He's Enough

And that's all.

love,

me

Next

Time passes.

Leaves turn yellow early this year.

Memories cling,

but must be left behind.

It's time to move on.

The photos are of Emily, my dear friend who came up to visit over the summer.  I miss her like crazy.  I wish some things went on forever.

But the summer is over now.  Autumn is starting, early even for Alaska.  Leaves are dying, falling, stripping their trees of color, readying them for their next stage.  I need to move on, too.

I will never forget this summer, ever.  It can easily be called the best summer of my life.  The new friends I have made will last forever.  Maybe even longer. 

Yesterday I started 10th grade.  So far everything is going well.  I'm thankful that it is still warm enough to go outside and breathe without the negative temperatures freezing my throat.  I love the autumn, but it is so sad.  This year will be good, though.  I'm excited about what God has in store for me and my family.

I'm ready to start a new surge of creativity.  I can feel it running through my veins.  I wonder what it will look like when it's drawn out on paper or in words.  I'll give you a peek at it in my next post, hopefully.  And I'll leave you with that.

Have a beautiful rest of the summer, everyone.  

Love,

me

(From weheartit.com)

Other pictures taken by me.

I hardly ever use other people's pictures, but I haven't taken any worth blogging lately.  Besides that, none of them can really portray my mood right now. 


Being back from camp has been a constant struggle.  With no strict, planned schedule like I've grown used to, it's hard to get things done.  Bit by bit I'm starting to finish projects.  But it's hard to be inspired after growing used to being surrounded by nature.  Meals are quiet with only four members of my family at home; the complete opposite of the noisy dining hall with 70+ people all eating in one room.  

The Olympic Games have been rolling as well.  The Olympics are pretty much the only times my family watches television.  The constant chatter in the background is more distraction and it's starting to overwhelm my mind.  Sometimes my brain hurts so much, I just want to leave.

But then the past few hours, my brain has been blank, save the memories that float back from camp.  I'll start laughing while I'm washing dishes, remembering the time when Sarah and I found a frog on the boardwalk and showed it to everyone in the dining hall.  Memories are all I have left of this year of camp.  Yet memories are one of the most precious things I gained over the entire summer.  I also gained friends. :)

But Summer is coming to a close and Autumn is pulling nearer.  Surely by then I will be back on my feet, optimistic and excited, looking for inspiration in the leaves and the sky and the buildings.  I'm excited about the rest of this year.  It's going to be good.


With love,


me




(All the pictures came from my weheartit.  You can find me here: http://weheartit.com/melodyinink )

Camp Living Water Part 2

After spending four weeks at camp this summer, home doesn't feel like home anymore.  Camp feels like my home.  Now I have another year to get used to my house-home, before returning to my camp-home.  

Favorite memories of camp:

My friend, Catherine, knocking a pane of glass out of the window frame...twice!

Jackson the sanitizer getting turned out while the doors were open,

Pranking the boys!  My SALT counselor, my friend Chelsee, and myself, ran off to the boy's cabin during lunch and stole their door!  We ran all the way to the boathouse, holding it over our heads, and we balanced it in a canoe and pushed it off into the lake!  In their empty door frame, we left a mini canoe paddle and a sign that said, "Gone Fishing?" :)

My friends guiding me along the road of "Getting better at talking to guys." Unfortunately my homeschooling has made me a bit uncomfortable talking to the opposite gender, as silly as that may sound. :P

And of course, making friends that I am sure I will have with me throughout the rest of my life.

Honestly, I've been an emotional wreck since I've gotten home.  We've been getting ready for a garage sale, which we just completed today, and I am one plum tuckered girl.  I'd like to relax, but it's on to more school work for me.  In a way I like always having something to do.

I hope you all have a good Sunday!

With love and sunshine,

me

P.S.

We found a frog! :D

A New Look

Abandoned places are always best for taking photographs.  Abandonment gives such a sense of mystery and intrigue, sometimes loneliness, too, that it captures the viewer's imagination at once.  In this abandoned playground near my friend's house, I sensed that it wanted to be happy again.  So, I tried my hardest to bring some cheer to the rickety swings and playground.


It was later, when I was experimenting around on the computer, that I came up with the new look for my blog.  Do you like it? It's not an entire makeover, just a partial one, but I am very fond of the result.  Tell me what you think!


With love,


me


P.S.
I have good news!  I have been accepted for another week at camp!  I am very excited, but also nervous.  The kids there this time will be Jr. Highers, and not much younger than me.  I am used to helping with kids much younger, but I am confident that it will go well.  Prayers are much appreciated. :)


Have a good weekend!

Memories Now

Now that both of my weeks at Camp Li-Wa are completed, all I have to do is look back on the memories, smile...and pray that I can get in for another week!  

I think the main thing I love about camp is the atmosphere.  It is just so loving and welcoming.  The cabins are old and thin, giving the constant feeling of being out of doors.  Now that I'm home, being in a house feels unnatural.  But I'm beginning to get used to it again.  

My favorite building at camp is the dining hall.  It is VERY old and likes to lean a little bit closer to the lake each year.  The walls and ceiling are slanted, and the mop buckets slide down the floor if you don't keep a strict eye on them.  In the kitchen, where us SALTs spend quite a bit of out time doing dishes, there is a very old and dear friend waiting for us: Jackson.  Jackson is the sanitation machine for the dishes, except he's beginning to get very cranky.  He takes at least five minutes to heat back up in between loads.  We all like to joke about him capturing the heart of the SALT girls while they do the dishes.  

(Photo above taken by my friend, Lindy)

So many dear memories are attached to that dining hall, but as usual, time wins over our wishes.  The building will soon be replaced with a more safe and sanitary building that will be easier to get to.  I think anyone who has ever gone to Camp Li-Wa will dearly miss the dining hall.  There are so many memories attached.

And so that closes week one of my camp experience this summer.  It was full of laughter and love and tears, and I think I made some friends and memories that will stick with me for the rest of my life.  

With love,

me

Camp Living Water Part 1

Week one of camp this summer is finished.  I miss it already.  I love the cabins and the old buildings, I love the lake and the staff and the kids, I love the boardwalk and the crying seagulls; I love the children, the food, and the love that surrounds everyone who is there.  I can't wait to go back!


I have quite a few pictures I want to share, so I'm going to dedicate this post to one specific part of the camp that I love: the boardwalk.  It is very long and nicely made, with three branches with benches where you can sit down and soak up the outdoors.  The mosquitoes are there, too, so don't forget a can of bug spray if you ever decide to visit.  The boardwalk is one of the best places to sit down and become wrapped in the love of God.

More pictures to come!  With love,


me