Size Really Doesn't Matter

Let me begin by telling you this: I love fishing.

On that note, I got to go fishing for Brook Trout today for the first time in my life with Justin (a.k.a. The Boyfriend). Just past his house in Craftsbury is a beautiful place called "The Falls". With a small amount of hiking we got to an amazing pool of water within the falls and Justin hooked a worm on my line for me. Of course he got me ready before he got himself ready so as I was waiting for him I walked a little ways into the falls and sat on a rock. With me as bored as I was I decided to entertain myself by drowning my worm so it wouldn't wiggle so much. I apparently didn't hear Justin when he told me that fishing for Brook Trout is fast paced because withing 30 seconds of dipping my line into the water I had a bite and pulled it up on land.

Which takes me to my title. The Brookie I caught was only about three inches long. However small this fish was I was very proud of myself for catching it with such ease and precision (I'm obviously happy about it) and therefore it could have been an inch long and I'd still be happy.

I can't wait to go again.

Nature

I realized something today. I have a very strict love/hate relationship with nature. I realized this as I was walking around with students from my class earlier today. With my Nikon D50 in hand I began to hike up several very steep hills. I got to smell the assorted flowers and grasses, got to see many various types of birds and even a snake. I got to see the absolute beauty of the outdoors as I usually begin to do.

Then, reality set in. I stepped in a huge puddle of mud in my white flats, I got countless bug bites, I'm almost positive half of my lung is dead from having to walk up so many steep hills and I'm pretty sure I lost ten pounds in sweat.

All in all, I discovered that even though nature can really piss me off it has an undeniable and unbeatable beauty that will never be overrated or surpassed.

(The image above is one that I took while on my unexpected hike earlier today when I came across a beautifully lit path)

Introductions are in Order

Well since this is the first post of my personal blog I thought I'd start out by telling everyone a little bit about myself. My name is Cheyenne and I am 17 years old. I am an aspiring photographer and although my family loves to call me a hippie I definitely have my dark side. I currently attend a Multimedia and Design program at Green Mountain Technology and Career Center in Hyde Park and next year I plan on attending a Computer Networking program here at GMTCC. I have a very large and always fun family and an absolutely marvelous boyfriend named Justin. As of today we have been dating for about one year and five months and I couldn't be happier. I also absolutely detest lung cancer. In the past year and a half I have lost one uncle on each side of my family to lung cancer.

Well I suppose that before I begin to ramble I should warn you...some of my blogs will be dark and probably occasionally disturbing, some of them will be very sappy and love-sick. Some of them will be me venting when I get angry and other times they will simply be me rambling on about random thoughts.

You have been warned, read at your own risk.

I hope you enjoy my blog and I also hope I haven't scared you off yet.

=)