kyn-hime

which means several things. one, of course, my allergies are insane. in my humble opinion, zyrtek is overrated and i'm going back to claritin next week. two, my beloved turtlenecks are going back into the tub of winter clothes for another year and the short sleeves and tank tops are replacing them in the closet. three, there are wildflowers EVERYWHERE. i love spring. it's not quite as climactic here as it was when i lived in a more temperate climate and spring meant a departure from a winter's worth of snow and ice, but it's still wonderful. i spent several hours yesterday driving around and taking pictures of wildflowers and budding grapevi

so, i made the intelligent and reasonable decision to spend my tax return money not on bills but on a new canon 40D. i got a lovely little canon 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 for christmas, too. i've read a lot of good things about that lens and i was pretty excited. it's a joy to use, especially after the crappy, noisy, slow-focusing lenses i've always had. ring usm, i've learned, is an amazing thing. so here i am, new camera, new lens and several other fun little tidbits to go along with them. sounds like it's time for a road trip to me! i took 778 photographs over the course of our four day trip. every single one of them is at least slightly out o

here it is, late, and i am still awake, sitting in bed and thinking too much. there's always something that could be worse, you know? sometimes, though, that's hard to find. sometimes it's hard to see that the situation you're in isn't as bad as it could be. sometimes the thought that it could, in fact, be so much worse than it is just isn't enough to make you feel any better at all about the way it actually is right now. i think the night makes things seem worse. sitting here on my bed, alone, the only light coming from my alarm clock and my computer screen; things seem worse than they do during the day when i'm sitting in the office, when