Minimallie: photos

Thursday, October 9, 2014

[all images from aliciavonderlieth.com]

I ran into Alicia von der Lieth at local expo recently, and fell in love with her prints. Her photography is the type that I tend to love...natural, thoughtful, and magical.

You can find Alicia at aliciavonderlieth.com or at her Etsy shop.

Have you come across any great new photographers or artists lately? Would you like your photography or art featured here? Give me a shout at alliewhitney {at} gmail {dot} com!

Thursday, August 7, 2014

The longer I stretch out this Kauai photo-dump, the longer I can keep revisiting these memories and going back in time. So please forgive me as I force you to do that with me :). In my next post I'll share the fun details of where we stayed, ate, explored and played, but for now, some photos + captions will do.

What is sour sop??? Freaking delicious, that's what.

Just a light tap tap taparoo.

A kayak ride under the prettiest tree.

Our tour of the Napali Coast had to be our favorite part of the whole trip.

Such outstanding beauty!!

Fishing in a sea cave.

TURTLE!!!!!

These little cardinals are adorable.

Hanalei Bay captured our hearts for-ev-er.

A morning paddle.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

I hope everyone is enjoying the same bright sunshine and warmth that we are getting over here in the East Bay this week. We probably don't need the 100 degrees we're supposed to get tomorrow...but I'll take it!

Ok now that we've discussed the weather...can I get real for a second? I'm putting too much pressure on myself lately. I feel generally overwhelmed, like I'm not getting enough done to be successful and reach my goals. Every night lately, I feel a bit distressed, going over in my head the list of things I didn't get to or milestones I haven't achieved. Does this ever happen to you? A self-doubting funk? I enjoy setting goals and I always have high expectations of myself. Sometimes it comes back to bite me in the ass.

Right now I'm wishing that I was traveling, exercising, blogging, reading and sleeping more. That I was working toward my long term goals and spending more time enjoying friends and embracing my hobbies more. That I was cooking, cleaning, shopping and learning more, and knocking way more off my to-do list at work.

I unload here because if there's anything I've learned from my experience in this ol' blogosphere, it's that in general, we "bloggers" (though I really hesitate to call myself that) have quite a lot in common. I'm constantly impressed by the goals, dreams, introspection, authenticity and beauty that I see out there in this community. I see people chasing dreams, taking risks, capturing the simplicity and beauty of life along the way. I can't imagine that it all comes without a few "ahhhhh panic!" moments, for any of us. I'm so grateful that when that happens, we all have the ability to get it out there like this. It helps!

Anyhow, although I do feel this way, what I know is that I'm doing fine. That it's my own mindset that needs to be altered, so I'm working on that.

Because when I look at these photos from the past couple of months and I'm reminded that I have it pretty darn good. It's been an absolutely beautiful spring.