Forgotten Suburbia Part 4

The day I took this photo it was gorgeous out. This photo makes the day seem kind of sad to me. I'm not sure why...

Forgotten Suburbia Part 3

Back in January I published a couple of posts under "Forgotten Suburbia". Why forgotten suburbia? You know when you go to a new place and your senses go wild-- it's like they're on steroids and even the smallest details get magnified to the grandest proportions. When we're in an environment for too long we lose touch with the little pieces of our surroundings that we used to find magical. So, when I returned back to the suburbs that I had once found so familiar for the first time in months, I got my detailed eye back. Thus I discovered my forgotten suburbia.

Go out and look around a little. You might just discover something that you had long forgotten about.

Forgotten Suburbia Part 2

I just got back to Washington DC today. It was a rude slap back to reality after waking up at 6:30 AM for the first time in days to 27 degree weather and a gorgeous dusting of snow. I slept on the plane and rolled onto the metro with my huge (40 pound bag) in which I carried my Christmas goodies and clothing from the past month (and boots!). Here's another photo from my suburban adventures. I love how natural all the colors seem and yet how stark the difference is between the nature that surrounds the chain and the industrial chain itself.

Can you imagine what this lock was once for?

Forgotten Suburbia Part 1

After spending so much time in Charlotte and not being able to make it back to New York for quite some time, I had forgotten about the little details of suburbia. While Charlotte may have dulled my senses to the south it heightened them to what I once called "home" and what I now call "home-home". I ran out of time to photograph all of what I was inspired by, I did manage to find 20 minutes to get some things down digitally. More to come in later posts. :)

An abandoned house that was probably once quite grand. It overlooks a lake.

Details

I've been so bad about posting lately. Not because I don't want to, but because I have been having issues with Picasa and therefore have post typed up with photos that I can't seem to put in! It's such a shame. Anyway, it's all be worked out.

I went back to my town in New York a couple weeks ago to hang out with the fam, do Thanksgiving, and strengthen my love of boutiques and the charm of classic north east America. I honestly can not wait to be back in the north.

Corner of the YMCA. The planter has holly in it. Such a nice holiday touch.

All the pretty metallics and organics lines up in this wonderful shop in Nyack, NY: Ki.

Gorgeous elbow detail on a jacket in Ki.

Mirror chimes outside of a Christmas store and the light fading inside a building stairwell.

I can't wait to go back. It will be completely lovely during Christmas!