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Something’s Going On

carrie — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:11:40 +0000

I’m in my pj’s and a rather delightful pair of black and white dotted socks, sitting in front of a lovely log fire in a cabin by the side of the North American continent’s largest volcano. I’m mighty glad I didn’t get up for the sunrise, because there wasn’t one. That’s not to say that […]

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Set Yourself Some Boundaries

carrie — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:30:22 +0000

I have a thing for fences. It’s been that way for quite a while now. And by ‘a while’ I really mean years. I can’t quite put my finger on when it started, or even why, and I certainly have no idea which was my first fence image. I imagine I could go back through all my […]

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Get A Little Perspective

carrie — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:30:07 +0000

Hi, Gang! Let’s all get a little perspective today. I’m back. In Seattle. At least for a couple of weeks. If you follow my ridiculousness on Facebook, you’ll be all too aware that I just got back from a road trip to California; and while I was on the road I bombarded you with a […]

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Flip-flops and Flimsy Tops

carrie — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:14:48 +0000

This morning when my eyes fluttered open it was 4:47, or something very close to that, and I could tell, even before I’d finished focusing on the window, that the entire house was wrapped in fog. Like a chunky, knitted woollen scarf pulled snuggly around your neck in winter. Daisy {the cat} and I decided against getting up, and instead, […]

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Except Maybe The Beach

carrie — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:25:23 +0000

Hello. Let’s try that again, because really, this is a very exciting post. Hello!! I am writing from a small town close to the Cascades. I’d really like to be writing from San Francisco, because what now seems like an absolute age ago, I took a road-trip there – and I often wish I was […]

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Half Moon Bay and The Painted Ladies

carrie — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:22:22 +0000

While I was in San Francisco the other week, I decided that I needed to go to Half Moon Bay. Mainly because the last time I was in San Francisco, in August 2010, I was on a shooting assignment for a client and only managed to swing through Half Moon Bay for 10 minutes after […]

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There Were Some Breakfasts Involved

carrie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:45:24 +0000

What now seems like forever ago, I took a road trip to San Francisco. I’ve only been home a week, but it feels like months. Strange how road trips & vacations can do that to your perspective. Of course I still haven’t unpacked, because that would mean it was over. I am not ready for it […]

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A Perfectly Lovely Tuesday {in San Francisco}

carrie — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:22:04 +0000

Tuesday can be an odd day. It’s not the start of anything big, like a new week. It’s not got a cute nickname, like Hump Day. It’s not the day before Friday, like Thursday. And it’s not the day before the weekend. It’s just simple old Tuesday. But being away from home & a normal […]

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Sea Lions and Sourdough

carrie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:37:18 +0000

Hello, from there. I say “there” because I am not where I normally am. I’m in San Francisco. I mean, I’M IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!!! I heard a rumor that the best month weather-wise to hang in SFO is April. So understandably, I cruised down from Seattle in a 13-hour-long, beef-jerky-and-sunshine-filled state of excitement, because it was […]

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All Shapes & Sizes

carrie — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:03:32 +0000

Any visit to Solvang will inevitably involve pancakes. While Buellton, just 3 miles down the road, is famous for Split Pea Soup, Solvang is famous for being Danish. And for pancakes. I decided to hit the jackpot by gobbling up Solvang’s pancake trifecta: Danish Pancakes, Belgian Crepes & Æbleskivers. Here’s how it went down. Eggs Benedict Crepes […]

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Seasonally Challenged

carrie — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:17:40 +0000

It’s December. In my little world December means probably rainy, possibly snowy, and definitely cold. So it’s no wonder I am becoming a little confused since I started this road-trip. When I left Seattle, it looked pretty much like December should – grey, cold, and stacks of snow up in the mountains. As I headed south, the […]

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There’s More To It

carrie — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:28:16 +0000

For almost every minute of the time that I ever thought about it, I thought that California was one enormous, sunshiny, ocean-rimmed beach, with a couple of big seaside cities thrown in for good measure. I blame the telly for my misguided notions. Too many episodes of Baywatch & CHiPs when I was a nipper. […]

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Little Pearls of Places

carrie — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:05:06 +0000

Hello, friends. It’s Christmas Eve & I’ve been in San Diego shooting stuff for the last week. It’s been warm, sunny & awfully blue. San Diego, if you’ve never been, is beautiful. There’s something I need to tell you about San Diego if you like to take photos during the “magic hour”. There is no magic hour […]

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When The Magic Happens

carrie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:30:55 +0000

I adore driving coast roads. There’s something about the ocean that heals me. Soothes me. Inspires me. After the rocky road that was my 2011, I needed some healing, soothing & inspiration. If I can’t get to the coast, I listen to this song and close my eyes. I can almost feel the gentle ocean breeze on my face. […]

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