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Originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn

It's really nice to be congratulated and appreciated. :-D

The Gift of Mornings

Mellow morning, originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn.

I miss mornings like this.

When I was in college, Cha for Tea was my place to eat, think, and drink. During winter quarter, I spent a significant chunk of time there as I was reading through Paul's missionary journeys in Acts. I would always take the back corner table after ordering my strawberry milk tea and pull out my journal, Bible and just write. It's amazing that I was able to concentrate amidst the buzz of such a busy atmosphere and I think that's why I loved the mornings there with still morning light. Even though I wasn't ever a "morning person", I treasured this hour before heading off to class - I was reminded that I had a fresh day before me.

Time has passed and there aren't any mornings at Cha for Tea anymore, but it does make those quiet times so precious when I can find a little corner to fill...and think about those fresh days before me.

Tea Party

Tea Party, originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn.

Right now I am just loving the Collegian girls from LBC. This was from the first time I got them all together, which was for a tea party at my house, last spring. Grace, Keziah, Cindy and Steph all have such incredibly diverse and vibrant personalities that the muted colors in this photo is a pretty ironic contrast.

Kaitlyn at FITS (Fun in the Sun)

So if you do a double take, Kaitlyn cut of an immense amount of hair since the last time I shot her with the rest of Lillian's small group. She went from long and straight to short and curly! Man, the camera sure loves this girl. It was a super day of Fun In The Sun (FITS for short)

including a rousing game of steal the bacon!

Lillian's Small Group

After volunteering to help her small group "bond" I was pleasantly surprised at how excited Lillian and her small group were. We had a lot of fun at Renaissance on a Sunday afternoon. You'll have to check out more portraits from our photo session on my flickr page, and hey, if anyone else wants to have an impromptu photo shoot, I'm down!

Anna

Anna, originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn.

Upon seeing this photo, Anna's roommates replied "WOW!" I would have to agree. I really love how this came out - it was the culmination of many lucky occurances: insisting that Anna wear a white shirt, a breeze coming through at just the right moment and she happened to glance upward a moment before, allowing me to catch notice of her long eyelashes. What I love the most though? The gleam in her eyes.

Cielo

cielo, originally uploaded by Courtney Lynn.

I've been itching to go to Norcal lately, so as I was thinking about what to blog, this picture stood out to me. Back in 2004, I traveled to Norcal on my own to visit with friends for a few days - I went EVERYWHERE: Berkley, SF, San Jose, Mountain View, Castro Valley, etc. and it was one of the best trips because I spent so much time with loved ones. Another memorial thing about this trip was that it was my first trip with MY OWN digital camera. Believe it or not, I took this photo with a Canon Powershot A400. I laugh about how obsolete that camera must be now, but man I was inspired!