13 going on 30

Natalie

She loves to chew gum, she cuts her own hair, she LOOOVES music, She has NO IDEA how beautiful she is...

13

she wears brightly colored skinny jeans and converses, her favorite drink is sprite, she's into the Twilight series and likes volleyball...

Cutie PIE

she is good at science, her favorite song is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUtxRHKlMLo, she is witty but shy, dangerous but precious, tries to act older than she is...

Going on 30...

she doesn't think before she speaks and therefore, I (being the older sister) have a rather long and quite hilarious list of 'Natalie-ISMS' ...I wouldn't think to embarrass her, so I'll bring those out in 15 years or so.
She is an artist, incredible photographer and awesome with a pen. She thinks she is emo and can't stand preps. By the way, She knows everything.
My gorgeous sister Natalie...this blog post will grow, as it is dedicated to her.
Long legs and layered hair, she is a hipster in the heart of the south...go figure.

I love this hipster.

Experience Panama

After traveling to Chumical, Panama and building a home for a family there who previously lived in a shack...After experiencing the happiness of the Kuna Indians and watching the kids run around barefoot, kicking cans for sport, and beaming with smiles...After falling in love with Michele and Esteban whose faces are burned into my memory forever...I am so grateful for what I have, try not to take small things for granted, and will always be humbled. It's amazing that in my American culture, so many of us have everything we could ever want and are totally unhappy...the Kuna in Panama have next to nothing but each other and are happier than we will ever be. A lesson learned.

Fall into winter

Cosmically Sanctioned VIIIish

At the aqueduct..then through space



Statesboro train tracks..we got a little crazy..then went through space.
COSMICALLY SANCTIONED!

Today's hike in sepia

Contrast!

Cool Contrast
Above are two stucco homes in Segovia, Spain.
Below are two entrances through Georgian doors in Dublin, Ireland.



Check out this contrast in London:

(This is 1 picture...old English architecture turns Hi-Def)

Oldies but goodies

Multomah Falls, Oregon
Quite an impressive waterfall, very tall with a bridge crossing towards the center...worth the hike. It allows great views of the amazing gorge in the distance.


My aunt has an incredible view of Mt. Ranier from just outside of the small town of Enumclaw, WA. I would kill for.this view from my kitchen window...unfortunately, due to the rainy season, she really only gets this view 30% of the year...still, worth it.


Bamboo ART in a Portuguese craft shop...those clever Europeans..what will they think of next? (That's me peeping behind all of the jewelry and dangly stuff in the little shop...a little lost, but having too much fun being whimsical.

It's amazing what you will find when walking the small cobblestones streets of an old Spanish city...You're walking along, turn a corner, then BAM! There's a sixteenth century Gothic Cathedral in your face...aaaah, I love Spain. I love Spain so much, I could just marry it.

The clock tower from the courthouse, Salt Lake City, UT. One of the first of many travels alone with a backpack, a map and a hostel destination. good times. On this strange trip...I somehow ended up taking a tour with Mormons, to the top of the Church of Latter Day Saints viewing a garden on the roof overlooking the city...after hitching a ride to the hostel, I refused to pay the $10 a night for sheets charge and froze my butt off.

This is one of the first 'good' pictures that I ever took..or took notice of. When I finally realized that I was truly and utterly in love with capturing the art and beauty around me...when I was captivated by not only the images I started creating, but the stirring in my heart, the alluring charm of photography overcame me..the art, colors, the intensity of space and what captures our attention. aaaaah, It is the eye...the artistic mind that binds me to freedom ;)

Laughter, it's contagious

Book!! Long overdue...

I was browsing through an assortment of books in my parents study and happened along this little treasure.
I was stunned that I've been to Savannah, GA about a million times, pointed out the very mansion discussed in this book to people, seen this statue and Bonaventure Cemetery BUT have never actually read the book. I thought it was time. Now I'm reading it again.
Intrigued...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt

Open Skies

The sky, God's canvas, a vast space above our heads, a window to the great beyond.
Dublin Skyline


Adam on Stone Mtn
Under the canopy of the sky
our souls are sheltered
The sun shines bright
So very far away

Drivin down 85
The colors get together every night
as the sun sets
they mingle and shine
and want everyone's attention

Chasing the sunset


Flying
Our round earth,
flying over, it's simple
See the sun setting once over the horizon
climb a little higher in altitude
and watch it set again.

I WANT TO FLY! soon...soon...

Softness

Some softness inside

the me that I hide

Where the WiLd Things are

Where the wild things are
And where for a moment we can feel
A quiet solitude in wilderness
An artists mind begins to reel





The shapes and sounds, colors and smells
A water so clear
So clear you can swim with your eyes open wide
so clear the water has nothing to hide



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In the animals world, we attempt to transform
Wild at heart we explore
Deeper meanings we implore

Our skin adapts to the cold
Our eyes focus on the colors of fall
The only sound are our own footsteps on the fallen leaves
Alive from a rush in our veins with every heartbeat

Swingin at dusk

Swingin at dusk
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Innocence

Irish Sea


Costa Rica
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