Summer of....

LOVE! ZUMBA! MIRACLES! SUNSHINE AMAZING-NESS! ADMIRING GOD'S BEAUTIFUL CREATION! Whatever you want to call it, I believe it's been a too short, but otherwise awesome summer. Between taking pictures of weddings and nature adventures, it's wonder I actually had anytime to knit! I'm still working on projects I started in June, but they are getting done... slowly :)

{Lake Michigan at Sunrise,
near Bailey's Harbor, WI}

{Lake Michigan - Washington Island}

This last week, I noticed that the nights started to get a little chilly - a quaint little reminder that my favorite season - Autumn - is right around the corner! I love everything about Autumn. The way that summer just kind of fades right into it.... the temperature fades, the smell fades, the colors fade. Crisp, sunshiny mornings, warm afternoons, bundling up in a hoody in the evening. Oh! and once all the photo editing from the summer's myriad of pictures is finished, I might be able to get some knitting done. So please enjoy these photos I have managed to process during the busy-ness of Summer - I promise to have more done soon, some that might even involve yarn! These photos were taken in Wisconsin, at my cousin's wedding, in Montana and at my friend's wedding in Vancouver/Portland.

{Clark Fork River at Sunset off Hwy 200}

{Plant Hike with Montana Native Plant Society}

{Plant Hike with Montana Native Plant Society}

{Fish Boil! at my cousin's rehearsal dinner}

{My cousin's pretty dress}

{Cousin's kids at my
other cousin's rehearsal dinner}

{My cousin's pretty flowers}

{My friend and her groom}

{My friend's pretty shoes}

{My friend on her groom's bike}

{My friend's pretty dress}

And so.

I've been saying that word a lot lately - the word "so".
Sometimes twice in the same sentence, or thought. Maybe I've always had a habit of doing that, but I just noticed it this week. I really don't know why I say it, except that maybe I just feel the need to explain myself; especially in light of the whirlwind of change that seems to be going on around me. Nothing is really changing for me - just for people of somewhat close association with me. I can't keep up, so I've just found myself content to just sit in the eye of the storm and observe everything happen around me. Since I've remained un-involved, I have to preemptively think up some creative excuses for my laziness, somehow making my life seem busier and more interesting than it really is, sitting here in my calm little bubble. That's where the "so"s come in.
So anyway, here are just a few of the little things that have gone on in my life as of late:

• I saw an alpaca today rolling around in a grassy field. This made me very happy.
• I got a Canon 5D!! I ordered it on Sunday and just received it yesterday. Bought it from a private seller on Amazon.. $845.00 - a screamin' deal for a full sensor camera. I was not prepared for the fact that I would need to invest in another type of memory card for it and that my Rebel kit lens would not be suitable for it. Just some of the details to work out :)
• I tore out the cardi I was working on, and started on another pattern: Concur cardigan. I don't want to have to explain why I did it. I shall have this done possibly by next Spring.
• A guinea pig got his sweater!! Yes, sweet little Mac finally got to sport his tailor made sweater about a week and a half ago. 

• Two very important people in my life got married just a few weeks ago!!! Josh & Rhianna of J.michel Photography. I had the privilege of photographing the event alongside two other inspirational and talented photographers: Natalie Braham of Natalie Bee Photography and Ifong Chen of Ifong Photography. I am now in the process of editing my shots. I hope I can get them all done soon!!!

• oh oh oh, and upcoming trips: 
• Coastal camping adventure with my little brother over Memorial day!! 
• My cousin's wedding in Wisconsin in mid June!!
• And a friend's wedding in Portland in mid July!!

So, for now, I feel pretty content to just remain in the eye of the storm. Something big is going to happen soon, I just know it ;)