things you learn on a hike

1) SPONTANEOUS HIKES WITH SIBLINGS ARE LOVELY

2) NATURE CONTINUES TO SWEEP ME OFF MY FEET

3) THE SOUND OF NOTHING BUT BIRDS AND THE WIND IS A GIFT

4) MY BROTHER REMINDS ME THERE IS MORE TO LAUGH AT IN LIFE THAN CRY ABOUT.

5) AND MAKES ME LAUGH TILL I HURT.

6) I AM FALLING IN LOVE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY (AGAIN) — NO NEED TO LIMIT MY CREATIVITY TO WORDS ONLY.

7) I AM SURROUNDED BY LOVE AND BEAUTY, ALWAYS.

8) I AM SO LUCKY TO LIVE HERE, TO CALL THIS MY BACKYARD.

namaste

zoe

spend a little time on the hill

i live on a hill.

(panoramic view!)

a hill you can climb. so i did. with my lovely friend lizzie, just the other day before all the fog rolled in and officially claimed december.

i played around with my camera, too!

(lizzie took this without my knowing! the sneak )

(i’m starting to learn it all a little bit better!)

there are swings up on that hill.

the view from the swings, well, it’s great.

it was a seriously beautiful day. grateful for all this sunshine in the middle of winter.

namaste

zoe

(p.s: again, i think it goes without saying but…these are my photos. please don’t steal )

(northern) california love

i went solo hiking today.

broke in my hiking boots.

saw a squirrel.

and a hawk!

i live smack in the middle of a handful of state parks. if you don’t know much about sonoma county, know it is beautiful.

seriously beautiful.

that i love it.

and i’m so damn lucky to be here.

namaste

zoe

(guess who played with her new camera todaaaayy ?)