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  • This Artsy Life: So Long, 2013!

    This Artsy Life: So Long, 2013!

    I don’t know about you, dear Artsies, but I am ready to say goodbye to 2013 and get to the good stuff that I just know is waiting in the New Year!  All in all, 2013 was a pretty good year for me and Mr. Forager.  For today’s This Artsy Life post, I put together a little look back at some of our favorite moments from 2013 [ in case you’re wondering about the song choice, it is “our song” and still fits Mr. F & I so perfectly ]–

    No life is ever perfect and ours, though exciting and full of adventure compared to most, is no different.  We learned a lot this year, about ourselves and each other.  We each went down new roads, sometimes things worked out and sometimes they didn’t.  But in the process, we grew and we feel like we know better now what we want and where we’d like to be.

    You can catch up on the specifics of our year in the This Artsy Life archives.  Starting in 2014, I’ll take a break from doing these features each week but will be posting scenes from our life on Instagram and will pop in here on the blog with an occasional This Artsy Life post when I have something special to share.  Meanwhile, I’m excited to begin a daily creative exercise that I’ll be posting on Instagram each day!  More on that later this week!

    Mr. Forager and I wish you all the very best in the New Year!  Thank you for coming along on this journey with us.

    All images by Artsy Forager.  Video created using the Flipagram app.

  • This Artsy Life: Weekend 30 [ Just Us Two ]

    This Artsy Life: Weekend 30 [ Just Us Two ]

    Here’s the thing.  Mr. F & I love people.  We really do.  But we’re both introverts, he being a bit more on the outgoing side than I.  So as much as we love to socialize, people can be exhausting for two introverted folk!  When it’s just us, we can just BE.  And usually, when we’re traveling, unless we happen to be in a place where there are friends to hang with ( Seattle ) or a place where his work crew is awesome and super social ( Idaho ), we are each other’s sole company.  And we’re totally OK with that.  More than that, it’s the way we like it.

    So as happy as we would have been to be joined by a gang of friends on our hike this weekend, as it was shaping up by the end of last week, we were secretly pleased when it turned out to be just us two.  We arose super early Saturday morning to make the 2 1/2 hour pilgrimage to Mt. Baker.

    20130729-103328.jpg[ skyline trail ]

    20130729-103513.jpg[ we were as giddy as this guy ]

    20130729-105145.jpg[ even on our hike, we each got a little alone time ]

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    [ snow in august! ]

    20130729-105414.jpg[ glorious day ]

    We felt guilty that our underestimating the drive time meant that we missed out on a friend’s birthday celebration.  But having more him & me time was like a surprise gift, and a much needed one as we’re in the midst of the stressful few weeks before packing up and traveling on.  Speaking of, on Sunday we concentrated on dwindling down our belongings even lighter– no more renting a trailer each time.  Everything must now fit in the back of the SUV.  My closet is now 1/3 its normal size.

    20130729-110059.jpg[ the clothes that made the cut ]

     I am determined to take a few essential art supplies with me, too.  Will be working on sorting that out next weekend.  What did you do over the weekend?  Anything fun?  Did you party like it’s 1999 or just enjoy some down time alone?

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