daily life

Another month done, only two more to go!

I've enjoyed in the past joining with a bunch of people on the internet to document a day in the life. It's always fun both to take the pictures and to see all the other photos as they come up during the day on Instagram. Here are my photos from this year:

Back in October I went to Minneapolis for a week, where my sister lives, to hang out. My mom came too and we had a party! If you'll allow, I'll share a couple fun photos...

▲Cozy mornings

I struggled in October to take a photo of something that was not either a leaf or my tea cup. #sorrynotsorry

October, what a wonderful month!

▲ The Willamette Valley.

Fall! What a great time. September was a great month, gotta love the weather as it becomes more appropriate to drink tea. Not that the weather ever stops me, but it's definitely more enjoyable to drink it when it's cool. And that's basically how I take stock of my life. Is it good weather for drinking tea?

On the last day of August it suddenly felt like fall had arrived. After months of straight sunshine, the clouds rolled it, dropped some rain and have been hanging around, bring with them a fresh feeling in the air that says, "fall is just around the corner."

I'll admit that summer is not one of my favorite months. The relentless sun and heat is not something I like to experience for longer than a week, so the clouds rolling in was definitely a relief for me. I've already eaten soup twice, and I'm day dreaming about eating some more...

We've had some busy summer months, and while we're back to the regular schedule now, we spent much of July with family at the coast. It was a lovely relaxing time with good food, lots of reading and some games. The most surprising bit was that it was sunny every day, which on the Oregon Coast is quite unusual. I am tanner now than I have been since I was 15 and lived in the Andes, when it was impossible to not get a tan. I still look down daily at my hands and think, "who's hand are those?" It's pretty strange.

June was one of those months were I did a bit more than I usually do. To begin I turned 30. My family visited Oregon, so we did our best to show it off. Then, Jordan's brother got married near Baltimore, and both Jordan and I were in the wedding. If I didn't have the pictures to prove it, I probably wouldn't believe I did all this stuff!

May was a pretty busy month. We enjoyed the spring time. We went to Canada. My family came for a visit. I did some work somewhere in there too...

I can't believe we're into May already! Looking ahead we have some busy weeks coming, so I know I've got a little more time to get things in order before it's time for some summer holidays!

The weather has slowly been creeping up on the thermometer. The windows have started opening too, and there's not much better than the sweet smelling air that drifts in. My clothes are getting lighter and sometimes my tea is iced. Summer here we come!