This Beautiful Place - Lake Tahoe

I cannot be more thankful that I was born and raised in such a beautiful place. Growing up in the mountains rooted nature within me; from appreciation and awe grew the desire to be free in nature and learn through it and from it. (Insert inspirational John Muir quote here.) But I really do love Muir, among others. What I really want to share is a day spent swimming in this beautiful lake. Yes, the colors are really that stunning.

 

The sun is shining and the breeze is light, a perfect day for swimming. This last shot is the initial descent upon the "cove" we picked to swim and the rest various shots throughout the day. The East shore of Lake Tahoe is famous for it's sandy beaches studded with smooth granite boulders that collect together forming islands; perfect for exploring, sunning and jumping off of. The East shore gradually deepens and because the water is so pure (although clarity levels are decreasing..very sad) we are treated to an amazing spectrum of vivid blues and greens. The best part of it all? It's completely free! I couldn't ask for a better day! After swimming all day in the lake, we headed over to a downtown festival for some food, music and vendoring...by vendoring I mean woefully wandering from booth to booth admiring but not buying. I love my beach shirt and I've been thinking up some ways to unbeach it - maybe just not wear my plastic 5$ sandals I bought to ruin.

Finding this couch made me want to mini dance, hence the moves is this next picture. I love this necklace and I really love it with this shirt, but what makes it perfect for the beach is the meshing and not just your usual 'mesh,' the back of this shirt is patterned too! Yay!

 Summertime must mean sandal obsession cause I just can't get sandals out of my head! I've always gone for flip flops in the summer cause I can be pretty rough on 'em but I just can't help sandal dreaming after some of these! (1)(2)(3)(4)

The Dream World

AH-MAZING! This video is 8 minutes long and worth watching every second because it's absolutely astonishing, beautiful and incredible; time elapse filmed over 6 months in 2 states, hats off to the extremely talented Marc Dunahue and crew. His website is definitely worth checking out because he has other amazing videos and photography, a truly aspiring talent that will make it very far. If I didn't know anything else about it, the fact that it was introduced to me as "stop action in Lake Tahoe" would be enough, but it features several Dredge songs as well, awesome! Watch it. Watch it now.

Dream Music Part II


Dream Music: Part 2 from Marc Donahue on Vimeo.

"Part II is a musical voyage into the depths of the subconscious. This lyrical narrative reflects on the perception of time within dreams and waking life. Part II was made to transport the viewer from thier own reality into a world of dreams and at the end, they awake to wonder how we were able to take them there. Each scene was born from the symbolic meaning of the lyrics and overall message of the film; time is the illusion within the dream of life." Here is Part I.


Dream Music, Part 1 from Marc Donahue on Vimeo.

Another incredible stop action music video is In Your Arms - Kina Grannis, a video with nearly 300,000 jelly beans, filmed over 22 months! I know it's older but it's so much fun to sing and dance to and watch! The 'making of' video is quite impressive {here} and totally worth watching.

And another old favorite, if you haven't seen this video you should check it out! Stop action knitting, woo hoo!