fall landscapes 2015

some random autumn photos from October & November. (I totally forgot that I had drafted this post.)

Lake Michigan... looking like the ocean. (Lily Bay? can't remember)

Algoma - barn and more Lake Michigan

abandoned Marquette Middle School in Kewaunee. the room from the last picture was full of desks.

County U between Kewaunee & Sturgeon Bay

John A. Hutter Memorial Park between Sturgeon Bay & Egg Harbor on County B

County G (Egg Harbor)

Portage Park (Lake Michigan) in Sturgeon Bay

somewhere on County E between Egg Harbor and Kangaroo Lake

Murphy County Park on County B between Sturgeon Bay & Egg Harbor

 made a wrong turn in the industrial park, Sturgeon Bay.

Door County Land Trust property on the south side of the canal/Lake Michigan, Sturgeon Bay.

xoxo.

the month by iPhone :: November 2015

I nearly forgot to write this intro...

Well, November was an interesting month! It started off with a very long night with some wonderful people, and I was able to go out a few more times throughout the month to spend some time with parts of the #songfamily. I also spent some time with family at Thanksgiving, and there were Monday adventures in between.

big huge thanks to the wonderful people at the Inn at Cedar Crossing for letting us in a few minutes before they opened. going out for breakfast at seven means that we didn't sleep. whoops.

thanks, dancing.

three black stars for luck on my camera. here to stay. thanks to Teflon for making them for me. <3

I was so happy to find the last one in the Target clearance. I actually hung this up on the day of the dead, which is the second, not the first like I had thought!

beautiful maple leaves and the smell of autumn.

"or peas... I like peas too."

lunch at Coyote Roadhouse!!! (delicious bbq pulled pork)

new sunglasses <3

stripes of sunlight.

brick love.

lobby friends.

there were some pretty incredible sunsets this month... unfortunately, especially since the sun sets so early right now, I don't really get more than this for a view.

Lake Michigan mornings.

hiking on some Door County Land Trust property along the canal. yes, this is what I wore.

same place, different day. same subjects, different angle.

not everyone is allowed to leave a mess for me to clean up.

I straightened that painting to take a photograph, but the I took the photo at an angle anyway...

same room, the next day after realizing that the wrong chair had been in there for a month!

a dusting of snow on the way for getting Luna's snow tires on!

 baking Chai Spiced Snickerdoodles from Sally's Baking Addiction for Thanksgiving!

I totally won Candy Land (:

thanks to a conversation with the very convincing Barrett, I got this beauty back out.

Meadow Lane, Baileys Harbor

my Influenster Spice VoxBox arrived in the mail! I can't wait to try and share these products!

xoxo.

the month by iPhone :: October 2015

a whirlwind of a month. busy weekends, busy weekdays, lots of fun with incredible people. I made some time for driving around in the beautiful fall though.

a sad image, but one that had to be captured. I ate a lot of ice cream from this place.

it's been a while since it's looked like this! just a minor problem this time though. (:

Lake Michigan

I don't know why, but that guy on DuoLingo made me laugh so hard.

Lake Michigan, but this time in Algoma.

Marquette Middle School, abandoned in Kewaunee. seems to maybe be condemned? I only peeked in the windows that I could, but there was a room full of desks and I really wished that I could go inside.

lunch at Caffe Tlazo in Algoma. (California wrap sans ranch with chips & a s'mores mocha; reading The Clasp)

on County U, if I remember correctly... the top photo failed to upload to Instagram, but I went around and got it from a different angle. (I use Afterlight to edit a lot of photos before Instagram.)

that awkward moment when your phone has an issue with times on the weather app, so it thinks that the sun isn't going to rise until noon...

so in love with the decorations at my aunt and uncle's house. it's hard to see because of the reflection, but there are skulls in the window too! (:

choppy waters at the boat launch.

I drove up to Egg Harbor, and I decided as it was too late to turn (story of my life) that I wanted to go to a store, so I ended up pulling into a cemetery to turn around. I thought that it was pretty inappropriate, but I had to get out for some pictures because the leaves were pretty and the gravestones were so worn.

reading some of my favorite Oliver Jeffers books to the kids because I needed to hear them.
{Stuck // This Moose Belongs to Me // The Heart and the Bottle}

I've been meaning to take pictures at the abandoned Sawyer School in Sturgeon Bay for so long because I am so fascinated by the fact that there was a separate door for "boys" and "girls." I just wish I hadn't waited until those windows were all boarded up.

 causing trouble again.

I have been using AfterLight to edit photos on my phone again, and I am just loving it.

seeing "shake well" on anything makes me happy. (it's a lyric from my favorite pat mAcdonald solo album called Troubadour of Stomp)

raven for pat from Eleanor. (:

333 bracelet from the lovely girls.

thank you, Third Avenue Playhouse.

matching unicorn tattoos (from Tattly). I am loving this placement.

xoxo.