Local Color

Spending so much time over the past 6 years traveling and exploring new countries has given me a greater love for color, pattern and design. As I walk through the streets I find myself seeking out those sites that are not only unique to the local but that showcase the color, pattern and texture of each city. India was so rich in this way that it sparked my interest in photography. Until I started spending large amounts of time there, I routinely said I was a terrible photographer and had given up trying. But in India I became determined to improve - I so badly wanted to create the kind of photos that would capture the amazing things I saw every day.


I still have so much to learn, but I love knowing that Istanbul is a city full of inspiration that will encourage me to keep trying.

What motivates you to keep creating - even when you aren't improving at the rate you thought/hoped you would?

I heard this song on a TV show last week and it drove me nuts until I tracked it down. I knew it was a cover, but for the life of me I couldn't remember who had released the original - maybe because the two sounded so very different, which for me is a sign of a great cover. Lissie with a cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters." Pin It

One of Those Days

After spending the better part of the past decade living in more humid climates, my skin has decided to reject Utah's dry, dry winter air.  Hit particularly bad are my hands, where my skin has started cracking and splitting open with the least little hit.  It seems I can't keep enough lotion on them.  I woke up this morning with a new split and decided to dedicate the day to layering the lotion on.

All was going well, until just after applying lotion, I tried to take a bowl of very hot oatmeal out of the microwave.  The bowl slipped and hot oatmeal poured over my hand and splashed all over the kitchen, leaving me with a mess and a burn right over the split and on my thumb.  I could tell it was going to be one of those days!

Needless to say, I gave up on the idea of oatmeal for breakfast and switched to yogurt.

I'm really sharing this story to ask your advice on lotion - anyone have a product that saves your hands in winter when the weather gets even drier than usual?  It would be a bonus if the lotion didn't leave my hands super slick so I can safely take a bowl out of the microwave!  And, equally important - I'm a big handwasher, but I have a feeling my anti-bacterial handsoap is contributing to my dry skin.  Any recommendations on hand soap?

I heard this artist while blog hunting this morning - she's new to me, but maybe not to those of you in the UK where she is touring right now.  What do you think?  Lissie - "Everywhere I Go"
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