It's Been 4 Years...

I can't believe it's been four whole years since I first started this photographic journey online. I know I spend a lot of time reminiscing on this blog, and I almost thought about apologizing for it, but then I stepped back and thought, you know, if memorializing the past through photographs is something I like to do, then I probably shouldn't apologize for it.

I know, I know. It's been since last August that you've heard from this blog. And, to be honest, I don't have a good excuse. I guess my only excuse is...time and apprehension. But, over the last few weeks I've been reviewing my time budgeting (a very good word for it, right? You've got to buy out the time carefully) and I've decided to push myself more with my photography. I've decided to reopen my Etsy shop, and start blogging again on here. And even if no one reads this, EVER, I will be happy still, because I know that whatever everyone else thinks of this project, it at least makes me smile.

Soooo...in honor of me getting back in the saddle of this blog, I thought that I would show you the first photo that appeared four years ago on here, and then I'll show you my most recent shot. Because I think I've come a long way, even if I still have a long way to go from here.

{may, 2011}

Yeah, so I have to admit I am a little embarrassed I thought this picture was too cool for school. But hey, I matched the logo to the flower, so at least that was (kind of) cool....ok...maybe....

And here is my latest:

{June, 2015}

 Anyways. I can't wait to share the next chapter of my life with you all, dear readers (whoever you are and if you are out there). This year I had resolved to be a better version of myself and challenge myself to get out of my rut and be more positive and take more adventures. So....six months in....here we go with the third option!

At the beginning of July I went to Boston for the day. I love Boston so much. It reminds me of Portland's older sibling. I love Portland more, of course, but still. There's so much to see in Boston that it just makes me happy thinking of the place! I especially love the architecture. My lens could get lost in the many bricks upon bricks stacked to urban perfection. It amazes me how people can come up with these buildings. I know I couldn't! That's why I'm sticking to capturing them in photographs.

So here's the first of many from my daytrip. Hope you like it!

I'm on a blogging rampage. Seriously. It helps that I practically have a library of photographs since my sabbatical of posting on here. I hope that my posting doesn't annoy you, but, chances are, if you've been around since the start of this little blog project of mine, you've probably (hopefully! Ahh! I really hope!) decided my posts have come a LONG way. At least I think that the photographic content has. Maybe the written content hasn't. <-----as can be shown by my frequent sentence fragments.

Today's post I'm focusing (har-har...sorry. That was a pun) on water droplets. These are something that I never get tired of capturing. What's your favorite thing to take photos of?

Wow....I haven't posted in two and a half months???? Where??? What???

So summer has been busy, is the only viable excuse I can give you for my lengthy absence. I'm not going to make any grandiose promises about posting more often because we all know I've done those before. I can, however, say that, despite the blogging absence, have been taking photos. If you follow me on Instagram, you're already quite aware of this. In my defense for posting WAY too frequently on that social platform, it's photos. This girl can't resist photos. 

Okay. So since I have a plethora (points for grammar, please) of photos since I posted last, I'm going to be fair and go back to the beginning (snore). I'm not going to play favorites although I really really REEEEAALLLYY want to. Just stay tuned and know that there's something good to come when I post (at least, I think it's good. You might not, but hey, we don't all like the same things).

Here's the first. I had baby birdies in the bushes right in front of my window! Squeee!!! Can we all just agree that baby anythings are just adorable? I'm sure even the guys reading this post will agree with me on this well-known fact.

Springtime

Okay, so I know technically springtime is almost over for most of you, but here in the Northeast, everything is finally blooming (take that, winter). Today is such a nice day outside that I just had to get out there and take a couple of photos (32 to be exact...yes, I often get carried away with the Rebel).

Here are just three of my favorites!

Roadtrip Photos

I can't believe I only took 9 photos on the Rebel this past weekend! You'd think a whole weekend away would result in dozens upon dozens of photos to remember each glinting moment with...but...nope. Not this time, at least (if you follow me on Instagram you'll see that I did actually take non-photographical *made up word* pictures over the weekend, however non-blogworthy *also made up word* they seem).

I can't wait now that the weather is (finally!!) getting warmer to get out there and take some new photos! Until then, I hope you all are having an amazing spring & taking photos, too!

Photo Challenge Day 25: Soft

   okay so i got bored with posting these on instagram, so i figured i would post the last week of the photo challenge on here, since i never post on here {though i always intend to!} so, what's been going on since my last post here? nothing much. just random little things. just life, like the rest of you readers. i can't wait until it's spring and the flowers and the greens and the blue skies start returning, for tonight, though, there is snow forecasted and the weather has been chilly.

   so here's the day's photo challenge. if i'm good i'll think tomorrow & post tomorrow's...but...you know me..

   this is my cat. she's made an appearance on the blog before but i thought that since she's pretty soft and the post theme today was soft, what a perfect combination! although the lighting in the room was too bright, so she's actually darker than this photograph.