07_HA/UMi-LOQLO2I/AAAAAAAAF2I/3Llw4ClIfDM/s1600/DSC_0062.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3ezhLIKxjRg/UMi_5z4drQI/AAAAAAAAF2Y/MzDou95tVsY/s1600/DSC_0013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3ezhLIKxjRg/UMi_5z4drQI/AAAAAAAAF2Y/MzDou95tVsY/s1600/DSC_0013.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6uT-wbTIxkQ/UMjAAEtfYxI/AAAAAAAAF2g/gxMz6U6JW1E/s1600/DSC_0134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6uT-wbTIxkQ/UMjAAEtfYxI/AAAAAAAAF2g/gxMz6U6JW1E/s1600/DSC_0134.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-44X0BqszcbA/UMi-MGMtbWI/AAAAAAAAF2Q/2kfBRJNKByI/s1600/DSC_0140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-44X0BqszcbA/UMi-MGMtbWI/AAAAAAAAF2Q/2kfBRJNKByI/s1600/DSC_0140.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-piGNz-_XgrE/UMi9oktDEEI/AAAAAAAAF14/9MDcM2amfcE/s1600/collage+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-piGNz-_XgrE/UMi9oktDEEI/AAAAAAAAF14/9MDcM2amfcE/s1600/collage+3.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9hp6eYUnoqE/UMkLXoTgp9I/AAAAAAAAF3E/iA_H-TpnwBc/s1600/DSC_0142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9hp6eYUnoqE/UMkLXoTgp9I/AAAAAAAAF3E/iA_H-TpnwBc/s1600/DSC_0142.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Exoxt68f9L4/UMkLfYrtAcI/AAAAAAAAF3M/J9IKWS44WX4/s1600/DSC_0178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Exoxt68f9L4/UMkLfYrtAcI/AAAAAAAAF3M/J9IKWS44WX4/s1600/DSC_0178.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pH0ZccMDHBk/UMkLkzKaJVI/AAAAAAAAF3U/N8nZOVs6jXs/s1600/20121124-DSC_0162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pH0ZccMDHBk/UMkLkzKaJVI/AAAAAAAAF3U/N8nZOVs6jXs/s1600/20121124-DSC_0162.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eoD_VYrS7g8/UMkMc9AY09I/AAAAAAAAF3c/HKrCssVfrps/s1600/DSC_0185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eoD_VYrS7g8/UMkMc9AY09I/AAAAAAAAF3c/HKrCssVfrps/s1600/DSC_0185.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KfYNeGy5fqU/UMkNEtSiGzI/AAAAAAAAF30/HKE_kmvMxHE/s1600/collage+6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KfYNeGy5fqU/UMkNEtSiGzI/AAAAAAAAF30/HKE_kmvMxHE/s1600/collage+6.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0UReV0cKzUI/UMkNKEyhCbI/AAAAAAAAF38/2qA5N8dgso0/s1600/DSC_0241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0UReV0cKzUI/UMkNKEyhCbI/AAAAAAAAF38/2qA5N8dgso0/s1600/DSC_0241.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-juOLJr8JgPs/UMkM5JqCifI/AAAAAAAAF3k/MHLAwOENF4w/s1600/DSC_0219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-juOLJr8JgPs/UMkM5JqCifI/AAAAAAAAF3k/MHLAwOENF4w/s1600/DSC_0219.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s4ssPxi4Orc/UMkOKWwuTiI/AAAAAAAAF4c/MoMkLd6knAs/s1600/DSC_0314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s4ssPxi4Orc/UMkOKWwuTiI/AAAAAAAAF4c/MoMkLd6knAs/s1600/DSC_0314.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PsCfzj9NF4w/UMkOIu6CyYI/AAAAAAAAF4U/_EQofs2CJ4g/s1600/DSC_0306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PsCfzj9NF4w/UMkOIu6CyYI/AAAAAAAAF4U/_EQofs2CJ4g/s1600/DSC_0306.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-63lKaLOIYYM/UMkOFA2tL8I/AAAAAAAAF4M/EnFnLJLWSS8/s1600/DSC_0278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-63lKaLOIYYM/UMkOFA2tL8I/AAAAAAAAF4M/EnFnLJLWSS8/s1600/DSC_0278.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JAHJ3HpG6Os/UMkOltfNm5I/AAAAAAAAF4k/qpYeAKasXLc/s1600/DSC_0299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JAHJ3HpG6Os/UMkOltfNm5I/AAAAAAAAF4k/qpYeAKasXLc/s1600/DSC_0299.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ki__iwbIog/UMkOCwBuU4I/AAAAAAAAF4E/E-vvvLTgTIE/s1600/DSC_0264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ki__iwbIog/UMkOCwBuU4I/AAAAAAAAF4E/E-vvvLTgTIE/s1600/DSC_0264.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lp--b9uOvJY/UMkPOvh76gI/AAAAAAAAF40/l5_9SOiXrGs/s1600/collage+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lp--b9uOvJY/UMkPOvh76gI/AAAAAAAAF40/l5_9SOiXrGs/s1600/collage+1.png" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6FZK7m-b-7k/UMkPIQEzJNI/AAAAAAAAF4s/DhbGc1NAYtM/s1600/DSC_0389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6FZK7m-b-7k/UMkPIQEzJNI/AAAAAAAAF4s/DhbGc1NAYtM/s1600/DSC_0389.jpg" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
</div>
Luciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923532602979241812noreply@blogger.com40