i am what you see

A couple of weeks ago Rob and I spent four days in Eureka Springs for a mini vacation.

I took several self-portraits while we walked the streets and browsed shops to remember my time
spent in one of my favorite little cities.

Rob got me Vivian Maier's Street Photography book for Christmas last year. Her self-portrait

work has been so inspiring to me. I'm always looking for reflective surfaces for capturing the when and where of my life. I liked the way these turned out so I thought I would share them with you.

xo laney

holiday glow

This week I took a walk around the Pinnacle Promenade to do a little window shopping

and take some photos of the twinkling lights.



I did a little decorating in the house.



And I got a visitor while I was taking a self-portrait of my new hair.
I've been thinking of starting a 52 weeks of me project for the new year, but after bombing on the
365 last year I'm kinda scared to.
I hate giving up on things. I may just have to try it.



san francisco: part one

Our first day in San Francisco we walked from our hotel in North Beach to Fisherman's Wharf.

Highlights from our visit included...the best ever fish-n-chips and crab chowder on the pier, the cool ocean breeze, lots of fun at Musee Mecanique, photobooth pictures, hearing the cable cars bell ring, cotton candy,

seeing two sea lions, and hearing "Laffing Sal" laugh her ass off.

I remember my Grandma Shelby laughing at her at our local fair when I was a kid.

I kept pinching myself that whole day. I just couldn't believe I was finally in San Francisco.

musée mécanique

The above photos that I took at Musée Mécanique in San Francisco were featured as the One Word

pic of the day on the always inspiring Shutter Sisters blog. Pretty cool! The word of the month is YOU.
Pop on over to the flickr group and join in on the project.

I was so excited to find a working photobooth in San Francisco. Before we left on our trip I checked

the photobooth.net  website for any photobooths along the way and found two in San Fran. Out of all the little things I got on the trip these photo strips were my favorite souvenirs. Totally worth $3 each!

I have lots of photos from San Francisco coming soon!

xoxo Laney

almost five thousand miles

My trip to California was amazing! I'm ready to move there. These were taken in New Mexico

on the first day of driving. It was a very long day. As soon as we got to Albuquerque we

grabbed some tacos and crashed. I got to see this beautiful sunset at the end of a twelve hour day of driving

which made it all worth it. I have tons of pictures to share coming soon!