current
Things i’m currently working on, thinking about, or planning:- looking forward to California and a night on Alcatraz- I’ve been spending a lot of time working on the website lately. It’s slowly becoming something like a commonplace book—a spot for photos, places, projects, and little things worth keeping. There’s no real plan. I’m just letting it grow.- building the forest of my lego village
lingering
fresh flowers and a little time
pura vida 🌿
afternoon games where nobody really cares who wins
fifty miles, sore legs, and a cold shower
creations
minifigures
ashley for the arts
sketchbook
lego village
minifigures
Tiny adventures in ordinary places
ashley for the arts
a few photographs that ended up larger than expected
sketchbook
unfinished sketches, rough ideas, unused concepts, illustrator pasteboard junk, and things that almost became something.
lego village
I started off building the beach, but moved on to the forest
construction on the beach rock
art
thinking about making more time for sketching
design
most projects begin as notes in the margins
outdoors
The route shifted turn by turn, but the goal stayed the same: pizza and beer
bike rides somewhere between peaceful and exhausting
“in nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.”- alice walker
lego
some ideas take longer to build
food
Ice cream beans actually taste like vanilla ice cream
free bread somehow tastes better than bread you paid for
travel
looking ahead to where we wander next
Costa Rica somehow managed to fit a lot into one week. We made chocolate and coffee, zip lined through the rainforest, wandered through the jungle at night looking for poisonous frogs and snakes, and tried ice cream beans from a street vendor. I still think about the hot springs more than anything.
found
The mall used to be a destination. It’s sad walking through a mall that’s clearly struggling.There was a time when the mall was the destination. You’d go to wander around, grab a pretzel or an Orange Julius, see what’s new, and maybe buy something if you find it. Now it feels quite the opposite. You decide what you want online first, then only go to the mall if there’s a store that happens to have it.I still think about visiting Mall of America on Black Friday a few years ago. It was crowded, noisy, and full of energy. People were there because they wanted to be there.Maybe that’s what I miss most. The mall wasn’t just a place to shop. It was a place to spend an afternoon. As more of life moves online, I wonder if there’s still a future for places that exist simply to get people out of the house and around each other.
trout fishing cabin by sala architects. another life, maybe.
thinking about how different animals see color
There should be more traditions like this.A group of friends have met for breakfast every Thursday for thirty years. Through careers, retirement, raising kids, the pandemic, and even the loss of friends, they kept shoThat’s what I like most about the story. It’s about making time for people and having something to look forward to. My version probably wouldn’t be the same restaurant every week. I’d rather meet the same group of friends to hike a different trail, explore a new waterfall, or wander through a state park. Same people, same time, different adventure.
ntl parks
everglades - 11.28.25rented bikes. trail was way longer than expected. the ride back just kept going. alligators everywhere.
Biscayne - 11.27.25quiet boardwalk. giant lizards, beautiful water
indiana dunes - 7.4.24stopped on the fourth of july. ranger said it was the busiest she’d seen in years.
