Here & There

An assemblage of photos collected over the past months. Birthdays, babysitting, airplanes, hikes, and other adventures.

Celeste on a Plane

A Birthday Kiss

Coffee and Cameras with a wonderful lady

Candid

The Biggest Smile

Stepping Stones

Simple

They don't know what's below them...

Impromptu Wanderlust

Last Friday after I got off of work, my friend Matthew and I took an impromptu trip about an hour and a half away from Bellingham to Whidbey Island. We drove over deception pass (a place I'd heard about and seen pictures of but had never been to... It was beautiful) to the edge of the world -a sandy beach covered in driftwood that sat below a few quaint farms. We walked around and discovered a path that led to a bluff overlooking the ocean and ended up hiking up just in time to see the sun sink below the waves. Just for fun, I yelled as loudly as I could... no echo. It was like my voice got swallowed by the vastness of the ocean and the wind and the sky.

We hiked back down and built a fire in a driftwood fort someone had left and attempted to roast hot dogs... really we just succeeded in warming them up enough that they were edible. Then Matt ran to the car and grabbed a pile of blankets and we fell asleep talking and listening to the waves, only to wake up at 2:30, freezing cold and ready to head back home.

Whoops

So obviously, my new years resolution of posting on this more regularly did not work out. There's still six months for that to change though! Let me catch you (if anyone really reads this) up on what's been going on:

I finished my junior year at Western Washington University and in doing so completed junior portfolio within the Design department. This was probably one of the most stressful things I have ever been through -we (the juniors) had to create portfolios on top of our coursework, submit them for review, and anxiously awaited the news of if we passed and got into our desired concentration or any concentration for that matter. I'm happy to report that I got into my first choice: Design Production. So I will be making books, learning about printing techniques, color use, file management, packaging, design, design, design, all next year. I couldn't be more excited.

I procured not one but two internships. (Check) One is at a local music venue/bar here in Bellingham, designing show posters here and there and for the other I get to travel to my home state and live with one of my best and oldest friends for a month while I work for a ski publication. I'm excited to gain experience and to be closer to my friends and family.

I learned how to code websites. jQuery, HTML, CSS, the whole shebang. Bam!

and...

I'm about to move into my own one bedroom apartment. I CAN'T WAIT. I think I'll be a lot happier living on my own, making my own messes, noise, space, it's a very exciting prospect.

Now one of my other resolutions was to take more photos -I've been more or less successful in that but more could always be taken. One of these days I'll get an iPhone and instagram EVERYTHING. Until next time, I leave you with these bits and pieces.

Perfect Timing

Zoe

Bests

Beach Adventure

Wings for Eyes

Windy