A few more photos from our “snowmaggedon” here in Seattle. Taken on Capitol Hill around the Pike/Pine corridor & Cal Anderson Park.

The snow melted away almost as quickly as it arrived. It was fun, but I don’t think I’d mind at all if this winter passed us by just as quickly. I’m ready to see the blue skies behind those clouds! How about you?

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Photos from Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill, Seattle.

Did you hear about the “snowmaggedon” we had here in Seattle last week? Apparently even BBC news was talking about it. I think the areas just north and south of Seattle were hit pretty hard, but around here it wasn’t so bad. Just a few lovely inches of snow and a day or so of freezing rain. Beautiful, huh?

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Here are a few more photos from Elephant Rock beach in Westport, MA. Quite a beautiful place, isn’t it?

We spent an afternoon in Rhode Island with Ben’s family and took a quick drive down to the beach to catch the sunset right when we got in. I actually thought we were still in Rhode Island, but apparently we stepped back onto the Massachusetts side when we got to the beach.

I sure wish we had beaches like this around here!

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“If I know only one thing
It’s that everything that I see
Of the world outside is full of such wonder
That often I barely can speak”

-Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues

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Here are a few more photos from around Boston. I’m afraid I don’t remember where we were when I took them all… :)

I accidentally deleted the background image on this darn blog again (might be the 3rd time!) so I uploaded a new one and changed some things around. Do you like it?

Happy New Year! Did you do anything fun to celebrate?

I went with Nick to visit his friends Ben & Jenny in Boston. I had never been there before and I hate to be cheesy but it was just magical! If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you can probably imagine that I was completely enthralled by all the old buildings and busy streets. But more than that, it was just wonderful to spend a weekend with some of the most warm, funny, and sincere people I have ever met. I’m still on a high from it.

I have to run to work now, but I couldn’t resist posting a few pictures right away. I have tons more that I’ll share soon. Thanks for reading!

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Merry Christmas!

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These pictures of home make me so happy. I hope they give you a smile too :)

I’ve been looking at them a lot now that the leaves are almost gone. It’s still a little hard to believe it’s almost mid-December! In the genius words of Dr. Seuss:

How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon.
December is here before it’s June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
~Dr. Seuss (via Alexandria of Little Postcards)

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These are the rest of the photos I took on my trip up to Vancouver, Canada. Isn’t fall just the most beautiful season?

I had a moment during a recent train ride, when dusk was just setting in and the colors of the trees, grass, and sky were so oddly saturated and beautiful that I completely lost my train of thought and just had to stare out the window until dark set in. I remember learning a while ago that in Japanese there’s actually a word for moments like this: yuugen (幽玄). Correct me if I’m using it wrong, but from what I’ve found it’s an idea that describes the sudden moments when you have this profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of life. I think I’ve always been able to experience them, but having an actual word in my mind to recognize them with seems to make me that much more conscious of the beauty around me. It’s funny how language works that way, isn’t it?

Do you know the feeling I’m talking about?

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I went up to Vancouver, B.C. a couple weekends ago to visit my lovely friend Yuko. I had helped her move up there a few years ago and always meant to visit regularly, but this was my first time since then! Oops, sorry Yuko :) Not sure what kept me away so long, it’s just a short train ride away!

Here’s a song I can’t stop listening to: Birdy – 1901. Share one with me?

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