girl in red lipstick.

this happens to be me :)

Marshmallow Milkshakes

2 pints low-fat dark chocolate ice cream
10 berry marshmallows, divided
1 cup low-fat strawberry yogurt

Melt half of marshmallows in microwaveable bowl until you can stir into a creamy mixture. Add into blender or milkshake maker along with ice cream and yogurt.

Blend to preferred consistency.

Add in rest of cubed marshmallows and stir.

Makes 2 milkshakes.
(Recipe by Abigail Learnard and her beau!)

thoughts of a longing heart

It was there, all along. It always has been there. My heart was just blind.

Blindness and ignorance.
Humanly desires.
All disagree with the deepest desire of the soul--love. True, unconditional love.

Yet it is always available to us.
Mercifully available.
As we chase after our dreams and plans... as we leap from emotion to emotion... as we stumble, fall, and are led astray... as our hearts are broken by all these things,

He is there to gather us up, and carry us, and teach us to be like Him.

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Again I will build you, and you shall be built." - Jeremiah 31:3-4

A new day in Paris.

So far, this blog has been used for several things: an internet English class, and a photojournalism class. I'll admit that I like all of the photography I've put on here, but in my opinion, that is just not what a blog should be.

In my opinion, MY blog should be about making sense of the life I am living, and the life that my Savior wants me to live.

I cannot emphasize enough the humanness of this life that I have here on Earth, and I also cannnot emphasize the hope I have of becomming like Him. My other hope is that I can be an inspiration and a light to the world, like I am called.

ugly chair.

portraits.

self-portrait, candid, tight shot, environment

birthday (food illustration 2).

breakfast (food illustration).

composition.

texture, perspective, tight shot, selective focus, rule of thirds, dominant foreground/contributing background

light.

candlelight/lowl-ight, scenic sunset, night, diffused light, backlight, sidelight, soft light, shadows

name project.