missed connections.

{these are wonderful!}

lovely cloudy day...

goodbye.

let this life be a lesson to all of us to cherish the childhood of our little ones and make it magical, empowering, healthy, and full of light so they can grow up knowing they are good, strong, beautiful, and loved.

heaven.

this is a bakery in NY.

proceed + be bold.

more here!

magical words.

sometimes this is all you need to hear.
thank you, brooke for pointing me to these images! + thank you to my beautiful friend laurie who gave me a dose of healing words in real life as we sipped watermelon juice in the hot austin sun yesterday. + thank you to my mom who saved the day + gave me directions to hey cupcake!
as i headed out of town.
it's the little things that truly save you.

give good.

{dazey chic}

life is a shipwreck.

{local wisdom cards}

one year.

today my blog is one year old! it is such a pleasure to have this place to catalog my inspirations and to have collected some followers along the way.

back to my old stomping grounds...

going on a little trip to austin! back in a week.

reality.

{fallen princesses project}

my brightest aspirations.

"Far away, there in the sunshine,

are my brightest aspirations.

I may not reach them,

but I can look up and see their beauty,

believe in them and try to follow where they lead."

[ louisa may alcott ]

go to public school.

{via playing grown up}

♥

{ryantown}

angel.

i am amazed by this photograph.
{roberto kusterle}

this just made me smile.

i love this commercial! the driver makes me so happy!

♥

{via ish + chi}

"more is always better to me."

{alexa lett}

let the beauty we love be what we do.

{ruth rae}

in love...

with this hair.
{via hannas-form}

10 things i &hearts about my nephew...

1. when he laughs in his sleep.
2. the way his eyes get big when he's excited about something.
3. his precious little cheeks.
4. little secret dimples that sprout when he smiles.
5. his facial expressions when he's watching a movie.
6. the sound of his infectious silly giggle.
7. the way he says my name....tray-shee!!!...when he's ordering me around.
8. his big brown sparklyeyes.
9. the drawings he leaves behind after a visit.
10. his wild, brilliant, + miraculous mind.

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

{rebecca sower}

more...

somehow these made my heart hurt and feel full at the same time.

everyone is beautiful.

{found via this gorgeous blog}

all is extraordinary.

{sandra evertson}

this is how i feel...

{20X200}

butterfly effect...

"The images in this series combine the shape of the butterfly – a fragile creature that represents the fragility of the natural world – with the texture of the printed map: a manifestation of man's absolute domination of the planet."
{image surgery}

if it doesn't stop raining...

my nephew + i will have to build one of these:

or this:

or possibly this:


i wish.
{ann wood}