Island Hopping

  

 

I am so excited to take the next 5 days off for a bike trip through the San Juan Islands with Peter and our friends Spence & Meg.  It's been years since I've been up to the San Juan's, a place I used to go to practically every summer with my family for camping and boating excursions.  My husband hasn't really spent much time there so I'm happy to explore one of my favorite places with him!

We're taking our bikes and plan to do a ton of biking over 3 islands: Lopez, Orcas and San Juan.  I love the ferry ride out there, it's so gorgeous and I can almost smell the salt water right now as I sit at my computer...

I'll be back next week, hopefully with some great photos to share with you all!

{Photos by Carolyn Coles 1 & 2}

Darling Diptych :: Deserted

Left: Mo

Right:  Brittany O

This week's diptych brings back a lot of memories from my photography program in college.  I was known for mainly taking photos of abandoned trashed locations around town.  My favorite was an old greenhouse/nursery that had gone defunct and become the unofficial dump in town for broken down washers, mowers and many other random items.  I guess I've never really let that interest go!

"Nobody Lost, Nobody Found"

This past weekend was cause for major celebration.  Our good friends Annie & Andy whom I met in college were back in the PNW and stayed with us for the weekend, it was a long time coming as we haven't seen them in 5 years!!  We made the most of the weekend, enjoying the amazingly beautiful Saturday with Polish Horseshoes, pizza and Bellini's.

This is a silly video I strung together from some pictures we took on the porch Saturday afternoon.  No one ever accused us of being great dancers but we do know how to throw our heads around!

I'll be posting pictures of Polish Horseshoes and the pyramid formations we insisted on doing later this week!

Darling Diptych :: Movement

Left: Mo

Right: Brittany O

The gritty and the pretty.  

Darling Diptych :: Night

Left:  Mo

Right: Brittany O

After reading Brittany's description I thought I would put my two cents in over here. I used to be a night person but something has changed these past few years.  Maybe my husband who likes to be in bed by 9:00pm is rubbing off on me!  My photo was taken at 9:40pm...it was almost completely dark out by that time, but due to the long exposure I was able to capture the hint of a fading blue sky.

Darling Diptych :: Yellow

Left: Mo

Right: Brittany O

The 48 HR Hustle

How cool is this idea?  A magazine edited and published in 48 hours!
The premise:  They unveil a theme and contributors have 24 hours to produce and submit their work. 48 Hour Magazine then takes the next 24 hours to put it all together.  Voila!
The result: A website and tangible version ready for delivery.

"We promise it will be insane. Better yet, it might even work."

I'm going to have to order a copy of Issue Zero...because I'm just too curious not to.

{Found via CH Bearstar}