ASTROCAT

A lovely night at Radio Bean in Burlington, VT
My friend Vitaly and his suuuuuper rad band, ASTROCAT. 

 

 

Boston

A few weeks ago I got a call on a Friday morning from my best friend. 
"Arielle, I'm getting on a plane right now to Boston for a wedding. Are you free Sunday?"

"Short notice, but I will see what I can do!"

Excited, I quickly asked my co-worker to switch shifts with me and see if I could get Monday off so I could drive the three hours from Burlington to Boston to see my wonderful best friend who typically lives in Chicago.

Fortunately, it was made possible, and I got to explore this gorgeous city. I had never really spent much time there when I lived in Vermont as a teenager. I was more interested in other things and took my location for granted, which I am embracing now. I was excited. I packed my bag of cameras. My NIkon D90 with my beloved 20mm 1.4 art lens, my Fujifilm mini 8 Instax, a Fuji X10 and my co-workers Mamiya 645. Unfortunately I never used the Mamiya, I kept forgetting I had it with me. Terrible waste, but I still managed to get some really neat stuff.

 

Spring Awakening at Greenhope Horse Farm

When I was just a little kid my mother sent me to a summer horse camp. I'd spend my days cleaning stalls and learning to ride horses. Despite the fact I lived on a horse farm myself, and we had our own horses and our own stalls and all that fun stuff, my mother thought it would be best if I went elsewhere to learn all that stuff. 

Needless to say, it wasn't really my thing, but I did form a lifetime relationship with my wonderful friend, and almost second mother Sallie.

Sallie's current farm sits on a hill in Westmore, Vermont. A gorgeous little slice of heaven that I had the pleasure of living on for a few months over the summer and acted as the in-house gardener. (I learned I have quite the green thumb.)

I went to visit her this weekend, unknowingly it was the Spring Equinox which was paired nicely with a gorgeous sunny day and some decent 50-60 degree weather.

I highly suggest giving her a visit: Greenhope Horse Farm