Point du lac, MA

My journies have taken me to the east coast again, for the first time in at least 17 years. For 5 weeks this summer, I took on a housesitting assignment in Massachusetts. I watched over a little cat in a little house overlooking a stupid-beautiful lake. In my mind I refer to it as Point du lac. 

Walking through Quincy Market, now above 5 foot tall was strange and exciting. 

Returning to my old town will be it's own post, I'm sure. 

Here are some photos: 

"I think I'll go to Boston..."

My favorite thing ever as a kid!

I only walked past it, but hey! Memories!

Point du lac

In the Details

 Hello my dear readers! It's been forever and a day since I last updated. However, some time ago I was able to have a nice little shoot and I've finally got some photos to share. La Grande, OR was the next town over from where I was living for about 3 months (5 months if you count this summer).

 I left the house with a messy bun and a shiny chambray shirt. Nothing too special. But as we went to La Grande and did a little shopping, my mom found a fun, over the top, costume jewelry necklace. She let me borrow it for the rest of the day, and went on about how good it looked with the shirt. When we came across this beautiful blue mural on a downtown street corner, my sister decided it would be fun to snap a few photos.

Popped collars, shot callers!

 It's curious how that one, little, detail (the necklace) made me ever so down for an impromptu photo shoot.

 I definitely thought I'd be living there a little longer, but I'm glad I have pictures of this beautiful street corner as a memento of this lovely area.

I love that my white streak shows!

Architecture in Portlandia

Hello everyone, and happy Tuesday! I have been in Oregon for a week and half now, and would like to share some of my photos from my travels. My sister and I flew to Portland and on our first and second day there, we were led on a walking tour by one of our friends from college. I was able to snap a few pictures as I tried to keep up with the pace. Quite a few people like to walk places in Portland, and it makes sense if you see how many one-way streets there are!

My sun-flared picture of the Portlandia Statue.

A better one from Wikipedia (Thanks anonymous photographer!)

Did you know this is the 2nd largest bronze statue in the United States besides the Statue of Liberty?

A rooftop view

A Starbucks in a great little building!

The view from Starbucks

window sill detail

a beautiful, clean, glass building

inside a library

outside of the curved library building

three beautiful fellow observers

This was how my sister and knew we arrived.

One of the parks of Park Avenue.

more of Park ave.

My friend says this looks like raindrops from afar. 

A witty sidewalk sign...

really tiny rooftop plants

The Wells Fargo building-- the tallest in Portland. 

Thanks for checking these out! I have so many more pictures for my viewers. Check back on Thursday as I show all of the cool fountains I came across in downtown Portland!

A little preview for Thursday!

Cousins and Fountains

I recently got to see my cousin! He teaches and takes classes on the east coast of the United States, and I sometimes go 6 months or a year without getting to hang out with this phenomenal person. So, it's always the main event for me whenever he's in town. He turned around and saw me for the first time since July and this was his reaction! :D

My cousin and my swag dad in the background!

Hey, cool tie bro!

This is his friend (practically brother), who is a first year medical student. 

... And then: Medical symbol between the stripes!

My sister, cousin and I went to get coffee and catch up on life. He and I ordered the same thing! (Which is funny when you call us and notice that our voicemail greeting is almost the same, word for word.)

The "For Here" mugs were popular among us that night.

All done!

Busy texting and being Vampire Weekend-ish! :p

 I also got to visit Palm Springs for the second time since I lived there. I remembered this great little fountain that was inside a mostly dormant shopping plaza. Not only did I see some new businesses, there, I was glad to have the chance to get some photos to share on this blog!

Climbing the stairs to get a birds-eye view. 

My new phone wallpaper

It reminded me a little of a picture of one that was taken in Isphahan.

This one was beside a cafe just outside. 

A lovely one in Rancho Mirage

Have a lovely Thursday everyone! Shout outs to my readers in Poland and Ukraine! I don't believe I've mentioned you on this blog before, but I'm glad to see you're out there, reading what I post! Thank you!

Bye for now! <3 p="">