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My favorite part about summer (besides watermelon and fro-yo!) are the beaches.  Since I'm still in the midst of Step 1 studying and unable to enjoy the awesome California coast, here's one of my favorite beach photos from years past.

 

This was taken at Half Moon Bay with P.M. and his dog Brandy.  I met P.M. the first week of college and although we've lost touch since then, I can only imagine how different I would be if I had never met him.  Thanks for being one of the biggest supporters of my photography, for encouraging me to do what I want rather than what I am expected to do, and for a great day at the beach.

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Since moving from California to Cleveland, the biggest adjustment I've had to make is to snow.  Who knew that you could fishtail if you drove too fast on ice? Or that Uggs boots keep your feet warm and toasty...and actually make a lot of sense when it's not paired with mini-skirts in 80 degree weather? (I'm looking at you, "fashionable" sorority girl on campus.) Or that it can still snow in April?!?  I sure didn't.  Although I may not be completely used to this phenomenon called winter, there is something about freshly fallen snow that is just absolutely magical.

This was taken outside of our house, at the Belgian Village (better rendition here).  I am a little bummed out about moving out of this picturesque place (the backyard is practically a forest!), but I will not miss the enormous centipedes that also inhabit the house (which probably go hand in hand with living next to a forest).

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I have never been good about keeping up with things.  Life gets busy, and the things I love to do or the people I love to do those things with get pushed back for pressing deadlines and tests.  Photography is probably the thing I miss the most since starting medical school.  So, here's the plan: one photo, every week, to remind myself that the world exists outside of First Aid, rotations, or whatever else may come.

Sometimes, I find that photographs of the most ordinary things are the most interesting.  These are light fixtures on the 2nd floor library.  I have seen them everyday for the past two weeks (at least, before the construction started), and I'm starting to think that they are pretty cool.  They remind me of upside-down lotus flowers....or Chili's Awesome Blossom onion appetizer.  Maybe I have been studying too much, hmm.