Miami. Rocks.

I wish life had signs as obvious as cairns. Scout’s Lookout, Zion N.P.


At a time in my life when everything seems to be just right, I've finally allowed myself to feel the one thing that’s not. I’ve been suppressing all emotion surrounding it for some time now and in the last two weeks, it’s all gurgled up and now I’m wallowing in it. It’s not a bad thing though. No, hopefully it will turn out to be a very good thing.

In a dream last night, I was in Miami with my friend at a big convention in a beautiful forest of pine, something Miami is surely not known for. As the convention came to a close, she suddenly shouted at the top of her lungs that I needed new braids. We’d been camping for a couple of days in Miami, and as is customary for me while camping, I had on a bandana and my hair was in two long braids. The convention’s speaker said ok and before I knew it, I was in a giant swing, swaying peacefully over the crowd, while my hair was being washed by my friend. It was a bizarre dream, one that was so odd even for me that I looked it up on the internet. I found that dreaming about braids signifies the forging of a new friendship and swings indicate something that could “swing” in my favor. Sounds kind of odd I’m sure, but if I were to go into detail, you’d see just how much this applies to me and her and hopefully, the 5 AM oddity that was my dream will prove truthful – the meaning, not the swingin’ over Miami – and that things will work out for us. If by some off chance you are reading this, I love you.

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Desert River

We're building a small patio today in our backyard, and in between hacking down renegade dandelions and lugging giant red square bricks around, I'm inside seeking refuge from the early heat of May and posting this photo. A while ago, Travis and I went out to the West Desert so I could take some pictures. We were speeding along I-80 when I saw this blue strip flash in the corner of my eye. We stopped and backed up and saw that the strip was a man-made river in the desert. It was really odd and what was even more weird was that a highway patrolman stopped and told us not to park there but then drove off without making us leave. My first photography run-in with the law! It was a fine day.

Holga/Fuji Superia 100

Blurry Distance

In an effort to procrastinate on some writing projects I've got on my list, I'm writing here instead. I work extremely well under pressure and have so conditioned myself to not lift a finger until that do-or-die moment and well, that moment is still off in the blurry distance, kind of like this photo. This was the first shot off the third roll of b/w that I've run through my Diana. On a gloomy, not yet done with winter Sunday, my husband and I drove out to Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake. As far as photography goes, the trip was more or less a bust, but we had a fine afternoon together while we munched on Canadian Smarties (kind of like American M&Ms but in my opinion, just plain nasty, sorry northerners!) and sang aloud to our Big Head Todd and the Monsters car concert. We finished the day with some delicious chile verde and a pizza from Roosters, a local brew pub with its roots right here in Ogden. Fine food, brew and atmosphere, so if you're ever in Ogden...

Tumbled

No wordy tangent tonight. It's late (for me) and I just wanted to share this shot of the tumbled pebbles on Willard Bay's eastern shore. Holga/Fuji Superia 100 and a stack of close-up filters.