Monday, September 30, 2013

              

This is one of my absolute favorite videos. All at once it is dreamy and breathtaking and wild and it makes me want to go run around with my friends in this Autumn weather. 

-RAY

Friday, September 27, 2013


Sunsets on the roof, more bonfires, local Fall fairs, studying the ocean of midnight stars, and reading Something Wicked This Way comes. Autumn is here and everything is going to be alright.

Also, Led Zeppelin is always my jam, but especially this weekend.

-RAY

[All photos taken by me.]

Friday, September 20, 2013


This time of year rolls around and all I want to listen to is Sufjan Stevens. Enchanting Ghost just takes my breath away. Things have been pretty mellow lately. Though I'm busy with school and work I'm still able able to do what I love -  write poetry, sketch whenever the notion hits me, think of entrepreneur ideas for the future, take long walks, and see my friends on the weekends. On top of which rain has been pouring down in sweet, soothing showers almost daily.  Everything is really quite lovely. I hope Autumn is treating you well. 

-RAY

[All photos taken by me.]

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The flannels and sweaters are worn daily. At night the air grows cold and damp and the candles are lit. On Friday my friends came and we listened to Dead Man's Bones around the bonfire. This time of year is entirely rejuvenating. 

-RAY

[All photos taken by me.]

Thursday, September 12, 2013


 I love this time of year: when summer and autumn are so closely intertwined and blended it's never clear where one ends and the other begins.

-RAY

[Second photo source unknown / third photo by Theo Gosselin / other photos taken by me.]

Tuesday, September 10, 2013


This is me on a perfect summer Friday in August. 

-RAY

[All photos taken by me.]

Monday, September 9, 2013


I've begun my last year in high school and all I can think about is brownstones in Brooklyn, the sweet autumn air of Manhattan, and attending a school where English professors teach me the art of literature.
This image really captures this fresh, driven feeling of wanting to move away to New York City or somewhere beautiful and go to university for the next several years. I can't wait to see what God has in store for my future.

Also, this song (and album!) makes me
a. excited to be back in school.
b. look forward to the sweater weather on the way. 
c. eager for Oxford style campuses that turn cool and golden in October.

-RAY

Thursday, September 5, 2013


"June dawns, July noons, August evenings over, finished, done and gone forever with only the sense of it all left here in his head. Now, a whole autumn, a white winter, a cool and greening spring to figure sums and totals of summer past. And if he should forget, the dandelion wine stood in the cellar, numbered huge for each and every day. He would go there often, stare straight into the sun until he could stare no more, then close his eyes and consider the burned spots, the fleeting scars left dancing on his warm eyelids; arranging, rearranging each fire and reflection until the pattern was clear..." 
- Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury

The air is growing cooler, the once vibrant green earth is becoming tinged with gold, and I am excited for the books to be read, the art to be made, and the good times to be had with friends. This fresh start that Autumn brings is intoxicating. 

-RAY 

[All photos taken by me.]

Tuesday, September 3, 2013


Hazy August evening at dusk.

-RAY

[All photos by me.]

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Some leftovers from 4th of July weekend that I never shared. I'm remembering how soft and dreamy this weekend was. Thinking back, getting nostalgic for the mellow summer vibes, that weekend really feels like this song. Only in summer do you swim at night when the stars come out and fireworks are bursting and reflecting like a magic kaleidoscope over the water. Only in summer do you stay up till the early morning talking on the porch of UFO's and books. The photos really say it all though - summer is the greatest. 

-RAY 

[All photos taken by me.]