It's been incredibly gray and rainy here for the last couple of days! Which is why I'm still in a floral and bright colors mood! 


I offer you my outfits from the last couple of days.

I am seriously in love with this Lularoe Amelia Dress - guys it has freaking pockets!!! Did you catch that? Pockets!!!!!! Ok, ok, I'm a dork, but a dress with pockets is like a magical unicorn to me. And the top is fitted - nice to show off the um... assets - hey flaunt it if ya got it (within reason of course)! While the bottom has these incredibly cute pleats that seem to hide my belly! (And no, I don't sell Lularoe - I'm just a huge fan and appreciate that they make cute clothes for ALL SIZES!)


My necklace is a go to from Stella and Dot that I picked up a couple of years ago!

Then there's this beautiful perfect pink open cardi I just picked up from Torrid a few weeks ago and I have to say it is perfect with pretty much everything in my wardrobe. I'm wearing a Torrid size 2 for reference.


And of course there are those amazing sandals again from DSW and Steve Madden! I love that I can use olive as a neutral!



Maybe florals aren't for you... that's ok! Try any of my outfit ideas and sub in a bright print. Case in point, my outfit from yesterday! 


I seriously love the abstract combo of bright orange, purple, and turquoise in this Lularoe Carly dress!!! Yep... it's a dress - I tied it up in the front with a pony tail holder to make it more into a tunic! I added leggings in a complimentary color - one from the top, and because it's rainy and a chilly a long Purple duster, and some metallic flats! If you remember my "rules" from my post on Monday, you'll remember how with wearing florals and bold prints you should "break up the pattern" This outfit perfectly illustrates that concept!


I couldn't end this without showing you a picture of my face from yesterday compared with my face from exactly a year ago! Make sure you are following my Instagram to see more!


My eyes are so dang puffy I could barely see out of them. I was a vision of unhealthiness. I let myself go so far and I thought I would never dig myself out! Now, this April I'm lighter - with a LONG ways to go still but that's ok! I'm also so much happier. I have truly nourished by mind, body, and soul. 


Love yourself. 

Take care of yourself.

You are worth it.

Trust me ... I've been there and back!

Have an amazing day, and leave me a comment telling me what you'd like to learn more about/see more of from me!




















Sarah XOXOXO

I'm no Gene Kelly, singing and dancing in the rain, but I do like shooting in the rain. The world looks different when wet and with a little awareness and creativity, the inclement weather can provide outstanding photo possibilities. I like how light reflects off of wet surfaces and often shoot in ways to use color and light to enhance a scene. Sure, you have to be careful with your gear when it's raining and be particularly aware of raindrops on your lens, but simple precautions and a clean, dry cloth are all you need unless it's a downpour. Like the cold weather I talked about last month, most people don't like to go out in the rain; if you get out there and explore you'll be ahead of the game from the get go!


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In this paper, Shah and Steinberg tackle a prominent strand of development economics: what do economic shocks do to children at various stages of growth? There's a long literature on this, including the canonical Maccini and Yang paper (2009 AER), who find that good rainfall shocks in early life dramatically improve outcomes for women as adults (in Indonesia). This paper does a great job of documenting a treatment effect (if you haven't read it yet, metaphorically put down this blog and go read that instead), but less to say about the mechanisms behind it.

Steinberg and Shah take seriously the idea that rainfall shocks might affect human capital through multiple channels: good rain shocks could mean more income, and therefore consumption and human capital, or good rain shocks might mean a higher opportunity cost of schooling, leading to less education and human capital development. They put together a very simple but elegant model of human capital decisions, and test its implications using a large dataset including some simple math and verbal tests from India. They show that good rain shocks are beneficial for human capital (as proxied by test scores) early in life, but lead to a decrease in human capital later in life. They demonstrate that children are in fact substituting labor for schooling in good harvesting years, and show that rainfall experienced in childhood matters for total years of schooling as well, which could help explain the Maccini and Yang result, though they don't find differential effects by gender.

A final caveat: this is of course context-specific. I don't at all mean to suggest (and nor do the authors), for instance, that these results should have Californians glad that we're done with the rain and back to sunny weather. As much as I enjoy sunrise runs (n = 1) and sitting outside reading papers, I'd be happy with a little more of what El Nino's got to offer the West Coast.

In comparison, when you save something for a rainy day, you choose to put it safely away for future use. Usually we use this expression for saving money. But you can save anything for a rainy day.

I created these images during a period of heavy rain here in Alabama one summer. As I worked on them, the rain was coming down hard and fast! I wondered if it would ever stop. It had been raining for days and days, I had lost count of how many days it had been.

The rain was pounding down hard as I tried to seek shelter under the small makeshift ceiling of umbrellas. My shoes and pant cuffs were soaked, but the water continued pouring without any sign of stopping. Shivering in the cold, I had gone off my gears. My brain started wandering, wondering if this misery would ever end. I wanted to be home with a cup of hot cocoa, reading a book. However, I did not have that choice, and instead, I was in this soaking mess. Clearly, this field trip had not gone as planned.

Needless to say, with all this rain, they are running four generators and a couple of spillways. Total release is close to 15000 cfs. We are currently 3 feet above power pool. I expect to see this come up some more due to the run off and also, they opened the spillways at Beaver Dam this morning.

Rainwater harvesting systems often include quality control systems such as a diverted first flush volume to improve the collected water quality. The first flush volume has traditionally been defined as a set volume of rain based on the first 1-2 millimeters of rain that falls on a roof. Diverting a volume of water can be seen as a waste when rainwater is a main source of potable water, sometimes leading to lack of implementation, and thus contaminating the final collected water. Understanding the variability of first flush volume required due to environmental parameters can be used to develop an optimized first flush system. This study evaluated rainwater catchment first flush volumes by assessing the rainwater quality over volume and time. To study these effects, we built a rainwater collection system on a test site in Amherst, Massachusetts. We performed a tracer study with the rainwater collection system to model the first flush volume required to wash out a dissolved contaminant. We collected four rain events using a fractionation first flush design. We measured water quality parameters in the atmospheric rain, first flush, and collection tank samples for each rain event. Our first flush samples resulted in elevated dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations up to 40 mg/L, although there was high variation between the rain events. UV 254, DOC, and conductivity all trended together within each rain event, demonstrating a uniform wash off, of contaminants. Indicator bacteria up to 200 MPN/100 mL within rain event 1 and 2, indicates the need for disinfection if the water is to be potable. The high levels of DOC and SUVA characterization presented a concern for disinfection by-products (DBP) potential if the water were treated with chlorine. Higher intensity storms seem to increase roof wash-off deposition in the first flush. The majority of contaminants washed off in the first flush seemed to originate from roof wet and dry deposition, demonstrating the need for variable first flush volumes. Hydraulic parameters that affect wash-off, such as rain intensity and collection location, also led to varied first flush volumes. Considering these factors in the first flush volume required, could decrease treatment needs, system maintenance, and concern from treatment by-products.

The strong cold front moves in this evening and will stall just south of DFW, meaning a cold and wet Saturday is on the way. Temperatures will hold fairly steady in the upper 50s, but northerly winds will be gusty. If the front stops just north of DFW, then temperatures will be warmer Saturday. Grab a rain coat if you are headed out to the Texas Country Reporter Festival.

It looks like we are not doing Fall this year in the Dallas area of Texas! We have had more rain the last month and a half than the entire rest of the year, and there are many flooded areas around the city. Normally, October is a lovely month in Texas with moderate temperatures and very little rain.

Because I want all the photographs to look as natural as possible, I suggested her to do her preps underneath the barn area which was one door away. There was a ton of natural light coming in from the open windows. It was quite cold but made sure we did this quick, plus they lit the fireplace in the background making for a stunning backdrop. ff782bc1db

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