There is a restaurant in East Austin called Vivo that gives roses to the ladies when they bring the check. It’s such a nice, memorable touch. This is my rose from last Saturday, its just now starting to fade (the tattered bits on the top right are from Shorty, she tried to eat it).
I should [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Shorty · Shutterbuggin'

I’ve been slacking on the daily photo recently, but here are some of my favorites from the past month.

My Name is Meeko, I wear a hoodie
Meeko is a little bit gansta and a little bit pirate. Apparently his mama (my co-worker, Amanda) got this hoodie for him at Walmart! I told Jef I was going [...]

Categories: Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Shutterbuggin'

I may have mentioned, I tried to grow basil last year and killed it in 5 minutes. This year BAM! mounds of basil. I hear everyone is having a crazy basil year. Maybe last year was too wet… you’ve got to have a good, miserable drought to keep basil happy. I’m watering it every day [...]

Categories: Foodie · Home Sweet Home · Nature-ish · Shutterbuggin'

A week home from Ruidoso and the sensory overload is finally starting to wear off enough to give a basic update. It’s hard to know where to start, so maybe I’ll start at the end and work my way backwards. Here is an except from an email we received from Todd, our fearless leader, a [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling · Shutterbuggin'

I am heading out to Ruidoso, New Mexico tomorrow for what my friend, Kate, calls ‘Photo Camp.’ It’s really a Photography Workshop, but I giggled so much when she said ‘Photo Camp’ - like it was a middle school volleyball camp or something - that’s all I can call it now. So much for sophistication.
The [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling · Shutterbuggin'

But so short this time we used the clippers in the back. That’s a first.

Categories: All About Me · Shutterbuggin'

Buddha says:
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Learned Something New · Shutterbuggin'

I had a great day at Happiness on Saturday. Having NO idea what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised. The owner, Elena, is incredibly supportive and had plenty of tables and goodies for us to decorate with. We had some lulls between crowds, so I was able to take some pictures. Honestly, I could wander [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Crafty · Nature-ish · Shutterbuggin'