by secondsmith | Oct 13, 2015 | Backyard, Blog, North America, Travel
Why coming home will always be the most important journey you take: It will make you wonder why you ever left and remind you exactly why you did. Something I’ve learned from uprooting my life every few years is that home is not a place. It’s an idea. It’s a feeling....
by justjes | Oct 3, 2015 | Backyard, Blog, North America, Places, Travel, Uncategorized
No matter where we go or what the plan is trips with my sister are always an adventure. We did a road trip from Washington to Crater Lake in Oregon a few years ago. We made a pit stop in the land of the Goonies along the way and it was awesome! So when the opportunity...
by secondsmith | Sep 3, 2015 | Backyard, Blog, Featured, North America, Places, Uncategorized
The allure of the mountains of NC is boundless. My first visit mere weeks ago left me captivated, so much so that I ventured once again to this illustrious landscape. If you happen to find yourself drawn to these mountains as I have, do yourself a favor and find a...
by justjes | Aug 16, 2015 | Backyard, Blog, Featured, North America, Places
Buffalo, NY is well known for snow and chicken wings, for good reason. We have buckets of snow falling almost any time of the year and the chicken wings, well you can’t get anything like them anywhere else! In case you were wondering, there is a lot more to Buffalo! I...
by secondsmith | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Europe, International, Places
Chocolate and waffles, chocolate waffles! That was the extent of my understanding and expectations for Brussels. How could a city disappoint with such simple standards! Well it did, at least for the first 24hrs. But don’t dismay Belgian enthusiasts; it had a quick...
by secondsmith | Aug 11, 2015 | Backyard, Blog, Places, Travel
Follow my blog with Bloglovin One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things – Henry Miller Travel is not something that just takes you to a different country. While that is a very exciting experience and something most of us spend our lives...
by secondsmith | Aug 7, 2015 | Backyard, Blog, Featured, North America, People, Places
“A taste for the beautiful is most cultivated out of doors” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden SECONDs of silence: mountainous voids was my why, now here is the adventure that came of that. If you haven’t gone for a country drive in a while I urge you to go! I’ve...
by secondsmith | Aug 7, 2015 | Blog, North America, People, Places
“I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one’s self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we live simply and wisely” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden I like silence. Not the silences muddled by the buzz of the lights or...
by secondsmith | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Europe, Featured, International, Places
Same trip, different cold. What better way to follow a freezing Copenhagen than with a frozen Stockholm? A five hour train ride later and that’s where we landed. By time we would have waited through security lines and boarded a flight that would only last an...
by secondsmith | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Photography, Things
The first step is the hardest but the SECOND step isn’t always easy either. Getting a camera is step one. What’s next? This was a question I’ve asked myself time and time again when it comes to education and equipment. So here are simple recommendations from a...
by secondsmith | Jul 29, 2015 | Blog, Europe, International, Places
Travel to a cold country, lesson number one: bring a SECOND pair of shoes, or maybe just one pair of really warm ones! Exploring Copenhagen on foot over Christmas is magical. It is also extremely cold. While you traipse around slushy cobbled streets I guarantee...
by secondsmith | Jul 25, 2015 | Blog, Europe, International, Places
Since there isn’t a lot of time in a day then there’s not nearly enough time in a weekend! Two day weekends are what we consider “short”. From 5pm on a Friday to 630am on a Monday doesn’t seem like enough time to traverse the continent and immerse yourself in a bubble...
by secondsmith | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, People
…and straight on ’til morning The second star to the right Shines in the night for you To tell you that the dreams you plan Really can come true The second star to the right Shines with a light so rare And if it’s Never Land you need It’s light...
by secondsmith | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Photography, Things
That’s too much. That’s not enough. What was she thinking?! And it’s ruined. That is a stream of thoughts that have rushed through my head and I’m sure those of other critics when a) looking at other people’s work b) looking at my work...
by secondsmith | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog, Europe, Featured, International, Places
If you haven’t been to Scotland, GO! Every inch of that country is perfection. You know those trips where you just can’t help but ask “are we there yet?”, well the there is everywhere. Even being confined to a tiny mousey engined automobile is...
by secondsmith | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Intros, People
Second. We strive to be first. Being number one is synonymous with being the best. Whatever the race is, whatever the prize, we want to be first. What about the second guy? What if you aren’t number one? 2nd is a wondrous place to be! Getting second helpings of...
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