June through Instagram.

Experimenting with photobooth. Want to do a film serious like this. 

I took Louisa and Sabrina to Franklin Park. I love the carousel there.

Flying.

Me & Ludwig.

A cloud.

Practicing my back balance. I can hold it forever now!

Went to a fun pool party with my friend Nick.

Nick.

Dani and our moms came for a visit. We had coffee in Rittenhouse.

I got these shoes, because I can't resist anything sparkly. They're almost like walking on stilts, almost.

Dani and I danced our bums off at Silk City.

Then I went to Blanchard for a visit.

Met some cool butterflies.

Got a new bicycle. She's beautiful & fast!

Hung out poolside at my aunt & uncle's place.

Got lots of practice rolling joints, because I forgot my pipe.

Can I live here, please? I could set up so much awesome aerial equipment in that barn..

Hung out on my mom's boat.

It was a glorious day. I swam away most of it.

Mermaid me. 

Awesome things: 1. I ordered myself some silks & they will be here very soon! I got them in this lovely shade of plum which will look fantastic in our loft. 2. My aerial classes are on Tuesday evening now, which means I can go to open practices over the weekend, which means a hell of a lot more training time (like 7 or 8 hours a week), which means I'm going to start making some serious progress.  3. Jim has weekends off now so we will have those days to spend together and do fun things. We already have lots of weekend trips planned. 4. I'm running again, which always makes me super happy & energetic. 


Blog things: In an effort to post more regularly, I've decided that I'm going to shoot & blog one roll of film per week. I'm going to use disposable cameras because they're so easy to carry around. I'm also debating changing my "Things I like" posts to more of a "Things that inspire Me" kind of thing. Any feedback on what you would like to see on my blog would be much appreciated, assuming anyone still  reads it, haha!

May through Instagram.

A mamma & baby squirrel.

Me & my crooked nose.

Head to foot. 

Lindsey.

My friend Louisa turned 5.

Sister Sabrina in her favorite place.

Ludwig and I.

On a train to Lewistown.

At the house I grew up in.

The mountains I miss.

Self portrait in grandmother's mirror.

I built a little home for a little fox. 

Any fellow Instagram addicts? Let's be friends! Follow me here.

Happiness.

Happiness to me comes in the form of a metal hoop suspended from the ceiling of our loft. Jim is wonderful. He got the lyra for me for Christmas and it took a lot of emailing the amazing Trevor of trapezerigging.com to figure out how to rig it properly, but we finally got it worked out. It came untaped, so I taped it black because I don't really like the way they look taped white. I may add some red stripes later...Not sure. I've had a projector for a long time, but was missing the necessary cords so Jim and I remedied that the other day and have been watching things like Willow and Lord of the Rings in our own personal movie theatre ever since. The top two photos are a little experiment Jim and I did last night... You can expect a lot more projector shots to come! So much fun.

Things I Like: The Traveling Circus Part III

All photos courtesy of Retronaut. 


 When I found these images on Retronaut I fell in love with them! It's so great to see color photos of old circus performers.

Lately

1. Occupy. 2. A march to Independence Hall. 3. Glass dome in some building. 4. Emily and Tammy on the trapeze. 5. Me on the trapeze. 

Here are some pictures from life lately. It's been pretty hectic, as stated in my post yesterday, but also very interesting/enriching/awesome. Things kind of came to a halt for me for the past two days as I've been pretty sick. Admittedly, it was nice to have time to myself despite feeling under the weather. Today I was feeling better and I was out and about when I spotted a CVS and I was thrilled to discover that they offer one hour film processing. It's only a few blocks from my new place! Joy! The film photographs shall be bountiful, my friends!

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains. I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways.

 

Pictures from left to right:
1. Ludwig, my cat. 2. Some friends and I back in high school. 3. My good friends Lindsey and Justin. 4. Coney Island. 5. Philadelphia. 6. My friend Shawn. 7. Ex-boyfriend who is awesome on a bicycle. 8. Me at age 17. 9. Lindsey a few years ago. 10. Coney Island. 11. Clouds 12. Old friend Ryan.

I haven't been able to get any film processed, so I'm posting some old polaroids. I used to shoot polaroids all the time back when the film was still in production and reasonably priced. I miss the good old days. I know I keep apologizing for my inactivity, but now I really promise I'll be updating more often. We just moved, but now we are pretty settled in and things are going back to semi-normal. Have been having fun  - I saw Beirut two nights ago and it was a fantastic show. I have some film to have processed, so look for some new photographs here this week/weekend.

Aerials are going really well, and I'm starting to notice a huge increase in strength. I'm working on contortion now as well as some juggling. I've started a Youtube channel to video my progress, which I'll share at some point. There are some photos of me on the lyra after the jump.