November 12, 2015

A piece of my heart.



University of Tampa
Tampa, FL
Home since 2006.





"The rooms that once hosted Teddy Roosevelt, the Queen of England, Stephen Crane and Babe Ruth (who signed his first baseball contract in the hotel’s grand dining room) are now classrooms, laboratories and administrative offices–the heart of The University of Tampa and a landscape for state-of-the-art student learning environments..."








"Most students are familiar with the story of the “Brown Man,” the apparition of a red-eyed man in a brown suit who is apparently known to show up and vanish without warning on a staircase in the building. Not all sightings are necessarily by students, though: associate art professor Santiago Echeverry once claimed to have had a supernatural experience in Plant Hall’s historic Fletcher Lounge ballroom. His colleague, assistant professor Tracy Morse, told university newspaper The Minaret that Echeverry “said he saw two ghosts” in the ballroom following a Halloween party that took place in 2006. Theater professor Michael Staczar, meanwhile, has reported seeing a human-shaped “presence” on the school’s grounds."















I am thankful for making the decision to attend 



Not only did I enjoy 4 years living on historical paradise, 
but I luckily majored in an area of study that did not involve hitting the books too often.
(We were mostly required to watch movies, watch some more movies, write movies, create movies, and walk red carpets at the Cannes Film Festival). 





No complaints here.
<3









oh yeah. I also met my husband the first day of freshman year 
while moving into Austin Hall. :) 






November 11, 2015

Time to sea new adventures.

Treasures of a charming ocean town.Dunedin, FL



Take a book. Return a book.
"The voice of the sea speaks to the soul"





















Southern Georgia Charm

"Savannah is a lovely, gentle, sad old city. You can walk through the shadowy, cobbled streets of the town on a tranquil Sunday morning and feel the atmosphere heavy with the burden of lost greatness and relaxed by quiet decay"












I was lucky enough to stop in Savannah for a few hours. 
We had the greatest tour of this stunning city. 

Photographed July 2015

November 8, 2015

Sun's out, Tongues out!



“No one appreciates the very special genius of 

your conversation as the dog does.”







Soaking up the sunshine on Davis Island in Tampa, FL.













Boston Terrier- Charlie, 6.
Adopted January 2009











Black Labrador Retriever - Camden, 1
Adopted January 2015
                                                                                
      


Did you know:

"Black dogs aren’t photogenic. This makes a difference for shelters that put pictures of animals awaiting adoption in the newspaper. Black dogs may have expressive eyes, but they don’t show up in pictures." - Treetoprescue.org

"Black dogs are consistently listed the least desirable to be adopted." - Priceonomics.com


I don't think that can be said for this little beautiful lady. 

But I want to do something about this for the millions of other unadopted black dogs.






Check this out:

http://caninenoir.tumblr.com <-- The Black Dog Project











Stillness of the morning


I am lucky to call this beautiful city home. 

"Lose yourself in nature and find peace".
Foggy morning in Tampa




"An early morning walk can be a blessing for the the whole day."












November 7, 2015

Perspective


“What we see depends mainly 

on what we look for.”




The University of Tampa
Plant Hall



Le Meridian Hotel
Downtown Tampa, FL




"Everything has its beauty, 
but not everyone sees it."






NOIR



Ballest Point Pier
Tampa, FL




 Savannah, GA



Colonial Park Cemetery
Savannah, GA

Natural Beauty


“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” 









"Flowers are like human beings . . . they thrive on a little kindness".






"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."




Photos taken in Northport, NY 
June 2016