-I'm training a Red-Legged Seriema to crate
-I get to play with an otter on a daily basis
-I flew a Harris's Hawk to my glove and it felt like I've been with the birds all along
-I went grocery shopping yesterday and have many fresh things to eat
-It's spring (for reals this time)
-I'm going to the beach today with Jess and a bucket of margaritas
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Monday, December 16, 2013
snowclouds and holly berries
Blimey 'o Reilly, it has been a while since I've written properly in my blog!
Quick update:
-went to the beach for Thanksgiving, lolled about with my marine animal peeps
-lost my phone in the ocean
-visited my beloved Disneyland!
-got a seasonal job at Color Me Mine (a paint your own pottery studio)
-re-opened my Etsy shop and am attempting to make a real thing happen from it
And now it's almost Christmas. In fact, TEN DAYS until Christmas! I can't even believe that, our house is barely decorated (we're doing a "simple" Christmas this year, which made me whine and moan, but honestly I haven't had time to decorate either so I guess there's that) and I've been so busy applying for jobs, working, and playing that I haven't even noticed it. BUT I realized tonight that I would be really sad if I "missed" Christmas and it snuck up on my without my usual fare of activities and Christmas snuggly cozy feelings, so once again I'm making a list (and checking it twice). The first Christmas activity (or one of them) is to, of course, get a Christmas tree and decorate it!
We get our Christmas trees from a farm that brings its business down from Wyoming. I love real trees, absolutely adore them and their smell and their energy, and even though it is probably better in some ways to have a fake tree in your house, my love of the real thing (and my innate sense of tradition) dictates that I always get a real tree. My brother, mom, and I headed out to the farm and realized it was really, really cold, so we picked our tree quickly. No pretending to be a wolf this time, thanks. Once it was home, it was time to decorate, and take pictures of the process, all while listening to our Christmas music list.
I took all of these with manual settings, which I'm proud of. I realize I need to spend even more time with my camera, learning about the best lighting to use what aperture and shutter speed in. I also now realize that I've been getting aperture and shutter speed mixed up on my camera, D'OH. Ugh, so dumb, but that's one of my goals. I have a lot of goals now, I'm trying to get my life back together since it's sort of been messy and unorganized. I want to blog again, regularly, and actually do something with my photos rather than have them rot away on my camera or on a hard-drive. I am sick of not doing anything with them, especially since they mean so much to me and photography is one of my passions. Along with this, I also want to make a list of Christmas-time activities to accomplish this season!
-go sledding on the hill in the backyard, hot chocolate with candy canes afterwards
-maybe make a handmade ornament! Or paint one at Color Me Mine!
-go for a drive to see decorations and take photos of Christmas lights
-go see Zoolights
-watch Christmas movies, especially my favorites that I haven't seen yet this season
-listen to my Christmas playlist every chance I get, since I have my weird strict rule that I'm not allowed to listen to it again until next December
-go ice-skating outside at the Gallivan Center
-make sugar cookies and decorate with frosting and sprinkles, mmmm
-read my traditional Christmas books (that are all dog-eared and for children)
-get presents for my family, GEEZ I'm behind! We only have one lonely little present under the tree right now...
Since I was shooting manual, sometimes I messed up
Bloopers
It looks like the lights are little mustaches!
I like this one a lot, still
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Quick update:
-went to the beach for Thanksgiving, lolled about with my marine animal peeps
-lost my phone in the ocean
-visited my beloved Disneyland!
-got a seasonal job at Color Me Mine (a paint your own pottery studio)
-re-opened my Etsy shop and am attempting to make a real thing happen from it
And now it's almost Christmas. In fact, TEN DAYS until Christmas! I can't even believe that, our house is barely decorated (we're doing a "simple" Christmas this year, which made me whine and moan, but honestly I haven't had time to decorate either so I guess there's that) and I've been so busy applying for jobs, working, and playing that I haven't even noticed it. BUT I realized tonight that I would be really sad if I "missed" Christmas and it snuck up on my without my usual fare of activities and Christmas snuggly cozy feelings, so once again I'm making a list (and checking it twice). The first Christmas activity (or one of them) is to, of course, get a Christmas tree and decorate it!
We get our Christmas trees from a farm that brings its business down from Wyoming. I love real trees, absolutely adore them and their smell and their energy, and even though it is probably better in some ways to have a fake tree in your house, my love of the real thing (and my innate sense of tradition) dictates that I always get a real tree. My brother, mom, and I headed out to the farm and realized it was really, really cold, so we picked our tree quickly. No pretending to be a wolf this time, thanks. Once it was home, it was time to decorate, and take pictures of the process, all while listening to our Christmas music list.
I took all of these with manual settings, which I'm proud of. I realize I need to spend even more time with my camera, learning about the best lighting to use what aperture and shutter speed in. I also now realize that I've been getting aperture and shutter speed mixed up on my camera, D'OH. Ugh, so dumb, but that's one of my goals. I have a lot of goals now, I'm trying to get my life back together since it's sort of been messy and unorganized. I want to blog again, regularly, and actually do something with my photos rather than have them rot away on my camera or on a hard-drive. I am sick of not doing anything with them, especially since they mean so much to me and photography is one of my passions. Along with this, I also want to make a list of Christmas-time activities to accomplish this season!
-go sledding on the hill in the backyard, hot chocolate with candy canes afterwards
-maybe make a handmade ornament! Or paint one at Color Me Mine!
-go for a drive to see decorations and take photos of Christmas lights
-go see Zoolights
-watch Christmas movies, especially my favorites that I haven't seen yet this season
-listen to my Christmas playlist every chance I get, since I have my weird strict rule that I'm not allowed to listen to it again until next December
-go ice-skating outside at the Gallivan Center
-make sugar cookies and decorate with frosting and sprinkles, mmmm
-read my traditional Christmas books (that are all dog-eared and for children)
-get presents for my family, GEEZ I'm behind! We only have one lonely little present under the tree right now...
Since I was shooting manual, sometimes I messed up
Bloopers
It looks like the lights are little mustaches!
I like this one a lot, still
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
8) handle an eagle
Remember back in the day when I used to have a blog and I would write in it? Me too! I am back from Wisconsin and California (I will post about that later...maybe) to the land of reliable internet! And the first thing I want to talk about is my 23 b4 24 list! I have accomplished one of the things on my list, the majestic number 8!
I HANDLED AN EAGLE.
After starting out small, handling female hawks and owls (about three pounds, max) I worked my way up to handling Turkey Vultures for long periods of time, taking them on walks (TUVUS weight about six pounds), and then finally the day came where I was able to handle this beautiful boy, Zephyr the Golden Eagle. It was magnificent.
I've never handled an eagle before, the extent of my experience until I worked at the Audubon Center was getting yelled at by them when I walked past their mews and then again when I cleaned their mews. Then I got yelled at some more by Woody, our resident Bald Eagle at ACNW, and also (I'd like to think) lovingly footed by him. Multiple times. Once in the finger. But now I've also handled one, and it feels awesome!
I HANDLED AN EAGLE.
After starting out small, handling female hawks and owls (about three pounds, max) I worked my way up to handling Turkey Vultures for long periods of time, taking them on walks (TUVUS weight about six pounds), and then finally the day came where I was able to handle this beautiful boy, Zephyr the Golden Eagle. It was magnificent.
I've never handled an eagle before, the extent of my experience until I worked at the Audubon Center was getting yelled at by them when I walked past their mews and then again when I cleaned their mews. Then I got yelled at some more by Woody, our resident Bald Eagle at ACNW, and also (I'd like to think) lovingly footed by him. Multiple times. Once in the finger. But now I've also handled one, and it feels awesome!
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
23 b4 24
Once upon a time, I made a 101 in 1001 list. For those of you not in the know, it means 101 things to accomplish before 1001 days are up, a little less than three years. Three years seems like plenty of time to accomplish 101 goals, but since a couple of the goals were things I put on there because it seemed like the right college-aged thing to do (i.e. go white-water rafting. WHAT? When have I ever done anything similar in my LIFE?) Another item on the task list was to take 21 shots for my 21st birthday, which my friend Natalya told me NO, DON'T DO so that kind of got crossed off too.
Anyway, the point is that I have recently heard about making a task list as long as your age, so for me it would be 23 items, to accomplish before your next birthday. This sounded a lot more doable, and since it is a year it's less time for me to completely forget about the list and it might make me more accountable. Also it sounded like fun to do, so I made it while watching Bones last night.
Without further ado, here is my list! Along with reasons why I decided on each task.
23 b4 24
1) Go beach camping (I have ALWAYS wanted to go beach camping! It is everything I love combined.)
2) Take self defense (I want to be more confident about my safety, especially since I want to travel out of country which kind of scares me, so I think self defense would help me out)
3) Redesign Etsy shop and re-list items. Make it real again
4) Read 10 books (already crossed one off the list, 9/10 left)
5) Write and illustrate a children's book
6) Lose 25 lbs (seems like a reasonable goal, the alternative is be active for 30 minutes everyday)
7) Go to a big Halloween party
8) Handle an eagle
9) Travel to another country
10) Get a job
11) Make a rainbow cake
12) Create a video about a trip (big or small)
13) Learn or choreograph a dance routine
14) Get a tattoo
15) Visit San Francisco
16) Go on a date (this seems dumb, but it's NOT. I don't "date", I "hang out" instead. I want to go on a REAL DATE, terrible or not)
17) Get a cartilage piercing
18) Make a comic montage about my experiences with birds
19) Watch the sunrise on New Year's Day OR pull an all nighter to watch the sunrise
20) Ride a horse
21) Start a blog series and be consistent with it
22) Train Maeby to play dead
23) Send a postcard to Postsecret
The rules for this list are that I have to have proof of each task (photograph or video, though probably photographs since I'm obsessed) and I should probably do them all. Unless I chicken out (like #14...yikes). But I WON'T. I won't do it! I'll persevere! Plus I didn't put white-water rafting on this time, which was a good call.
Anyway, the point is that I have recently heard about making a task list as long as your age, so for me it would be 23 items, to accomplish before your next birthday. This sounded a lot more doable, and since it is a year it's less time for me to completely forget about the list and it might make me more accountable. Also it sounded like fun to do, so I made it while watching Bones last night.
Without further ado, here is my list! Along with reasons why I decided on each task.
23 b4 24
1) Go beach camping (I have ALWAYS wanted to go beach camping! It is everything I love combined.)
2) Take self defense (I want to be more confident about my safety, especially since I want to travel out of country which kind of scares me, so I think self defense would help me out)
3) Redesign Etsy shop and re-list items. Make it real again
4) Read 10 books (already crossed one off the list, 9/10 left)
5) Write and illustrate a children's book
6) Lose 25 lbs (seems like a reasonable goal, the alternative is be active for 30 minutes everyday)
7) Go to a big Halloween party
8) Handle an eagle
9) Travel to another country
10) Get a job
11) Make a rainbow cake
12) Create a video about a trip (big or small)
13) Learn or choreograph a dance routine
14) Get a tattoo
15) Visit San Francisco
16) Go on a date (this seems dumb, but it's NOT. I don't "date", I "hang out" instead. I want to go on a REAL DATE, terrible or not)
17) Get a cartilage piercing
18) Make a comic montage about my experiences with birds
19) Watch the sunrise on New Year's Day OR pull an all nighter to watch the sunrise
20) Ride a horse
21) Start a blog series and be consistent with it
22) Train Maeby to play dead
23) Send a postcard to Postsecret
The rules for this list are that I have to have proof of each task (photograph or video, though probably photographs since I'm obsessed) and I should probably do them all. Unless I chicken out (like #14...yikes). But I WON'T. I won't do it! I'll persevere! Plus I didn't put white-water rafting on this time, which was a good call.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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