the third quarter

2010

year in review

July

a month consumed by explosions of light & fiery sunsets(& love, too)

August

If i could use one word to describe August it would be ethereal. Simply divine. I spent the first moments of August watching the sunrise over the Ozark mountains and alongside a blue river. I traveled to Chicago with friends, listened to music, surrounded by city. I celebrated three amazing years with my love.

September

A bittersweet month.

School kicked into action, the weather remained beautiful, and my sister departed for Spain, where she will live for a year. The four of us(my mom, dad, Meg and I) spent our last day together hiking to one of the most beautiful spots in Arkansas in the morning light on a peaceful empty trail.

the second quarter

2010

year in review

April

April was a peaceful month in my life. I soaked up the change of season, traveled to como to visit Natalie & celebrate her 21st birthday, & cuddled in my sunny bedroom.

May

I spent a lot of may outside-just a glimpse at how my summer would end up. I dipped my toes in the river, my sister discovered blackberries in our front yard, ate a years worth of Sparky's ice cream while visiting my best friend, and found sweet feathers on my local eggs.

June

June was magical. I took photographs of a beautiful blooming belly, laid in the sun at wakarusa, had a garden party with good friends, and enjoyed my last couple weeks living with Meg & Hill in the Birdhouse.

the first quarter

I can't help but do another year in review after seeing Natalie's & looking at mine from last year.

I really enjoy creating these blogs in the last few days of the year because it really gives me the opportunity to reminisce on all the beautiful things that have occurred in a merely years time.

January

Started off the year lying around with my love and continued this trend unexpectedly as it snowed a bit more than usual, allowing my roommates and I to get out of school for days at a time. Our house was our safe haven. It always has been.

February

Celebrated Meg's 22nd birthday Birdhouse style and sought out any glimpse of sunlight possible after the dreary cold.

March

I smiled as the spring time sun began filling my room each morning and spent many days taking in the change of season by letting the warmth encompass me.

in the morning at the birdhouse

I've always been content with mornings. I could happily sleep in, but there is something magical about the morning light filtering into a bedroom.

At the Birdhouse, I luckily had a window that faced East(it is so odd using the past tense, but it's true. As of tonight, I no longer reside at the Birdhouse.)

I loved my mornings waking up there.

They looked somewhat like this:

self-rendering

I realize I haven't been as consistent with my blog as I have been in the past lately.

So, here's an update of what i am doing this very moment:

working on a self-portrait

Of course, Lili always jumps up on the table to see what's going on & love on me, before she's off on her fly-chasing, cat-food muching, day napping ways again...

& after looking through some old photobooth photos, I had to post this adorable-ness.