Sunken City, California

In 1929, a landslide in San Pedro, California, caused a neighborhood of exclusive homes to tumble into the ocean. At its peak, the land movement was measured at an astounding 11 inches a day. Today...

Angela Thornton of M O R P H knitwear

Two years ago I met Angela Thornton, reigning goddess of M O R P H knitwear, through a mutual friend. She walked into the restaurant wearing a delicate little antiqued chained harness over an...

spring fever

I think it is officially safe to declare that spring has arrived in Portland. Today will hit the high 60s and most of the weekend will hit the low 70s. It will still continue to rain throughout the...

Vegan Peanut Butter Carrot Puppy Biscuits

My friend Courtney and I made a very large batch of vegan peanut butter carrot puppy biscuits (as seen here) tonight. I don't own food processor or even a box grater so we just kept the carrots...

dresses!

I know that "April showers bring May Flowers" but come on. It's March and the torrential downpours and bipolar weather is getting a bit tiresome. Spring, sweet spring, I know you're out there! A...

oh, bear

Today is my one month anniversary of adopting Ava! Happy one month, my little California bear. I love you. I also just got back from Vancouver, BC today which was a lovely extended weekend filled...

Ava Bear

I've been conflicted for the past seven years and I think it's time that I come clean. From elementary school till junior high I never had a cat. We had rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, a turtle and...

2013

2013 has kicked off to a good start. We hiked Beacon Rock last weekend. Beacon Rock is an 848-foot basalt clumn that formed the core of an ancient volanco. The hike was more beautiful than the...

monday mornings

She likes the natural light, captured in black and white. These were taken with Mithril, my Hasseblad 501cm, using Ilford HP5 Plus (120, 400) film. It was the first roll of black and white that...

2012 Year in Review

I have been busy enjoying the remaining days of 2012 but I'm here now. So while this is late, here is my kickass 2012 Year in Review (please, limit your excitement). Author's note: This took me a...

Little Peanut captured by Kodak Portra and my Ol' Reliable (Canon AE-1). I hope you all had a very wonderful Christmas surrounded by the people you love and the people who love you. xox, A

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

catlike

I shot this self portrait series, catlike, with Romeo in February of 2012. A month before he was diagnosed with cancer. Five months before he lost the battle. People always tell you, "it gets...

WINNER! WINNER!

Congratulations to Gabrielle Gallant for winning this Chrome Niko Camera Bag! Please email me at aayla@ipawyou.com to claim your prize! Thanks for participating, everyone! I absolutely loved...

On my back + VGT

I love this outfit. It's ridiculously comfortable and I'm in love with my Poler "The Rucksack" bag. It's been great being water resistant and it fits my body. It has this nostalgic look that...

Very Good Things

I'm grounded. I've been completely neglecting to keep up with my posts these last two weeks because of an array of awesome life event... ♥ Morpheus has his tube out and his wound has healed up!...

Fall love affair - Instagram

Instagram recently released online profiles for their accounts. They were already available through websites that Statigram and Webstagram but it's still nice. Have you looked at yours yet?...

Bagby Hot Springs, Oregon

I neglected to post my weekly list of "Very Good Things" yesterday because I was busy gallivanting around one of Oregon's hot springs. Bagby Hot Springs is located in the Mt. Hood National Forest...

If you need me, you can find me in this jacket

I've been living in this BB Dakota coat since I purchased it and will soon hibernate in it. It's amazing. I've seen the same print being used as curtains by a man doing a DIY restoration project on...

Easter Egg Fridays

I'm a bit in denial that we are currently in the middle of fall. The weather has been consistently been in the low 50/60s yet I'm still running around acting like the clouds will burn off. I am, of...

GIVEAWAY: Chrome Niko Camera Bag

For the month of November I will be giving away one Chrome Niko Camera Bag ($105 value) to one of my readers. I have one and I absolutely love it so I thought it would make the perfect first...

We Have Adventures: Detroit Lake and Silver Falls

Detroit Lake is a reservoir just south of Salem and 100 miles from Portland. I've been there in the summer when the lake is filled with boisterous campers and swimmers. Right now it is being drawn...

VGT

I spent yesterday exploring southern Oregon with Aumie and Johanna. It was pouring rain but it was perfect. These were taken at Detroit Lake which is a man-made reservoir. They were draining it in...

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

I skipped town this past January and headed south to dry my hair and warm my hands. Portland, while so wonderful, can get extremely miserable and wet come winter. We decided to spend New Years at...

SUMMER SKIN

Unedited images from one of my many lake swims this summer. The sun was setting and the lake became the very definition of perfection. Take me back.