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{another “my life through my camera phone” post}

callee has recently become a lapcat… she never used to lay on my lap and let me pet her and now she’s always climbing all over me – especially when i’m sitting at my desk blogging. so – apparently my kitty callee says hello, everyone! 😉

squeezin’ in some vitamin D anywhere i can – even on my lunch-break…

speaking of vitamins, i am trying these new kickass 100% organic food-based vitamins from garden of life. and how happy was i to find my favourite quote ever inside the box?!?!!! 😀

watching sopris emerge from the clouds…

taking more shameless selfies : featuring new shades…

i was having a nice moment with this cute little bunny… until a loud truck drove by and scared her away…

yep, those are two ladybugs… *ahem* …on an asparagus stalk…

bloomin’ onion…

how do you feel about ravens?! they are always all around me… practically everywhere i go.

have a nice weekend, ya’ll!

Tags: animals, audrey michelle, blogging, cats, colorado, food and foto, iphone, iphoneography, life, mount sopris, nature, shake-it app, silly, updates, weekends, whatever

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{tiny tuesday : TH2 update}

10 Jun

the house is coming along nicely. it looks really cute and i can’t wait to see it when it’s complete. watching it being built has me dreaming of having my own actual mobile tiny house someday… and i hope to make that happen!

for now, i am enjoying living in this great tiny home and watching one being built right next door – pretty sweet stuff!

here are some more fotos of the project, still currently underway…

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DAY FIVE

another day on site…

hard at work…

quite literally “men at work” …

😉

first wall goes up…

first wall is UP!

end of day five…

by the way, later that day… this happened :

{that’s hail!}

i couldn’t run out to grab a foto of the tiny house because that would be crazy, so this will have to suffice 😉

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DAY SIX:

day six… walls all over the place!

click here to see day one & two

click here to see day three and four

Tags: blogging, building, colorado, construction, cool, fun, legacy homes, legacy homes of aspen, life, lifestyle, photography, TH2, tiny home, tiny house, tiny house movement, updates

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{tiny tuesday : TH2 update}

20 May

just an update on TH2 : the tiny house project by legacy homes. {which also happens to be my new next-door-neighbour…}

DAY THREE :

{the view from the back of MY tiny home…}

{see it?!}

😉

getting creative with craftsman…

{setting the foundation…}

{TH2}

{end of day three}

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DAY FOUR

{boss is on the site}

{perfect building weather}

{boards and beams}

{“stand here while i do this…”}

{foundation initiated}

{end of day four}

click here to see day one and two

Tags: building, colorado, construction, editorial photography, legacy homes, lifestyle, mountain life, mountains, photography, TH2, tiny home, tiny house, tiny tuesday, update

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{meaty monday : farm-to-table mini sliders}

19 May

i am so blessed. i need to keep myself in check whenever i feel that i am anything otherwise.

i live in this amazing place where i have access to amazing locally grown and produced food – including quality, pasture-raised, grass-fed, fresh beef. now – some of you may be shaking your head at that word, reading it here on this ol’ blog – food and foto. you’re probably like, “wait a second -i thought she was like, vegan or something!? doesn’t she usually do meatless mondays?!” well, yes – yes i do. and yes, for about four months once – i was vegan.

but dude, i’m not anything – i’m everything. and right now i’m really enjoying eating lots of grass-fed beef, butter, cheese, and dairy. i can’t seem to get enough of it. i feel very blessed to have regular access to grass-fed beef products. have you ever had the pleasure of enjoying grass-fed beef?! it simply doesn’t compare… it is just amazing!

while at my personal favourite market, i picked up some grass-fed beef produced from a local ranch where i live and was inspired to create these adorable mini-sliders. nothing special about them, really – other than the fact that this meal is basically farm-to-table! i just wanted to share the pictures and rave about how happy and grateful i am that i live in a place that values the ethical treatment of animals and provides availability of these great quality products to an equally-compassionate and educated foodie like myself! 😀 Continue reading →

Tags: 100 mile diet, animal compassion, burgers, colorado, consciousness, farm to table, food and foto, food photography, grass-fed beef, intuitive eating, local, meaty monday, organic, photography, ranching, sliders, western slope, whatever

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{just keep springing… just keep springing…}

18 May

it has FINALLY arrived!!!!

Tags: audrey michelle, finally, nature, nature photography, photography, photos, spring, weekends

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{TH2 – a new tiny house project!}

13 May

so – as it turns out, the owner/builder of my awesome tiny home has recently begun a new project for another soon-to-be tiny house dweller seeking a life less ordinary. of course, i asked if i could fotograph the process {and thank goodness my new “neighbour” is totally cool with that}.

i’ll do my best to update as time goes on… thankfully when i saw the big trailer pull up with this old unit on it, i was home and had free time, and i immediately ran to grab a camera.

this platform will be cut in half… and although the new tiny house {which we are referring to as “TH2”} will be half the size of this, it will still be twice the size of my home… so approximately 300-400 square feet.

i had never really fotographed the decay of a building before… and i gotta say, i kinda loved it. i can’t really explain why – but some of these images are so interesting to me… maybe the contrast of colour and exposed walls or floors… i don’t know. but there is something about “urban decay” i’ve always been somehow attracted to as an artist.

here are some recent fotos of the project from the beginning…

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DAY ONE – deconstruction