My phone is such a funny thing to me, and a remembered this as I whipped it out today wanting to photograph real waves on Lake Michigan! I went to South Haven today with two really cool seniors, Ellen and Emily, and one of my favorite faculty member Alison Geist to meet some key players in the Farms to Cafeteria movement. I left with a free lunch, 3 free bottles of milk, a free bumper sticker and so much free laughter and fun! It was great. On the ride back I was scrolling through my old phone pictures in my mad rush to get it out and photograph the lake realizing that it is my only reliable form of memory to capture random unexpected pleasures, whether it's making a list or just taking a picture of something I want to remember I always have my phone. I'm conflicted about how to feel about this... on the one hand it makes me want to drown my phone and appreciate my life for the small opportunities and pleasures that come and go (except thats not funny because I really did drown my phone last spring and it was miserable... rice doesn't work just for the record), but on the other hand it really makes me cherish this small 8 Gig device that can store anything I want. Wow. So here are a few of my faves:
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| An irresistibly perfect rainbow I saw on a warm, quiet night in the Senior parking lot in High School, it took somewhere really important to be not to run off and find the pot of gold. |
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| This positively adorable foreign looking tree in my dear friend Emily Saninni's backyard... I think Ali convinced me to take a picture of this as we laid around on the hammock just enjoying each other before we departed on our summer adventures. |
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| Three of my most favorite people at a farm near my house during one of their country fairs... we bought this pie (blueberry I believe?) sat down on the grass, opened it, and ate it. I have done this two other times in my life... it's the BEST. |
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| The most masterful cappuccino I'm pretty sure I will ever encounter, made by Emily S. in the kitchen that is inside the house that was behind that tree a few pictures ago. I forget what the circumstances were but I was very tired, and Emily cured that instantly. Apparently this is her best cappuccino, so she asked me to take a picture. |
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| My freshman year dorm room... I texted this picture to nearly all of my contacts on like day 3 or something... it only proceeded to get messier. Gosh I love that room and miss it and my beloved roommate, Amanda Mancini very much! |
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| My teammate at school, who made my fall quarter so much more fun and comical, Caroline sporting one of the spiffiest golf outfits of all time. Who isn't intimidated by that (if you can't see the stitching on her socks matches the orange shirt)? And she whacks the ball between 200 and 300 yards every time. Caro is the best dressed golfer I know. |
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| The birthday "cake" Amanda and I made foe our hall-mate Bree a few weeks into school. I showed it to her on her birthday this year, and we had just made so much progress (having a wine and cheese feast with 2 cakes- pumpkin cheesecake an chocolate with peanut butter icing). |
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| I live for real food! But seriously, this wheel is everything important to me in one. Ok, we're done getting to know each other... that's all you need to know about me :) |
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| An incredibly artfully decorated sign of my favorite (huge understatement) restaurant in kalamazoo. I went to eat there an embarrassing 34 times last year and spent all of my money... I've cut back a lot since then, and funnily enough, going there he's become much more special... funny how that works. |
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| A Raspberry Valentines Day Pie (it turned out to be just as good as it looks) that I just had to buy from this beautiful bakery on the Mall in Kalamazoo which turned out to be one of my favorite off campus homework spots, it's sadly closed this year :( |
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| The world was coated in ice for 3 days in Kalamazoo and classes were cancelled for 2 days with no power. It was crazy! |
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| If I ever write about a "selfie" which I did in my first or second post as I was re reading them today and cracking myself up (is that weird?) this is what I mean!!! I'm sure she's turning red... but I just kind of found this on my phone and chuckled. |
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| I love you Maddy!!! One of my favorite people, bags packed to jaunt off to Niagra Falls... or somewhere fun. This picture was proceeded by one where she is looking around confusedly, and followed by one where she looks ready to launch, legs braces and fist in the air... to infinity and beyond! |
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| The three most precious children I know, Grace (4) and Charlotte and Patrick (2) who I am lucky enough to hang out with over the summer. They make every day unbearably endearing! |
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| My (dear?) friend Hagop... one of the bravest people I know because he was the only one to accept a chapping to bob for apples in this terribly deep container (as you can see- he is practically upside-down). Don't worry- he got one... eventually. |
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| This CUTE squirrel was out hunting for nuts in the rain! So what does it do to stay dry? Uses it's tail as an umbrella... Duh. |
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| THIS IS THE WALL OF A MASSIVE BUILDING. I know... covered in art... one of the most amazing pieces I have ever seen. One of the most amazing buildings I have ever entered... The Park Trade Center in Kalamazoo. |
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| 15 pieces of gum I chewed for 3 hours during finals week. |
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Lake Michigan... WITH WAVES! Seemed impossible to me but it was (and this was today that I was referring to) and there was even someone surfing!
So there you have it... a chronological string of my favorite photographs. Wow, phones are great.
Goodnight moon, I photograph you in the rainy snow with my minds eye ;)
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