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How Much Longer Will It Last??

I'm afraid that I only have a week left to enjoy the beautiful fall colors. We are heading home for the holiday, and I'm thinking the trees will be quite bare when we return at the end of November as they greet December with bare branches. Siiiigghhh. New York, how I love thee in Fall.

Four & Twenty Blackbirds

If you love pie (like I do), you must check out Four & Twenty Blackbirds. It is a place that makes it VERY difficult to share a piece of pie with your honey (although, Seth and I somehow managed to do it on our first visit - I doubt it will happen on our next!)

 Salted Caramel Apple with whipped cream + 2 forks = Yummmmmm.

Teee heee.

Beautiful Colors Danced Across the Sky

A sunset shot from Dumbo, Brooklyn (the BQE is blurred out just under half-way up from the bottom of the pic). The photo doesn't do the colors TRUE justice - they are bright pinks and blues and purples. In the original, they actually looked fake, too saturated. 

Pumpkin Pie Charm Making

Tonight I attended Etsy's craft night in Dumbo after work. We were making little charms using polymore clay - pumpkin pies in honor of the upcoming holiday. This pumpkin pie was quite easy to make, and it inspires me to want to make some more things with clay (not sure what I really need or want with these little clay things though... maybe I can hold my inspiration for my future children & make things with them ;) 

Photographic Journey

I just found this inspiring link. It makes me want to take a road trip in and capture the journey through photos. It reminds me of some other famous photographers, whose mission was to capture the journey and not rush to the destination. Someday, when we have kids, I'd love to take them on road trips where we can stop along the way and capture the moments it took to get us where ever we are heading.

Sunday Morning Creations

There is something about having an extra long weekend and a clean house... It gives my mind some clarity and my spirit a little motivation. I've been painting (nothing absolutely fantastic... mostly just simple things that anyone could do -- like the mermaid fins below). I've attempted a painting inspired by a de Kooning technique (create an abstract using the lines of letters to create the lines...) I want to redo my de Kooning technique using acrylic on a small canvas (whenever I make it to the art store to stock up on supplies). 

This morning, I was inspired to try to print some of my photos right onto pages from an old dictionary. This one got stuck in the printer and didn't go all the way through, but I was able to use it despite it not coming out complete. I just added our wedding date and a line from the song that was played during our ceremony.

You can't see, but I printed this one the "lifetime" page... 

I'm thinking of taking these in to get them custom framed.... or maybe I'll adhere them to a canvas... Hmmmm... They are kind of an awkward size. Any suggestions?

Fall in Brooklyn

it's breath-taking. i've said it before. i can't find any other way to explain it. and yes, baby, i am using one of the photos of the two of us on my blog (but only because i love the way you love me).

 i was surprised to find this hedge apple. they remind me of home. they remind me of this memory from my childhood... that seems so distant - maybe i only know it from hearing it... (dear mother and father, can you confirm this??) i faintly remember filling someone's car with these... did we really do this dad? driving the country roads, did we pick up as many of these things as we could to fill someone's back seat? i wouldn't put it past us (you!)... hmm... where did this hedge apple come from? it was obviously NOT from any tree close by in the park. seth wasn't as interested in knowing where this thing came from (his stomach was growling too much).

Current Knitting Projects

Last night I started another knitting class with my teacher, Berta. She started us on socks and taught us how the knit in the magic loop (can't wait to try my hand at arm warmers and leg warmers and, eventually, mittens using the magic loop). You can see the start to my first sock in blue - I still have a ways to go. The next project I started this morning was the white hat. I hope to finish it today. My other project that I've been working on for about a week and a half is the orange scarf. I'm almost through my first skein (which means I'm about half way done). 

I am not going to lie, I've been knitting MOST of the day today (my butt hurts from sitting in the same spot for 4 hours!)... I'm going to attempt to force myself to take a break and finish cleaning the house, doing the laundry, and run and get groceries for dinner tonight (we are hosting Family Game Night tonight!) On the way to get groceries, I need to take some photos of fall! It's in its prime right now!! The colors are bold and wonderful! I LOVE AUTUMN!

Good Morning Sunshine

I don't love the darker evenings that come with the recent time change, but I can tell you that I doooooo love seeing the sunrise on my way to work!!! Isn't this morning's sunrise breath-taking!?

Manhattan Bridge

Dear Manhattan Bridge, 

You always make me stop and stare. Monday night was no different. You, standing there so stunning. Me, tired, but seeing you. I do love you majestic Manhattan Bridge. 

xo,

A

It REALLY is FALL HERE!

This weekend Seth and I plan to head upstate to take in more of these BEAUTIFUL colors! Hopefully the weather is as wonderful this weekend as it has been the last few days!!! 

Inspired by this NYC Video

*Wiping the tears out of my eyes right now...

You must go watch this video called A Year In New York. It inspired me (hopefully enough to make me act on it) to take photos of NYC. This might be my last year here, and although I have thousands and thousands (probably a million) (I'm not kidding) photos of NYC, seeing it for the last time will make me see it differently. I hope the next place I live opens my eyes and my soul like NYC has.

My silent cheer to myself will start now:
I'm not as tired as I feel. I'm not to tired to see the place where I live. I'm not to tired to live in the moment and capture that moment, or any moment, from my day. I'm not to tired to be inspired. I'm not to tired to hold fast to that inspiration (that I usually feel when I'm not so tired). 


Notice a trend. I've been really tired lately ;) BUT I'M NOT TOO TIRED TO CAPTURE MY LAST YEAR!

Way Back

My desktop runs through photos from my computer as its screen saver. All too often it's a walk down memory lane. This one made me go searching. Look how young Seth looks. This was almost 7 years ago. At this point, Seth and I hadn't even been dating 6 months! We were in Colorado on a huge group snowboarding trip. You can see the photograph (a friend, not me) caught at least 2 of the 3 of them with funny expressions on their faces!

PS: Seth, I posted this before you go home because I knew if you saw me doing it you'd tell me to STOP!! ;) love you xoxox

Art Cups

 The bottom floor, north point of the Flatiron Building has been turned into an art exhibit. Artist Gwyneth Leech uses cups from her coffee and tea to create her pieces of art. According to this write-up, she records the date of drinking the contents on the bottom of the cup.

The website also said the artist would be working in the space Tuesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. until the end of December. I must get the chance to go watch her work before the exhibit ends.

inspired by the mural

midtown mural.