Aug 5, 2015

you always dreamed of being adventurous // yosemite 2015

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There is a season for wildness
and a season for settledness, and this is neither.
This is about becoming.
>> Shauna Niequist << 
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these are the days of early mornings, river swims, woods drenched in sticky sunlight, painting the dusk, wind combing through the pines, and the brooks chattering about the comings and goings of the seasons. 
standing in the valley floor, surrounded by stone cathedrals carved with ice and wind and rain, i swear there is granite dust in my bones. these walls of stone are time capsules, echoing of childhood memories i recollect only when i'm sitting on boulders that have been carried by the river underfoot. 

these past two weeks have been spent road tripping the whole of CA with my wonderful family and my dear Johanna from the rolling hills of my hometown to the spiring cliffs of the sierra nevadas to the mountains of Lake Arrowhead back down to the sunny corner of SoCal. in yosemite, mornings were spent clutching the warmth of coffee as the sun gently warmed the sweet-pine air; afternoons were for swims in the river; and evenings around a red and white checkered table cloth revealed hearts and chiseled laughter into the night over summer watermelons from the farmer's market. i'm spending the rest of the week at johanna's, adventuring, laughing, teasing, taylor-swift and avicci singing car tripping, and relishing the feeling of being alive in the summertime as the season slowly dwindles. five years since meeting her through the blogging world seems like a forever time ago. 
this is the season for learning to allow it to wash over you like summer rain, learning to live and let go in the process.  

happy august, lovelies!
xx
listen: "valentina" 

10 comments:

  1. this was the most beautiful thing i've read in like forever. giving me all the summer feels. can i please come with you ????

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  2. The richness of your words and depth and beauty of your photographs...

    "these are the days of early mornings, river swims, woods drenched in sticky sunlight, painting the dusk, wind combing through the pines, and the brooks chattering about the comings and goings of the seasons."

    "this is the season for learning to allow it to wash over you like summer rain, learning to live and let go in the process."

    It sounds cliche almost, but a nostalgic feeling swept across me as I read these words. So, so much beauty here, Grace. Absolutely adore this post.

    blog | acacia rachel x


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  3. Oh the beauty. Not only of sights, but if words. You make me homesick for this place, for those things, although I have never been.

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  4. (also, if you don't mind me asking: what do you use to edit your photos? they're always very lovely to look at.)

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    1. thank you so much for always leaving the sweetest comments. :) I use Lightroom with the VSCO 04 pack. ;) xx

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  5. Wowwweee, these photos are just gorgeous! If I could travel there in a heartbeat, I would.

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  6. Both your words and your photographs are stunning. Like Olivia said above, this post gave me "the summer feels".

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  7. I'm currently planning a trip to Yosemite and this was perfect! Your photos are so crisp it's as if you're there! Now I'm more excited to go!
    -|D I A N A|

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    1. Aw, thank you! I'm so excited you'll be experiencing the Yosemite mountains soon. xx

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