A drive through Hiawassee on a fall day is healing.
Up on Bell Mountain, you can bring a can of graffiti and leave your mark on the rocks. A lot of people on the internet seem very against the idea – but there is an official sign welcoming the graffiti and I honestly think it gives the place a unique feature for travelers to interact with. It certainly didn’t get in the way of me personally enjoying the exquisite views from the top. Nobody was expressing any negativity at the actual site and we saw a couple of people tagging while we were there. I’ll share the views from the top in another post, but for now enjoy the collective graffiti of many visitors across a fair amount of time. I really did enjoy this large collaborative mountain art piece!
A view I enjoyed of the rooftops over Paris.
So, Jeremy and I have been busy this year – and we have another thing to add to our list: We’ve moved! We found what we felt was the perfect house for us this July and we moved in September… and then immediately went to France. Suffice to say for now that I am in love with this house as I was the day I stepped into it for the first time 3 months ago… and I’ll have much more to share about it soon. As I look forward to this week – and a trip to Boston to see some clients – I thought about how little I write anything down anymore. Partially this is the fault of trying to blog like early-twenties me: someone with a lot of time, a lot to say, and eight million photos processed each week to share. I am just not in that place any longer so I am going to share what I can, when I can. I’m such a go big or go home kind of person for certain things in my life that it’s been hard to stop wanting to go big when I write … but the truth is that now the result is that I don’t go at all! So here’s to hopefully some more frequent posting, with more concentrated content future me ( and hopefully today you ) will enjoy.
So I’ll start with a simple photo of the drop dead gorgeous Eiffel tower the last night of our trip to Paris. Can’t believe this was just one week ago!
Jeremy and I stayed home today in hopes of seeing the eclipse passing over our town. We set up shop right outside on our driveway around 2pm and watched the moon cover and uncover the sun. It was a an amazing experience.  Jeremy found an unused space blanket – which is pretty close to what eclipse glasses are – and we tied it around my lens and pointed it at the sun. I got some spectacular shots that I am so happy with.
The moon begins to inch over the sun.
The clouds cleared for a nice shot of the eclipse + a few sunspots!
The clouds rolled in and out but thankfully there were more thin than thick clouds.
This was my favorite cloud cover photo.
This teeny sliver was as close to totality as we were going to get from our own neighborhood.
This photo took my breath away when I loaded it off my camera. It was so surreal.
When 2024 rolls around, I hope we are able to go see the eclipse again! It was truly a spellbinding experience.
On my playlist this morning – a fairly popular song. It’s got an excellent vibe. We are under a flood of activity here in our home, our careers, and our lives in general. This song espouses a moment of peace and reconciliation.
