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i've been trying really hard to take more pictures lately, i don't have an especially great camera, and i'm not a especially great photographer, but that's what practice is for right? so here are a couple snapshots and panoramics i've taken over the past week or so. ( my mac has informed me that the plural version of  a panoramic is panoramas, but i'm stubborn.) the bulk of these are just from random walks around my apartment, so the content isn't incredibly beautiful or anything, but whatev, this will serve as a little look at where i live.  

 the first one is my staircase, (i live on the third floor, which for some might not seem so bad, but here in TX the weather has been 100+ degrees for most of the summer and three flights of stairs in this weather is murder!) the second one is just my attempt of catching the sunset through the silhouette of a tree, you can barely see the sunset, but the sky looks pretty :D, the last one is of my dog zane on a little walk, and my not so photogenic shadow. :P

and lastly, here's a picture of me, myspace style, on that same walk. 

what do you guys think of my amateur photography? is there something you've been trying to do more of? 

-R

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i know, i've been a terrible blogger lately. i'm going to blame that entirely on my hectic personal life. one of my roommates has moved out, and work has been rather hectic. I've also been preparing for my big sister's wedding at the end of the month.
with so much going on the only thing I've been able to think about it the beach and the upcoming summer. my family has a tradition of going to Port Aransas, Texas every memorial day weekend ( they've been going every year since my mother was a baby). it brings back such wonderful memories of spending time with family. Last October we made it have a greater meaning by spreading half of my grandfather's ashes there in the ocean. i've been so stressed out lately, and thinking of the beach helps me to calm down and breathe. so in honor of that, i thought i'd share a few photos of past trips. i wish i had some from when i was a kid, but they're all in my mom's photo albums. so most of these a fairly recent, but they'll do just fine. hope you enjoy.

 

 

 

 

sorry for the massive amount, as you can tell i'm really looking forward to the trip this year, i need a vacation. - R