Feelin' Fall.

Oh, fall. Every fall, without fail, I feel this weird and conflicting combination of profound melancholy and boundless optimism. Weirdly nostalgic, too - but in kind of an unpleasant heartbreak sort of way. Maybe the leaves reaching peak beauty just before meeting their doom and withering into wet mulch is what does it. It's like, too close a metaphor for our short time here, and it makes me all existential and weird.

Anyway!

Milo is taking longer naps now, so I can actually start making blog posts and brooches again! YAY! I started up a fresh batch of brooches last week. Let's see how long it will take me to finish them! heehee. But really though, I need to get workin' because it's hard to make ends meet with just Franklin's income. I gotta like, step up my game... which is hard because I'm also incapacitated by anxiety - yay!

Oh, deer!

Anniversary photos! We wanted a way to remember our first anniversary night + celebratory cake eating, so we donned our antlers & took some photos. It was a good time. We just got back from our mini trip and it was SO NICE. We saw about 20 deer during our stay at Doe Bay Resort (which was aptly named!) and when we first drove up, I almost hit one! We're definitely going back, and regularly. It was a seriously relaxing weekend. If you live in Washington, and you're at least part hippie (in other words, you don't mind seeing lots of naked people in the sauna), then you must make the trip. It's awesome.

-Elizabeth

PS: Neutral Milk Hotel is going on tour at the end of the year. If you live in one of the FEW places they've listed on their tour, then lucky you.

An Eventful Eve

Franklin's sister, Lindsey, came to visit for christmas, and today was her last day. We went to their grandma's house to exchange gifts, but their grandma was out running errands, so we snuck in and hung out in her house all day - unsupervised! haha. We went rummaging through old photo albums and peeking in drawers in search of their old memories. It was actually the most fun I've had in a long time. Here are some pictures from our unsupervised adventuring:

1. Old photos of Franklin's grandparents, their sweet old camper van, and their cute corgi.
2. The greatest wall I've ever laid eyes on.
3. So much wood paneling... drool.
4. Franklin kept us warm with his manly fire-making skills
5. Franklin showing me a sweet old book he found. What a handy man!

Also, after admiring Lindsey's outfit, I asked her if I could take a picture of her so I could post it on the blog. She agreed. When we were taking the pictures, there was a really grand painting of waves crashing behind her, and with her loose shirt and high boots, it made her look all sorts of swashbuckling. So we gave her a bottle of rum to use as a prop, and she posed for me so I could make this animated gif of her being very awesome. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT. Haha, what a good sport. I miss her already!

-Elizabeth