91. Vernazza

I love Italy.  I love the ocean...well technically it is a sea.  It's beautiful.  My life is awesome.

88. Sunny

While we did a lot of cultural and educational things in Rome, we also did a lot of perfectly relaxing and vacation appropriate activities: like eating and going to the beach.  Swimming in the Mediterrainean is just better than the Pacific or Atlantic.  The water is clear and a perfect temperature, the sand is dark and fine, and there are naked sunbathing italians everywhere--it's fantastic!!  Just kidding about the naked Italians.  I'm kidding about them being great, they really do exist...it is annoying.

Here are all my gorgeous friends at the beach.

Krystle:

Maria:

Ambree:

Whitney:

Jana:

Kayla:

78. Wandern

75. Biking

On our second day in Innsbruck we went mountain biking in the Austrian Alps.  One of the most amazing adventure of my life.  Maybe I'll tell you more about it (and my accident) in a later post.  Anyway, in celebration of that my photos for the day are of mountains...and bikes...but not together..in Innsbruck, Austria.

Everyone in Innsbruck rides bikes everywhere, and I was really jealous.  I saw these two bikes in the river and I wanted to go fetch them so I ride around town.  I just ended up renting instead.

Like I said, everyone in this town rides bikes.  They are lined up all along the streets like this.  People just lock their back tire to the frame of the bike and call it good.  It is quite charming.

This was my bike seat of the mountain bike I rented.  Ask me if me my butt still hurts one week later.  Come on, ask me.  OF COURSE IT DOES!!  That was like riding a PENCIL!  Oh well, it was totally worth it.

47. Collection

Does anyone have a theory as to why someone seems to be collecting satellite dishes behind their house?

45. Driver

Kyle took me to the driving range because I've been wanting to go for a while.  I don't know WHY I wanted to - I am TERRIBLE at golfing (seriously--SOOO bad).  Guh.  Anyway, it was a perfect evening to be out there (even if I was getting frustrated), and i really wished I had brought my camera because the scenery was FANTASTIC.  Alas, another cell phone photo.

44. Solitude

My niece decided that she wanted to eat her ice cream in peace and quiet.  So, she settled in the corner of the yard and contemplatively enjoyed a chocolate Creamie.  She was nice enough to let me take a couple photos.

I love this girl.

41. Timp

Seriously, I love that mountain.  I love driving on 9th East every day (which is what I was doing when I took this) and seeing her in her different moods and seasons.  Last summer I lived in Houston, and that place has ZERO elevation of any kind.  When my internship there ended and I drove home to Provo, I cried when I saw the mountains.  So, when I say 'I love that mountain' I'm not kidding.

37. Playful

She was more fun this day than a couple weeks ago.

30. Repeat

If this post gives you deja vu, don't worry, it should. I just needed to document Mother Nature's cruel April Fool's Day joke.

Seriously lady, it's April. STOP SNOWING.

25. Chores

One of my favorite things to do in Spring is yard work (don't tell my mom).

On Saturday we went out to the condos my family manages to clean up the yard. Both homes next to the property have walnut trees. If you have ever had, or lived next to someone that had, a walnut tree you know that this means disaster. We were raking for a long time.

I could have taken a photo of the piles of rotten walnuts, but instead i took some pictures of the tree I attacked with the clippers.

This is about half way into my hacking:

And this was after:

So, it doesn't look like I did that much, but I promise I did.

24. Airedale

She looks sweet but she's one hyper puppy. By the end of this walk my arm was falling off.

20. Power

I wish I could say that I hit the ball this hard, but unfortunately it was my opponent.  Someday....

This was taken with my cell phone, which is unfortunately about as good as the point-and-shoot I've used for all these other photos.

A few notes for the week:

• Still trying to decide what camera I am going to get.  I'm leaning towards a Canon Rebel Xsi.  If anyone has any input (pro or con) about this feel free to comment.
• I'm not so good about uploading photos every day, in case you couldn't tell. 
• Just over a month until I LEAVE THE COUNTRY!!

18. Tragedy

I knew Provo had parking problems, but I didn't know they were this bad.

16. Cyst

There are trees like this all around my neighborhood.  Trees that look like someone planted a different species of bush right in the middle of an already established piece of vegetation.  I think they look ridiculous.  The bushes are ugly to begin with, but add that tumor on there....guh.

12. Yellow

Recently I duscussed my love/hate relationship with the color blue.  My relationship with yellow is ALL love, even on beasts like this:

Speaking of yellow, I am LOVING this spring sunshine thing.

11. Champions

Favorites: running, mountains, #1791.

10. Blue

I have a love/hate relationship with the color blue. Hate blue weddings.  Love blue skies.  Hate blue dresses.  Love blue ties.

After taking 17 pictures of my recycling bin, I think blue is a good color choice for it.

The whole rhyming thing above was unintentional.

8. Honor

If I had a tripod, this would have worked out much better.  But, it was late and I was desperate for a photo of the day.  This was on the route home.  Hopefully you get the idea.

7. Melancholy

March has some serious mood problems.

One of these days I am going to get a better camera.  These images are pretty grainy.