January 19th, 2009 
*Part 3 in counting my blessings, as previous here and here.
Katie has been in my life almost as long as Becky. We met in Humboldt in 1999 at the coffee shop we both just helped open. Her hair was cropped super short and bleached super blond and she stood out to me, as I must have to her as different from our dread lock hemp wearing co-workers. We quickly found that we were from the same neighborhoods, though different sides of the tracks. At one point, we were lucky enough to live across from each other, separated by an alley. As with most friendships when you are younger, they waxed and waned. I moved a bunch, and sometimes we didn’t talk for long periods at a time. But when we did, we were always able to pick right back up. She visited us in Santa Barbara, we visited them in Corvalis. She was as close to a maid of honor for my wedding I could have had though we didn’t have bridal parties, and I photographed hers. She has helped me through some hard times and supported me through even harder ones. I feel super lucky to have her in my life and super lucky that we have been so close in proximity these past few years as we have grown even closer. She is a wonderful mother, a great wife. She has a great natural beauty and awesome fashion and design sense. I always know I can count on her for a awesome afternoon in nature, a casual dinner or a quiet girls night. Katie is truly a gem and I feel honored that she calls me a friend.
photo: holga, 120 film. December 08. Stanford Mall, Palo Alto CA. Not the *best* photo for someone so AWESOME, but fitting since I lent her the holga and she worked that little plastic camera harder than I did and has collectivley taken one roll of film that is better than this shot or any of the multiple rolls I have.
I just got a roll back of black and white. Which means lots of scanning and lots of b&w posts coming up. For now some color in the form of something old.
