5 months on the road: A photographic recap

Whew! Welcome home, she says to herself. Since I traveled to New Orleans this past December to visit my brother and celebrate his newly-purchased home, I've been traveling like mad (and regrettably not blogging all that much). It was particularly insane in February, March, and April...when eight consecutive days was the longest period of time I was at home in Salt Lake City. I've been instagramming and tweeting from the road in real time, but in case you missed it...Flickr albums are now organized for your enjoyment (links to each album are in the photo captions below).

So...why have I been ignoring you, where have I been, and what have I been up to?

Visiting my brother who recently purchased a home in New Orleans, Louisianna | December 2013

Traveling with my brother to visit our family in Newport Beach, California | December 2013

This image from Moab, Utah was selected by VSCO for their curated Grid, such an honor | February 2014

An Instawalk event on Antelope Island, on the frozen Great Salt Lake | February 2014

Weekend quickie at Snowbird Resort, Salt Lake City, Utah | February 2014

Back to Southern California, half work conference + half vacay | February - March 2014

Spent a week in Hopi lands of Arizona, volunteering, cooking, laughing, and meeting beautiful people | March 2014

Waikiki, Oahu, Hawai'i...for work! I know, right? I know. | April 2014

Back to California, again, this time to La Jolla for a friend's wedding | April 2014

Next up...I'm off to Alaska! In between La Jolla and Alaska I'll spend just over three weeks in Salt Lake (which feels like an eternity at this point). I've had an amazing few months and these highlights barely scratch the surface. It's difficult for me to blog regularly amidst the wanderlusty chaos, so follow along in real time instead: Instagram and Twitter @fourthirtyam.

Also, stay tuned for big news about the Alaska trip. It's absolutely a dream come true, and I don't just mean crossing America's Last Frontier off my bucket list.

Love and SkyMiles,
me

Business trip. Neighborhood cafe. Cloud porn. #weekinphotos

Follow the adventures in real time on Instagram @fourthirtyam. You can also join me on Flickr.

Love,
me

Iowa. Salsa. Indigo Girls. #weekinphotos

Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids

I fell totally in love with this piece.

The irony of this piece is that this is the tiniest, least rushed airport ever.

Another awesome workshop with Craft Lake City at West Elm.

See additional photos, and snag the recipe, in this post. 

Cool mountain air. Chicks with guitars. Bare feet in the grass. Perfect summer night.

#goldenhour 

This is summer in Salt Lake City. 

Indigo Girls accompanied by the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Wowzers.

Follow my adventures on Instagram @fourthirtyam.

These photos are also on the my madeleines #weekinphotos board. 

Love, 

me

Painting. Instawalk. Iowa. #weekinphotos

My camera had a busy week, y'all. Last Sunday I went to a painting class in Park City. Tuesday night I met up with Instagram friends for a photo walk in Sugarhouse, one of Salt Lake City's most charming neighborhoods. Then I left for Iowa with my family for my grandma's memorial. Here are a few of the vistas my iPhone captured in the past week:

Dinner at a local favorite before our painting class. See more painting photos in this previous post.

See the full instawalk Flickr set, or at least the photos I was able to post before leaving for Iowa. I'll keep cleaning out my iPhone and posting more Sugarhouse pics as the days roll on.

Marion at age 19 in 1937.

Jessen family farm in Iowa (though it was sold years ago)

My family's land that sustained a generation of immigrant dairy farmers. 

See the full Flickr set, or at least what I've been able to get through so far. I'm still in Iowa as I post this, so more photos will be added to the set in the coming days.

For real-time photo action, follow my adventures on Instagram.

These photos are also on the my madeleines #weekinphotos board. Pin away!

xo,
me