CategoryPacific Northwest

Welcome to Canada Eh?!?

Welcome to Canada Eh?!? Yep that’s right! Scott and I are in Canada for a week. He needed a vacation … I will never say no to that! We chose Canada since we live so close already! We took the ferry from Bremerton over to Seattle and drove north to Vancouver. We spent the night in a cute little town outside of Vancouver called Delta before we boarded the ferry to Vancouver island! It was raining …. surprise surprise here in the Pacific Northwest. We got up super early and  we were able to see the sunrise on the beach! That was pretty cool! And I’m talking temperature wise and on the awesome scale! After the ferry we drove to our little cabin in the woods. It is located in a small town outside of Victoria, BC called Sooke.

We will be here for 3 days and then moving to another cabin for the remainder of our trip. So far on our wildlife bingo card we have seen birds … and an OTTER! Yep I was WAY to excited and didn’t get the settings right on my camera to actually get a picture. Guess I will have to see another on right!

We did talk to a really nice local and she told us of a place called Potholes Park here in Sooke. She said she was up there a few weeks ago and she was able to see the local bear population feasting on the salmon run! We took a drive up there …. no bears …. but I did get some amazing photos of the Sooke river and the waterfalls in the park. According to the locals this is the off season and things have calmed down quite a bit here in their small little town. More to report soon!

Exploring Lake Pend Oreille

I had so much fun exploring Lake Pend Oreille again while I was in Idaho this summer! We are extremely lucky that Scott’s grandparents have a house on the water and we can just jump onto the boat and go! Grandpa John takes us on his famous Jungle Cruises! I am always on the lookout for moose, elk and deer. They like to take a swim in the water during those hot summer days. Lake Pend Oreille in the northern Idaho Panhandle is the largest lake in the U.S. state of Idaho and the 38th-largest lake by area in the United States, with a surface area of 148 square miles. They also say that since the lake is so deep they do submarine testing too. My favorite fun fact that I discovered this summer was that Matthew Mcconaughey bought a house right on the lake! I can’t wait to come back and maybe run into him at the local grocery store … the town is very small it could happen!

Studio Update

I have been a photographer for about 15 years and I can finally say that I have a studio space that I am in LOVE with! My husband and I bought a house in our new town outside of Seattle, Washington and when I saw all that space downstairs I knew I needed to do something fun with it. The whole concept took a couple of months but I am finally excited to share my first photo of the studio space I have created. I have somehow pieced all these wonderful backdrops into a working studio. I spent quite a bit of time at the local thrift store or the Habitat for Humanity store looking for random items that I knew I could use in a creative way. Since my husband is active duty in the military I needed items that could be packed up and moved with us when we go to his next duty station. A few weeks ago I was looking at the flooring section and saw these beautiful pieces of wood. After closer inspection I discovered that they were not flooring at all! They were pine or cedar siding for a house! They had about 30 of these 6 foot tongue and groove boards. I asked to speak to a manager and was able to get them all for $50! What a steal right! I also found some never used cream colored doors that I knew would be a perfect neutral backdrop!