Sunday Photo

Boudi doing what she does best - cheering me up. This time by being derpy.

Sunday Photo

So this isn't exactly a photo, but large graphics. NARAL just came out with their pro-choice report card, ranking the U.S. states by their pro-choice/anti-choice laws. I found it pretty interesting. (And I've added it to my resources for determining which states I will NEVER live in!)
So here's the map, followed by the actual report card:

I was very pleased to see my home state of Oregon got an A, as well as the state I live in now, Maryland. 

The actual report card:

This is the beginning of my summary of abortion laws by state. You can find the other posts here:

Part 1: Intro and Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas

Part 2: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware

Part 3: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho

Part 4: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas

Part 5: Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Part 6: Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi

Sunday Photo

It snowed here just before Christmas, and though it didn't stick long, I have some really pretty pictures of the woods behind our apartment.

Sunday Photos

Today I'm going to post a series of photos. These are shot off my back patio; I live on the fourth story of an apartment building, and there are thick woods behind our building. (On the other side of the woods are a grassy park where I've seen a herd of deer, and then more woods.) The view makes the apartment a really enjoyable space.

The view from my patio in June:

It was pretty, and green, and lush.








Then Fall started to settle in:

The trees began to change color and give us some wonderful fall hues.









After Hurricane Sandy brushed past us on her way to New Jersey and New York, a lot of the leaves were missing!

It started to look more like winter at this point.








And just a few days ago, it looked like this.

I plan to continue taking pictures as the seasons change, I really like the progression!

Sunday Photo

I love this picture. This is an EXTREMELY calm day on the Oregon coast - people who are only used to the east coast don't understand how rocky and unpredictable and dangerous the Pacific coast is. The floor of the ocean drops off VERY quickly, and there's undertow currents pretty much all the time. 

Combined with this memory of the Pacific are the people in this photo. In the foreground are my little brother and his fiancée. On the right are Sascha and our other best friend. These are three people I miss very much from back home in Oregon. And this memory of our beautiful day at the coast is something I will always treasure.

Love you guys.

Photo Sunday

This was the line I stood in to vote on Friday. The door to the building is in the far left; and that was not the end of the line, by a long shot.

But at the end of the line, three hours later, I voted.

I voted for dreams.

I voted for love and equality.

And I voted for hope.

I think those are things worth standing up for.

Have you voted yet?

April Fool's Day Sunday

Happy Birthday, my precious little girl! Boudicca turns two years old today!

I shall also leave you with this song, by one of my favorite artists:

Sunday Photo

Fountain at a rest stop in New Mexico on a cold, cold winter night.

Sunday Photo