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County Fair

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Sep 302011

It was youth day at the county fair today. This meaning that still under 18, I could get in free. (Booyah!)

My two youngest sisters went to pick out rabbits. I just went because I could take my camera.

Cameras really are freeing, aren’t they?

(can I please bring him home? look at those ears!)

Inspired by the lovely Olivia’s video, I also shot some video clips. Unfortunately, video likes to eat up my memory card.
(If you’re wondering about the beginning and end pictures, they had really hysterical “no pets allowed” signs on the barns.)

This just about sums it up. Love the expression on his face so much…

Now a Senior

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Sep 292011

Indeed. I am now officially in my last year of high school. Tonight, I enrolled in my last two courses at my online high school. In a month and a half, I’ll enroll in my final two courses at the local community college.
I pointed this little detail out to my parents tonight.

“This is the last time I’ll have to maneuver through my school’s difficult enrollment system again, Dad!”
*silence*
“Oh, wow. That’s right.”

I look at this upcoming year with both eagerness and hesitation. It’s my last year in high school. I’m thrilled. I’m ~~incredibly~~ somewhat apprehensive. I also know that this year is going to be absolutely crazy with more paperwork than I’ve ever done in my life.
Can I please be done with that already?

I’ve loved high school, for the most part. Yes, there are things I would have done differently, but I can’t change them now. I can only observe them in retrospect and learn from them.
I’m excited for this last year in high school. Although I know they won’t, I keep hoping the moments will slow and I can live each day more meaningfully.
But I believe that meaning and intention can be practiced regardless of time. What am I thinking, using time as an excuse?

My amazingly talented friend Cara will be taking my senior pictures. I’m absolutely thrilled to pieces.
Overall, I’ve got so much to be thankful for from these past three years. I’ve grown… in so many different ways.
This is a year to give back. To return the kindness of so many friends (both online and in real life). To meet each adventure as it comes, and not worry about the past, nor stress about the future.
After all, it’s not the past, nor is it the future. It’s now.
Hello senior year.
I think I’m ready for you.

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Golden Hour and Sunset

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Sep 282011

It was one of those days where I felt uninspired. Not really uninspired, just tired and unmotivated. We’ve all had those days.

(This picture isn’t really in focus, but I really like it for some reason.)

I kept getting distracted while doing schoolwork, and ignored my list of goals for the day.

Instead of continuing my tirade of procrastination, I grabbed my youngest sister and we went outside.

There’s something magical about going outside during the golden hour of sunset. This was only accentuated by the fact that it had just rained, and the lighting had a queer tint to it.

By the time I had come back in, I felt more motivated to work on my goals list (that I refuse to call a “to-do list”).

The point? If you feel uninspired, take a break from whatever you were doing and go somewhere. Outside, to another room, etc. It truly does help.

Have a lovely day, friends!

Quickly

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Sep 262011

It’s finally fall. The weather has been playing it’s little game again – one day, we’ll be wearing long sleeves, and the next, short sleeves.
However, the nights are cooler and the darkness comes sooner. The mornings are more cautious, and cooler as well.

It’s not necessarily the weather that makes me think of fall around this time of year. It’s the calender. Today is the 26th of September – only four more days until October.

Since I was little, October has always symbolized the beginning of a… special time. Part of me wants to say the holidays, since my birthday at the end of October thrusts my family into a flurry of excitement and preparation for the rest of the holidays that doesn’t calm until January.

Part of me is excited, of course, for that. But I really want this time to linger. It hasn’t lingered lately, and I miss it. I miss actually formulating my life within the moment, instead of catching a fleeting glance as each one passes me by. The first part of October, therefore is especially important to me. I love it. I can’t wait to wear a sweater again.

It’s a treasured time for me. I cringe to think that college applications will consume quite a bit of time during the upcoming months (not just October), but I keep telling myself that it’s worth it.

Of course it is, isn’t it?

I hope each and every one of you has an amazing last four days of September. And please, don’t ever wish for time to go by faster. It will. And it won’t stop.

(all images from pinterest – click on each image to be taken to the source)

Coeur de Pirate

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Sep 252011

I’ve fallen a bit in love with a French band called Coeur de Pirate. Okay, I won’t lie.
Her music is the bomb diggity, and you should do yourself a favor by checking it out.

While finishing French II, I became absolutely obsessed with French pop music. There’s something mysterious and beautiful about listening to songs in a language you know only a bit of.
Many of the music videos from Coeur de Pirate are gorgeous. Think magic hour lighting, lots of bokeh, and whimsy. Curious yet?