Escape from the City

I took these photos on Christmas morning outside my grandparent's house in Iowa. They have such a calm & serene quality to them. It is such a contrast to my daily life in New York that I thought I would share them.








P.S. my 27th birthday is coming up on Saturday January 10th, I am planning to make that my first photo for my 365 project! Hopefully I will be able to keep it up for a year! More on that later!

in the garden

i've been feeling a bit uninspired as of late, but i am searching for inspiration among the flowers...

Weekend Wandering

Sunday turned out to be a gorgeous day with great light...even the fallen blooms came back to life on camera. Please forgive my absence from this space. I have been extremely busy and have been uninspired ever since my great grandmother passed away. One way I coped with everything that was going on in my life was to bury myself in work and more work. I don't know if it helped me emotionally (it certainly didn't help me creatively), but I was rewarded with a raise and a promotion, so that brightened my day and helped me see the beauty around me with a fresh set of eyes. It is true, the sun always rises.Here are a few spring photos I snapped while walking through my neighboorhood this weekend...



{::1:: forever pink ::2:: magnificent

::3:: ***::4:: twin windows

::5:: petals in grid ::6:: white on blue

::7:: sweet light ::8:: converse + petals}

Night Blooms

My neighborhood is in full bloom. Even at night spring is in the air...





Good night. More posts to come soon!

Self Portrait Time Capsule

I've been really enjoying receiving Photojobo's time capsule emails, it is fun to see what my photos looked like a year ago. Especially since I traded up cameras, and am currently pretty satisfied with my Nikon D40x. I was also looking through my self portrait set...which dates back to 3/4 years ago and chose some of my favorites to create the below collage. The upper left photo was taken when I first moved to NYC, 3 years ago, The most recent photo is in the lower right corner, that photo was taken this past Saturday so while most of the photos are pretty current they do range in time making them a time capsule of sorts.

Last Weekend

Last Weekend, originally uploaded by platinumblondelife.

sorry for my absence for one girl show. above are a few photos i took last weekend! enjoy!

Photos From My Trip To Iowa

It was sooo cold & snowy when I was there last week, so I didn't get too many outside shots. I did however snap a few of these cuties:



My favorite shot is this snowy Iowa sunset:

The First Snow of the Season

It snowed here in NYC, here are some of my photos I took yesterday:

Hope you're staying warm wherever you are!

Fall Photos Week 4

I'm a little behind, I took 3 days off from work to relax & to house sit. I decided I want to be a freelance house sitter. It is the best thing ever! :) :) It wasn't a big weekend for photos, I hated half of the photos I took, but these were pretty sweet...


1. sophie giving me kisses (black & white), 2. heaven on earth, 3. foxtail, 4. FETCH!


Sophie also loves house sitting so long as there is a yard! What a great way to end October!

Fall Photos Week 3

Sweet, sweet october! Week three of my fall photo mission:




1. a berry beautiful day, 2. fall brings blue skies, 3. red october, 4. falling for you

Only about a quarter of the trees have started to turn here, so I think the next two weeks will be the best for fall photo opts. Stay tuned.

An Afternoon Walk

"falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly"

~John Bailey, "Autumn"




view the rest of my photos from my saturday afternoon walk right here
i will be capturing & documenting this seasons change every saturday (weather permitting of course) so check back next week!

Color Week Posts

I have been posting photos for Color Week over at the Platinum Blonde Life blog, for those of you who could use a little colorful inspiration!!!

Monday's Yellow Post

Tuesday's Blue Post

Wednesday's Green Post

Today's Black/White/Brown Post


Coming Soon:

Friday: Orange

Saturday: Red

Sunday: Pink

loving yellow

both photos via the platinum blonde life on flickr

Inspiration Du Jour: Blue On Green

left: blue wellies on green grass
right: blue ball lying in the grass

photos via platinum blonde life