Dream In Color

Well, since you know what I haven’t been doing (out taking nature photos,) I figured I’d show you what I –have- been doing over the past month.

Caden and I have been pretty busy lately finishing up our final exams at UCA and preparing for the next semester. On top of that, we’ve been in the holiday mood just like everyone else. We didn’t have much money to spend this year on Christmas gifts, so we decided to make them!

To start, Caden made a lot of wonderful cards for both of our families to enjoy. I must say, she has a knack at making beautiful cards from scratch; she could probably even make them for profit, if she wanted.

_{Christmas Cards}

_{Christmas Cards}

_{Christmas Cards}

After creating the cards, we thought of ideas for the gifts that we could give to the people in each of our families. We, mainly Caden, came up with the idea of creating ornaments for the families’ Christmas trees. I helped with a couple, but honestly, Caden has the touch as far as arts and crafts go. I’m sticking to photography, for now.

_{Zack, decorating and ornament.}

_{One of Caden’s Christmas Ornaments}

Caden and I have also been busy running back and forth from Greenwood, which is just south of Fort Smith. Her mother has been in the process of moving residence and Caden and I have been helping. That took up a lot of our time over the past month, but it also gave us the ability to visit one of our favorite places, Mount Magazine. I’ve been to Mount Magazine three times within the past month, but only got two decent photos out of it! I guess I haven’t really been in the photography mood.

_{Mount Magazine Silhouette}

Mount Magazine is a neat story for Caden and me, not only is it an incredibly beautiful place to view a sunset, but that’s the sole reason we met. We met, so that I could see Mount Magazine, to photograph a sunset from there. Just so happens we hit it off and haven’t looked back. We’re going on 4 years.

_{Mount Magazine Grass}

We have made it a tradition to visit the city of Paris and Mount Magazine at Christmas time, around our anniversary, the 22nd of December. We didn’t disappoint this year, and we made the trip yesterday, the 19th. Paris was as beautiful as ever and Mount Magazine didn’t disappoint either, even if it was dark and engulfed in clouds, it still made for an interesting visit!

_{Logan County Courthouse, Paris, Arkansas, at Christmas}

We would both like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we hope that everyone had a wonderful 2009. Thanks for viewing and I’m looking forward to what the next year has in store for me.

_{Zack & Caden}

I’d like to also include a few shots which I’ve taken over the past couple of months that didn’t receive posts of their own. Hope you enjoy these as well!

I recently went on a camping trip with a buddy of mine, Michael Fitzsimmons, he and I used his GIS abilities to backpack into some pretty rough terrain in the Leatherwood Wilderness. We saw some cool stuff and it made for an awesome trip, thanks for the awesome hike Michael!

_{Leatherwood Wilderness in Fall}

On that trip, Michael and I also visited the infamous Glory Hole falls. I got an awesome detail shot and a decent panorama out of the experience and saw the place for the first time. It’s definitely one to check out if you haven’t already! Just don’t tell all your buddies your going to the Glory Hole…

_{Glory Hole}

_{Glory Hole Falls Panorama}

Last but not least, the backyard always provides some interesting shots, one of my mother’s last marigolds hanging on for dear life even after frost.

_{Backyard Marigold}

Carpe Diem.