oh hello there!

I’m MEL! I grew up in Massachusetts but now live on the Connecticut river in a wood cabin with my patient husband, two cats, three rats, one fish and a handful of chickens.

I was born in 1989 and share a birthday with Britney Spears.

FILM IS THE BEST. Fight me on it. It might take a bit more prep time but its easier for me to fall in love with digital scans when starting from a film base! I LOVE SHOOTING ANALOGUE.

I’m hella weird and silly. If someone knocks on the bathroom door I always involuntarily scream “SOR-RY” in a British accent. I talk about my cats way too much, but will also listen to you talk about your cats forever (or other pets, DO YOU HAVE A PET BIRD AND IF SO CAN WE BE FRIENDS?) I’m really here to bring the fun! I want to help make memories from all your excellent adventures.

“They say time is precious and there's no going back
Shit, if I could only unfreeze this photograph
And dive in the windows of my eyes to feel how I felt
Inside right in that moment in time, I'd bring it all back to life”

MY TOP 8

(this looks better on desktop WOOF)

Ryan Hooker

HUSBAND
LIMA

FAT RAT
BUTTERSCOTCH

AFFILIATE COW
BIG RED

TOP HEN
LYONS

FAST RAT
FREYA

SCAREDY CAT
KAWAII

SILLY CAT
SKYEVIEW ALPACAS

ONLY THE GIRLS RN.

I legally

became a

Hooker

INTERESTS

Armchair Philosophy (Plato and Aristotle are in the Bad Place, because, slavery)
Textile arts like weaving crochet and knittinggggg
POP CULTURE. I’m a HUGE MOVIE & TV Buff. My mind thinks in movie quotes.
Ice fishing
Anything involving NATURE or ANIMALS
Medieval history.
MEXICAN FOOD!!!!
The Ologies podcast by Ali Ward
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
ALPACAS!!! I help with the shearing every year at Skyeview Alpacas in Elkins, NH