August has pretty much been eaten up by school. There was paperwork, orientation, schedule stakeouts, and then finally actual class. I am taking 14 hours - English, Biology + Lab, Geology + Lab and American History (Post Civil War). It's a Monday-Thursday schedule, and two of the classes I share with Logan. It's been fun so far - no big assignments or anything stressful.

Photo by Quinn

Photo by Quinn. That's me on the couch - Henry thought it would be fun to sleep "next to me" on the table.

Early morning tea. :)

Photo by Quinn - The kale he's been growing in the garden.

August has gone by fast, and the light is already changing as fall creeps up on us. I love fall light, but I'm not looking forward to wearing seven layers. I shouldn't complain, though. Georgia's winters are so warm in comparison to most places in America. 

Media update! Doctor Who begins again TOMORROW. So excited. Also, The Hour (link on sidebar) is an amazing show, I highly recommend it. We started watching Prime Suspect... undecided as of right now. I think it'll prove to be good. 

Hopefully my cold/sinus infection will be better by Monday... I hate thinking that I'm spreading my sickness to all the other students. :( Already got my biology lab partner sick. On a sidenote - I've gotten good grades in all my quizzes so far! :)

I'll try to take pictures more often - been slacking in that department. September always inspires me though, it is my favorite month for photography. 

Have a lovely weekend!

- caroline

thrift shop find ...+ tomatoes

Do you see this amazing cardigan thing I'm wearing? I bought it today for $3 at a thrift store. It's barely worn, soft and lovely, and best of all, it's by Kimchi & Blue! We were shopping for a black button up for Mom. I'm rifling through the medium women's shirts and blouses section, where I didn't expect to find a shirt that fit Mom, much less a barely worn, once probably $30-$60 Urban Outfitters or Anthropologie cardigan for $3.

All the photos above are by Quinn (with a little direction from me)! I love how they turned out. :) The tomatoes, of course, had to steal the scene. We were right outside the garden, so it was pretty much an imperative. 

And to end, the green beans were begging for a shot... 

Good night!

- caroline

P.S. Have I mentioned the awesomeness of Misfits? Sigh.

goodbye, july

July is already nearly over... I've been slacking off blogging lately, and that's because I've been slacking off photography. And I've not been taking photos because everyday has been so similar to the last day that it is very uninspiring to pick up the camera and find something new to shoot. I rarely take photos I don't like or don't want, so when I'm uninspired, I just don't take photos at all.

And Flickr has distracted me. It's so lovely that Flickr has shown me that people like my work, that more people are now following my blog - but the attention made me forget why I was taking pictures in the first place. To capture what my life is like when I'm taking those pictures. I'm not blogging for my readers, I'm blogging for me. I love getting on here and looking through my pages and pages of posts, and remember different stages in my life, and if I dismiss this downtime I have right now as boring and unworthy of pictures to document it, I will completely forget it existed. So back to taking photos everyday... and more blog posts. :)

Recently, my days have mostly been spent working on my college entrance stuff (paperwork and selecting transferrable classes), watching Korean dramas, cleaning, watering the garden in the evening, picking tomatoes and green beans, checking on our new teenage hens, looking at the unbelievable sunsets, watching TV at night (though now that we have to wait on a new Misfits episode, we're on a bit of a stall...)

Hopefully I will be enrolled in a class or two this fall. I've finally narrowed decision for a major down to Film Studies or Fashion Merchandising. Perhaps I'll do both - or a major and a minor. I'm not sure. Any of my readers do these majors in college, or know someone who has? Esp. at UGA?

Have a lovely night,

- caroline

just right

The weather has been just right for the past three days. Not at all humid, a steady breeze, in the low 70's. We've pretty much been sitting on the porch for two days straight. Today I read nearly a whole book, which felt so good. It feels like I haven't finished a book in years (that's not true, though). 

We could even open our doors and windows, shut off the awful air conditioner and revel in the cool - naturally cool - air. I wanted to take pictures to capture the loveliness, but I found it really difficult. Here are my attempts...

Photo by Quinn.

That is the birthday card I made for Mom. :) In honor of last movie, of course. It's really just a bunch of Potter-ish things painted with watercolors. :P

I hope you have a lovely night.

- caroline