august 2014 (and an excerpt on being busy)

avocados, especially on toast / black and white and birkenstocks / barcelona and france for christmas and new years eve/ my birthday.

and now...

busy: adjective. having a great deal to do. 

busy has been my word of the last two weeks. work every day, spend time with friends and family at every open moment. 

I leave for Norway in one week. 

why am I going to Norway?

to study outdoor play with preschool students. 

I will be gone, out of the United States, until January 1st.

it is very exciting because I am following my dreams! (which you should always do)

but it is making me nervous because I've never flown by myself (what!) and also I'm not going to see my family or best friends for four months. 

there's my internal conflict. 

anyway, I have been busy, in that I have been: 

 taking naps (and pictures) at Alki with my friends.

eating a lot at Oddfellows.

dancing with this little sunshine bear. (she got silly putty stuck in her hair last week and had to get a mini haircut… but she's still looking super darn cute)

spending time with this wonderful man.

(also we watched The Graduate for the first time ever)

so that's my busy-ness.

these photos are my deep breaths in the middle of all the crazy. 

eight days and counting down! 

she wants to go to the lakeside.

In the sun today, Cierra and I walked to the Union Bay Natural Area. I started my afternoon with a headache and a nap, and Cierra pulled me out of bed and said "I don't want to waste the day." So I google mapped a green area nearby and we trekked to the water.

Cierra calls this photo "the glare."

january 2014

2014. My year of finding more inspiration.

Cierra made me this framed bulletin board for my birthday, and I've been pinning things to it for the past week or so. And so my inspiration board has begun. Here is January's collection of photos, found throughout the internet.

From left + down to right + down + basically all over:

reminding myself it's a new year / gallery walls with antique frames / applying to a study abroad trip to Trondheim / thick sweaters and curly wavy hair and bangs / ornate necklaces with collars / a floppy felt hat from free people. 

And a little quote to remind myself to be more passionate about life.

& on into the new year.