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Last year I celebrated Valentine’s Day with a cross country meetup, where I could be found with @_illiana_ wandering around in the freezing rain in Canada (oh and I ate many many dumplings). This year? Classic Seattle rain and it’s just barely above freezing...barely. We’ve been nursing a sick cat (IBD is no joke y’all💩) and most days I feel like I’m on a hamster wheel trying to find a job, hustle with photography, and pay those bills. So on the one hand I say, dear universe, next year, I vote an ounce of stability & a trip to Palm Springs please. ✌️ And on the other, I will appreciate the goodness of the present...the cups of coffee made at all hours, the sweet hand holding down the street, and oh so much gratitude for each human in my life who has shown love and kindness to myself and others. It may be a candy-coated commercially driven day by nature, but there’s no reason I can’t love an excuse to reflect and appreciate the good peeps in my life. 💕❤️💕 #notawinterbaby #happyhearts #happyvalentinesday
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Just a normal February night around here 🤷♀️❄️ #shotoniphone #seattle #ballard #seattlesnowpocalypse
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Nothing says “up my alley” like some Jurassic Park vibes - 🦖🦕 minus all the carnage of course. 😂 This recent family session with @shellykade & @jesseckuntz in West Seattle’s Schmitz Preserve Park was a gorgeous forested urban hike adventure even a brachiosaurus might enjoy. More from this one up on the blog (link in profile) 🌿
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Dream office alert! I recently got to shoot a series at digital product studio @substantial and I can’t wait to have another session later this week in their Capitol Hill office. Not only were they a blast to photograph (hello, do you see that little pup?) but also, wowza look at that work space! 🙌✨
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Fun fact (not Super Bowl related), I lived in Los Angeles for over 9 years and near-ish to the beach for almost all of them. It was a space that I found joy in a city I felt fairly overwhelmed by. The water and ocean breezes always brought me to a calm and happy place and I would frequent this particular pier very often. I'd watch the surfers and practice my photography. I'd get fish tacos a block up the road. In the summer I'd play beach volleyball with friends and during the school year, I'd study at a 24hr neighborhood cafe within sight of the pier. I dreamt of some day having an easy breezy beach-type of life. Even though I'm not in California anymore, I still have a particular fondness for many aspects of it, even more so now that I've moved away and my time there has evolved (and especially on a day like this when we’re getting snow here in Seattle in Feb, omg). These places we reside in throughout our lives leave an imprint even if we don't realize it at the time. I spent almost all my 20s here. First love & first heartbreak, first job, and first car. First time living away from home and learning how to define who I was and what I wanted to be. Funny how so much was shaped when I was just watching the waves roll in. 🏄♂️🌊☀️ (photo by @illiana) #manhattanbeach #californialove #losangeles
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Got out for a short stroll last week to take in some air and step away from my computer. I stumbled across all sorts of little pre-spring surprises trying to seize the day, like this little lady and her pals. Let's call her Carrie B. (No reason 🌸💃💅👗👠📺😂) I'm a little worried for them though, what with snowflakes in the forecast. I couldn't help but wonder...will their enthusiasm withstand the bitter chill of a frosty stare? #shotoniphone #spring #blossom #seattle #rhododendron
