how do you qualify Life is beautiful? 

north shore

two and a half days with good friends in beautiful country 

blurry times and much beauty

wait

From earlier this spring

From of old no one has heard
    or perceived by the ear,
no eye has seen a God besides you,
    who acts for those who wait for him.

                                - Isaiah 64:4

for with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. - psalm 36.9

After a sudden storm, we found the ultimate puddle. Light, water, camaraderie.... Every beautiful thing on earth is a reflection of its full version in heaven.

a far-off country

I'm seeking a homeland alongside companions like these girls. My friends - the compatriots God has given. He gives of himself through people like this, as they seek to live through him. I have seen that time & time & time again. It is faithfulness and it is beautiful.

Times like these photos are "news from a country we have never yet visited." That country is home and it is where we are going, it is where our King is coming from to meet us. 

en rose

My friends brought me flowers in the midst of winter's bleakness - thank you.

x

peaceful discovery

Outings with my old friend are some of my favorites.

smorgåsbord

Christmas Eve with Scandinavians.

no darkness at all

"God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all." - 1 john 1:5

"For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness." - psalm 18:28

"Rejoice not over me, O my enemy…when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me." -micah 7:8

for these the darkest days, when the sun is a good memory.

honey and apples

What a beautiful autumn this is. 

queen elizabeth

there are going to be a lot of photos in this post.

i've never met someone who is so good at smiling as she is. the best part is how real her happiness is.

blessed to call her my cousin.

truth and water.

it was a good summer.

o canada

this is the land that he would show me, the water he called me out upon.

A camp in Canada was my home for a month this summer. Through days of lengthy light, thick bush, clear water and impossible circumstances, I learned a lot. I don't want to forget a thing: not the knack of opening certain doors around camp, the smell of a burning mosquito coil, the sandy dock, or the bonfire that smoldered all summer. I don't want anything to fade, even though some of it already feels like a dream, now, a week after returning south.

No matter what I do or where I go, the lake will be there, and it will be beautiful.

And no matter what, the God who led me to the North is with me yet.

this long summer

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 
And Eternity in an hour.

- William Blake

I am thankful for family and friends, sunrises and sunsets, sleep and coffee, the back yard and the front step,  and the odd can of spray paint.

easily pleased

the ides of may

Soulful and smiling, she is taking on the world.

I'm super happy to have met this person.

spring semester

I don't always remember what we laugh at; I simply remember that we laugh.

1. Humanely killing time at the library // 2. Warm sun after a long winter // 3. Persistence in a window that faces east. // 4. Training

I found a kodak disposable camera and carried it around, taking shots when they presented themselves over the past month or so.

taught

"a camera is a tool that teaches you to see without a camera." - dorothea lange



kinda sorta maybe arrived. a leg of the journey is over.

mild gallivantry

Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the time to come.
- Proverbs 31.25