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My very dear friend Amy pointed me at this most excellent poster by Dipped in Acid. It pretty much sums up my entire being... except there needs to be more bunnies.
I spent four days in NY this weekend and, although I have been there before, I found myself fall in love with it all over again and at a force a million times strong. Yes, the weather was perfect. Yes, I was with my parents and very dear friend. Yes, it turned out to be a much needed break from reality. But STILL. I will definitely be ordering these things from Fishs Eddy when I move next week:
More than once a week, while talking to my mother, she lets out some sort of guttural groan and says "god you're just like your father." It's true, we are a bit of peas in a pod. That being said, I think I'm an awful lot like my mom too and I feel fortunate to have incredible relationships with both of them. I got back to the basics when I went home and focused on the things that make my parents and I so dang great. We are humble, clearly. Creative. Intelligent. Quirky. Charming as heck. We are silly, to say the least. My parents met in photography school, fell in all kinds of love, my dad became a documentary filmmaker, then computer scientist, then genius engineering consultant while mom became a medical photographer (strange for such a squeamish person) and eventually a food photographer and stylist. While looking for my own art portfolio and supplies I found my dad's old art portfolio with some of my mom's work inside...I obviously stole most of it for my new apartment.
I am working on some more lengthy posts about my trip back to Milwaukee this weekend but I just had to share this photo I took in my parent's back yard. After growing up here it is no wonder I have never strayed far from large bodies of water. (side note: sure wish I wouldve gotten a pedicure before this)
Well it's officially September and in Minnesota that means grasping to every last second of summer like you will never get to feel warmth on your skin for the rest of your life....and with a potential of 8 months ahead of us with below freezing temperatures, winter really does feel like an eternity up here. So on September 1st I rushed over to the beach after work and for a few hours reminded myself to "remember this feeling" every 2 minutes. Summer, I sure will miss you.
