The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival

Recently my book club friends and I went to a Shakespeare in the Park showing of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

It was a really gorgeous day and the weather was perfect for the show.

(sometimes I'm convinced my book club is actually a secret gang of book nerds)

It was so much fun to see the actors make the play come to life.  There were only eight actors to play all of the parts but they did a great job of making it seem like there were at least 20 of them!

I had a great time and it sure looked like the actors were having fun, overall the whole thing was a great experience and I'm glad I got to see it.  I hope I get to go to the next one!

I really love hanging out with these girls and I wouldn't trade the memories I make with them for anything in the world.

My Early Jog to the Lake

I went on a jog to the lake a few Fridays ago at 5:30 because I couldn't sleep so I decided to see if I could catch the sunrise.

It was too cloudy to actually see the sun but the clouds turned this incredible shade of purple.

The reflections in the lake were stunning because the water was so calm that morning.

This is my favorite spot in Avon Lake and I can really see why my dad loved it so much.

I was so happy to see all of the flowers and various other plant life covering the side of the cliff. It added a happy summer vibe to the whole area.

There were also lots of creatures roaming about this early in the morning, I saw a bunny, a fox, a heron, and a lot of birds.

I love coming to this spot on my run, that morning was especially incredible.  As much as not sleeping can suck, I felt very happy to experience this moment.

(This post is made up of photos taken on my iPhone as opposed to my DSLR camera so I apologize if the quality is not as great as usual.)

Fog on the Lake

With this post, my trilogy comes to a close.  

After wandering around and admiring all of the flowers and then  exploring the misty woods, Isabel and I decided to go to the lake.  The initial goal was to catch the sunset but we quickly realized with all of the fog there was no way we could see the sun!

We thought these photos looked really neat with the almost completely grey background and muted colors. 

We took a lot of pictures on the rocks but we didn't venture out too far because the lake was choppy that day so the rocks were slick.

I've posted a lot of the nicer photos that we took but rest assured, there are plenty of silly ones.  Give two best friends a camera and you're bound to have some crazy pictures!

The lake gave a really interesting dramatic effect to all of the pictures that we took.

After we went to the lake we crossed the street to the park.

By this time it was getting dark, the sun had gone down so the pictures got even darker.

We found a bunch of neat spider webs but this picture, taken by Isabel, is my favorite.

We were very lucky because right when we got back to the car it started to pour!  At least we got to take some fun photos before the rain started.

That's it for the trilogy, I really hope everyone enjoyed the photos! I guess you'll have to wait until next week to see what is yet to come.

(remember you can always click on the photos to see them larger)

Wandering in the Woods

Here is part two of the promised trilogy.

Isabel and I went into the woods because we thought that the trees would look neat with all of the fog. I think we were right about that.

We had some fun messing around with a photo shoot.

It was really wet in the woods and our shoes got soaked but we were having so much fun we hardly noticed.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures from our excursion into the woods.

Part three will be up sometime next week!

(any pictures of me are taken by my lovely friend, Isabel)

(remember you can click on the pictures to view them larger)