Vacation Photos: Tulum, Mexico!

Well, the boyfriend and I just got back from our first real vacation in about 7 years.  We went to Mexico for a week, spending  time in the cities of Tulum, Akumal, and Cancun.  The warm weather and sunshine was much needed, and now we’re back in Minnesota and very ready for spring! While on vacation we toured around a bit, and I got to check an item off my bucket list!  On our third day, we traveled up the…

Well, My Garden Didn’t Need THAT Much Water…

I’m sitting in the Duluth airport, getting ready to fly into Detroit.  I planned this trip to visit my family months ago, and it was almost ruined by the flash floods we had the night before last.  Yesterday was extremely chaotic, and the entire city was pretty much shut down. If you haven’t heard our stories about the flood or escaped zoo animals, you can read more about it here, here, or here.  Other than the poor little zoo animals,…

Rainy Day: Some Photographs

Another thunder storm is rolling through this evening, after several days of dark clouds and heavy rain. I kept myself tucked inside where it’s dry and warm all weekend, but I’m starting to feel the need to get outside. Unfortunately, the forecast doesn’t look too promising, so I spent this afternoon distracting myself with PhotoShop. It kept me busy for a few hours, as I’ve been neglecting all of my images taken within the past few weeks. Here are a…

Weekend Warrior Edition – New Camera!

I’ve been a busy bee this month, and while I haven’t been posting much recently I have many projects in the works. So don’t fret! I have a LOT of good posts coming your way soon! In recent news, the most exciting thing I have to reveal is my new camera! I recently purchased a Canon 5D Mark II, and I’m having a ton of fun taking a crazy amount of photos. My weekend is already packed full of photo-shoot…

My First Landscaping Design

I just got done moving into a new house, and wanted to show you what I had done to the gardens in my last house. The landlord was fine with paying for all of my gardening supplies, which is understandable since I was increasing the curb appeal of his home. Here is a before (more like middle) photo of the back yard garden. There actually wasn’t even a garden there at all when we moved in. I had our landlord…