i could live here.

{here}

top ten tuesday.

10 things i'm grateful for one tuesday at a time:
1. new goals (like this one)
2. my chiropractor/magical healer
3. text messages from my sister
4. rain
5. sleeping through the night
6. a smile from a stranger
7. evolving moments in relationships
8. a perfectly decorated corner
9. my white fuzzy blanket + something good to watch
10. reconnecting with old friends

100 things.

This is from Katherine Center, a lovely author I just discovered this summer. I have loved reading her books and visiting her great blog. I think this video is so wonderful and inspiring.

summer memories...

enjoy the weekend.

{carol texas ranger}

forever...

i ♥LOVE♥ this!

bowerbird garlands.

{here & here}

i could live here.

{absolutely beautiful things}

envelope books.

{jane&jeremy}

take some time...

go here:


read this.

listen to this:

#48

48. Learn what is mine to do in the world - and, more importantly - what is NOT mine to do.

Broken, Unbroken

The lonely
stand in dark corners
of their hearts.

I have seen them
in cities,
and in my own neighborhood,

nor could I touch them
with the magic
that they crave

to be unbroken.
Then, I myself,
lonely,

said hello to
good fortune.
Someone

came along
and lingered
and little by little

became everything
that makes a difference.
Oh, I wish such good luck

to everyone.
How beautiful it is
to be unbroken.

-Mary Oliver

#48 stolen from patti's 50@50 list here. and the poem too, along with this great story.

better together...

{earmark stationery}

stars.

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if the stars only came out once every thousand years.

No one would sleep that night, of course. The world would create new religions overnight. We would be ecstatic, delirious, made rapturous by the glory of God. Instead, the stars come out every night and we watch television." - Paul Hawken

{quotes found here}

i could live here.

{here}

...

{i can read}

ohdeedoh!

{how to make reading bed here + tour here}

jenny holzer.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT UNTIL YOU SUPPORT YOURSELF.

THERE'S NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU SENSE.

PEOPLE WON'T BEHAVE IF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT.

ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN.

OFFER VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTITUTING THE MEANING OF THINGS.

YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES.

EVERY ACHIEVEMENT REQUIRES A SACRIFICE.

WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS PEOPLE WAKE UP.

ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED.




{jenny holzer}

faces.

{here}

flipping out.

˙ǝɹǝɥ oƃ 'ɟlǝsɹnoʎ ɹoɟ ʇı ʎɹʇ oʇ ¿unɟ ʇı ʇ,usı ˙uʍop ǝpısdn uǝʇʇıɹʍ sı sıɥʇ
˙sǝʎǝ ɹnoʎ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇou sı ǝɹǝɥʇ

oddfellows.

i love the "Oddfellows Orphanage" series Black Apple has going.
so mysterious and magical...reminds me of fall.

imagine a world...

in which every child had a parent like this:

operation beautiful.

Operation Beautiful is a wonderful idea in which empowering messages are left in random places. Go there and be inspired to leave your own messages.

>
“I was born gorgeous and I am forever beautiful. Though the world and those who are in it may try to tell me otherwise and attempt to bring me down, I will not let them. Even when storms come along and try to steal away my happiness, I will just dance in the rain. I will love myself and learn to be happy with everything I am. I am beautiful, I am loved, I am me. No one can change that, even if they wanted to. I am born gorgeous.”

As I am not getting any younger and not exactly where I want to be in terms of fitness, I think one of the hardest things is accepting myself through the process. Because I know that I can do better and be more healthy, I tend to beat myself up for not being where I "should be." I am working towards feeling great and it's not about a size~it's about being fit, strong, and respecting your body. As I go through that process, I am going to have my own little "Operation Beautiful" inside...replacing that evil little voice, that tells me I'm fat or lazy or I'm never going to look 25 again, with a strong voice reminding me that I am gorgeous in this moment.

We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

me, age 6 or 7

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. ~Marie Curie

Pappaw.

This is a video I made this morning from old photos of my grandfather. The song playing was one of his favorites that he used to sing to me when I was a little girl. It's really hard for me to listen to that song without crying my eyes out! Wasn't he so handsome? He was so funny! No matter what, he found a reason to laugh and smile. I could go on and on about my Pappaw but simply put, he was beautiful inside and out. I miss him every day.
*The children pictured with him are my mom and her two brothers. The dark haired beauty is my grandmother who can be seen here. I am the alien baby at the end.

go now + live...

...

{i can read}

don't let this fading summer pass you by...

♥

{here.}

praying for rain...

{philip newton}

things we forget.

{things we forget}

nanny's scrapbook.

This is one of my favorite photographs of my grandmother. She had a penchant for writing the subject's name smack dab in the middle of the picture.
Here she has written her name, Joyce.

I have really been missing her a lot lately and she's been in my dreams. In the summertime, she was always outside~whether she was mowing the lawn (a constant habit), working in the garden, or just sitting on the porch smoking or shelling peas. I can just see her now walking in the back door in her flip flops to sit her tan self down in front of the window unit a/c saying, "Lord, it's hot!" She was an amazing and strong woman and I was a lucky girl to have a grandmother like her who spoiled me like crazy, always made me laugh, and made me feel so happy. Before she died in 2006, I frantically finished a scrapbook for her, which I let her write all over! I don't know how impressed she was by it (she wasn't sentimental), but it was nice to have around during her passing for people to see how beautiful she was and all she accomplished.

Here's a little video I made of my favorite pages:

so pretty.