Faux 30

My 30th birthday is fast approaching, and I will be spending the splendid hurdle of a day working in NYC! Because of this, my sister and brother in law put together a faux birthday for me full of things I love to do; massage, manicure, sushi, and something very new, paddle boats!! How fun!

Before and after the flood

These photos are of Cliff Cave park just off the Mississippi river in Saint Louis. They are almost 4 weeks apart.

Miss Wessel and the Scuba Steve

I got the opportunity to spend some time with a few Colorado friends this last weekend! Darcey and Steve met up with us for an early lunch and few photos at the fountain.

Brick Housing, St. Louis style

These were taken outside Matt and Maegan's new house. I love what they did with their front door, the green really adds a welcome touch and comfortable contrast to the red brick! It's beautiful, this area of old brick housing notching its way up widing hills and rolling streets. Saint Louis has a plentiful array of inspiring architecture and winding roads to drive for days! The month that I have spent in this city has given me a much greater appreciation of the area, and due to the moisture in the air, the color saturation and vegetation lends its self beautifully to the camera.

This little goat..

My favorite photo from Grant's farm! Right before I took this one a bunch of other goats came up and tried to eat the cuff of my shorts, right off of me. I got squeemish and ran away! Does this suprise anyone?

Grant's Trail

This is one of the ways that we have been enjoying my time in Missouri.

Fonze and the Flood

Some hurling/camogie tournament photos (sorry, no action shots) and bit of the local flooding!

The Family cheese.

My sister and I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Wisconsin full of family visits and quality time. We stayed with my grandfather who inducted us into his favorite sport by passing down his golf clubs, and laughed with my parents until we were all tearing up. Here are some prime moments of this week long adventure. Enjoy.

Super Saint Louis

Leaving Fort Collins was a long anticipated goal of mine, and up until the very last week there, I had trouble visualizing the actual reality of leaving. Now I am filling up a new area of space in St. Louis, just off the Lemay Ferry Road. The air is wonderfully moist and warm, an environmental condition that brings a sticky unhappiness to a lot of the people that are familiar with it, but is a relief to my high desert skin. I am staying with my sister and her husband, and with a stroke of good timing, my parents are also here. It's wonderful. We tour around this flooded area finding random things to entertain ourselves with.. mostly just laugh at one another. The following is a pictorial of my first week in St. Louis.

Goodbye Fort Collins

Meat Packing and East Village, NYC

An old roll of film from NYC that I waited over a year to develop...

Odell Small Batch Festival II

Odell's Brewing Company just hosted their second annual Small Batch Brewing Festival in Fort Collins, Colorado... note the amazing bike parking lot! That is something that I am really going to miss!!

Fort Collins Oval Bike Race

Fort Collins has started having weekly bicycle races at the CSU oval. We knew it was only a matter of time before this began due to the fact that Fort Collins is part bicycles, part beer and part sunny-outside-family fun!

Red purse

Spring Fashion Show

Squirrel designs by Sarah Kessenich.




Photographs by Michael Groskreutz