this time was so good.

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film

quotes

It’s cool, it’s retro, and there is the surprise of waiting until it is developed. And it makes you focus on technique and finesse, not just taking 50 pictures and choosing the best one. It is more about capturing the moment, and letting that moment tell the story.

– Shawn Psarris [on film]

at the corner of renee + glendora

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carrots

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i didn’t even know we had anything growing still, but today we picked these carrots from our garden in the backyard.

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this is me.

this is my camera.

eve of new year’s eve dinner

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there was a turkey on sale. mom bought it. she brined it in a giant bucket in the fridge, and then roasted it. the family went to gfa for cleaning, and then we came home. we made sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, salad, and broccoli. then we ate the food, and called it all the eve of new year’s eve dinner.

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Christmas Day

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jared, esther, asher, jotham, kara, and gabi came to david and charlotte’s for breakfast on Christmas day. we ate lots of yummy food. then we opened presents, and then we were just hanging around, making food and getting ready for Christmas dinner. then lots of the michnovicz’s came over and we ate more food. then mom, dad, amy, and i went on a walk, during which my ears froze. i stopped alot to take pictures, and then ran to catch up with them. we played canasta, at more food, and had a great time.

^ jared and asher

^presents!

^ this necklace and these earrings are from melissa.

^ new mexican. michnovicz. lots. good.

^ look at those good-looking mashed potatoes. and gravy, and turkey.

^ asher and gabi with cousin joanna

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this day was filled with tea companies.

a day in the life, photographic journeys, photos, thoughts, words

including, the new mexico tea company, full of lovely loose leaf tea in canisters, at which i took no digital photos. why, you ask? because film is better. at least, film slrs are better than digital compacts.

and secondly, the boba tea company. lovely casanova smooches.

and, in that lovely part of albuquerque (by unm) there was a buffalo exchange, an urban outfitters, and a camera + darkroom store. i need to go back.

^feet

^melissa

^ at boba tea

^ the red arrow

^ and, mexican markets. like hmart, but not korean. mexican.

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christmastime in new mexico! mainly, SNOW!

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my family and i are now in new mexico for christmas! we drove in yesterday, the 22nd, and tonight we will hang out with auntie steph, and tomorrow is christmas eve and the day after tomorrow is…. CHRISTMAS! and, also, it’s snowing! or was. lovely large flakes (unromantic word… how about fluffs?) falling from the sky. this clara and i woke up to uncle david making coffee, and then clara sits up and is like “look out the window! it’s snowing!” so i do, and of course, it is. and it’s beautiful! after waking up more, we bundled up and went outside. we made snow angels, and snow flowers, and a snow man. and then auntie steph drove up in her new car, which we didn’t recognize, honked at us, and we ate breakfast with her and stuff. she brought reindeer antlers, and chocolate. and then mom and dad and amy and melissa came out, and we had a lovely giant snowball fight. we all threw snowballs at dad, because he was the worst, or best, at hitting us. getting hit on the behind with a rock hard snowball hurts. but, i got him back. and when i had my little digital camera and film slr, i was immune from getting hit by snowballs. it was great.