tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34361152952950049952024-02-19T21:01:36.379-05:00dissolved into somethingdissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-53793876842195026722016-09-22T10:00:00.000-04:002016-09-22T10:00:01.115-04:00Life LatelyHi! I know I've been kind of AWOL and there's really only a handful of people who even read this, but I wanted to share what I've been up to lately.<br />
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In late August I started taking my first class since I graduated from college. Since I work at an academic institution (UC) I can take classes for free. And since photography is a key part of my job description, I can take a photography class on work time. Super awesome, right!? For someone who loves taking photos and even does it as part of their job, it's kind of crazy that I've never taken a photography class, not even a film photography class. Somehow it's just something I skipped in all the high school and college art classes I took. But since I want to start taking conservation photography documentation classes soon, I figured I should probably get a basic photography class under my belt first. While parts of the class have come naturally, I am surprised how challenging it has been so far. In particular, being restricted by our subject matter and assignment. We all know that nature, and flowers in particular, are my favorite thing to shoot. Well, the subject matter for our first class project was "Abstract". That meant NO nature whatsoever. No trees, no plants, no people, no animals. No naturally made things whatsoever! It was a definite challenge for me, but it really made me look at things differently and I think I really learned a lot and grew as a photographer during this project. And that was only our first project! I wanted to share some of my best shots with you all...<br />
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In early September I made probably my prettiest and craziest cake so far for a dear coworker's birthday, and I just have to share it...<br />
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It was an orange poppyseed cake with orange buttercream.</div>
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Also, for the last couple months I've been making handmade books and watercolor cards and prints. I'm finally getting ready to sell them this weekend! This will be my first time ever going out into public and selling stuff I've made to people. In person. In real life. I'm a little nervous!<br />
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I've got 49 books/journals ready to sell, as well as galaxy cards and prints. Here's hoping it goes well!</div>
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For any Cincinnati folks who might be reading, I'll be selling at the Pleasant Ridge POP! Market from noon to 5pm this Saturday (24th). The market is located in the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church parking lot (5950 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45213). </div>
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That's all for now. I won't promise that I'll be back to blogging on a somewhat regular basis, because that just doesn't seem realistic. I've got a lot of fun stuff on the horizon and being present in my life just seems infinitely better than blogging at the moment. But I'll try not to be a complete stranger. Happy Thursday everyone!</div>
dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-6742352332406921012016-08-11T12:30:00.000-04:002016-08-11T12:30:36.177-04:00Cleveland History CenterHi! I know it's been a long time, but I've had a lot of stuff going on lately (fun stuff, not so fun stuff, etc) and I really haven't had time or energy to blog...and frankly I kind of forgot about it. Oopsy! So, because I'm a bad blogger I'm just going to photo-dump some really old photos on you. Yep, it's happening. These are from early 2015 when I went to Cleveland to visit my dear HLP for her birthday (I think...it's been so long!). She had the brilliant idea of checking out the Cleveland History Center, which neither of us had been too. It was very cool and I would recommend it to anyone! Now, commence photo dump of cars, planes, dresses, and a carousel (all located in the History Center)...<br />
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With admission into the History Center you also get two tokens to ride the carousel!<br />
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Second ride on the carousel...<br />
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Hopefully I'll get back to this blogging and sharing photos on a more regular basis soon. I'm actually taking a photography class this fall, so hopefully I'll have photos to share on the regular! Truthfully, it's been ages since I pulled my camera out of my camera bag and I feel horrible about it. So, that should be remedied very soon! Until next time...dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-74471186651392930122016-04-18T13:20:00.000-04:002016-04-18T13:20:13.357-04:00TreasuresLet's rewind again, back to my 30th birthday and our weekend trip to Louisville. After our tour and tasting at <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2016/04/birthday-bourbon.html" target="_blank">Maker's Mark</a>, we headed toward Louisville to check into our hotel. For dinner I was craving Mexican food so we decided to check out <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-mundo-louisville" target="_blank">El Mundo</a>, which was awesome and I would highly recommend to anyone. On our way to El Mundo I spotted a bunch of stuff surrounding a storefront/house that looked familiar. I had around turn around so we could investigate. Then I figured out what we were looking at...<a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/20850" target="_blank">Jerry's Junk</a>. I'd first heard about Jerry's Junk from one of the blog I love, <a href="http://www.thedaintysquid.com/2014/03/jerrys-junk-on-film.html" target="_blank">the Dainty Squid</a>, and that's why it all looked so familiar.<br />
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The light was quickly fading but I decided to get in some shots really quick before we made our way to the restaurant.<br />
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What an interesting place, right? When we go back to Louisville next time I definitely want to spend a little more time there, you know, taking it all in!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-36506809394526041862016-04-01T09:00:00.000-04:002016-04-01T09:00:18.807-04:00Birthday Bourbon!Happy Friday everyone! Not only am I super happy that it's Friday, but I'm extra stoked because today is Edible Books! If you don't know what Edible Book is, it's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_Book_Festival" target="_blank">a international festival</a> that usually happens in April each year where people (often libraries) hold an event where people either make book structures that are edible or, more often than not, take a book title or concept and represent it using food. Our library participates every year and I've created something every year since 2008. Here's <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2013/04/edible-books-13.html" target="_blank">a blog post from 2013</a> about my creation (and being awarded Best Overall for the first time!). Anyway, I always get really into it and look forward to it every year.<br />
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Alright, so back to working through my backlog of photos. These photos are particularly old, from my birthday...LAST YEAR!! When I turned 30, Antoine and I decided to spend the weekend celebrating in Louisville, KY. Since it's only about a two hour drive from Cincinnati, it's a good place to get away, but not have to travel too far or spend too much money. Before we headed to the city of Louisville, we decided to make a stop at Maker's Mark along the way. We've both been to Maker's before, but this time was special. Antoine, who signed up to be an ambassador 7 years prior, finally got his golden ticket, which means the bottle of Maker's with his name on it was ready to be picked up. So he scheduled his appointment and we made our way to Maker's...<br />
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The adorable cat who lives at Maker's and was sleeping in a basket in the lobby when we got there.</div>
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Time for the tasting! They have updated the tasting format and the location. I really don't remember much about the old format, but I like that they put out a little place-mat now that tells you what you're tasting.<br />
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Antoine with his special bottle of bourbon!</div>
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The bottle even gets a special stamp on the top.</div>
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The next day, on our way home from Louisville, we checked out the Four Roses distillery, which neither of us had ever been to before. I gotta say, I like it and their bourbon (which again, I'd never had before) quite a bit and would highly recommend it to anyone. Plus, we had a really great tour guide who was super engaging.</div>
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I have some more photos from Louisville to share next week! Then I have more photos from last March and April. It feels good to finally get through this backlog, especially since I haven't been taking many photos lately because I can't justify taking more when I have so many old ones I've neglected! Anyway, happy Friday and I hope everyone has a great weekend.</div>
<br />dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-59188218159627657542016-03-29T09:30:00.000-04:002016-03-29T09:30:20.715-04:00Last Spring (in Spring Grove)This post illustrates three things: 1.) how far I am behind in editing photos (these are from LAST Spring), 2.) how mild our winter was this year (these were taken in April and the magnolias were blooming a full month ahead of schedule this year), and 3.) just how much none of this matters because magnolias and tulips are glorious any time of the year. Even if they're a year late...right?<br />
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Have I said recently how magical Spring Grove is?! I know it should be a place of sadness, but it's hard to be melancholy in a place that just booms with life and beauty in the Spring.<br />
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This plant reminds me of an octopus!</div>
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It's hard not to go overboard taking photos in Spring Grove...just remember that when I finally catch up with my photo editing and I have magnolia/Spring Grove photos to share from this year! You have been warned.dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-79410830418254216702016-03-25T09:00:00.000-04:002016-03-25T09:00:00.325-04:00Anniversary Trip: Yoho National ParkFinally! The last post from our trip to the Canadian Rockies for our first anniversary!! Let's just forget the fact that in two months exactly we'll be celebrating our 2nd anniversary. It'll be our secret that it took me 10 months to get these photos edited and organized, okay?<br />
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For this last post I'll share photos from Yoho National Park, which I think is the lesser known of the Candian Rocky Mountain parks surrounding Banff. Banff and Jasper are definitely the big two. Whereas Banff and Jasper National Parks are located in Alberta, CA, Yoho National Park is actually in British Columbia, CA. <br />
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One attraction in Yoho is the spiral train tunnels which loop, out and around the mountains. We checked it out, though neither Antoine and myself are really into trains so we were a little underwhelmed. </div>
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Right near the spiral tunnels and along the main highway that runs through Yoho are the Takakkaw Falls, so we decided to check them out. Unfortunately the higher road that led to the falls was closed due to a rock slide, but we still enjoyed the drive halfway up, especially since the weather was so lovely.<br />
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The milky color of the river is caused by glacial silt from the Yoho River. </div>
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Here's where I learned that little fun fact about the glacial silt...<br />
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Where Yoho River (on the left) and Kicking Horse River (right) meet.</div>
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Next we decided to head further south in Yoho and check out the Wapta Falls. Unfortunately, this is pretty much the only time during our trip where the weather turned dreary. But we armed ourselves with our raincoats and went off to explore the falls...</div>
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The hike to the falls was a little long and soggy, but it made for some really nice photos of the greenery and fungus along the trail.</div>
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By the time we made it to the falls it was pretty much full on gloomy, but waterfalls are still cool, even if the weather is lousy, right?!</div>
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Luckily by the time we made it back to Field, BC, which is right near Emerald Lake (where we were staying) the pretty weather had returned so we took advantage and checked out Natural Bridge. Natural Bridge is located right next to Emerald Lake and is literally a bridge of rock that's been carved out by the river and falls.<br />
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And that's pretty much the end of our first anniversary trip! We spent our last full day in CA in Banff getting souvenirs and eating <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/beaver-tails-banff" target="_blank">Beaver Tails</a>, obviously. It was an incredible trip and a perfect way for us to spend our first anniversary as two married folks! </div>
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Sadly, this year we don't have a fabulous trip in the works for our anniversary, instead we're saving up money to remodel our bathroom! That will be a very different but equally awesome anniversary present to ourselves. But we've got something special in the works for our third anniversary that I'm super excited about....but more on that later!</div>
dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-26935869163646875172016-03-23T09:00:00.000-04:002016-03-23T09:00:25.984-04:00Anniversary Trip: Emerald LakeWe're almost done with anniversary trip posts. Yay! Just this one and then one more to go and you don't have to see anymore pictures of the Canadian Rockies...until the next time we go back, because we seriously love us some Canada! In fact, I'm actually traveling to Montreal in May for work, which I am super stoked about.<br />
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Anyway, back to our anniversary trip... The last place we stayed at during our trip (besides the awesome <a href="http://www.hotelclique.ca/" target="_blank">Hotel Clique</a> near the airport, seriously so nice that I wish there were more of these hotels throughout Canada and the US!) was the Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park. I really wanted to stay in a lodge within one of the parks, and I was especially drawn to Emerald Lake Lodge because it kind of reminded me of Lake Crescent Lodge in Olympic National Park (which Antoine and I loved and you can read more about <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2013/06/lake-crescent-lodge.html" target="_blank">here</a>). When I was reading reviews from Emerald Lake Lodge I was surprised that they were very mixed. People raved about the surrounding area and the beauty of the lake, but said that everything else was kind of lack luster. Antoine and I decided to give it a shot and see what we thought...<br />
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To say that the lake was gorgeous would be a gigantic understatement! A pristine, tranquil lake, surrounded by mountains, what's not to like? We had absolutely no complaints about the lake itself. The lodge on the other hand did leave a little to be desired. <br />
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The fact that the lodge and cabins sit on a little piece of land in the middle of the lake that isn't really even accessible by car, except for the lodge's shuttle? Cool as hell! The run-down nature of the cabins themselves and the fact that none of the cabins had tv or wifi...not as cool. I get the idea that when you're surrounded by nature you should enjoy it and not need a tv. But Antoine and I are the type of people, who after a long day of hiking and exploring like to veg out and take load off (in front of a tv)...especially near the end of our trip. But that was poor planning on my part.<br />
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Our cabin was on the left and upstairs and overlooked the more secluded side of the lake. A little run down, but not horrible. It did have a nice little balcony to sit on and enjoy the lake, however the bugs were pretty horrendous, so we didn't use it to its full potential!</div>
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The side of the lake that our cabin looked out on, though this is not our view.</div>
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There were canoe rentals, but they weren't available just yet as it was too early in the season.</div>
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Would I recommend the lodge/cabins to people? Eh. The cabins were definitely run down, the food was ok (though expensive, just like all park lodges like that), and the no tv/no wifi was kind of a killjoy for us. But the lake itself...beautiful and totally worth a visit and a little hike around it (or canoe rental, if it's in season)!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-57042112314957457342016-03-16T09:00:00.000-04:002016-03-16T09:35:11.776-04:00Anniversary Trip: Columbia IcefieldsOur next stop along the Icefields Parkway were the Columbia Icefields. The visitor centre was hopping, so we decided to skip it. A lot of people pay to take a tour of the icefields and glacier, where they are taken to the icefields in an ice explorer (it's basically a huge bus with special tires that can drive on ice). But Antoine and I are cheap, so we headed right to the small parking lot closest to the Athabasca Glacier...<br />
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View from the parking lot.</div>
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The trail leading up to the glacier.</div>
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I get why people pay to take the bus up to the glacier...it's not the easiest of paths! It wasn't that long, but boy, oh boy, was it steep. And since the ground was all gravel, loose rocks, and ice (in some parts), slipping was a very real possibility. In fact, on our way up we saw several people land on their butts. Though the real culprit of them falling was poor footwear, we're talking Tom's and I even saw a woman (probably in her 50s!) wearing a pair of dressy ballet flats. Come on! How did that seem like a good idea at all?! Sporting our hiking boots(!), we slowly made out way up the steep path...</div>
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The view from part way up. In the distance you can see the small parking lot we parked in and, at the base of the mountain, the visitor's center.</div>
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The Athabasca Glacier. All in all, it was kind of underwhelming. I mean, the idea of it as a glacier, right there in front of you is cool, don't get me wrong. But in reality it wasn't nearly as spectacular as I hoped.<br />
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Only two more anniversary trip posts to go...one of which includes the prettiest place we stayed (though not the best accommodations), so stay tuned! Anyway, until then, happy Wednesday everyone!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-21248446101273133532016-03-14T10:00:00.000-04:002016-03-14T10:00:15.328-04:00Anniversary Trip: Sunwapta FallsWell I've done it, I've finally finished editing all my photos from our trip to Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Park (from May!). Only four more posts and you won't have to see any more posts about our first anniversary trip, so bear with me.<br />
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Last time I posted I shared photos from <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2016/02/anniversary-trip-athabasca-falls.html" target="_blank">Athabasca Falls</a>. On our next stop along the Icefields Parkway we decided to check out Sunwapta Falls...<br />
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Again, like Athabasca Falls, there were a variety of vantage points to view the falls from.</div>
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After checking out the falls, Antoine and I started to explore the surrounding area and decided to take one of the nearby trails which led to another set of falls.</div>
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Sorry, I can't remember the name of these falls for the life of me. I even tried to find them via google, but had no luck. I told Antoine it's hard remembering specifics from last May. His response? "You have a hard time remembering things from last week!" So true.</div>
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Back on the road, making our way through Jasper National Park towards Yoho National Park...<br />
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One down, three to go! I was a total bum this weekend and spent the entire weekend watching movies and editing photos in my pjs! But I made some headway on getting through my backlog of photos, so that's a good thing. I'm not going to lie, I still have a ton of photos from last year and I think I just have to accept the fact that I'm just not going to be able to get through them all. Oh well, I'll do the best I can.<br />
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I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-61118337414683028822016-03-01T10:00:00.000-05:002016-03-01T10:00:18.335-05:00Book ArtsSorry I haven't shared any new photos (or really really old photos for that matter) lately. I know I've been slacking but I promise that I haven't totally been doing nothing. Instead of editing photos lately I've been spending a fair amount of time working on a couple of artists books I've been making. Ever since I started working at my current job about 8 years ago and learned how to make books I've been doing just that, making books. But only blank ones, what you'd commonly refer to as journals. I've sold some in the past, but mostly I've just either made them and kept them or made them and given them as gifts (the main recipient being my best friend, Amanda, who actively journals on the regular!). Anyway, I'd never really made a book with any substance or content...until last year. <br />
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It's not that I never wanted to make a book with content, or an "artists' book" as it's commonly called, it's just I never really had a single idea. Until last year, when for our student appreciation day we made carousel books (which I had never made before) in the lab, and for the first time ever I had an idea. And so I made my first artist book and I was so excited about it that I entered it into <a href="http://cincinnatibookarts.org/?p=1005" target="_blank">Bookworks XVI</a> (my book is pictured at the very end of the post!), a local collaborative book arts exhibit that's put together by the <a href="http://cincinnatibookarts.org/">Cincinnati Book Arts Society</a> (aka CBAS, pronounced like the fish, sea bass) and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. <br />
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Now, I had been trying to think up an idea for Bookworks for years, but nothing...until I made that first carousel book. I really liked the structure and something about it just inspired me and before I knew it I had a handful of other ideas. Which leads me to the pictures of the book below, my second ever artist book! I worked on this book mainly over the holidays and just now finished up making a custom cloth-covered clamshell box for it, so I figured it was time to share it...<br />
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It's called "Cosmic Ocean". It's another carousel book, but this time I used Arches 140lb watercolor paper and QoR watercolors! [Front cover]</div>
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This was a very fun book to work on and I felt I really pushed myself further on this second artist book. It also, just the like the first, really inspired me and as I was working on it I started to come up with other ideas for other books! I hope you enjoy it! And if you're in the Cincinnati area, I do plan to submit it into the Bookworks XVII exhibit this year, which generally runs from June through August in the Main Branch of the Public Library, if you want to check it out in person.</div>
dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-59021229480509899422016-02-05T07:53:00.000-05:002016-02-05T08:03:10.024-05:00Anniversary Trip: Athabasca FallsHi again! I don't know about you, but I'm so glad it's Friday, not only because it's been a long week, but also because Antoine and I are headed to Nashville tomorrow for a concert and a little pre-birthday celebrating! Neither of us have really spent any time in Nashville (except for just passing through), and though we're only going to be there one night I'm really looking forward to a little fun.<br />
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Anyway, back to Canada. After a couple days in Jasper we made our way back down the Icefields Hwy toward Yoho National Park. Along the way we decided to check out several popular waterfalls, and the first one we stopped at was the Athabasca Falls. These falls are just a short drive off the highway and are totally worth the stop!<br />
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The Athabasca Falls are very accessible from the parking lot and don't take any real hiking to get to...in fact, most of the areas surrounding the falls are paved. Though there are some paths surrounding that are not.</div>
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What I liked about these falls were that you could view them from so many vantage points. The falls ran through this little alley of stone and there were bridges and paths so that you could see it from different angles.</div>
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Plus the forest that surrounded the falls was so pretty and mossy.</div>
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In this photo you get an idea of just how many vantage points there are to view the falls from, which is just great! Plus, a rainbow!</div>
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And then we were off again, back in the car to go look for more waterfalls!</div>
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dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-52699286153153497552016-01-29T16:17:00.000-05:002016-01-29T16:17:07.985-05:00Anniversary Trip: Maligne LakeHappy Friday! It's been a long week (make that couple of weeks) and I'm certainly looking forward to the weekend. I've got plans with friends, plans to workout, and plans to bake...and I'm actually looking forward to all three!<br />
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In my last post about our anniversary trip I shared <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2016/01/anniversary-trip-patricia-lake-pyramid.html" target="_blank">photos from Patricia and Pyramid Lake and photos of the mama black bear with her cubs</a>. This time I have photos from Maligne Lake, which is a little over an hours drive, south-east of Jasper. The road to the lake winds up through the mountains and despite the fact that it was getting a bit cloudy, we had a great time stopping and exploring along the way...<br />
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Not sure what this lake was called, but it wasn't too big and was just a pull-off along the way to Maligne Lake.</div>
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Once we made it to Maligne Lake, we decided to take a little hike part way around the lake to stretch our legs and explore.<br />
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There was so much of this crazy, bright yellow-green moss all along the lake, it was so neat!</div>
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On our way back down the winding road that led to Maligne Lake we spotted a couple cars pulled over to the side of the road and a group of guys with huge cameras out snapping photos, so we pulled over. At first I was hesitant to get out of the car, but then I saw what they were photographing...a large female moose sitting in the woods...<br />
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Since she was sitting up on a hill in the woods we decided to get out of the car to get close enough for me to take a photo, but cautiously. I definitely didn't want to disrupt her at all. I snapped a couple photos of her before she started to stand...at which point I told Antoine we had to go back to the car. I don't want to be face to face with a grumpy moose! Luckily for us, she just stood and headed further up into the woods.</div>
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This was both mine and Antoine's first time seeing a moose in person...it was kind of amazing, even though she was pretty far away and laying down most of the time!</div>
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That's all for now. I have more to share for next week, so stay tuned! Happy weekend, everyone!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-18382787540903898342016-01-27T07:50:00.002-05:002016-01-27T07:50:49.136-05:00My GrandpaA week ago today I found out that my grandpa had passed away. The past week has been rough for my family and me. My grandpa, <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/morningjournal/obituary.aspx?n=william-bruce&pid=177375398&fhid=2948" target="_blank">William Bruce Jr.</a>, was a well loved and respected man. He was a WWII veteran, a leader in the Boy Scouts, a father of three, grandfather of four, great grandfather, and devoted husband of almost 70 years; and so much more! He lived a full, rich 92 years and was one of the sharpest and smartest people I have ever known.<br />
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Grandpa at work in the Army Airway Communication System during WWII.</div>
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Antoine and I made our way to the Cleveland area the day following the news to be with family. We had been asked by one of my aunts to scan some photos of grandpa for a slide show, so we spent most of Friday going through albums upon albums with my grandma and mom and scanning any photos of him we could find. I cherished that day. I got to see so many photos I had never seen before and hear stories about my grandparents that these photos brought to life. It was an incredibly fulfilling day for me and greatly helped the grieving process. We scanned over a hundred photos that day, but I'd like to share some of my favorites with you now.<br />
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My favorite photo of grandpa and I, taken when I was about 3 years old. </div>
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My grandpa and grandma, before my grandpa headed off to war and before they were married.</div>
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Antoine and I also scanned a bunch of news clippings, several poems my grandpa had written, and this letter from my grandpa to my grandma, in which he asks her to marry him while he's serving over in Europe during the war and she's back in Amherst, OH. How amazing is that?!</div>
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Newly married after grandpa returned from the war.</div>
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My grandparents both loved the outdoors and traveling! My grandpa had been to all but three of the US states, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska...all of which I think he would have absolutely loved.</div>
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He loved to fish, play cards (and he was crazy good at it!), do word puzzles, and cross-stitch. In fact, he taught me how to cross-stitch and play pool when I was a little girl.</div>
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Another favorite photo of grandpa and me, out of focus, but who cares!</div>
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My grandparents both mean so much to me. They both taught me so many things and I have such fond memories of spending summers with them. As I grew up, they encouraged my studies and intently listened about my job or my/our travels. My favorite part was when they would tell me stories about their adventures. I can't imagine not having him around. There is an obvious void now in my family that cannot be filled, but the photos and the memories help. Before leaving my grandma's house I boxed up nearly all her albums so that I can begin the process of scanning all her photos (which is a lot!). While it will be a long process, it will also be a rewarding one and, I hope, it will offer some more closure for me and my family.</div>
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Patricia Lake. We lucked out with yet another beautiful day to explore!</div>
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Pyramid Lake.</div>
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On our way back down the mountain toward the town of Jasper, we lucked out again with a couple more animal sightings...<br />
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First, these guys munching on some delicious vegetation near the side of the road.</div>
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Then this guy being smart and heading away from the road and into the woods.</div>
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Then we had our second and final bear sighting of the trip; three for the price of one...</div>
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A mama black bear and her two adorable cubs! </div>
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How cute is he/she?!</div>
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We were so close to them, just on the other side of the street, it was so exciting! And all from the safety of our car, which made me very happy!</div>
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Stay tuned next time for more Jasper National Park goodness. Until then, happy weekend everyone!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-42889506344488715802016-01-19T13:01:00.005-05:002016-01-19T13:01:36.639-05:00Anniversary Trip: The Road to Jasper and Our Rental CabinHi there! I hope everyone had a great weekend? Man, three day weekends are awesome, but boy, oh, boy do they suck too! They are so bittersweet. I know, I should stop complaining before someone who didn't have yesterday off (like my husband) throws something at my head. Anyway, I spent my extra day off tidying up a bit, watching The Wind Rises (snuggled up on the couch with the dogs) and editing photos, which means I have several more anniversary trip blog posts lined up.<br />
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Last time I left off we had just left <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2016/01/anniversary-trip-bear-and-very-blue-lake.html" target="_blank">Peyto Lake</a> and we were continuing up the Icefields Parkway toward Jasper. We stopped a couple more times along the way, mostly just at little turn-offs, before we made it to the cabin where we'd be spending the next 3 nights (one of which was our anniversary)...<br />
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I don't know what made us stop here. It was just a little pull-off that had a little trail leading off of it, so we hiked down a bit to a stream with a pretty view of the mountains. And I was of course paranoid of running into a bear the whole time!</div>
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The little trail.</div>
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More pull-offs with pretty views!</div>
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Another pull-off just before we made it to the cabin.</div>
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We finally made it to our cabin and we were both blown away! It was definitely our most extravagant lodging of our trip, though we definitely went a little bit crazier than our usual trips! But it was our anniversary, so we thought it was warranted...<br />
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We found this beauty on <a href="https://www.homeaway.com/" target="_blank">HomeAway</a> and it was so beautiful and secluded, tucked in the woods just north of Jasper. </div>
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The front door.</div>
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The livingroom, aren't the windows insane?!</div>
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You can kind of see the fireplace off to the right, it was beautiful and toasty. The stairs in the center led up to the two loft bedrooms and the master bathroom.</div>
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The downstairs bathroom.</div>
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The dining room, and the door to the right held the washer and dryer. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of the kitchen, which was large and had a big island in the middle with additional seating. We spent a fair amount of the time in the kitchen, cooking all our meals, including our anniversary dinner/desert of pizza and bananas foster (what we had in Hawaii after we got hitched)!<br />
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We really enjoyed staying in this cabin! It was so peaceful and serene that we actually spent our whole anniversary day indoors, relaxing. It was wonderful. Next time (and the time after that too) I'll share some more from our anniversary trip and our explorations in and around Jasper National Park. Until then, have a great rest of your Tuesday!</div>
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I hope everyone has a great weekend! I actually have Monday off from work so it'll be a long weekend for me...yay!<br />
<br />dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-38666548670648170952016-01-13T10:00:00.000-05:002016-01-13T10:00:15.193-05:00Day Trip in Columbus: 2015 Birthday Celebration with FriendsI decided to take a little break from the anniversary trip photos and show you just how behind in photo-editing I am. These photos were taken in the middle of February...last year! Yes, I am nearly a year behind! UGH. Oh, well. Actually it's kind of fun to look back to how I celebrated my birthday last year since it is quickly approaching. Last year was the big 3-0! And since my bestest friend lives in Cleveland, my other good friends and I decided to drive up to Columbus to meet her half way and spend the day together! <br />
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First we met up for lunch at <a href="http://dirtyfrankscolumbus.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace</a>, which none of them had been to before and I had only been once before with Antoine. We got a plethora of tasty treats, including the fried leeks, which are my favorite! If you're ever in Columbus and like hot dogs, I definitely recommend Dirty Franks. It's a very relaxed atmosphere, fairly inexpensive and vegetarian/vegan friendly!<br />
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After lunch we headed over to the <a href="http://www.fpconservatory.org/" target="_blank">Franklin Park Conservatory</a> for their annual orchid show. Hmm, I wonder who's idea that was!? Amanda and I had been to the conservatory once before, but it had been years. Now, prepare to be inundated with photos of orchids...<br />
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An amazing 12 foot tall (or more?) orchid sculpture in the lobby.</div>
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One of my favorite types of orchids, and I love it in this soft, coraly pink color.</div>
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Look, a photo that's NOT of an orchid!!</div>
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Teeny-tiny little orchids.</div>
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The other non-orchid photo that I took!</div>
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What better way to celebrate your birthday than time with three of your most favorite people, delicious fried foods and hot dogs, and orchids!? Answer: with all those things plus ice cream! Yep, we did that too! No excursion to Columbus would be complete without a trip to <a href="https://jenis.com/" target="_blank">Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams</a>. I naturally didn't document that though, I was too busy eating ice cream and checking out the cute shops with the ladies! It was a good time! Such a good time that we have similar plans this year. Since my best friend, Amanda, and my birthdays are only a month apart the four of us have decided to meet up later in February in Columbus and spend the night this time. It should be a great time and I'm so looking forward to it!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-41066750890321653722016-01-11T12:34:00.000-05:002016-01-11T12:34:06.325-05:00Anniversary Trip: A Bear and a Very Blue LakeGood morning, everyone! I am finally truly back in the real world...not like Friday when I forced myself to go into work and it did not end well! I've pretty much shaken this whole nasty cold business and I'm ready to get back to sharing some blog posts! I've actually got a couple lined up for this week. I know, shocking! Anyway, here's the next installment from our anniversary trip. <br />
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After we visited <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2016/01/anniversary-trip-lake-louise-moraine.html" target="_blank">Lake Louise and Moraine Lake</a>, we continued northwest through Banff National Park towards Jasper. Along the way we not only saw a bunch more beautiful mountains covered in snow, but we also spotted our first bear of the trip! And it was a grizzly!<br />
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Much to Antoine's dismay, the grizzly bear was a quite a ways away from the road. But I was actually pretty relieved by this! I was pretty nervous about seeing bears on our trip, a little paranoid even, so I was thankful that all the bears we saw were from a safe distance or from out car. And I don't care how far away it was, it was still pretty awesome!</div>
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After we spotted the bear we made a stop to check out Peyto Lake. Unfortunately, the drive to the upper parking lot, which led directly to the view of the lake was closed because it was covered in several feet of snow. We got to the very small lower parking lot and realized we couldn't find the hiking trail right away because it was covered in snow. In some places it was a couple feet deep! But we saw that there were people still braving it and making there way up the path to Peyto Lake, so we figured why not give it a try...we had hiking boots, unlike some people we saw who were wearing tennis shoes or flats!<br />
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We did not anticipate that the path would be almost entirely uphill (at an altitude we were not used to) and almost completely covered in snow or ice the whole way up. I don't know exactly how long the path was, but I can say that it easily felt like 7+ miles. It was one of those things where as you were hiking up you'd pass people on their way down and without asking they'd give you a progress report, "You're about half way there, but it is totally worth it!" Yeah, that happened like 4 times. <br />
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Near the top, though we had no idea at that point, Antoine just wasn't feeling it and decided to take a break. At that point I had a crazy burst of energy and decided I would go on ahead and see if we were remotely close to the top...because if I hadn't psyched myself up I probably would have been crying from muscle spasms and lack of oxygen!<br />
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This is a rare cleared off portion of the path, and this is looking downhill!</div>
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After I left Antoine I walked about 300 more yards, turned a corner, and BEHOLD...</div>
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Now, this is the part where I get a little embarrassed by my actions as a wife...I proceeded to stand in awe and take a ton of photos and completely forget that I left my husband a 1/4 mile back saying I would come back for him if we were close! Oops!<br />
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In the end, I don't know if Antoine thought it was worth it. I mean, I'm sure he did, but not until a day or two later after his lungs had recovered. But I was just blown away by how blue Peyto Lake was and how gorgeous it was from above. For me, it was totally worth it and I loved our little adventure...especially since neither of us fell on our asses, even though we saw several other people near wipe-out!</div>
dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-7270727303937578112016-01-08T13:51:00.000-05:002016-01-08T13:51:19.866-05:00Anniversary Trip: Lake Louise & Moraine Lake<div style="text-align: center;">
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Oh, hi there! I'm sure, if you are a follower of this blog, that you were not at all surprised by my two month absence from posting. Even if in my last post I said I was hoping to have more photos edited for the following week...oh, silly Jessica! So unrealistic. Anyway, I finally got around to editing more photos from our anniversary trip (the one we took back in May!). I was really excited to finally get to this bunch of photos, because Lake Louise/Moraine Lake were two of my favorite stops in the Banff area. When you think about going to Banff National Park, this is what usually comes to mind: big, snowy mountains and crystal clear lakes. </div>
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After two nights in Banff, we checked out of our hotel bright and early and started to make our way up to Jasper, where we'd be spending the next three nights. Our first stop along the way was Lake Louise, which is a big tourist spot and was already starting to get a little crowded with tourist (especially considering how early in the morning it was and the season). </div>
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Antoine and I at Lake Louise</div>
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Since it was already getting kind of busy at Lake Louise we decided not to linger too much longer and make our way to Moraine Lake, which is just up the road a bit. While Lake Louise was utterly beautiful and totally took my breath away, I adored Moraine Lake even more! A lot of the snow still hadn't melted on the mountains so the lake was only partially full. <br />
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Since the lake was only half full you could walk out much farther and stand where the water normally be. And part of the water that was there was still frozen, but instead of producing solid ice it created these shards of ice that were so cool...<br />
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Me, standing on part of the frozen lake.</div>
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I also really like Moraine Lake because there were so many different vantage points, especially when at this time of year, that you could view the lake from.</div>
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I know, I got a bit carried away, but I just loved both lakes and couldn't resist. Anyway, happy Friday! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. I'm still trying to get rid of this cold I've had most of the week, so I will probably be taking it easy this weekend. I will make no promises about further posts, because as we know I'm a lying slacker who likes to make things up! :)</div>
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How cute is this little mountain goat?!</div>
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I think this is a ground squirrel, though I'm not sure. It could be a marmot, who knows!? I think Antoine was bummed that we hadn't seen a bear yet, but it was only our first day!</div>
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Confession time...I have no idea if this is Two Jack Lake or Lake Minnewanka. No clue! It's pretty though, right?</div>
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There were a lot of people waiting on the dock for, I'm guessing, a lake cruise of Minnewanka. It was the perfect day for a lake cruise!</div>
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After our hike around Johnson Lake and briefly stopping by Two Jack Lake/Lake Minnewanka we decided to drive about a half hour west to <a href="http://www.banff.ca/activities-events/summer/banff-hiking/johnston-canyon.htm" target="_blank">Johnston Canyon</a>. The canyon consists of lower and upper falls with a pathway/elevated walkway along the Johnston creek.<br />
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The entrance of Johnston Canyon.</div>
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I really enjoyed the canyon! While the walkway was very steep at points and we were pretty tired after a long day of exploring already, the creek and surroundings were very beautiful and I liked that at times you were high above the creek (sometimes that was slightly terrifying) and at other times you could actually put your hand in the creek (also, kind of scary because people have fallen in before and it would not be a fun journey down the creek)!</div>
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I love this neon moss...which I spotted several times while we were in Banff and Jackson.</div>
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The lower falls, I think?</div>
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The falls from above.</div>
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We never made it to the upper falls. The canyon was getting darker as the sun was setting and we wanted to make sure we made it back to the car before it got completely dark. We enjoyed the canyon...me probably a little more than Antoine, but just because it had been a long day and a lot of hiking/walking. I would totally recommend Johnston Canyon to anyone going to the Banff area. I kind of wish we had gone there first though and then back-tracked to the <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2015/10/anniversary-trip-johnson-lake.html" target="_blank">Minnewanka Loop</a> and then the <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2015/10/anniversary-trip-cave-basin-national.html" target="_blank">Cave & Basin National Historic site</a>, but regardless, we had a great time and it was beautiful!<br />
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Happy Friday, everyone! Any exciting plans for the weekend?! I'm hopefully going to do some more photo editing so I can have another post ready for next week. I'm also getting together with some work friends to make some books, eat food, and drink wine...always a good time! Anyway, hope you have a fantastic weekend!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-63437487716003283142015-10-23T08:07:00.000-04:002015-10-23T08:07:58.513-04:00Anniversary Trip: Johnson LakeAfter our visit to the <a href="http://dissolvedintosomething.blogspot.com/2015/10/anniversary-trip-cave-basin-national.html" target="_blank">Cave & Basin National Historic Site</a> we decided to head east to the other side of the city of Banff to check out a couple lakes. Sometimes when I get to an area I like to sit myself down in front of a map (sometimes a real map, sometimes a virtual one) and just inspect the area for smaller parks and lakes that you might not really hear about or see too much online during your travel planning. That's how we ended up on the Minnewanka Loop to check out Johnson Lake and Two Jack Lake. Since geographically Two Jack Lake is far bigger than Johnson Lake, I figured we'd save that for last and head to Johnson Lake first. Little did I know how beautiful and quiet it would be...right up Antoine and my alley!<br />
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Man, the Canadian Rockies are pretty! Everywhere we drove we were in awe...nonstop gorgeous mountains, it was ridiculous.</div>
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Our first day in Banff was just about the most beautiful day ever! The sun was out and shining and it was nice and warm.</div>
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The lake had a great walking path that looped all the way around it. It was such a nice relaxing walking that weaved in and out of the trees and a long the lake.</div>
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A couple of people were even out paddle boarding, which was fun to watch!</div>
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After Johnson Lake we continued up toward Two Jack Lake (which feeds into the even larger Lake Minnewanka), but it was so nice out and it was a little later in the day and it was super packed with people taking lake cruises and taking out their boats. We even saw a couple of people in scuba gear. Crowded areas are not our things, so we high-tailed in out of there. Johnson Lake was perfect for us, quiet and gorgeous without all the crowds and craziness. The perfect morning/early afternoon stroll!<br />
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Happy Friday everyone! Any awesome plans for this weekend? Antoine and I are doing glass blowing for the first time and I'm super excited!! dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-82222484624720671952015-10-16T07:30:00.000-04:002015-10-16T07:30:00.884-04:00Anniversary Trip: Cave & Basin National Historic SiteHi, remember me? I know, it's been a while! It has been a busy summer filled with lots of good and bad. Eep(!), and now it's Fall!! Holy cow, where has the time gone?! I haven't been taking many pictures lately (not that I don't have a couple thousand backlogged all the way to last December that I still need to edit), I've been either too busy, not feeling well, or living more in the moment and forgetting my camera. Or just too lazy! But of all the photos I still have to edit the ones from our anniversary trip to Canada are at the top of the list, and I'm happy to say that after 4+ months of no editing, I've finally started chipping away at them!<br />
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This was our first anniversary trip as married folks, but our 7th(!) anniversary together! When we were trying to figure out where we wanted to go for this trip we were a little spastic in our planning. First, we were going to the UK. Antoine has never been and what's not to like? Then we changed our minds again...we were going to the West Coast: San Fran, Big Sur & Yosemite. Then we changed our minds again...we were going to the Banff area! To be fair, we did start planning as soon as we got back from our wedding/honeymoon, because that's what we do...dream about where we want to go and then start planning like we're leaving in the following month. Anyway, we finally landed on Canada: Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, and Yoho National Park. The Banff area has been on my traveling wishlist for a long time now and once I showed Antoine pictures of the area and told him we would probably see bears he was totally on board.<br />
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We flew into Calgary, AB and then drove a little over an hour to the city of Banff. We spent our first two nights in Banff before heading several hours north to the Jasper area, but more on that later. The city of Banff is kind of touristy and kitschy, but in a fun way. And it's in the middle of the park so it's a convenient home-base for exploring the park. We started off our first official morning in Banff with a visit to the <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ab/caveandbasin/index.aspx">Cave & Basin National Historic Site</a>, just on the edge of town. Though, by my mistake, we got there an hour before they actually opened...so we walked around and explored the area for a bit.<br />
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The Historic site is part of a cluster of hot springs, and was used at a bathhouse/swimming pool until the mid-90s. This is now the visitor center and museum and the access tunnel to the cave.</div>
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This is the ridiculously pretty view from the visitor's center.</div>
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From the visitor's center you can take wooden stairs up to the higher hot springs and woods or down to the marsh and valley. We opted to go up first.</div>
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A vent down into the cave.</div>
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One of the weird, sulphur-y hot springs that creates this strange frothy, fungus stuff.</div>
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Then, since the visitor center still wasn't open and I was panicked about going too far into the woods by ourselves and encountering a bear, we headed down toward the marshy area and the valley...</div>
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There was this nice trail running just above the marsh that for some reason made me a little less panicked about bears...but only a little!</div>
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These pretty little flowers were everywhere. After a little research I found out they are Calypso orchids, also known as Fairy Slipper orchids!</div>
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Finally the visitor center opened, so we immediately headed to the cave...<br />
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It's not very big, but still it's pretty cool! </div>
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I'm sorry, I could resist posting this ridiculous photo from the museum....doesn't the guy on the left look like Mario Lopez!?!?<br />
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After the cave we explored the center a bit more. Next to this crazy, blue pool we talked with one of the site's employees for a bit about the area and about our travel plans. He was super helpful and promised that we would see bears once we headed up to Jasper...which thrilled Antoine and terrified me!<br />
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Alrighty, so that's the first peek into our anniversary trip...literally just the first couple hours of it. Yes, this is going to take forever, but I'm hopeful that I can get everything blogged before our next anniversary! Maybe. I'm definitely not going to make that promise...but fingers crossed. Have a great Friday everyone and a great weekend! We're going pumpkin picking, which is my most favorite day of the year! It's going to be magical!dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-12239423675429926992015-07-26T13:36:00.000-04:002015-07-26T13:36:02.609-04:00GuillermoIt has been almost two months since we returned from our anniversary trip in Canada to discover that Gui, our precious fluff-ball of a cat, had passed away. We had found out 5 or 6 weeks before that that he had cancer and there was nothing we could really do, but we were fairly confident that he would be around for a couple more months at least. Unfortunately, that was not to be. <br />
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I am thankful that he went quickly and that he was with my sister and brother-in-law when he passed, because I know he felt loved...but I wish I could have been there to say goodbye. I know that in many ways that would have possibly made it infinitely harder, it might have also made it more real. Not to say that it doesn't feel real that Gui is gone, but sometimes I still think he's going to come pounding down the steps (he was not graceful) or that I will hear him meowing to himself in the basement (while he rolled around on the ground) at any moment. I feel slightly haunted by the ghost of him and I don't know when or if that will go away. I only know that I miss him and he was the best, most chill, sweetest, and prettiest cat I've ever met in my life...<br />
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I miss his sweet purring. I miss scratching under his chin. I miss our cuddles in bed, the only place in the house that was all his and he didn't have to fight with the dogs for my attention. I just plain miss him. Everyday.dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-2958646219475509302015-04-24T08:01:00.002-04:002015-04-24T08:01:51.202-04:00Friday Fun with GIFs: No. 10It has been about 5 months since my last GIF post which is just WAY too long! So here's some little something to cuten (I know it's not a word, but deal!) up your Friday...<br />
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Funny thing is I had this post ready to go for last Friday and then totally spaced and forgot to post it. That seems to be my M.O. lately which is frustrating, but oh well. I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and a fantastic weekend! We need to do some much needed Spring cleaning around the house...now let's see if we can actually make ourselves do it! dissolvedintosomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00333867681986199662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3436115295295004995.post-81616443051149334332015-04-14T07:50:00.000-04:002015-04-14T07:50:10.349-04:00Cute CreaturesOnce our weekend with the family was over and everyone else had headed home, Antoine and I decided to explore the area and the local shops nearby. We had some time to kill before we needed to pick up Cheese from the kennel and there were a bunch of outlets and antique shops in the area (none of which were all that stellar), so we figured why not. After we stopped by the glassware outlet, I spotted a candy shop and we investigated since something sweet for the road sounded like a good idea. The candy shop was a bust (very tiny with very very little candy), but right next door was a little area with a variety of fallow deer and goats you could feed. I'd never seen white fallow deer before so I really got a kick out of these guys! And goats are always such clowns!<br />
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Dopey and Grumpy...if that's not what their names actually are that's what they should be based on their facial expressions alone.</div>
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How can it already feel like it's been a long week if it's only Tuesday?! One of the great mysteries of the world, I guess. Anyway, here's hoping you have a wonderful Tuesday!</div>
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