Golden Mountain Perfection

Fall leaves, golden sun, a tinsy bit of snow… Amber and I lucked out with all of the perfect ingredients to mess around with for a fun fall photo play-day.

(Just to clarify, snow is only permissible right now to make things look pretty. Otherwise, it is entirely unacceptable. And now that we’re done taking pictures, it should go away.)

Amber got an awesome camera on her birthday, so we’d been wanting to get out on a photo adventure together and I finally made it down to Provo with my camera the other weekend. It was the perfect fall day, so her roomie Erin was wise to tag along. Just see for yourself!

See right there? That is what we call golden fall perfection. It’s a scientific term.

 

It needed to be played in.

And that included bubbles. Look at what a graceful team they make.

 

It was the perfect opportunity for Amber to put her new camera to good use!

 

There was also lots of good roommate bonding…

but the spiders weren’t quite as friendly looking. (Maybe we should have given them more of a chance?)

 

But still, with the somehow simultaneously dusty-yet-muddy roads leading us to fresh air, it was quite lovely.

The whole bunch, for those with time to waste (or those who are avoiding doing more productive things):

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And for Amber’s take on things, you can check her blog out.

And a Happy Halloween Season to you!

*Song of the day = Daylight by Matt & Kim

I Own A Mini Cooper… For Three Hours

The moment I’ve waited for for ages finally arrived last month – I got to have full control of a Mini Cooper! Sure, it only for a few hours, but it was glorious. That mini and I were the very best of friends.

When I was still considering staying in D.C. there was an awesome Living Social deal for a Zip Car membership and I took them up on it almost solely because I knew it would let me rent a Mini. I reserved one to help me move while I was still in D.C., but the world conspired against me and I ended up having to drive a much less cool car, so I had to wait until I got home to Portland to make it happen. But when we were finally united it was a beautiful occurrence! I picked up a mini convertible downtown after having lunch with my dad and then took it on a long, scenic drive around the gorge.

It was magic. Now I just need to own one permanently…

*song = Winter Wonderland performed by Jason Mraz

Annie and I Chase Waterfalls

Day two of Annie in Portland! (Annie’s version of day 2 here!)

After church we decided to take a nice Sunday drive, so I took her to the Gorge and Multnomah Falls. It got dark pretty early, but it was still beautiful! If you haven’t been to the Gorge, it is seriously one of the most gorgeous places in the world so you need to get yourself out there ASAP.

See? It was shadowy and cool when we got there. And it looks a million times better in person.

My camera is so high tech it was able to easily detect the most beautiful part of this picture.

Pirate eye patch sunspots. Or could it be this?

Just chillin’ with a view.

Sunset shadows.

The old scenic highway is always picture perfect.

By the time we made it to Multnomah Falls it was already pretty dark (the sun went down at 4:54 with the time change! Not cool.), but as the second tallest waterfall in the country it is always impressive. If you want to see more of it, it was in the latest episode of Grimm. (Which is all shot in Portland, making it automatically awesome, btw.)

When we got home we had a delicious dinner and then watched lots of TV. A successful day!

*song = Home by Parlor Hawk

Tasty Harvest Fun

Rewind! Back at the beginning of September, Michele and I decided to take a fun little road trip. We went all the way down to Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, for a fun little heritage harvest festival.

I’d never been there before, and it was beautiful! These are long overdue, but the pictures are still plenty enjoyable now.

This is us. At the market.

We listened to some music under this tree while eating a delicious lunch.

We also saw the world’s cutest donut truck!

We took lots of pictures. (I bet you didn’t guess that!)

And sampled delicious heirloom tomatoes, apples, marshmallows and watermelon.

The craft part was fun to look at.

As were the gardens!

Fin.

(look! I am actually catching up on these posts, just like I said I would)

*song = This is Not a Test, by She & Him

You’re Waiting for a Train…

Ok, I couldn’t resist the Inception reference.

These are bonus pictures from the very end of the Honesdale trip. On the way home to D.C. Annie dropped me off in the nearest hopping town to catch a bus, which is how I randomly found myself in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a.k.a. the place where The Office is set. Cool beans.

While I was killing time in the Steamtown mall I discovered there was some sort of train fun going on next door. And now pictures of them are here, because I liked trains a lot. This place would make an awesome set for a mock photo shoot with friends!

My transportation across the street was far less glamorous…

And speaking of transportation, I officially moved from D.C. back home to Portland just last night. Surprise! I’m actually working on my papers to go on a mission right now, and hope to have them submitted ASAP. I’m excited and feel great!

I have a backup cache of blog entries about the last few weeks of D.C. that will be coming here soon, but to tide you over you should check out the fabulous Caitlin’s blog entry about our recent adventures!

*song = There Goes the Fear by the Doves

**For those who want to enjoy the whole quote: “You’re waiting for a train. A train that’ll take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can’t know for sure. Yet it doesn’t matter. Now, tell me why? Because you’ll be together.”