22!

Today I turned 22!

Yay! ...I guess?

As we get older, birthdays seem to loose their excitement. I didn't do much for my birthday this year, but I really don't mind. I just  had a nice, quiet, relaxing day. I spent a lot of time working on photography stuff, which is really one of my favorite ways to spend  time anyways. In celebration of my birthday, my sister made me carrot cake (my favorite!), and I had a mini birthday party with my  family. My friends and family sent me happy birthday texts, which made me feel loved . In all honesty, those simple, loving  gestures mean so much more to me than a huge party ever could. It's times like these when I am reminded of how fortunate I am  to have such wonderful people in my life. I am truly blessed. This is the way I've been feeling  all day. It's with this state of  mind that I worked on a new picture specifically for today. This is actually a picture that I took some time ago, but I stumbled  across it while sorting and organizing photos this afternoon. It caught my attention because of how well it reflected my mood. As  soon as I saw it, I knew I had to do something with it today. I did a little post-processing work on it and I'm quite pleased with the  end result. This picture so vividly depicts how I've been feeling today; I thought that sharing it here with everyone would be a  fitting end to this day. I call this picture "Home."





And speaking of love...here are this week's lovely features!



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Ciao for now!
~Sarah Mannino