The Real Start of Summer

So, officially, I feel as though summer has begun. The weather, the outdoor activities, the daily urges to go to the beach or any body of water to cool down, and sadly enough the boredom. In recent discussion the memories of just being a kid during summer came up. I remember when just being able to wake up and go play games outside meant everything to me. It's amazing how such simplicity can entertain a child for hours on end. This summer has kicked off with flipping burgers and, if I must be honest, numerous wastes of gas. I still enjoy simple things like bike rides with friends, barbeques, and trips to the lighthouse, but now it just doesn't seem like enough. Hopefully some excitement will come about sooner rather than later, or maybe we'll have to stick with simple for the summer. I haven't taken many photos so far this summer but here are just a few from the past couple of weeks.

May is finally ending...

I have been done with school since the 8th and I cannot wait for May to be over. Summer doesn't seem quite here yet. Phoebe comes home this weekend I think and I cannot be happier. I can't wait to see everyone I need to see. So far being home has been extremely uneventful. I work a less than satisfying job, I do the same things every week, and I'm just bored to tears. I haven't really done anything fun lately or taken any pictures which makes me sad. Hopefully this summer will be full of fun times and never ending photo ops. I did however, take pictures for my sister's prom as well as her rugby championships. I guess I'll post the best of the series and hope things get exciting over the next few weeks.

Now rugby! Her team played in the U-19 New England's tournament and won!

wire shark and painting

So during this week I submitted my wire sculpture project to my 3-D design teacher and got an A. I was super excited because this bad boy took me forever. I like him. In other news Sara and I painted the rink. We got a little crazy with the paint and proved to be even bigger losers than we once thought we were. I can't stop thinking about summer lately. I can't wait for the weather, miscellaneous activities and friends. So excited!

SHARKY!


i miss my bffl with the matching pants and shoes haha. We don't plan that by the way. Anyway I'm stuck in Orono for about 2-3 weeks which sucks. More soon...

Just Walking Around

These are some photos that I took a weekend or two ago when I was home. My friend Sara and I decided to walk around in an area we don't commonly venture to, and it ended up being really great. I got some pretty good photos and it was nice to simply just walk around and sit by the water. We came across a pretty cool building being worked on, some trains, and a great rock wall. I hope to do this a lot more in the summer. Taking walks is so much fun! YAY!!!

Pink eye

My drawing teacher likes to throw random assignments at us, and this time I didn't mind it. She wanted us to pick a temporary or chronic body ailment to draw with colored pencils. Her example was a pretty awesome drawing of some messed up teeth(I don't really know what was wrong with them). I took the assignment at hand and ventured onto google image search, but was disappointed when the image results weren't nearly as grotesque as I had hoped for (as messed up as that sounds). I finally cam across a picture of some pretty gnarly pink eye that I thought would make a good drawing.
After looking over this relatively disturbing photograph several times I went to work on my own replica of the image. This is what I came up with...
Probably not the best eyeball anyone has ever seen, but I am happy with the result. Although I have been told that drawing from photographs is bad, this seems like more of a color study than anything else. I am excited to do more of these. Next time I'm going to try to go for a dental issue.