10,000th day + Studio Grandbois Pictures

About a year and a half ago, I read on someone's blog that they were celebrating their 10,000th day on the earth.  Naturally I was curious and had to figure out when my 10,000th day was, and it's been written on a blue sticky note on my desk at work since.  I randomly found it a week or so ago and was surprised to see that it was coming up quickly.  So happy 10,000th day on the earth to me!  (It's just shy of your 27 1/2 birthday, if that helps whether or not it's worth your time and energy to look.)  I'm not able to find the 10,000th day calculator, it appears to be broken, but here's one telling you the days you've been alive, if you're interested.

Edited to add: This was supposed to go up on Friday when Blogger was down for.ev.er.  So if you were planning on celebrating my 10,000th day with me, you missed it.  THANKS BLOGGER! >:O

Anywhosits.  As I've mentioned briefly on twitter, my photographer friend, Kathryn, (who previously took the fun library/bookworm inspired photos) was back in town last weekend and wanted to take some more photos.  She helped with the styling (because she's much more fashionable than me) and made my hair super cute.  I slapped on some make up and attempted to keep the goofy faces to a minimum.  Here are some of my faves.  :)

Kathryn is obsessed with this little hat. Ha.

Number of times I almost died from a broken ankle in these shoes: 27.

Fun Royal wedding inspired headband.

My favorite pic of the group. Not sure if I prefer the black and white or color.

This peacock feather headband is my favorite purchase for the day.

"It's funny because it's a little big hat....."

name that quote.

My new fishing hat. I will be very stylish on the water.

Love the lighting in this one. And my 17 foot long legs (jk I'm a shrimp!)

My second favorite shot of the group.

Nerd chic? Sure why not!

Feel free to check out her Facebook Fan page, because she's obviously neat-o burrito.

Fall Photo Shoot

Monday I was dreading going for a run.  My legs were sore from racing then long runnin'.  But it was sooooo beautiful out.  I convinced myself that I should take my camera since it was just an easy paced run.  Then I had an even better idea.  Take out Miss Polly Sunshine, because who knows when the last bike rideable day is, right?  I went 9 miles in an undetermined amount of time.  I kept stopping and starting my garmin when I was stopping to take pictures, but at one point forgot to restart it and never started it again.  Oh well.

I love the colors of fall, I love fallen leaves, I love bridges, and I love Miss Polly, so they are my inspirations and subjects of the shoot.

This is my favorite of the group, and sadly it was taken while I was actually biking.  This is right before my favorite part of the trail.
I love the windiness of the trail, so I tried to capture that here.
Also, there are hundreds of pine trees planted in rows here, so every time I run through it, it smells like Christmas, and I love it even more.
A zoomed out version of the windy trail.
I love this bridge, but I've never actually run across it, it's off to the right of my regular route.  I think it's just a bridge to get access from the main roads to the trails actually.
Polly is just chilling while I attempt to be a photog.
I may complain about our bitterly cold/miserable weather, but it doesn't get much more beautiful than fall.
Love the crunchy fallen leaves.
Coming back over the bridge.
Peek a boo.
I thought these were beautiful with the bright orange tree peeking out in the background.
The sun is setting behind the river.  (P.S.  It's getting COLD and I'm still 4.5 miles from home.  WHOOPS!)
My second favorite shot of the bunch.  This is my favorite bridge on my route.  And I love how the sun is still just barely peeking out before setting for good.
The super calm river from the bridge.  It was mondo windy so I don't understand how it was so crazy still.
Got to have the reflection shot, no?
I was going for something more artistic here.  It didn't work that way, but I love how bright she is next to the dark colors of the bridge and river.