The fam and I returned from our 6 days of seaside vacationing on Tuesday, and ever since then I’ve been sifting through hundreds of videos and compiling them into aesthetic YouTube shorts (these are pretty much purely for my and my family’s entertainment, but there’s a slight chance that somebody else might enjoy them too).

I was originally throwing around the idea of making a longform video about the trip, but after spending the whole first day of the vacation capturing aesthetically-pleasing footage (think: sanderlings running along the surf in front of a pastel-pink sunset), my camera decided to throw a fit, mess with my SD card, and ultimately lose my gorgeous footage.

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Needless to say, I took that as a sign to put my camera down and focus on enjoying my time down at the coast, while capturing moments on my low-quality phone camera for my smaller projects (i.e. YouTube shorts).

I plan on doing a lil blog post (with the few photos that I did manage to get before my camera crashed out) once I’ve managed to get a handle on my video content.

I’ll also have a long blog post coming soon about my entire experience of raising my monarch butterflies, because the last 13 chrysalises hatched (I may or may not have brought them on vacation with me 🤭), which brings my number of releases up to 35 this year.

Thirty-five!!

Not gonna lie, I’m a bit sad that holding butterflies is over until next year; it really was a fun journey 🦋

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