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#28 Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah!

Posted: December 20th, 2009 | Author: Ellen | Filed under: 101 in 1001, Life, Photography | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Yay, holiday season! I’m on a three week break from school, and Christmas is soon approaching. I’ve made cute little mugs of candy as gifts for my friends. They’re easy to make. You just need to arrange the following:

  • A Christmas Mug
  • Peppermint Patties (in the bottom)
  • Giant Christmas Kit Kat Bar
  • Skittles or M&M Tins, containing their respective candies
  • 2 Sweet Tart Candy Canes

And you’ve got yourself an affordable and enjoyable gift for many people. I think this also sort of counts for one thing my list of 101 Things to do in 1001 Days; #28. Make Christmas presents. This counts, right? Sure….

It is my hope that everyone enjoys this holiday season. (And really… who can’t have a nice time with all the pretty snow, music, lights, and happy friends and family about them? If you can’t, you are a grinch. And I’ll call you out on it!)

A note to Santa: I would like my own Santa Hat this season so I don’t have to Photoshop one onto my head each year. (P.S. I’ve been a very good girl.)

Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah!

~Ellen


First Snowfall of the Season

Posted: December 4th, 2009 | Author: Ellen | Filed under: Life, Photography | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

The first fresh blanket of winter white always manages to take my breath away. But never have I seen a first snowfall come this heavy or fast. Usually the tips of the green grass are still sticking up for a week or more before there’s enough snow to cover it and not melt in a day. But today it started snowing, and didn’t stop… and it’s sticking. After about three hours, there was four inches of snow on the ground. I ran back to my apartment, grabbed my new camera (I bought the Canon Rebel T1i over Thanksgiving break), and ran back on to campus and took photos of the freshly fallen snow.

Of course, I was not alone out there, even though it was eleven at night by then. Plenty of other people were already out making snowmen, having snowball fights, and taking their own photos of the first snow of the season. Walking around in such a beautiful snowy world put a goofy grin on my face and just made my day.

In my excitement, I’ve already uploaded a few photos on my flickr tonight. Nothing like enthusiasm of fresh snow to get my motivation going.


“Ski Trip”

Posted: March 8th, 2009 | Author: Ellen | Filed under: Life, Photography | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

It was supposed to be, drive up north, stay at a hotel, ski on a big mountain. But things kept getting in the way. My ski boot didn’t fit so I would have to rent, my brother didn’t want to go, my mom doesn’t ski, so it was just gonna be me and my dad going to a closer ski hill a little ways from home. (Note: hill, not mountain.) Then there was a two for one deal at the place closest to us that I’ve been going to for years with my school’s Ski Club… so that’s where we went.

It was still fun! I haven’t been skiing in like two years, but I picked it up fast enough. Got a few pictures of the place, meanwhile freezing my hand off to do so. And that was the extent of my spring break “ski trip.” Spending three hours at my local ski hill. Woo!