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I went to the Tulip Festival
It’s become an annual tradition, this tulip festival thing. I’ve explored the Skagit Valley tulip fields, the Agassiz tulip festival, and now the Abbotsford Tulip Festival! Between the color-filled expanse (pure joy, I tell you!) and the people-watching, the tulip festival is a gem of an event. Someday I will explore the heritage of a…
all you need is love
“Back in the day, I didn’t realize I’d have to tell this story so many times,” he said. “You come home from work every day and have all the stories and mine doesn’t compare to those. It’s not like the ones you write on your blog.” “But it’s YOURS,” said I. “I need to know…
I think he’s proud.
I put down my camera for a minute and leaned over to ask my Dad the pressing question: “When you bought Joanna her harp 7 years ago, did you have any idea the opportunities it would bring her and the many things she would do with it?” At that, the next scene began in Community…
Mother’s Day: Newborn Johnnie
It’s her turn to be celebrated. Her turn to look forward to a crayon-and-construction-paper offering after a couple years of diaper changes and midnight feedings. Her turn to receive a free carnation just for going to the florist’s shop this week. Her turn for a breakfast in bed. Her turn for, well, a day in…
I took a solo roadtrip
Lessons from my Solo Roadtrip I should’ve invested the time into a grocery store run before setting out on a solo roadtrip. Roadtrip snacks are a necessity and in the wilderness of British Columbia and the desert of Washington State, food options are few and far between. (Lesson: When a Safeway advertises “deli” in small…
My Survival Kit for Destination Photography
My newly-defined role as a destination photographer has been a long time coming. First there was that time in Germany when (as a fifteen year old) I walked around with not one…not two…but THREE film cameras. I stood on a street corner in Heidelberg and knew I had been bit by the travel bug –…