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So, on my birthday I posted a little day in the life type of thing. It seemed to go over well, this act of just posting photos of what I saw and did on a certain day. This is not a new activity for me, as I love documenting everyday events and moments with my camera. I guess it just told me I should share these things more often.

Well, I spent New Year’s eve on a bus, in a car, then on 3 ferries and finally at a house with some college friends. It made me wonder how much your New Year’s Eve festivities may or may not dictate what kind of year you have. It’s been awhile since I have done anything very exciting on NY’s, and I am not always even awake at midnight. But this past year I found new momentum with my photo business, made the roller derby team and turned 40. So, this New Year’s I was so excited to actually have plans with people who matter, and spend time laughing, sharing, photographing.

I wanted to spend the New Year doing something I would remember, and wanted to keep this good roll going.

Allow me to share some of my final thoughts and images of 2011 (a month later)….

In Maine I got on a bus.

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And I may be one of the few people who loves riding on a bus. I love being on a bus because I know it means I’m going somewhere and therefore hopefully about to do something fun/see something new.

I used my time on the bus from Portland to Boston to write down what I want and hope to do in 2012.  Travel is part of that list. It always is, but I know I am best when I get away every so often. I want there to be more every so oftens. And I want them to include my camera and good people.

In Massachusetts I got a coffee. It wasn’t very good.

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In Connecticut we got lunch.

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This is THE DAY.

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I had cream soda with lunch! I liked how the colors balanced with Jen’s sweater.

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Lunch! When I’m with Jen & Jeremy we like to take pictures of whatever we are eating..

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The streets of New London, CT. And the air seemed way to warm to be New Year’s Eve.

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There was something about this sign I liked.

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Hey – what’s in that window…?

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Wait, it’s not a cougar. I guess we won’t buy it after all.

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Jeremy shows me how he likes to pretend his mints are teeth.

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Our Ferry awaits us.

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I always want to go where I am being told not to.

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Good friends wait for you while you take pictures of stuff.

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It was so warm we actually sat outside. At first.

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Goodbye Connecticut…

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Hello Baby Sweeney! xo

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Jeremy got a fancy new camera for Christmas. I approve!

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Delicious food for all, to be served on horse plates.

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Let’s make some dark & stormies…

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Rhiannon’s first New Years. She slept a lot.

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So I want more travel and a reminder to focus on personal shooting projects. I want to spend time with the people who matter, doing things like laughing, talking, eating, sharing. And of course, I want my business to grow to another level by finding more people who are the right fit for me/my photographic style. I also wrote that I want to:

GET UNCOMFORTABLE. Because I know that is where some of the best ‘stuff’ comes from.

Complete something that is unfinished. Because my life has quite a few unfinished things.

BE WILD.  Just wild enough that I take some chances and get a little more creative. And see where it takes me. Maybe it will simply take me to a friend’s dining room table, maybe somewhere I can’t imagine quite yet.

Care to join me? I would love the company!

This photo contains so much goodness – food, friends, babies, delicious beverages….

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And maybe I will post a part two to this post of the photos taken on the first day of the year. Outside. At the beach. With no coat.

Stay tuned.