Friday, June 14, 2013

 I think about you often, in the early summer evenings as the fog rolls in. The chill of spring lingers along the horizon, bringing through the window, the sweet piney smoke from the cottages along the ridge. There, in front of the dying hearth, I dream. About the wild northeastern forests and open skies, about trickling brooks and boggy shores and peeping frogs. But mostly, I dream about the mountains. And I remember standing next to you in the freezing rain, looking down upon the shadowy valley below and feeling my breath leave my body as the wind carried my voice over the high peaks and beyond where the clouds sleep. And you knew, in that cold, thin air, I lost myself.


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  1. This is really beautiful. The photos are amazing too!

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    1. Thank you Farrah! I just got back from a long roadtrip and going back to write and edit these photographs makes my heart break just a little.

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  2. What I love about your writing is that it's so evoking... It captures the atmosphere and its organic essence perfectly, flawlessly. And the photos do the writing justice :)

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    1. I am glad you think so Nancy. I really wanted to capture the bareness of my feelings as I stood on top of that mountain. If it wasn't for reality, I might never have come down from there.

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  3. I've just been through your entire blog (sorry not sorry for creeping haha), and I must say, I feel as if you're narrating a fantastical story with your words and your beautiful photos are there to almost 'set the scene'. Your work is absolutely beautiful!

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    1. Thank you so much! That is exactly what I try to do. The photographs are the background, but the story I try to pull from my memories. I am glad you enjoy it all. <3

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  4. These photos would go would go well with some Daqws music. Sad, but honest.

    Also, I got your letter and the photos! Thank you, thank you so very much. The images are beautiful, and I look forward to hanging them up I the new place in the near future. You are so thoughtful.

    I hope you are having an amAzing time on your trip!

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    1. Yay! I am glad you got them. I haven't sent mail in the longest time and spent hours worrying about postage hahaha. I just got back from my trip so expect an influx of posts in the next week!

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  5. beautiful photos and writing! what a gorgeous place to visit, it makes me want to get out of the city more and go exploring. also i got your letter and prints in the mail the other day - thank you so much! i don't have solid plans to go to the US but in my heart i desperately want to in the near future, so when it happens i'll let you know. :)

    littlehenrylee

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    1. Yay! I am glad my little letter made it to Australia.

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  6. I love your photos especially the first one ! Where is that place ? it looks so beautiful.. How long was your roadtrip ? I'm doing a roadtrip for a month in California/Arizona in september, can't wait :)

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    1. Thanks Narumi! These pictures were taken in the Adirondack mountains in New York State near Lake Placid (specifically at Giant Mountain summit and Marcy Dam and Avalanche Lake). I would love to roadtrip in Cali and Arizona. So jealous! I can't wait to see your photographs!!

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  7. ugh such beautiful photos and beautiful words!!

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  8. This place looks amazing. I LOVE that first picture, fog is so mysterious and romantic, haha.

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