There are SO many things we've done in the last couple months. Incessant traveling got me totally backed up on sharing our awesome adventures.
Life goal: Whale Watching - FULFILLED!
On memorial day we went whale watching with Sir Luke's Dad, Greg, his brother, Ben and Ben's lovely wifey Rebekah. I had SO much fun! They said there weren't a lot of whales to be seen but I begged to differ, granted this was my first adventure, so what do I know. I was super stoked that we saw any at all!
One of our more favorite things from the morning were watching the seals swim around and play at the aquarium there in the harbor. Rebekah said they looking like hot dogs with faces when they came towards uus! I couldn't stop laughing because she was totally right.
So this is the final product of my first real size quilt. I love how it turned out! My dad even loved it, he wanted to keep it. Love you dad, but this baby is mine! I used Amy Butler's Aspen Quilt Pattern.
I had some extra fabric so I made a little matching pillow. It's a little wild but I like it, and the pom poms don't hurt.
I promise, quilting isn't as hard as you might think. If you are thinking about it, give it a go!
My friend Keri J and I get together whenever we can. She goes to school for spies in San Bernadino and obvs I live in the LV so it's not super often when we can spend time with each other. But when we do we always have a lot of fun.
This trip we had a lovely lunch in Malibu along the beach at Neptune's Net. If you have never been...GO! It's tasty tasty. I wasn't about to pass up some fried shrimp and ships, a-mazing.
There was also a fat little bird sitting a foot away from me waiting for a morsel of food. I wasn't about to fork over an ounce of my meal, even if he tried to look super pathetic.
We also went to Malibu Yogurt for a treat and watched the final of the Ghana Uraguay game. The entire store was glued to the TV, especially the guy behind the counter. It was so intense!!
Just a little something I'm working on. I needed something else to focus on instead of photography 24/7. I like my choice so far.
Not everything matches up but I've retired any thoughts of perfection. It just won't happen. At least not on my first full size quilt. This one will be a twin size and I intend to use it as a snugly throw for our living room couch.
When I was a kid my best friend and her siblings didn't get vaccinated. Back in the 80s everyone was vaccinated. Her family was the only one I knew that wasn't. Her dad wasn't big on pumping her family full of chemicals when everyone else was vaccinated. Blanket immunity would keep them healthy. And it did.
But that was then.
More and more parents don't immunize. I know a lot of this is for fear of causing autism, which has not been scientifically linked. Plus the study that showed it did was recently recanted by the doctor who "performed the study." Apparently he wasn't consistent or honest in his findings. There so many articles on the subject but I wanted give a shout out to vaccines, because I think we should get vaccinated.
A fellow photographer I follow on twitter lost her baby this year due to pertussis. Whooping cough. In adults or older kids it's annoying and uncomfortable but not often fatal. Not so for babies. I broke my heart to see Natalie watch in horror as her child slipped away from her. Her baby hadn't reached all the phases of the pertussis vaccine and quite possibly caught it from one of his siblings or even his parents.
The problem is not often that your little one isn't vaccinated it's that someone else isn't and they're carrying an illness. Many people resort to keeping their school age children away from newborns. I feel it's so important to make sure you vaccinate yourself and your children.
I really like white flats. I've owned two pair that I wore to death over the last six years. I inevitably wear them everyday, so they tend to go rather quickly.
In 2004 it was a pair of white moccasin type shoes with pink and green crystals on the bridge in the shape of a half moon. In 2008 I finally retired those (I should have a lot sooner, but they were hard to say goodbye to, I loved them) and went for some white loafer type flats. Once the stink started to invade everything, I opted to no longer wear them. I refuse to show you what they looked like on the back. No more white leather. That's all I'm going to say.
I was struggling for outfits sans white flats. So Sir Luke's friends at Zappos.com hooked us up with a discount and we each got a desperately needed new pair of shoes.
I love my new shoes! And I love new shoe smell. I used to smell my sneakers for hours when I first got them as a kid. Pre-wear of course!
So what do you think? Out with the old, in with the new?
