"Love sings when it transcends the bad things"

As the rain was pounding onto the pavement last saturday night, Jordan and I ran to his car, ready to go home after a night of drinks with friends and diner food. Early the next morning, the same rain was hitting my windows and I was having an intense, vivid dream. I guess you would call it a nightmare. I was in a city surrounded by masses of people and, for some reason not defined by my dream, we all knew it was over. The world was coming to an end. Everyone was running. At times I ran to be inside of a building and other times I ran to get out. Where do you go when there's nowhere to hide? Although the dream is blurry in memory, I do remember one thing vividly. The rain. Throughout the constant panic, the rain was coming down from the dark gray skies. I remembered hoping and praying the rain would stop, cause then it would be all over. We would have escaped our fate and continued on with our lives, with a dark memory of what could have been. Then Jordan crawled into bed with me and I woke up enough to know it was just a dream.

Later on that day, as the rain was slowly coming to a stop, Jordan and I were trying to come up with something to do.Looking outside at all the vivid colors that rain brings, I was inspired to photograph it. If you haven't noticed by now I am obsessed with vivid colors. Almost all my pictures are saturated to a point. So we ventured out into the same rain that inspired my nightmare the night before, but now actually created something beautiful enough to photograph.


This decorative candle holder sits in my front porch and I am in love with the texture and pattern.









I love this tree not only for its pink flowers but for its bright red leaves, left over from the fall, that are shaped like hearts.









I found this red flower and asked Jordan to hold it, so I can use it as a subject for some of my photographs.I tried to find gray backgrounds to have the red stand out.




It's Tuesday afternoon and there is still a leftover drizzle from the rain over the weekend. Although rain isn't ideal weather, Ive always enjoyed the peacefulness it bought with it.

I can't wait for it to be the sun hitting my skin and not rain drops :)

There's a storm in the sky, now the clouds become electric..

This past weekend I went to Fells Point in Baltimore, Md to visit Jordan and most importantly check out his new apartment by the water. Fells point is one of the most beautiful parts of Baltimore. It's this little piece of Baltimore made up of brick townhouses, shops, restaurants and cobblestone streets. Not to mention bars on top of bars. Fells point was one of my favorite spots as a college student, because it was just the place to be for nightlife. Lucky for Jordan, he has all of this right outside of his apartment building's door....



Im not crazy about this picture of myself, but I promised Jordan there would be at least one. The reason being that I am wearing his set your goals shirt. Ive actually never listened to this band and doubt I would be a fan, but I always tend to steal Jordan's clothes and this one caught my eye.




There is a main part of fells which is like a town square. There is almost always some event happening here. Saturday it was full of pirates and parrots (for pirate day) and Sunday it was turned into a flea market...


I found this item among a pile of old books and it definitely caught my eye. As you can see its an informative book on how to treat some of those "complaints" your wife may have, such as pregnancy, labor and suckling. The best part is that its from 1895. I eventually want to make a habit of collecting old books such as this one.


I think the best part of flea markets, apart from all the great stuff you can buy, is how inspirational some of the random pieces can be...

After the flea market we continued to explore...


I found a few doors with the signature maryland crab on their door.







I found this brick by the dock with the boats and found it at first hilarious. I mean someone paid $500 to get this done. Then I realized it probably means so much more than first glance. In the end, I too want to end up with my best friend with benefits.
This weekend (along with the past few months) has helped me clear up a lot of doubt about certain issues, especially what I want to do with my life. For the past 5 years I had no idea what I wanted to do and was a mess over it. I envied those who had grad school and a career path chosen and planned out. Nothing I came up with ever seemed right. Then these past few months had helped me strip away a lot of "things" I thought I really wanted from life. My priority list has completely changed and the plans I use to have are being scrapped. I am going to take a huge risk and do something totally different with no security that it will all turn out fine in the end.

And for the first time in my life, I'm okay with that :)