04: California Edition

Childhood rooms. Solo car rides. Family. Dry air. Too many smoothies. Birks everyday. Salt water. Eucalyptus. Pale skin turned pink. Learning to be independent amidst dependency. 

Beach foliage.

Quintessential. 

Mexican dress by the poolside.

 Purple Bougainvillea.

 A little SLO home.

 The fantasy land that is Santa Barbara.

Biologists friend perks.

Courthouse.

Adobe. Jacaranda. Bougainvillea. 

Smoothie. Birks. Old flannel that was my moms. 

Sunburn.

One must pass through the Shire...

 ...to arrive in Neverland. 

Big Sur.

Hours of bliss.

Best friend concert meet ups. 

I was not cool enough to be here. And I swear I saw James Franco. 

A great place to wake up to. 

 Unreal.

Cappuccino and a scone. 

 Beach time with my family. 

 Goodbye for now. 

04

Days of birth for many. Early bloomers. Weekend getaways. Becoming water sport people. 

Somehow I turned 24.

Then 4 days later this stud turned 24 as well.

We took a weekend getaway to celebrate another year of life for the both of us. 

 It was super fancy and decadent. 

Room View

 Detour hikes on the way home

In love with this man. 

This little dude turned 3!

The blossoms were not shy.

Neither were the lilacs, although I wish they would stay around longer

Our dream of being kayak owners was finally realized.  Thank you to tax returns, birthdays being close together, wedding presents, and good deals. 

03

03 - Quick. Warm. Changed the clocks. New hiking boots. We were home almost every weekend this month.

 Warm-ish ferry ride

 24 hour layover visitor. Good friends are resuscitators. 

 "Mike, take of picture of me by this tree."

 Tax returns and dreams finally coming true!

New hiking boots

 A little city hike to break them in

 Windy discovery day

First bonfire of the year

Pike Place at Spring

Twin Falls

My love.

02

02 - A peculiar second month indeed. Warm, more sun than rain, more tank tops than socks. This post will mostly be about the weather.

Valentines Day Hike

The joy is for the t-shirts

Trail treats

60 degree tank top run. Getting that bootay back in shape. 

Blossoms that came 6 weeks early

 Light that lasts after 5:00

Neighborhood walks

Whidbey adventure

 A good friend visits to see what Seattle is like in the winter. But then global warming happened.

Madrona love

 Tree climbing hooligans

A ridiculous ferry ride

Just saying hi to lopez island across the way

 Daffodil Lady

 Colors

Ice Cream. Always.