on our porch.

I took this from the front porch of Ashley and Joel's old house on Friday night.  It was a gorgeous warm night, and as the sun set and the chirping of the crickets began, I couldn't help but feel nostalgic about the times we'd spent on that porch and in the yard having cookouts and enjoying eachother's company when I lived there.  I hope we can be near each other soon to start enjoying a new front porch together.

laundry day.

I had edited this photo a few days ago and was waiting to post it, so now seems as good a time as ever since my card seemed to choose to corrupt on me tonight when trying to load my photos (keep your fingers crossed that I can retrieve all of them!). I took this while Joel, Ashley and I were doing our ten million loads of laundry the first day I got to Shepherdstown.  I hadn't done mine since before Valentine's Day (I know, I'm a disgusting human being) and they had only been doing what they needed, so had a lot of blankets/sheets/towels laying in waiting to be washed, so we just went for it all, taking up most of the washers in the place at one point.

the end's not near, it's here.

Today was my last day in Shepherdstown with Joel and Ashley.  We're in Columbia for the night at a friend's house, but we're parting ways tomorrow.  Leaving Shepherdstown behind was a difficult and nostalgic thing.  I'm so happy I got to share my time there with them and go back to visit often.  Now that they're moving on, I doubt I'll get out there anytime soon, but who knows.  Our last walk through the town included buying a bottle of wine and indulging in eggrolls from China Kitchen.  It was a nice farewell. This photo was taken in front of China Kitchen as we waited to go inside for our eggrolls.  The library is in the background as Joel writes away in his notebooks during our last moments in the town.