rich

 

It's a good feeling. The present is so rich in excitement. I'm eager to wake up every morning. Despite doubts and questions about the future, God's promises are fulfilled each and every day. Life continues to be a fabulous learning experience. His love and power are great!

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God has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.
I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.
 Ecclesiastes 3:11-15

enjoy the view.

The walk up to the top of the hill and the view from it are equally delightful.

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Ellyn (and Indy) // Senior

 


Claudia and I had some fun working with our pal Ellyn and her pal Indy to make some senior shots. Between Indy's darling antics, the sweet friendship between a girl and her horse, the changeful September light, and a certain gregarious barn cat (not pictured), we had our hands full and fabulous time. These photos are a few of my favorites from the evening spent in a field.

public access dock + the unplanned hiatus

 These are from a weekend or so ago, when the three of us went for a walk in search a place to enjoy the lake.

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I guess that this past month has been an unplanned hiatus from ApMit. There have been lots of shifts at work, weekends away from home, novels read outdoors, and afternoons spent with pals, but not that much picture making - nevertheless, it's a happy time of year and I'm excited for the quickly approaching lifestyle change that is ssssccchhhhooollll! Life simply doesn't slow down. I wouldn't have it any other way.

xo,
M

the road

The Road goes ever on and on

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow, if I can,

Pursuing it with eager feet,

Until it joins some larger way

Where many paths and errands meet.

And whither then? I cannot say.

 - J.R.R Tolkien

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I should be packing for camp right now. But before I leave home for another week, this is just to let you know that I was in Ukraine for two (of the most incredible) weeks (of my life so far). Expect plenty of photo posts in the coming month!

oh happiness

Tomorrow, I'm taking off for an adventure overseas. Before I go, this is just to say that June has been wonderful, I'm a bit sad that's it's over, and that I'm very excited for the rest of the summer + year + life. 

xo,
M

we went camping

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1. Friday morning, covered in mist // 2, 3, 4. Exploring the shore // 5. My place in this world // 6. She always likes to go the edge of any cliff // 7. A rock she split // 8. Exploring the trails at another State Park // 9. Taken from the top of a hill, at the longest end of my lens //10. Pebbles. There are always pebbles. // 11. She rarely took off the fedora  // 12. By Sunday, the mist had cleared

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auld lang syne

Minnesota experienced an uncanny cold snap last night and all the lakes have refrozen. Sister and I are out enjoying it to the fullest!

:)

Justtt kidding! These photos are from winter break. Every so often, I unload the memory stick of my old pink point and shoot - it's the camera I stash in my purse or backpack, my pseudo iPhone for taking photos of small moments. I'll go for months before downloading them, and then I refind good memories. Here, we took the pups for a walk to enjoy the winter sunshine and frozen lake.

summer reading

Summer is for reading and running, but mostly for reading.

May 21

No Safe Place by Deborah Ellis - This was an impulse library book that looked good, and it delivered. Its main characters are teen migrants trying to escape their home countries. Powerful.

The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt by Stephanie Morrill - I've been meaning to read this trilogy since I discovered Stephanie's very congenial blog for young writers a while ago. It's fun yet tragic, very twisty, and a fabulous summer read.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell - I first heard about this author when my brother brought home Blink from school last year. I like how he writes about stuff I always wondered about but really never understood.

A House Like a Lotus by Madeleine L'Engle - Another impulse library book, I liked the cover. I'm 100 or so pages into it, and just discovered on GoodReads that it's the third book in a series. That would explain the heavy emphasis on the past that really drew me in - until now, I thought it was just slower and more ponderous than any other YA novel I've ever read! Literary blonde moment....

Not in the photo:

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - This novel is intriguing and subtle. It also has a splendid cover! Erin Morgernstern is a smashing writer, and her plot here is shady and graceful.

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Ahh! After three years, I finished it! That was last week, but I'm still partying. It was probably the most breathtaking thing I have ever read. Victor Hugo has some crazy-good things to say, and I barely noticed that the plot was absent for 100-page intervals while he sounded off on social problems of the day. I really recommend Julie Rose's translation. Ohh, and have you had that great moment of listening to a song while reading a book and having them go together perfectly? That was me on the last chapter with Christina Perri.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Seeing the movie trailer resparked my interest in this one. I forgot how much I like how this guy writes: "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees ... I had the familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." LOVE.

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway - This feeds my Paris fetish.  

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Follow me on GoodReads to track my progress with these! What are you reading this summer?

Predicate, encore.

 

Life as of late has involved books, work, rainy days, and this little lady. She's all I take pictures of anymore, but that's ok because....welll, I think that's self-explanatory.

Happy Saturday, tout monde!

bookish

a favorite feeling

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I don't have a favorite season. I have a favorite feeling. It's the windows down, silent back roads with dirty bare feet feeling. It's when I can walk straight outside without pausing to fish out a jacket. It is curtains dancing around my room because of the cool breeze that pushes against its fabric. It is sunsets after dessert and grass as my pillow. The sound of lawnmowers, falling leaves, and rain against the window. Pockets of shade and walks along a gravel road. I don't have a favorite season, I have a favorite feeling.

- - Anonymous  

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Photos : July 2011