Day 88: Bug by Taylor

This is what I get woken up by and to every day around 4 am. Sure, its cute now, but thats because its 10:35pm and we're still awake.

Day 87: Target by Taylor

He's not Gold 5, but thats probably what kept him alive, amongst other things. One thing is for certain, Biggs always stays on target, always.

Whats more surprising is that I have a rediculous amount of these guys (though not as many as J I'm sure) and I've only ever opened one of them up until now. Crazy

Two other bits real quick - 1) November list is live to add to if you are currently a contributor. Apologies on its delay, but get some good fun stuff in there for the month. 2) If you are interested in seeing wedding photos as taken by our friend and photographer KC Ferrill, make sure to check out Together Without A Map for direct links to the online gallery

Day 82: Sick by Taylor

Hot Apple Pie Shots:
- 1 part vodka
- 1 part apple juice
- dash of cinnamon
- spray of whipped cream

mix in mouth while looking up. once everything is in, close mouth and look straight ahead. end result will taste just like hot apple pie.

One of my first drinking experiences, makes me want to vomit just thinking about it. Still can't drink or smell vodka to this day because of this experience.

Day 81: Striped by Taylor

A long time ago, the Blue Ridge Parkway had an entire wooden fence system that went all over. its posts were made from American mountain ash, or so I'm told. My old boss used to work as a ranger there, and one day suddenly acquired a bunch of old fence posts when the park decided that it didn't need a wooden fence anymore. Over the years, he would carve things out of the food for people. As a final farewell to me when I left the job, he had given me a candle holder made out of one of the remaining pieces of wood that he had from the fenceposts. This is a downward shot of the candle holder where one would put the candle.

I also thought about posting this picture of our own little Norgenchewer, but thought better of it. guess we'll see how that pans out come Lowemannzeit.

Day 79: Pumpkin by Taylor

There is a kindergarten classroom outside my office door, this is the latest edition to the ceiling art gallery.

Will have Half up later today, but by the looks of things, it seems Team New Jersey has taken the lead of late. Team New England and Team Australia, where you at?

Day 78: Party by Taylor

Copout by taking a photo of a photo? Yes, but some of the best parts that come out of parties are the memories that go along with them. Our wedding had a lot of memories for a lot of folks, including us. Between having the wedding at our old camp/outdoor center, good music, good food, good drink, great friends and family, caving under my old house, archery, boating, and ultimate frisbee, it really couldn't have been any better of a party.

Should have a full rundown of stuff on our website sometime soon, in the meantime, there is video of the ceremony there if you like.

Day 77: Shirt by Taylor

Becca and I met and worked at an outdoor center for about 3 years, and had a huge impact on our lives and has a pretty special meaning to both of us, right down to the fact that it is also where we got married. In addition to the joy, every season that we worked there, we would also get a new staff shirt complete with inspirational quote on the back. Friends of ours who we worked with collaborated from around the world to make a t-shirt quilt for us as a wedding gift, most of which was made out of said shirts. It is really a great looking quilt and will most likely be covered in cat hair before the end of the weekend (we just got it back to the house this morning)

Day 72: Change by Taylor

Becca and I went to Olympic National Park today thinking we were going to get to see the rainforests, but sadly no (mainly due to a complete misread of the website, we did not plan for the 5 hour one-way drive into vampire country*). Instead we had to settle for Hurricane Ridge, which according to pictures is absolutely amazing and breath taking, as was it sold to us by the park rangers 17 miles prior who said "you should be able to see Mount Olympus today, supposed to be clear up there". By the time we got to the top, it was snowing and there was a wall of opaque white fog/cloud right off the road that did not let us see a thing, no matter how many quarters we pumped into that viewer.

This was another photo taken of the same bit that is quite possibly better than the one posted, but I didn't think it did the same for the category.

*vampire country is Forks, WA**

**WA stands for Washington, not Western Australia, though our GPS would have us believe otherwise.

Day 71: Fruit by Em

I've been scarce. I'm sorry. I've got a lot going on. My hubby is currently off in the woods of North Carolina with a bunch of high schoolers and my mom is visiting. Today, we took Sierra to the Graves Mountain Apple Harvest Festival. It was awesome! I had funnel cake! And there were lots of fruits there: pumpkins and apples and corn and whatnot, but I'm going to be the second person today to post a picture of a gourd because they are so funky looking and I love all the colors.
Did you know that a fruit with a hard shell like these (and cucumber, pumpkin, squash, and melons) is called a pepo? Such a fun little word. And they are all part of the same plant family, the Cucurbitaceae? Well, now ya know!

Day 69: Weather by Becca

We lucked out with the weather while visiting Seattle, WA. Though it has been rainy and cloudy in New England...the western part of the country has been sunny the whole time we have been here (who said the Pacific Northwest is rainy!? At least not this week!)

Day 69: Weather by Taylor

It was a beautiful day in Midgar...little did Shinra know.

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Day 66: Claw by Becca

So there is a piece of climbing equipment called lobster claws...this is close but only has one carabiner. But it still looks like a claw!

Day 66: Claw by Taylor

HOLY SHIT THERES A BEAR AND ITS COMING RIGHT FOR US!!!! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!! RUN BEFORE HE CLAWS YOU!!

taken at the treehouse resort we are staying at for our honeymoon.

Day 65: Bedhead by Taylor

Both Becca and I have been out of it for the past few weeks, more so the last five days or so, what with the wedding this past weekend. But, now that it is over, we both should be able to get back in the saddle and start taking photos and posting again more regularly.

And with that, using my newly acquired wife as a model, I present to you bedhead. Unfortunately she started fixing it before I got a chance to take the shot, so it looks better than it usually does, but she does have a decent bedface.

If you are interested in seeing wedding photos, they have been showing up the last few days on facebook, and if you are friends with either Becca or myself, you should be able to check out most of them (not all have been tagged just yet). If you would like to and you are not friends with me, then why are you not? friend me here (maybe)