Category Archives: photography

A tray of plants sits in the grass

a busy spring

April and May have been a blur of flowers, birds, hard work, and poison ivy.

As mentioned in a previous post, we’ve been doing some pretty extreme work on our property, so here’s a collection of photos from the last two months.

Mom finally brought the poetry magnets back out, so our fridge is currently full of them

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Moss on a tree trunk

the peace of wild things

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Wendell Berry

April 4, 2026

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A stream flowing in between snow-covered rocks with the sun shining through the trees,

march wrap

Living in New England, I think that March might be the most dramatic month of the whole year.

On the third of March we went “hiking” and ended up clumsily tripping through three feet of snow, but by the end of the month the ground was clear, and flowers were blooming.

You can watch my 60-second March wrap here!

A pool of water surrounded by snow.
A girl holding a large camera looks out of a car window.

March 3rd, we definitely underestimated how much snow would still be at our local park; watch my spring vlog here!

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A girl sits at a table with a bowl of fruit in front of her.

my 28th birthday

This birthday photoshoot was the last straw for my trusty, twelve-year-old Canon Rebel.

Sure, it was definitely showing signs of its age, and the auto focus no longer worked, but I didn’t know that this would be it!

My camera’s final project 🕊

Let’s rewind for a minute.

A girl sits at a table with a floral backdrop behind her, and bowls of fruit in front of her.
A girl sits at a table with a floral backdrop behind her, and bowls of fruit in front of her.
A girl sits at a table with a floral backdrop behind her, and bowls of fruit in front of her.

I reused my Christmas dress, because 1. I have a washing machine, 2. it looked like the perfect fruity picnic dress, and 3. it’s so cute and I haven’t had a chance to actually wear it anywhere yet

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winter solstice

It’s official: winter is here and Christmas is almost upon us! And believe it or not, I’ve watched almost all of my favorite Christmas movies, and I’m done making gifts. Done making gifts before the last hours of Christmas Eve, truly a miracle.

Under our tree is looking full this year, and the tree itself has a total of five strands of Christmas lights wrapped around it. At night it absolutely glows, and Dad has said on multiple occasions that it looks like it belongs in a movie.

I’m working on using every last day to post Christmas content on my YouTube page, because this seasonal aesthetic must be taken full advantage of!

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halloween 2025

Halloween…?

Ahh yes, the holiday that people try to tell me I must celebrate before I’m allowed to put up my Christmas lights.

What a ridiculous notion 🤭

the true Halloween magic is that my camera placement was so perfect that you cannot see the piles of junk just over the stonewall in the neighbors’ yard *chef’s kiss*

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october (and a cautionary tale)

Usually while I eat breakfast I like to scroll through the daily news articles, because there’s always something interesting mixed into the boring stuff. A new fossil discovered? An octopus that’s been recorded punching fish? Red carpet photos from an award show that I didn’t know was going on? All good things to read, look at, watch, and (when it comes to fashion) judge while I eat my homemade sourdough bread, and start my day.

But lately almost every article has been political, with a certain orange-faced idiot and his moronic toadies plastered across all the news story.

As expected, it’s all been not only depressing and scary (exciting news: it’s almost time to try to enroll in healthcare that I’ll probably be denied! 🥂), it’s also been so blatantly and disgustingly hypocritical that it just about makes my blood boil.

As you can imagine: not a great way to start my day. So I decided to take a little break from the daily onslaught of terrible news, and take that time to get back to my Pinterest scrolling instead. After all, tis the season for new inspiration and creativity 🍂

No one can stop me from getting excited about making Christmas ornaments.

my Pinterest feed has been full of vintage-autumn photography vibes, and when I saw the yellow maple leaves falling, I knew I had to get out for a morning photoshoot

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vacation 2025

I was preparing for this vacation with more than just a little trepidation, because, if I’m being quite honest, I didn’t enjoy last year’s vacation much at all (you can see some photos from it in this post, but I never went into great detail about any of it).

Which really sucked, because everyone else had a grand ol’ time.

I finally finished sifting through my billions of video clips (it was too much, I know); you can check out my collection of vacation Shorts here!

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jubilant sun

the sun peeks over the horizon,

golden beams winding through branches,

dappling the sleeping plants in glory.

dew drops rest on stems,

held captive in the hair of the plant,

shimmering and glinting,

like pearls ‘round a rich woman’s neck,

everyday magic so easily overlooked.

they stretch and reach their arms to the sky,

elegant smiles on their concealed faces,

coaxed back to life by a jubilant sun.

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