Thoughts on having adventures and funding them, on using novelty to make time slow down, and on taking pictures of all of it.
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Category: excursions
Crowded House in Concert
Scenes from an awesome Crowded House concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ.
Read More: Crowded House in ConcertOur 16th Ocean City Trip
We went to Ocean City, NJ last month (as we do), and I took a bunch of photos (as I do). It’s getting harder to find new subjects and new vantage points, but I think I managed it this year with side trips to Corsons Inlet and Wildwood, and with a variety of cameras.
Read More: Our 16th Ocean City TripLomoChrome Purple!
Two cameras: one digital, one 35mm filled with LomoChrome Purple film. Two sets of images: one normal, one otherworldly. Come see the results of my first experience with this fun film, and compare each image to the digital scene to see how the colors were changed!
Read More: LomoChrome Purple!Scenes from Cape May
My mother, sister, and I just got back from a long weekend in Cape May. Here are some of my favorite photos from this year’s trip.
Read More: Scenes from Cape MayTWiP: Of Knits and Trips
September is seasonally confused, as am I. I welcome the chill, but am I truly finished with summer? I can’t decide. I’ve got one foot in each season.
Read More: TWiP: Of Knits and TripsTWiP: Vera Flowers
I have been kind of obsessed with improving the Polka Dot Cottage shopping experience this week. I’ve also made a few new things, continued my quest to get some storage space back, and had some experiences with nature.
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My daily August creative projects continue: Earring of the Day, where I make a bunch of earrings in different styles than usual and add them to the shop, and Picture Elements, a photography prompt-based project I’m doing with Tracey Clark.
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It’s been another artistic week, while my adventures with the Earring of the Day project and Picture Elements continue.
Read More: TWiP: More Elements and EarringsTWiP: Montague
I know myself well enough to realize that if both of my kids are off on grand adventures, I am likely to feel a tiny bit jealous and wish I was on an adventure of my own. That’s why, when it became clear that Neil and I were going to be alone for two weeks in July, I sweet talked him into booking an Airbnb for ourselves for some of that time. Well, that time has come and gone, and I have the pictures and videos to prove it.
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