welcome to oz

hi friends!
so i thought i'd kick off my bit over here by introducing you to where i am.... far far away, in another dimension.......


after a month of traveling all over the us-of-a for weddings, graduations, baby births, half marathons, sisters, dentists, cousins, friends, etc, i have settled down with my parents where i will stay for the next 2 months. and i won't be leaving much. i have included a google earth image, and as you can see, i live on a lake (which if you squint, you can see the push pin--near the upper left corner). and around the lake? nothing.




living on the lake is interesting. the midwest makes up quite a demographic of american subcultures. living on a lake takes handfuls of each of these types that are normally segregated, and smushes them all together so you get the super-rich high class family-'this is only one of my houses' next to the redneck-'all i need is my truck, my woman, and a rod + reel' next to the bible-belt-'god has created this beautiful nature and he has blessed us by sharing it' next to the cat lady, and so on. my parents are always evolving, currently i would describe them as the former-yuppies-but-trying-to-pull-off-the-former-hippie type.



now it would be so selfish to keep all these goodies at the lake to myself, so i'm contributing a weekly post offering samples of this lovely life. good ol' hometown america. enjoy this first taste where you see my daily hangout--the swimming + boat dock, and just one bit of the lovely decor around here: my mother personifying a tree.







i will be posting pretty much anything that makes me laugh, and that i wish you guys could see.... i'm bringing it.

muchas besos,
liz