Blink Blog!: 4/13/08

Climbing at Sugar Loaft Take 2

We had another awesome climbing adventure at Sugarloaf a few weeks ago.

Joe took his first trip up real rock and photos of me actually climbing were also taken!

So this post will prove that I actually did allay my fear of climbing out doors.

Mark and Rachel and all our new rock climbing pals were super supportive.

I even managed to do my first repel. Which many of you may think would be the easy part of climbing. However, this repel was a tad more challenging and many many expletives were heard as I careened into a tree!

I was not thwarted by this death defying repelling adventure, though I was a bit shaken up so stuck to taking photos for most of the day instead of climbing that much.

Apr

Bluebird Update! - #1

There is so much exciting news from my nesting bluebirds!

I have been tracking them since April 11th and I am happy to report that their nest was completed about 5 days after the 11th and I documented my first laid egg on April 22nd.

They have been diligently laying and egg a day since then.

I was hoping to having a running bet with someone as to the number of eggs that would be laid.

They say that bluebirds can lay anywhere from 4-7 eggs per brood!

That's is a lot of eggs in one nest.

Apr

Crude Oil... how much do you know?

I was sent a link to this very cool ABC Science documentary on Crude Oil and I have been completely fascinated by it.

I am like many Americans (maybe most citizens of the world), in that I really had no idea where my gas came from.

In honor of Earth Day, which I have decided to make Earth Week here on the Blink Blog,

I wanted to keep bringing what I think is valuable information to "the masses".

This documentary does require that you set aside some time to really soak in all the information.

Apr

A few more ways to reduce your carbon foot print...

There has been such a fantastic outpour of information from my wonderful friends, folks on the forums I visit along with blogs and emails that I received, which all made me want to keep Earth Day going!

So I want to share a few more easy and simples ways to help reduce your carbon footprint that will greatly impact the vitality of our planet!

Some great ones that came from fellow photographer Anne Ruthman's blog:

"Your clothes will last longer if you let them dry on a drying rack.

Apr

Happy Earth Day!

April 22nd is in fact Earth Day!

What are you doing today to honor our mother earth?

My plans include getting my car serviced to make sure that my emissions are good, working in my garden and recycling some large metal items I have. Along with using as little electricity I can today.

There are a few website that I would like to share with you all that I feel honor Earth Day;

EarthdayNetwork

Google Earth Day

EPA

ReadyMade is one of my favorite publications these days.

Apr

A Very Rare Occurrence!

One fact about me that many of you might not know... I am a certified bird nerd,

or "birder" as society so lovingly call us feather envy avian junkies.

Well, to my utter excitement I have the privilege of a very rare occurrence in the Northern VA area.

Apr

Tracy and Erik - E-session

I met up with Tracy and Erik at the Verizon Center in DC this past Friday for their engagement photo session.

I had met with Tracy many months ago to talk fun wedding stuff and was excited to finally meet Erik, her dashing groom.

Erik and Tracy are HUGE Washington Capitals fans and our original plan was to meet at the stadium before they were going to see a game. However, we seemed to be plagued with rain days every time we tried to set the date for photos.

Apr

DCLX Dance Weekend 2008

Every year about this time DC hosts it's awesome swing dance weekend... DCLX other wise known as DC Lindy Exchange.People come from ALL over the globe to be a part of this dance weekend.

Swing/Lindy dancers will book their rooms, hotels and airfare way in advance to make sure they are good to go for up to 5 days full of live music, dj-ed events and non-stop dancing that goes into the wee hours of the morning.

Apr

Rock Star Road Trip Workshop

Last Monday I had the privilege of taking a workshop from two of the wedding industries most creative and talented photographers.

Corey McNabb and Amber Holritz.

Corey focuses mainly on wedding photography while Amber does amazing "life style" family photography (along with weddings).

I was gifted this workshop by my super generous friend and fellow (famous) DC photographer, Ralph Alswang.

Apr

The Little Things

Right after I came back from Vegas (actually as I was getting off the plane) I was hit with a really narley bout of food poisoning! Not a fun way to end an awesome trip!

However, in my delirium my amazing boyfriend Joe shows up with groceries to nurse me back to health and the most BEAUTIFUL bouquet of multi colored roses I had seen!

I was so stunned and in awe of these gorgeous flowers, that I could stop gazing at them through the night.

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