autumn soundtrack...
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My roommate and I walked to the library Sunday evening. Amongst our footsteps the sounds of crunching leaves could be heard throughout our journey.
When did that happen?
I wanted to, but there was no denying it. Crunch, crunch. Step, step, crunch.
Fall is on its way.
When did that happen?
I wanted to, but there was no denying it. Crunch, crunch. Step, step, crunch.
Fall is on its way.
where the wild things are...
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Thanks to all my friends who love me during my crazies. Have mercy.
And thank you for laughing with and/or at me when I tell you all the weirdness that run through my head in a given day.
I would be a whole lot less sane without you.
And thank you for laughing with and/or at me when I tell you all the weirdness that run through my head in a given day.
I would be a whole lot less sane without you.
may flowers...
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It's Labor Day, and the rest of Monday will consist of laundering a big ol' pile of camp-fire smoke filled clothing/towels/sleeping bags, finishing up edits on a recent wedding shoot, and practicing diving board tricks until the pool pass expires. But for now, I have one precious hour to blog about this summer. One of my best to date, starting in May. So here's to bathing suits and fro-yo, slalom skiing and many, many cooking adventures:
In May (okay, I just looked this up - it was in April... so not exactly summer, but I'm counting it), my parents and I headed to K-State to celebrate the dedication of the Leadership Studies building. I was part of the program during my time there, and received a minor in Leadership, so it was awesome to see the gorgeous addition to the campus. We used to have classes in an old home that had been (sort-of) renovated to host classes and meetings. The program grew from a few students having an idea, to a flourishing bustle of activity that plays a big role throughout the campus - I think over 1,000 students (or a lot more... I couldn't find the statistic and didn't want to exaggerate). And all of that is wonderful and cool, and I'm happy to see it, but the real reason we made the trip was because a photo taken during Liz and my trip to Kauai was selected as artwork in the space. It was so fun to see that thing blown up and hung in the hall. I was just getting things going with photography and definitely needed a boost in confidence. We had a great time roaming around campus and Aggieville. Every time I return, memories surround me at every turn. Ah, college.
We then left for Kansas City and had to get Mom to some shopping. Poor thing - her nearest shopping strip is in a neighboring town 40 minutes away, and the options... they're slim. You should have seen her eyes when we pulled up at Legends. During lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise, she was decorated by balloon man as a butterfly. Cracked me up.
Dad and I headed to beautiful California for a mini-vacation. We both needed a break, and had an awesome trip - especially returning to Ocean Beach and all things we loved about that place from our trip a couple years ago. The original reason for the travel was to attend a photography conference in Newport Beach. Escalate Live was very cool - great speakers, inspirational presentations, and total immersion in all things photography. It was intimidating at first, but definitely worth the experience. While I was in sessions, Dad cruised around the area and found fun things for us to do in the evenings. Riding bikes along the beach, taking a baby-cruise around the harbor, and - my favorite - flying kites at night on the sand and watching the blue waves crash in. Pretty much perfect.
And then there was Memorial Weekend. It was incredible!. To celebrate Bridget's upcoming wedding, and her last month as a single lady, the bridesmaids planned a trip to Lake of the Ozarks. It was just what the doctor ordered. Our rental home was perfect - it had a huge, beautiful deck, a sunny dock and paddle boat. We spent two days immersed in sunshine, magazines, books, and girl talk. And our paddle boat only almost capsized once. We had to send out a rescue crew with a 5-gallon bucket and a floaty raft to rescue us.
Okay, my hour is up and we're at the end of May. Next up, June and all it's glory.
In May (okay, I just looked this up - it was in April... so not exactly summer, but I'm counting it), my parents and I headed to K-State to celebrate the dedication of the Leadership Studies building. I was part of the program during my time there, and received a minor in Leadership, so it was awesome to see the gorgeous addition to the campus. We used to have classes in an old home that had been (sort-of) renovated to host classes and meetings. The program grew from a few students having an idea, to a flourishing bustle of activity that plays a big role throughout the campus - I think over 1,000 students (or a lot more... I couldn't find the statistic and didn't want to exaggerate). And all of that is wonderful and cool, and I'm happy to see it, but the real reason we made the trip was because a photo taken during Liz and my trip to Kauai was selected as artwork in the space. It was so fun to see that thing blown up and hung in the hall. I was just getting things going with photography and definitely needed a boost in confidence. We had a great time roaming around campus and Aggieville. Every time I return, memories surround me at every turn. Ah, college.
We then left for Kansas City and had to get Mom to some shopping. Poor thing - her nearest shopping strip is in a neighboring town 40 minutes away, and the options... they're slim. You should have seen her eyes when we pulled up at Legends. During lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise, she was decorated by balloon man as a butterfly. Cracked me up.
Dad and I headed to beautiful California for a mini-vacation. We both needed a break, and had an awesome trip - especially returning to Ocean Beach and all things we loved about that place from our trip a couple years ago. The original reason for the travel was to attend a photography conference in Newport Beach. Escalate Live was very cool - great speakers, inspirational presentations, and total immersion in all things photography. It was intimidating at first, but definitely worth the experience. While I was in sessions, Dad cruised around the area and found fun things for us to do in the evenings. Riding bikes along the beach, taking a baby-cruise around the harbor, and - my favorite - flying kites at night on the sand and watching the blue waves crash in. Pretty much perfect.
And then there was Memorial Weekend. It was incredible!. To celebrate Bridget's upcoming wedding, and her last month as a single lady, the bridesmaids planned a trip to Lake of the Ozarks. It was just what the doctor ordered. Our rental home was perfect - it had a huge, beautiful deck, a sunny dock and paddle boat. We spent two days immersed in sunshine, magazines, books, and girl talk. And our paddle boat only almost capsized once. We had to send out a rescue crew with a 5-gallon bucket and a floaty raft to rescue us.
Okay, my hour is up and we're at the end of May. Next up, June and all it's glory.
two bare feet on the dashboard...
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Say what? August 8th was the last post in this silly, random, whirlwind of a blog? What, exactly, is the dealio with that?
This girl is a s-l-a-c-k-e-r. That's what.
I became so overwhelmed at all the photographs I longed to post (which takes forever and three days to upload...), and the stories I couldn't wait to share, and all the adventures of the summer I wanted to document so I could reminisce when I'm gray and crazier and my memory doesn't serve me so well - that I just couldn't make myself spend the time in front of the computer screen to chug through it all. So, instead I did nothing. Not even a mini-update. Just... nothing. I hid in real life, with my beach towel, my frisbee, and every last drop of sunshine I could gather, and stayed as far away from little Mac as possible.
Eventually I felt guilty for my slackerness. And I still wanted to share my stories. So hopefully, really hopefully within the next week I'll have settled down and tended to the blog. No promises though because (WARNING: somewhat related passionate tangent ahead)...
We're losing approximately two minutes of daylight. Every! Single! Day! So get out there people - enjoy the beautiful weather, the disgusting humidity, the heat. Because it's fading quickly. And pretty soon we'll be tromping around in boots and seven layers of sweaterscoatsandwoolstockings complaining that it's so blasted miserably cold.
Go outside! Go play! Remember what it was like to be a kid and soak up this sweet summertime. Get off your duffs, away from the television and computer monitors and comfy air-conditioning. Just pretty please live up summer while it lasts!
And I'll get around to posting as soon as my pool pass runs out...
north star...
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It was an incredible, beautiful, and wonderfully athletic weekend at the lake. My shoulders and ribcage feel stretched beyond capacity, and my sinuses are still filled with algae-green lake water from frequent crash and burns. But we conquered. Slalom ski, wakeboard, knee board, and skis - we conquered.
Lawn chair naps, fire-pit grilled burgers, Big Dippers, and ghost stories - we conquered those too.
I don't wanna be back to civilization.
But I don't WANNA!
Lawn chair naps, fire-pit grilled burgers, Big Dippers, and ghost stories - we conquered those too.
I don't wanna be back to civilization.
But I don't WANNA!
joy to the world...
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About 7pm this evening I had the dorkiest smile on my face. The kind that doesn't happen everyday. More so just at Christmastime when you're five years old and waiting oh so patiently to unwrap the (hopefully, pretty-please-I'll-never-ask-for-anything-again-in-my-life) Cabbage Patch doll. That's what makes those smiles special and extra dorky when they do come around.
I had just met the guy who is going to be developing my photography brand. He is awesome. Awesome, awesome.
AWESOME.
Oh, and that's why I didn't get around to posting the summer in review photos today. That and a lot of other reasons. There was no time for little Mac. Too much life happening this beautiful day. Perhaps early next week. I've got a lake to get to this weekend...
I had just met the guy who is going to be developing my photography brand. He is awesome. Awesome, awesome.
AWESOME.
Oh, and that's why I didn't get around to posting the summer in review photos today. That and a lot of other reasons. There was no time for little Mac. Too much life happening this beautiful day. Perhaps early next week. I've got a lake to get to this weekend...
the sweet life...
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It's not my fault I'm up this late. It's not my fault and I will regret it terribly in the morning. Should have known better than to drink strong coffee at 8:30pm. And now that I'm awake and all sorts of reflective, why not a quick post... A friend of mine recently stumbled upon the ol' blog, and mentioned how it's been up since 2005. I sort of laughed and thought, yep, kinda crazy. But I didn't really think about it until my caffeine-buzzed drive home. 2005. A Little Spark of Madness has been a part of the Blogger society for five years. Then for a second I felt old. And then I got over it (uh, for the most part).So I looked it up when I got home. Turns out he was right... in seven more days the blog is five years old. Sort of funny the whole thing got started in order to post and share photos with friends and family. Yes, that was because back then Facebook didn't have a photo uploading option. Or photo albums period. (Gasp - there was a time Facebook didn't have photo-sharing capabilities? My word. What did we do with all our spare time? Mighty good question my friend... )
Thanks to everyone's readership and support through the blog. It is a joy to share my life with you, and for you to endure all my ramblings and musings... I'm very grateful.
The celebration will be marked by posting a plethora (and I do meanplethora) of photos from the happenings of this spring/summer, hopefully by tomorrow sometime. So help me slow-downloading function, that I do not pull out all my sun-bleached hair by the time that post is complete.
Happy five years and 287 posts.
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