Vinny!

Heather and her boyfriend Ryan got the cutest puppy on the face of the earth!! I went to visit with Heather and Vinny and we took him down to the park to play around. It was beautiful out, which made up for the snow that we had earlier in the week. Vinny is an eleven week old Jack Russel Terrier mixed with Bichon Frise, and he has quite the personality already!

The Giving Garden

I learned about a community garden from an awesome girl in one of my classes. A group of interested and like minded students are going to start a community, sustainable garden this summer on Eastern's campus and I am going to help out and learn a lot in the process. The first meeting I attended was in EMU's greenhouse where we planted some of our seeds so that we can eventually transplant them onto the plot when they are ready in a couple of weeks. I think this is going to be a great experience, and it will be one of my outdoor volunteering activities this summer which I am really looking forward to. The meeting only lasted about an hour and a half but I really needed the break since I was in the middle of writing a 20 page paper...ugh! I am finally finished with my paper, only to start reading through all of the research I have on another one, but as soon as I am finished with that paper I am done for the semester. My summer is looking pretty great so far, I am enrolled in one class in May/June and then one class that is a couple days in July but will require a lot of reading leading up to our classes. I am also seeking out a couple more volunteering opportunities and making plans to get a photo business going on the side with some awesome clients lined up already!

Memories

My mom, sister, aunts and cousin took a trip Up North to celebrate my grandma's memory and went to mass which was said in her name. It was a really fun trip, we stayed in Petoskey on Friday and went up to St. Ignace on Saturday, and came home after mass that evening. We spent a majority of the trip in the car, and in restaurants, shopping and enjoying each others company. Here are some of my favorites from the trip.

Appalachian Cultural Project

I had an awesome time in Whitesburg, I really enjoyed seeing everyone from Western, and I enjoyed being immersed in photo talk for an entire week. Here are some of my favorite images from the week. Be sure to check the website www.acpworkshop.org for what went on during the workshop, archives of previous workshops and for updates as the multimedia and picture stories are added.

Pink in the morning

When I was growing up if I wanted to know if the weather was going to be good or bad, my mom used to say, "Pink in the morning, sailors take warning." Since I have been home for "spring break" we have gotten about 5-6 inches of snow. Sunday morning I woke up to Gus parading around my room, chirping at the birds and this beautiful pink/orange/yellow mural on my wall. It was a good indication since it snowed on and off all day yesterday. In case you are wondering you can also tell when there will be good weather, the other half of the saying was, "Pink at night sailor's delight."

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Warrior women

Here's a little collage of the cast of the 2009 Vagina Monologues at EMU. The performances are this weekend and I am really excited!