Category: Journal

Changing Up the Website

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Maybe it’s the days of rain or that fact that the website hasn’t had a facelift in four years, but something clicked yesterday and I got to work. Cleaned out boring categories, simplified the menus at the top, and started thinking about what I can write next. So without further ado, enjoy the newly reorganized website! Journal: Where I write about whatever I want. Vagabond Life: Living on the road, solo female style. Trailer Life: From Alto articles to trip planning and what I use and recommend, this is good stuff. Adventures: Find cool places to visit, from back roads…

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52 Frames: Catching Up on It

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I’m a little behind on my posts these days, so I’m going to whip through three weeks of challenges in one post. Let’s get started! Challenge: New The point of this challenge was to take that word NEW and do something with it. New technique, new lens, new baby, new house, whatever was new to you. As I was surrounded by old trees in an old campground, this definitely wasn’t a slam-dunk challenge for me. I decided that I would take two of my favorite views on my hikes and learn new post-processing techniques. I like sepia tones, but I’d…

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52 Frames: Water

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If you’ve followed my blog for more than two minutes, you’ve probably guessed that water is one of my favorite things, whether is ocean or lake, waterfall or meandering stream. So when last week’s challenge email announced that the theme was water, I was all over it. I was camping by two lakes and would see a third one on the weekend the photo was due. An embarrassment of riches after some challenges where I struggled with the theme. I went kayaking one morning, taking my iPhone with me in its waterproof case. I’d hoped for some white puffy clouds,…

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52Frames: Complementary Colors

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For someone who’s becoming more and more attracted to black and white images, the photography challenge of complementary colors was an eye-opener. All week, I was SO aware of colors. Turns out the recycling bins in Gainesville are complementary colors. Who would have thought about that, if not for this challenge? In the beginning… I took a lot of flower photos and then used the diptic app to see if I could make a foursquare of them. I liked the flowers on the left way more than the ones on the right, which got me to thinking… Looking for inspiration……

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Vagabond Life in 2020

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Where have I been, you might be wondering? A full-time traveler in time of pandemic is not the role to be playing, as it turns out. Four years ago, when I was getting ready to becoming a full-time vagabond, I worried about a broken leg, a blown tire, a stolen whatever. Never in a million years did “pandemic” show up on the list. But here we are… and it’s been an interesting four months dealing with life taking a hard left turn. I arrived in Gainesville, Florida on Feb 27th, thinking I would buy the Ridgeline, get the Outback fixed…

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