Jillian Mitchell Photography: Destination Wedding Photography in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Beer at 9:00 in the morning? Must be the first day of the World Cup.

Death is much more accepted in Mexico. It is celebrated. Being here in this paradise surrounded by such wonderful people it seems as though nothing can touch us. But, death will come to all of us. A good friend, incredible father and husband, and one of the truly most genuine people I have ever met left us yesterday. Lele we are all with you in your journey and we will look after your family as you would have wanted us to.

Lele enjoyed life to the fullest and lived every day as if it were his last. This world is so much bigger than the problems we think we have. You never know when your time will be. Live as though it will be tomorrow.

“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.” Dalai Laima

so i’ve been slacking in the posts, but it’s not my fault. may and june are my busiest months so far this year and on top of everything my brother jamie and his girlfriend jessica are visiting. this in turn means that i am pulled away from my normal position at my computer all day in order to entertain mexico style.

we went to san blas the other day which is about three hours north and so worth the trip if you happen to be down here.

i had ordered a polaroid back for my holga and jamie brought it down so here’s some of the first takes…

The other day there was a taller (workshop) at entreAmigos that Regina insisted Bola and I go to. It was early for us… but we went. It was like being in elementary art class all over again except with a Finish teacher (Topi). Topi learned how to make globos aerostaticos (aerostatic balloons or something similar…) in a Atatlan, a small town in Guatemala. Coincidentally that is where I think Bola and I will be going in August and September.  That night when Regina, Bola, his brother Cocho, and I went to the beach with a bunch of our friends to light and release them.

Amazing. So simple yet so mind blowing to see something you made of tissue paper float into space by the pure power of fire. And they went amazingly far. Well all of them except Bola’s. That one caught fire and faded into the sea.

You’re supposed to make a wish when you light the globo and if it floats so far that you can’t see it before it catches fire or falls then it comes true. Mine would have come true, but I realized as it glided through the sky that I hadn’t made one.

And then I realized how purely happy I was in the moment. Like a child. Watching my tissue baloon fly through the air.

And I knew then that I didn’t need a wish.