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positive pointing # 51: cell phone candids

My cellphones's picture library is stocked full of still-life shots. In fact, the other winter, when I came across an enormous herd of elk in mountains of colorado--just dozens and dozens. I'd never seen an elk, so I could barely breath---I was denied a photograph by my little red phone because I had 'reached my limit'. By the time I'd deleted the proper amount, (pictures of toasters and rocks) the herd, I'm sorry to say, had drifted out of an adequate 'shooting' range. blast.

I never capture faces. Just objects. Arrangements. One after another. I don't know why I take them. I hardly ever send or show them to anyone else. I remember when I got a new cell phone and the red-polo clad, Verizon man told me that they may not be able to transfer all my photos from my old phone to my new one. "what? really? can you try?" I was surprised by hint of anxiety that made my voice squeak a little towards the end of my request and how satisfied I was when almost 30 minutes later, the transfer was a success.

june 12, 2010 - Asheville, NC

I think I could base my entire life, a short novel, the entire interior of my home and maybe even all my hopes and dreams on this shot.

september 19, 2010- Denver CO

the pumpkin seed, lightly salted, could be my new almond.
partly because they may be 1/1000 of the price and just as curiously tasty. not to mention, slightly in-step with the new season.

June 1st 2010 - Denver, CO

The Perfect Petal display window usually makes me stop--or at least slow--making me a perfect target for the steady and resolute stream of forward, 32nd-avenue walkers. It's a little dangerous but so worth the risk.

july 1st, 2010- Cambridge, MD

The first pie that my friend Annie has ever made.
haven't decided if it's completely inspired me or driven me to abandon all my pie-making endeavors completely. Either way, I haven't entertained the idea of pie-making since.

november 8th, 2008 -Philadelphia, PA

A poor little guy whose death gave the gift of a beautiful study on color, shape and line.

May 21, 2009 - Chattanooga, TN

Trying to figure out if TOMS made me feel like a ballerina, a ninja or a nonchalant outdoor enthusiast. in the end, they made me feel loved (as they were a surprise gift from eric during our summer apart)

positive pointing #50: carrot popsicles!

when summer doesn't leave, you just keep on summerin'

popsicle maker : $8.09 on amazon
odwalla carrot juice: usually on sale for $5.99 at your local grocery

(ofcourse, use your favorite juice. my honest-to-goodness favorite is carrot juice.)

kyrie: "eric, we're famous! look we're on a website!! well, your feet are."

oh this is so fun!
thank you to a wonderful, courtney dial, for posting my wedding on her website, pizzazerie! and thank you hannah singer (goldmine girl) for hookin us up. you're boss :) it's so rewarding to see so much hardwork--and i know so many people worked so very hard on all the little details---make such beautiful photographs and lasting impressions on people. i mean, I know the day was magical--i get to be with eric always?!-- but that anybody else thinks so too is just, well, a cherry on the icecream! so enjoyed and loved hearing courtney's excitement about it all. she's seems like such a cheery thing. check it out! click here.

positive pointing #49: Molly Wizenberg

I don't know who this girl is or where she came from
all i know is that i recieved her book as a gift at my bridal shower
and suddenly the dream of who i want to be has become a little more solidified.

she's a cook.
a baker.
a photographer.
a wife.
a writer.
a home lover.
but not the martha stewart or rachel ray sort.
(who i love, but molly has topped them in my book)

she's peaceful and quietly funny
and writes about her mother's high heels
and her father's abnormally skinny legs.
and then how to make the best french toast & potato salad

visit her blog. buy her book. (or borrow it when i'm done)
for goodness sake, be a homebody.


thank you, katie.

positive pointing #48: corners of our abode

window from the bedroom into our kitchen. not even kidding. I can order breakfast so easily! "eggs and toast please."

matchbox from my trip to vienna, austria, polaroid of my winter-getaway with helbird and a little bird beauty from xmas 09' from mrs. kendall.

happy etsy banner, i'm so glad i found you again! i thought i'd lost you
and then you popped up over top my brother's wedding cake. well, hello!

a recent relic from a nearby thrift to temporarily relieve my
new longing for all things green-glass & some a good summer memory.

tired-face bushaws after our 3rd Howard wedding of the year. a few hours before our 21-hour trek back to that oh-so-sqaure state. (eric, you are my night-shift-driving hero!)