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My first press release!

Okay no, not for my photography business.  I'm included in the photo that will go out with a press release about the Burke & Herbert calendar I told you about.  Pretty sure I shouldn't be stealing the photo and posting it here, but you can see it and a couple of others from the quick shoot here.  Less than a week later, and as I sit here typing this, I am wearing the same exact outfit.  In the photo, I'm the third person from the left. It's true, I was trying to look hip for the photo.  I tried on a couple things but in the end, grabbed the clothes that make me feel like me.  The skirt I'm wearing used to have black in it.  Yeah, not so much anymore.  Do I look hip? Also, check my ridiculous transition glasses.  As soon as I get my lazy butt to the Costco for an eye exam, I will have a new prescription and order some more damn glasses online - two pairs - sunglasses and regular glasses!  These transitions drive me nuts by never being real sunglasses and never being regular glasses.  They're this horrible constant cloudy shade of brown. And because this is a photo blog, here are some more photos of the sky and all the awesome things it does, all the time, because it's cool like that. neat clouds and sunrise over arlington, va cool clouds over air force memorial, arlington, va
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Stuff I Love: Crazy Weather

We were supposed to get all manner of crazy wind and lots of rain last night, but the "storm" was little more than a blip in the area and some areas did see serious weather.  But sometimes we do get awesome, crazy weather.  It's a relatively rare event here in mild-weather Washington, D.C., so I have to cherish it then.  I'm sure if I lived in tornado alley or blizzard-friendly Chicago, I'd be well sick of thunderstorms, hail and nasty weather.  And I'm not unaware that harsh weather brings a lot of suffering to a lot of people every year. That said, I do love watching thunderstorms.  Here are a few images from the past to illustrate my point.  Crazy front that moved through the region this summer: crazy weather in washington dc thunderstorm front in arlington, va big storm over washington monument And here's one from my trip to Chicago, also this summer.  This storm was all over the news and shortly after I took this photo, the tornado sirens went off!  I'd never heard tornado sirens before - it was very exciting.  My buzz kill of a best friend made me go down into the basement, though, so as to avoid injury and such.  I suppose it was for the best. lightning in chicago near millennium park
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