As I look back on a year full of growth, adventure, friendship, and love, I am grateful for every moment and every person that made my year so special. Below are some of my favorite photos and memories from the past year. I took way too many photos (especially since I got a DSLR early in the year) and it was hard to narrow it down to my favorites, but here’s 150 or so of the past year’s highlights (or at least the ones I captured on camera). 2013, thanks for the memories. And happy new year, everyone!
I got a Flowlight Wand from Flowtoys for Xmas – GREAT start to 2013!
Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg
Sunset with my flow wand at Todd’s Point
Another beautiful Mendo Coast sunset
2013 was the year of Spin Jams!
Glass Beach
The Blowhole
Mushroom picking with friends visiting from Idaho
Buckhorn Cove
Dan and I had to try these on, just because!
Spinning flow wand on stage with James and Selector Science in Point Arena
Cuffy’s Cove
Mendocino abounds with beautiful cala lilies
Toniq Vivant dance workshop
Fuzzy Nights afterparty at the Caspar Inn
Fog rolling in over the Sonoma coast
Family dinner at the Vulcan in Oakland
With comedian Mitch Fatel after his show in San Francisco
Garden Goat, my friend’s band, does a show in drag in Eugene
Good ol’ John’s Alley with good ol’ friends in Moscow
Mike & Chewy – Chewy’s birthday in Moscow
With my grrrrs Tanya and Chewy. <3
Fire spinning with Idahomies in Moscow – Jerry makes a fire butterfly
Fire spinning with Idahomies in Moscow – me spinning fire fans
Fire spinning with Idahomies in Moscow – Mindy makes an om symbol with her fire hoop
Palouse Falls, WA
Spring rains on a rhododendron in my yard
Mendo Friendos at the cypress grove in Mendocino
Animals from the East Bay visit Mendo in March
Girls at Glass Beach
Treasure from Glass Beach
Animals from the East Bay visit Mendo in March
Tara of Hoop Roots taught a hoop workshop in Fort Bragg!
Sunset from Glass Beach
Glass Beach at magic hour
Tara hoops at sunset at Glass Beach
Iceplant at sunset, Glass Beach
Uni and Boadie drink water from the bluffs
Trillium
Redwoods at Chamberlain Creek
The force is strong with this one
Spinning hoops at Chamberlain Creek Waterfall
Comparing wingspans with an old growth redwood at Montgomery Woods
Baby sand dollar at Ten Mile Beach
Magic hour at Ten Mile Beach
A windy day at Seaside Beach with Brian, Fern, and Strider
A windy day at Seaside Beach
Tiny spider in a jade plant in my hoop house
Playing around with glow and mirrors at spin jam
Springtime daisies in my yard
With Jessie & Steph, ready for Bicycle Day in San Francisco
Fellow zebra kin found in Oakland.
James spinning poi with a view of the Bay
A beautiful view of the Bay
On a walk in the Oakland hills with James and Irisa
Spinning fire with James and Brock
Spinning fire with James and Brock
My 30th Birthday – a hike at Chamberlain Creek
Spinning flow wand on my 30th birthday
Spinning glow hoop on my 30th birthday
A cuddle puddle of some of my favorite ladies – at a show on my 30th birthday
A beach walk with my Mendo Friendos
A beach walk with my Mendo Friendos
Rippled sand
Sunny day spin jam in Mendocino
Floating on the Navarro River means summer has begun
River Day on the Navarro
Spinning fire fans is serious business
Spinning fire with James
Spinning fire with James
Beach bonfire and drum circle for Paloma’s birthday
Fire rope action on the beach
Chewy & Mike’s anniversary visit to Usal
Chewy & Mike’s anniversary visit to Usal
Uni and Boadie the bullduggies on Usal Beach
My adorable James and I
Windy walk on Usal Beach
The enchanted grove of redwoods at Usal
James in the octopus tree
Monkeys in a gnarly redwood
Redwood snuggles
Redwood sorrel in the enchanted grove at Usal
Usal sunset
Wine tasting with Idahomies and Mendo Friendos
The most beautiful iris I have ever grown
Taurus trifecta at Bass at Richard’s Place
Boys with sticks on the beach
James and Brian win FireDrums
Cooling off on the Yuba River at FireDrums
Fern and Brian on the Yuba River
Me & my baby at the river at FireDrums
FireDrums XI – we spin till the sun comes up, and then some
James popping his FireDrums cherry
Sooty Sunday morning at FireDrums
Filthy fire spinner hands at FireDrums
James and Jerry show me their fire spinning till daylight war faces
Filthy hands at FireDrums
Iris glow
Kissy kissy with our Sprinkletons
Shadow kiss in Santa Cruz
Finally got my first tattoo by artist Corey Divine
Enchanted Forest Festival
Acacia Beats about to start – Enchanted Forest
James on stage at Enchanted Forest
James at Enchanted Forest – KILLED IT!
Me & my baby at Enchanted Forest
The epic redwood stage at Enchanted Forest
Glow Spin Jam at Enchanted Forest
Me & Steph at Enchanted Forest
James spinning fire at Enchanted Forest
A froggy friend in my hoop house
4th of July – Mendocino Parade!
4th of July on Blues Beach
Baby won’t you light my fire?
Spinning fire with Inspyred Fyre on Noyo Beach
At Payette Lake, McCall, Idaho
Waterfall hike selfie in McCall, ID
Hiking with Josh and Jen Jen in McCall
Katherine & Scott’s wedding in McCall, ID
Payette Lake sunset, McCall, Idaho
Summer flowers in my community garden
Live
Usal Beach – James’s birthday campout
James and Hayden battle in the surf at Usal beach
Birthday boy
Usal sunset glow
Bubbles in the trees at Usal
Sunset over the foggy Lost Coast
Raindance ninjas, ready for action!
Enjoying the Yuba River at Raindance Campout
Raindance main stage
Gladkill at Raindance, just before sunrise
Sunup at Raindance
James and I at Multnomah Falls, OR
Mad Hatter tea party with friends in Moscow
In the camperdownii elms on the UI campus in Moscow
Visiting with Pal & Ottie & ducks in Spokane
Dahlia and bee in Seattle
Me & my sister in Seattle
The gum wall in Seattle
Poi on a boat is INTENSE!
Me & James on a boat tour in Seattle
Seattle skyline from the boat
My family on a boat in Seattle
Riding the wheel with a view of Seattle
Seattle & Mt. Rainier
Chihuly glass museum, Seattle
Chihuly glass museum, Seattle
Walking on Ten Mile beach
Fern’s beautiful baby belly photo that I took for her baby shower invitations
James and Kelsie spinning fire on Kelsie’s birthday
September “Naked Ladies” in Mendocino
All dressed up 1920s style for Break Out the Box! party
Sacred Shape’s web site launch party fun
Sunset from the end of my driveway
Random Rab playing music while Alex and Allyson Grey paint, at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco
We’re ready to get funky in our onesies for The Polish Ambassador!
The Polish Ambassador show in SF
Fern, 9 months pregnant, at the dunes
Almost parents fire spin with Fern, Brian, and River in utero
Halloween performance costumes – Lady Rainicorn and Finn the Human from Adventure Time
Clown and ninja clown on Halloween in Mendocino
Holly of CircusMecca in Mendocino on Halloween
Friends on Halloween in Mendocino
November skies in the woods of Mendocino
CONGRATS to Fern & Brian on their new baby River!
Mushroom season begins
The Million Dollar View
Montgomery Woods
James’s niece and nephew at the beach on Thanksgiving
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