Hipstamatic Works in Progress

 A little preview of some of the things I'm working on...

 And some pet pictures (I know, I take WAY too many) that I took with the highly addicting hipstamatic photo app...

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!

 <3 Sara

The Versatile Blogger

Thanks to Tasha for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award!!! She has a wonderful blog and I hope you'll all check it out!

As part of the nomination, I have to share 10 things about myself and nominate some other deserving blogs, so here it goes:

1. I love glittery pastel nail polish. It makes me feel like a Sailor Scout.

2. Despite my girly-girl complex, I loooove reptiles and just came back from a reptile show! Here I am holding a GORGEOUS king snake (I wanted to bring her home with me so badly!) and then with my new crested gecko, Cornelius.

3. I'm also a dragon freak. The crested gecko is a substitute because I can't find anyone that will sell me a REAL dragon.

4. Fairy tales are my obsession. I'll spend hours on the Surlalune Fairy Tales website.

5. I love comic books and lately I can't seem to make myself read books without pictures.

6. My hair is a hydrometer. If it's big, it's humid. If it's bigger, it's more humid.

7. I'm a little bit obsessed with my pets. Here's another picture!

 8. I used to think that flowers were a waste of time and I would only grow vegetables, but recently I've fallen in love with beautiful flowers and want to be surrounded by them! (Like these stunning ones that I saw at our local Tulip Fest!)

 9. I've been a vegetarian since I was 11 and it has become a very important part of who I am.

 10. I am still absolutely heartbroken at the death of Diana Wynne Jones. She was my favorite fantasy writer and her books and characters will always hold a very special place in my heart.

Now for the important part! I nominate:

The Inexplicable Rabbit

Diana Evans

Pipi La La

City of Blackbirds

Brown Paper Bunny

Juliette Crane

Not on Shelf

Translucent Blue

A is for Anika

Rose Hill Designs

Grandma

 My grandmother passed away a few days ago. She was an incredibly inspiring and wonderful person and I miss her deeply. This is my favorite photo of her - doesn't she look wonderful? I don't have any new art to post, but my grams loved flowers. These are from my garden...

Green Girl & Flowers

A new piece - 5x7" on bristol board.

In other news, my mom and I went to an award ceremony for my dad and he ended up giving US flowers. Awwwwwww.

<3 Sara Lynn

Snapshots of Summer

 So far, this summer has been fabulous.There have been a lot of trips to see family and a lot of birthdays! My new baby cousin was born just a few days ago, and is absolutely gorgeous.

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite pictures from the last few weeks...

The sky right by Lake Ontario, where my grandmother lives. More specifically, this is at The Loop, and I was eating my favorite fried mushrooms at the time.

One of my favorite trees, from my grandmother's yard. My parents were married under it.

At Lake George...

And... new reading glasses for my birthday! It might not seem like reading glasses are a huge deal, but since I spend 90% of my free time reading, writing, or drawing, I spend a lot of time in these babies.

Flowers

It's Spring!

Which, of course, means that it's the end of the semester and I have absolutely no time to properly enjoy the weather. Luckily, I have my trusty little purse camera, so I caught some of these on my way in and out of work and class...

Hoppy Valentine's Day!

I got a virus which wiped my hard drive, so no winter photos, part 2, since I hadn't backed them up yet (yeah, I know I'm stupid). At least I had printed them out ahead of time for my project!

 Instead, I've got a bunch of V-day photos. I used to be one of those people who complained about Valentine's Day being a terrible commercial holiday, but I must say... the sheer amount of chocolate I seem to receive has converted me into V-day's biggest advocate. Bring on the goodies!

And my favorite present of all. It's pink, small enough to fit in my purse, and has a really nice macro mode.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Winter Photos: Part One, With a Focus on Fungus

The word fungus sounds gross, but fungus can actually be quite beautiful...

I went for a short hike at the Grafton Lakes State Park today to take some photos for a class project. I thought I'd share some of them here. I hope they inspire you!