autumn

i went

to Ohio

last week

to photograph 

a wedding.

and as i was

driving in my rental

jeep, which

was orange 

and fantastic,

i had to call

my husband to tell him

about all the 

strange trees that 

i was seeing...

apparently

in the north,

they have what is called

autumn.

leaves change

to fabulous 

bright colors.

crazy. ;)

here in texas

we mostly 

just have

brown.

it was amazingly

beautiful!

I got to spend time with 

the entire

side of my dad's family

this past weekend.

that has never happened,

being all together 

at the same time

before.

it was 

so much fun.

i have some really

crazy fun cousins.

here are a couple pictures

from the

bridal portraits

in ohio.

spontaneity

i've been married

for a bit over

two months now

and it seems

that we may

never fall into

a routine...

my husband

(who is awesome,

by the way)

is gone

three days

and two

nights

of every 

week.

sometimes a bit more 

on various weekends.

and sometimes,

since i miss him

when he's gone,

i go along with him

on his journeys.

and so we spend

a lot of time

packing

and unpacking

overnight bags,

debating over

what to do

with puppy,

i want to bring her,

he wants to leave her.

food expires

in our fridge,

and there are 

ever so many

fast food

bags in the back seat

of our cars...

this must be how newlyweds

gain weight

the first year

of marriage.

like the freshmen 15.

we'll call it the

newlywed 90 ;)

so here i sit

in a town where

i have no business

and very little

acquaintance,

with my puppy

on her pink leash,

outside a starbucks,

awaiting the return 

of hubby dearest.

and i find,

that i do not mind

at all

the lack of 

a norm

or routine.

probably becuase

of the coffee...

...just kidding.

fried

i haven't

had much time

to write

these days.

busy busy.

rob and i

went to the 

texas state fair

last week.

 

it was rob's

first time 

at the greatest

fair ever!

so we had to 

do it up right

which of course

meant 

fair food.

lots and 

lots of it.

fried turkey,

fried cookie dough,

caramel apples,

funnel cake..

oh my!

i still can't 

figure this out...

the ferris wheel is magical at night

this is the last 

weekend for

 the fair,

so you

should be sure

to go!

bleh,

i may never

eat again

sufficiently sogged

just when i thought

i liked fall..

the rain 

had

to 

start.

i guess i do like fall,

really,

the pumkins,

the holidays,

cool evenings.

but oh how i

dislike 

the rain.

last week 

rob and i went 

with some friends

to a 1940's hangar dance

at the aviation museum

in fort worth.

it was amazing!

you should all 

go next year.

it

was just 

like being in

a fred astaire 

movie.

we also went 

to OKC

to see rob's brothers'

homecoming game.

i haven't been to 

a highschool 

football game

in years.

i'd 

forgotten how

so much of

highschool is 

one giant masquerade

where everyone is trying

so hard  to convince

everyone else that they 

really are who 

they are pretending to be.

anyway,

 it was a good trip

and fun was had 

by all.

well, 'till 

next

time.

i guess i do

enjoy a rainy day

a bit...

domestic

i've been

very

domestic

today.

clean 

home.

grocery

shopping.

endless

laundry.

it's the perfect

day to stay

in.

im looking

forward

to the

eminent 

cold 

weather,

for once.

a few things

i'm excited

about

this 

fall:

new jackets

comfort food

i love to make

my

new

pencils!

and,

my home

smells

like

pie!

what 

are you 

excited 

about?

billy collins

he 

is great.

if you haven't

read anything

by him,

you should.

this is him

reading one

of my 

favorites:

There are a bunch

of videos 

that go

with his poems

on youtube.

here are some

of my favorites.