Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The start of a new year

The vacation is over! Winter break has come and gone and it's the start of another new year. And with the new year comes new motivations, goals to accomplish and a semester of new classes and new challenges.

Over break I keep myself busy by working, reading, snowboarding, drawing, ice sculpting, going on winter hikes and spending time with my friends, family and girlfriend.








Here is some photographic documentation of my winter break exploits...

A hike through the pines in Findley Lake




Cool scenery on our journey

What's this?? A bar in the middle of the woods? What luck!


Asbury trails




Sara is definitely prepared for a winter hike

Bridge that crosses the creek



Now here are some pictures of the ice sculpture my friend and I made just the other day...

We were inspired by similar works we had seen by artist Andy Goldsworthy 

Unlike Andy, we were a little more experimental than trying to accomplish some kind of aesthetic goal...

...but I think it came out great anyway!




Winter break was long and I had a lot of fun. And although the new semester means less time to be spent with the people I want to spend it with the most, I am very excited about my new classes and can't wait to start some challenging new projects!