Check This Out!

How pretty are these???  They are from one of my best friend's from NZ (now in Canada) shop called Lio Caliente!!

Fun By The Waterfront

I'm planning an event for work and I LOVE that I get to spend a lot of my work hours walking around DC.  Yesterday I checked out Yachts for the function:

I'm on a LARGE boat!

Hello, fake trees!

Yes, the day was so nice we decided to have a business lunch, right on the harbor!

And I saw this hilarious sign:

Awhh, puppyyy

 

 

 

This Made Me happy

I love peas.  I think they are one of my favorite vegetables.  I love them so much that one of my best friends started calling me "Peas".  Yeah, delicious.

So when my friend Laura posted this, it made my day!  Here it is below, too.

I'm Going To Get a Puppyyyy

I have wanted my own dog forever but have not lived in one place (or even country) long enough to have a dog.  I went to the shelter this weekend but didn't have that *connection*.  If you adopt a dog there are so many variables involved: past abuse, general temperament, good with children and general training issues.  Also, the name.  Who names their dog "Sweet Pea"?  WHO?  I'm sorry if you're reading this and have named your dog "Sweet Pea", but I'm judging you.

 

 

 

And I want to love the dog as much as I love this coffee

(Which is A LOT)

<3

NYC in a couple weeks!

C & I are headed to NYC for the 2nd weekend in May.  I am so excited to get the camera out and start shooting again!  New York is one of my favorite places.

C got us reservations at Daniel in the city aaaaaaaaaaand it's ranked 11th in the world (scroll down to #11).

Can you see why I like this guy?  To be honest, I don't care about the fancy restaurants and nice hotels, I just  like spending time with him.  He's pretty amazing and he makes me laugh like no one has made me laugh before (see: side splitting).

Any suggestions for what we should do in NYC for a long weekend?

Mnnnnn, coffee in Brooklyn.

My Weekend

I had such a lovely weekend!  C and I went to a farmer's market, drank good wine, hung out with my friend Karen and her gorgeous new-born, Sophie and I spent some time out with my favorite 3 1/2 year old.  Food, wine, friends?  So good!

Pretty Puddle

Me & C

Cutest 3 1/2 year old!

The Sweetest Thing

I am dating such a wonderful guy.  Yesterday he came over to make me dinner and brought flowers.
Gorgeous flowers. Yeah, I know, right? Wonderful.

Sleeping With Open Windows

Last night I opened the windows in my room and it was fantastic.  I love Spring.  I slept through the whole night and dreamed of this:

New Zealand from my cottage

Old Shoes

I bought these shoes before I moved to New Zealand and then completely forgot to pack them.  Now, three years later, I have unpacked them from storage.  I wish I knew where the rest of my shoes were!

Hello, black flats.  We meet again.

One More

I really liked this one too & the message that goes along with it as well:

I love the colors, especially the green!

Rat Race

I was in Boston a week and a half ago and found this in the alley way by my sister's house:

Graffiti is so much fun! I've never done any but I've taken plenty of photos.

I Love My New Shoes!

I'm at work.  Taking pictures of my shoes and posting them online. I work hard.

Why I Love Graffiti

Spring

I love Spring & my camera

Out on the town

Pretty Girl Rock

Lights, Camera, Action?

Sparkly

Fractions

Life runs by in fractions of time
mini stories
cut up into sections.

Like a stop watch counting down
A trip to the beach,
We count down the in-between

Before the next is ready to play.
We balance moments upon
Moments and wait for

Them to keep growing taller
Or topple over.
We wish them to move faster

But when a moment topples
too fast
We wish to slow the stop watch.

And ask for our time back--
Maybe just a last smile, replayed.
Or the bad joke your father always tells.

You want to roll your eyes in jest again &
Hear the mock groaning
To the end of his joke

Even though the end is always the same
You want to hear it again anyway.
Just one last time, one fraction more.

Pacific Ocean

Laguna Beach

Taken when I was out in California 2008

Prickly

DC Botanical Gardens

Floating On The Wind

The clouds pulse with light
And flowers drip with water
The sky opens her veins
And they pour freely.

The gutters groan from overflow
The run-off soaks the ground.
I awake from a dream of Spring
To a Winter spun land

The ice webs its way across my window
Sleeping too close to the window, 
My breath from last night
Slowly lifts its gloves from the pane

One finger at a time,
My breath fades away
Invisible,
Floating on the wind.