the best camera bag, ever.

{hat: vintage (similar, similar) // coat: patagonia (similar, similar) // scarf and tights: j.crew // boots: llbean}

over the past year this little blog of mine has grown far past my expectations.

so has my love for photography.

i've been in the market for a sleek leather camera bag for some time now.

honestly, i don't even remember mentioning it to jeff but... 

boom there she was, waiting for me when i returned home from argentina.

#bestbloggergift

i instantly fell in love with my new Ona Camera Bag and i've been toting her all around town.

i'm wearing the Brooklyn which holds my camera, 3 lenses, wallet, phone, and notebook.

she's perfect for dinners out, joining me on adventures, and my many travels.

like i said, i'm in love.

letters to rwanda.

"Imagine living your entire life without ever receiving a piece of mail.

Now imagine writing to that person.

What would you say? How would they respond?

Rwanda Walk is your chance to find out."

my most favorite photographer is looking for help.

morris traveled to africa this past november

and he's heading back.

he'll be walking over 200 miles across rwanda to personally deliver letters.

here's where you come in:

"We invite you to write anything that you find meaningful: letters, stories, jokes, proverbs, song lyrics, poems, quotes, etc. Make them anonymous or include photos and contact information. Your choice. We will then record their responses and share them with you on this site and in a future fine-art exhibition."

the only criteria is that you title your letter with a human trait or emotion.

it will be the word your rwanda recipient will be responding to.

morris will be documenting their responses.

he'll be posting photos and blogging daily at www.rwandawalk.com,

where you can follow along and see your impact on a world so far away.

it's simple, it's easy, a stranger will be forever grateful.

i encourage you all to take the time and join in on this great idea.

send your letters by April 27th to:

RWANDAWALK

p.o. box 

jackson, wy 83002

(if you'd rather email, please send them to me: meagan{dot}murtagh{at}gmail{dot}com. im happy to print and add to the stack!}

guest + post {ann marie}

hi friends!

please read this beautiful post by ann marie from I am an age old tree. I am stars in white snow.

she's another blogger out west and takes amazing photos!

here are photos from her trips to jackson.

thanks ann marie~

i think the first time i visited jackson hole was on one of our many starvation trips as a family.

you see, we didn't take vacations when i was a kid. we went on survival trips.

i remember two things about that trip: too many plain bagels and a float trip down the snake river

where we adopted our guide, russ, as our newest brother.

strangley, despite my continuously empty gut, my heart was tied...at least for a few days.

i forgot about the jackson and the tetons for many years

until in high school when my older brother asked me {!} to go 

on a backpacking trip along the crest trail.

so we borrowed some gear for me, and off we went.

how could i not fall in love with such drastic mountains, and open fields?

i feel deep. and fast...

however, i did not return again for many years. strange.

but i got distracted by a boy {now my husband} who introduced me to another love: red rock in southern utah.

and somehow i forgot about jackson and the mighty tetons.

fast forward eight, yes eight, years.

my heart started pounding again for jackson, for wyoming, for tetons.

cj, my husband, and his friend had plans to climb the grand and i basically

stowed myself away in the car wanting to revisit an old love.

i started with the basics...which are incredibly stunning. you can't go wrong here.

i started with jenny lake and a hike up cascade canyon. the further i went,

the more spectacular the views and the more isolated i became.

i felt that feeling of being born out of these mountains, and i remembered

how much i love the west and this very place.

i decided then and there that this would be the location of my birthday celebration this year.

i had to come back.

cj and i went back. and we wandered. i can't even tell you where we went 

because i couldn't even look down at a map or a guidebook for two seconds.

you can easily and wonderfully get lost here. this is the real world.

we're hoping to make a winter trip to jackson soon...this time with out skis. 

i don't think i can ever let years go by again without visiting these mountains of the west.

heart melter.

currently outside my office.
makes me miss my momma!
hope you are all having a lovely day.

can't get enough.

the golden aspens this year are to die for.
a photo from a drive up curtis canyon.

autumn colors.

{fields of gold}

{rich ambers}

{hints of yellow in a green tree.  summer is still holding on}

{mountain sun alpenglows}

**photos by me

be there. or be square.

my friend morris is one of the most talented photographers.....ever.
for serious.
i'm slightly obsessed with his work.
he snapped photos of clancy pants, here, and i'm in love with them all.

tonight he's hosting a party and you should go:

                 

to see the incredible photos from his trip or to buy any prints click here.

helloooo, national geo.  call this guy.

newest bestie.

the egg's about to get craaazaay
(if i can figure this thing out...)

happy weekend my happies!!

sassy pants

Sally Mann's Immediate Family

i absolutely adore sally mann's work. always been a big fan.

she got in a heap load of trouble after taking this series of photos of her children back in '92. i refrained from posting the nudey children photos. worth a look though, her work is fascinating.