22.6.11

Day 82

It seems the earth realized that the first official day of summer meant that the rain and thunderstorms had to come to an abrupt halt and the sun needed a chance to shine.  Who else is just a teensy bit thrilled that we get to trade in our umbrellas for straw hats and sunscreen?

Have a great (sunny!) day :)

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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18.6.11

Day 81

I hope you're all having a nice, lazy Sunday morning.

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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13.5.11

Day 76

Have a great day :)

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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4.5.11

Day 74

Does anyone else ever freak out when they see some horrible streak across their photo and then realize that it's just a hair on the computer screen?  No?  Maybe I need a haircut.

Have a great day :)

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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3.5.11

Day 73

My darlings, you would be so proud of me- I've watched the sunrise every day for three weeks.  This is a wonderfully far cry from staying in bed until noon.  And trust me when I say that (for me, at least) there is no better feeling in the world than being the only person awake for miles, alone with the morning songbirds.  Their trilling tells you that they're especially pleased to have an audience for their performance.  The air is fresh and crisp, but a piping hot cup of coffee keeps your hands warm as you set up your camera to catch those fleeting seconds of golden light that appear just as the sun peeks over the horizon, and draws itself, steaming, out of the ocean and into the sky.

You feel lucky to be alive and in tune with the earth.  Life doesn't get any better, does it?

Have a perfect week!

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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03.01.11

Day 59

Fog is such a funny thing.  It's super hard to photograph on the ocean- unless you have objects at different distances in the foreground (like yesterday's shots with the pier in the background), it ends up looking like nothing.  I think that's why I love this one so much.  If you look at it for a while, you'll notice that it looks mottled.  That, my friends, is wonderful, west coast, pea-soup fog.  

Lucky?  Absolutely.  I think Mother Nature wanted to encourage my waking up so early so I would make a habit of it.

Have a great day :)

Love,

Hearts & Photos

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01.01.11

Day 58

First, a big thank you to our readers in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, the UK, France, Norway, Brazil, the Netherlands, Serbia, Denmark, Australia and Germany.  I can't believe there are so many of you!  And then, Happy New Year! (confetti! sparkles! fireworks! hangovers?  maybe!)  This year is already gearing up to be as busy as the last and we're stoked here at Hearts & Photos!  Now we just need to figure out how to fit everything in.

This afternoon I was reading one of my favourite blogs, Velokova, (I highly recommend checking it out if you need to be reminded how excellent life and adventures are.  This post is especially good.  Honest to God, reading it is like mainlining awesomeness) and she talked about using a big calendar to map out your entire year.  Brilliant!

I know it isn't just me- time seems to slip past really quickly and it's easy to put off things you've been dreaming of for a long time.  Moving to a new place, going on a big trip, making an important career move; somehow these fall into the "Soon" category.  Sometimes you need to be reminded to make things happen rather than wait for them to happen (thanks Leah!)

So, this is my New Year's Resolution: I promise to make my life happen and to do the things I dream of doing.  (Also, to listen to Gwyneth Paltrow and do a cleanse, although Steve just said his goal was to have more nachos and beer.  Hmm...)

What are your plans for the new year?

Have a great day :)

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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12.11.10

Day 57

I'm being indecisive today, so you get to see lots of different shots!

-Calgary (Hasselblad- see the funny little ghost where my darkslide tried to make an escape?  Ahh, film. I heart you.)

 -Tofino (Leica)

- Victoria (Hasselblad Polaroid)

Make sure you check back on Monday for the mini-series I've been working on (does that sound like a tv show?  I promise you it's not!).  

I know it's only November 12, but the Nutcracker has already been getting some serious airtime at at our place.  It can't be helped.  And then, of course, the volume gets higher and higher and the music swells and you really must spin and jump as if you're a ballerina (or ballerino, as the case may be).

I would listen to it year-round if I didn't think Steve would drive off a cliff.  Watching the Nutcracker is one of the things I look forward to the most every Christmas.  When I was a kid I would stay up late on Christmas Eve and watch it on the teensy old television in my room, holding the bunny ears to get better reception.

What are your favourite holiday traditions?

Love,

Hearts & Photos

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28.09.10

Day 50

Hi friends!  Sorry for being MIA the last couple of weeks- I had some really big deadlines looming and didn't have any time to shoot, edit film, eat, sleep or breathe.  BUT!  I finished the first part of one of these projects yesterday morning and spent a glorious afternoon wandering through ikea, finagling Steve into letting me buy a Hudson Bay blanket then batting my eyelashes until he agreed to an impromptu picnic on said blanket, and meeting some great friends for drinks.  Life could not get any better.

Have a great day :)

Love,  
Hearts & Photos

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13.09.10

Day 43

It's Steve's birthday next week, so to honour 26 years of the world being a better place, we're going to have our first annual Steve-Week here at Hearts & Photos.  It's kinda like Shark-Week, only better!

Marrying someone gorgeous is key to photography.  It also helps if they're patient, kind, and will go for walks in the rain with you.

Having great hair helps, too.

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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4.08.10

Day 28

Hi hello!  Sorry I've been MIA this week.  I went into a butter-induced coma over the weekend and am only now beginning to recover.  I've been doing a lot of cooking lately, and I don't seem to understand the meaning of "low fat".  Eggs Benedict with hollandaise sauce and swiss chard from my garden; creamy goat cheese tart with perfectly flaky pastry; strawberry tarts with homemade vanilla custard.

Geez, Teryn.  Ever heard of salad?  But mmm... it tastes so good that I'm happy to do a few thousand sit-ups to work it off!

Oh who am I kidding.  There will be no sit-ups.  If I disappear again, it's because I've relapsed.  Really, who could turn down pastry?

Have a great week (and eat something deliciously bad for you!)

Love,
Hearts & Photos

UPDATE: Did I mention vegetable tian and salmon with dill creme fraiche?  ohmygodidie!

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30.07.10

Day 27

The weekend at last.  And a long one, at that.  I can't wait for flea markets, coffee (and maybe!) a road trip.  What are you looking forward to?

Happy Victoria Day :)

Love,
Hearts & Photos

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29.07.10

Day 26

I know, I know.  I'm a pretty lucky duck for getting to live in such a beautiful place.

It's ok.  I understand if you want to move here immediately.  Don't worry, we've got an extra room for you to stay.

Sometimes I wish I could live everywhere, all at once.  I love my home, and I'm keenly aware that's it's one of the most gorgeous places on earth, but I can't help but want to be at the coast and in the moors and in the mountains and on the Mongolian steppe NOW.  Yesterday, even.  I'm not sure how a heart with such wanderlust got stuck in such a lazy body.  Sorry Heart.

What's the prettiest place you've ever been?

Love,
Hearts & Photos

P.S. Happy birthday, Sarah my beautiful British friend!  I'm pretty sure that the time difference lets me off the hook for this being belated, right?

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