A Lack of Color

happy valentine's day

they're my gorgeous models, my willing guinea pigs for new pose ideas, and my siblings. only a small portion of my family is represented in these pictures... but i love every last one of them. :)

happy valentine's day :)

glorious

Dad took us ice-skating on Cascade Lakes this morning. it was 25 degrees and windy, but the ice was smooth, and the sun was extremely bright. we probably skated for 2 miles! :D it was amazing.
this verse popped into my head while i was skating:
"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word." Hebrews 1:3
it seemed appropriate. :)

wintry

i'm backkk... finals week (which was more like finals month...) finally finished, so i had time to take some pictures today. :)

Mom took my sister and me to Copperas pond. it's surrounded by the Adirondack mountains and absolutely gorgeous.

the pond was completely frozen, so we ventured across.

it was snowing the whole time, so i put the camera settings on fast-action capture to catch the snowflakes. i like the almost antique feeling that it gives to the pictures.

we had to walk a mile back to our car along the road, but the road runs alongside a beautiful stream and the mountains, so it was worth it. :)

adirondacks

we went on a hike in the adirondacks in november-- and i took 200+ pictures. the adirondack mountains are GORGEOUS. these are a few of my favorites pictures from that trip.

these first three are of moss. lol. i know moss pictures are scintillating. but seriously, i never realized how pretty/intricate/other-worldly moss is until i looked at it up close.

and there are a bazillion species of moss too.

and they have the weirdest little shoots! i like this picture because of the water droplet suspended on the edge of each little shoot-off.

the adirondacks are full of birch trees. reaaaaally tall birch trees.

i love this picture cuz of how the trees form a natural pattern.