feeling small

Sometimes feeling small

can be so awesome.

Oceanside

They say the cure for anything is salt water: tears, sweat or the sea.

9 times out of 10, I choose the sea.

This is why.

Hood River and Mosier

Fall leaves on Sauvie Island

More love for Sauvie Island and fall leaves.

sauvie island

I love Sauvie Island so much. It's just a short drive from Portland, but it's a whole other world full of farms and fields and beauty. I'll take a day like this any day.

the sea

"the cure for anything is salt water: tears, sweat, or the sea."

mother nature

i love being in the woods.

and standing in the midst of tall tall trees.

i like to feel small and remember that i am just one tree in an entire forest.

my life is just one glimpse of a much greater story being told.

Mary Oliver

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver

Sunset (Fond Parisien, Haiti)

More trees! (Nov 7th)

More pretty trees snapped from the car.

trees (Nov 6th)

I love this light.

Notice: those sclupted men running through the park on the right.

Kind of fun.

Wish I had time to roam around this park rather than just drive by it!

Look Up (Oct 27th)

I love to get out in the woods and these are a few of the reasons why...

Dewy Morning (Oct 26th)

I eat up this morning sunlight.

I just need to make an effort to wake up early enough to see it.

Maunawili Falls (Aug 5th)

Keli and her boyfriend Nyles were awesome and took me out for a hike on a free day that I had. We hiked through some serious mud to get to Maunawili Falls where they jumped off big cliffs and into the water and I waded around taking pictures of them.

It was a blast tromping around on an adventure with them.

The Golden Hour (July 12th)

I have always loved that heavenly golden glowy time of day. It's my favorite time to take pictures. I was gushing about how pretty everything looks during that time with a customer of mine who happens to be a photographer. He informed me that this magical time of day is known to photographers as the "golden hour".

So, now I'm in the loop, and you are, too!

Moonrise (July 8th)

Sunrise over Mt. Hood (July 7th)

grasses (July 6th)

country roads (July 5th)

I took this on the way to a wedding in North Plains. I love it out in the country. It's so dang gorgeous.

I used to take pictures out the window while driving all the time with my little point and shoot but it's a little more difficult with my SLR..I like how this one turned out with the barn all blurry.

:)

out in the woods (July 4th)

I went camping with all the lovely women that I work (minus a couple favs) for the weekend out by Hood River. We set up our tent in a lovely little meadow right by the river. It doesn't get much better than that.

We were surrounded by pure beauty, lovely on the eyes.

I am a lucky girl.