happy weekend

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wishing you all a very happy weekend

full of adventure

rest friends food and all the things you love best.

xo

down the rabbit hole

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she looked into her dreams

where her good friends lived and played and decided

the day had come to join them

and so

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into the sun we ran

letting fears fall away

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stopping only to see that this place

in all its gorgeousness

with all its newness

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had really been ours all along.

sketches and notes from an adventurous day

(with many more to come..)

wishing you a happy weekend full of dreams and adventures of your own.

xo

*these photos are a small part of a collaborative series that my bf sam and i are creating

fffffff friday

'f' is for...

{jenyuson}

...freedom...

{bomobob}

{kristybee}

...flowers...

{bomobob}

...following...

{katrina}

{shootingnouns}

...finding...

{ajawin}

{barbaragordon}

...it's for friendship...

{gnomeoftheeast}

...fun...

{bomobob}

and best of all

...'f' is for friday...

wishing you a fabulous weekend!

xo

kind over matter

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i have a new happy habit

of visiting this website each day

for a dose of inspiration

and a heaping helping of good feelings

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miss amanda oaks and miss jenn gibson

have created a beautiful world over at kind over matter

where thoughtful artwork and handmade is celebrated

and a good feeling is always guaranteed.

enjoy your visit(s)

xo

dear summer, please slow down

{shining egg}

is it just me

or did this week fly right by?

i can't believe it's friday already

(not complaining!)

but really

how did it get to be the end of july?

{catherine...}

{lifelovepaper}

it's just that

this summer is turning out to be so gorgeous..

{mywhimsy}

i want to slow it down

to hang on to

each and every second of it

{catherine...}

each and every summer stroll

(especially those late afternoon-and-into-the-evening ones..

aren't those the best?)

{bethretro}

every drop of sunshine

{catherine...}

those lazy summer naps

(mmmm...aren't THOSE the best?)

{these days in french life}

each and every delicious bite

of all the amazing summer produce

(and eating it outside..

that's most definitely the best)

{tja'sha}

and just soak up all the gorgeousness

of this sweet season

while it's still here

wishing you a beautifully summer-filled weekend...

what are you going to do?

..tomorrow there is a 50~mile long antiques/flea market

here in upstate ny..

(i don't think i'm going to be able to sleep tonight

i'm so excited)

see you next week

with lots of pics!

xo

*thanks to all of my flickr friends for these beautifully quintessential summer moments*

a very soft summer

{makool}

mist and fog

and drizzly days

and nights

and mornings

and evenings

that's what my summer has been made of so far

but you know

i really love it..

{tuscanystudios}

the moodiness

the lushness

(the plants are exploding with gratitude for all of the moisture)

{countrydreaming}

it's all soft

the air

and the ground

the colors

and the light

{violetjulia}

it's calming

and instead of making me want to nap

(well,..naps are nice..)

it makes me want to go exploring

it sets my imagination rolling with visions

of mysteries and fairytales

{samphoto}

and then there's the cool air..

mmmm...it's a very nice summer so far.

how's your's going?

i'd love to hear.

xo

so much love

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do you know people that just seem to have

extra large hearts..

with so much love to give

as if they have a never-ending well of kindness

and generosity inside?

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you know the ones..

they're always giving and giving

and

thinking of others

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..taking the time to say

and do kind things

in the most generous

(and usually surprising)

ways..

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they are full of life

noticing beauty in everything around them

(and best of all..they share it with the rest of us..)

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i have been so incredibly lucky to become friends

with one of those super extra special beautiful people

and when i say beautiful

i mean utterly gorgeous inside and out

(just take a peek at her flickr site

and you'll see what i mean..seriously..you'll be so very inspired)

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cori inspires me constantly

with her beautiful photos

and entertaining little journal entries..

(some are so heart felt and some are hilarious)

she recently sent me the most amazing envelope full of love

and sweet wishes

made of her gorgeous photos and postcards

..completely out of the blue..

and well, just because.

somehow she knew i needed it.

(she's just like that)

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oh and did i mention

that we haven't even met in person yet??

(the online community is an amazing thing..)

thank you sweet cori.

i'm so happy to call you my friend.

:)

now for a little more inspiration,

please do yourself the favor of visiting cori's beautiful shop

full of her art and vintage goodies.

maybe you can become her friend too.

xox

sweet shady places

{debi treloar}

i've been thinking a lot lately

of how lucky i was to grow up in the south..

oh yes,

it was unbelievable hot and humid for so much of the year

(especially those crazy long summers..)

but that heat and humidity created the most lush surroundings

and

keenly created within us southerners

a highly developed appreciation

{debi treloar}

for shade.

and now

(some years later..)

i'm just so full of luscious images and memories

of special shady spaces

my sister and i would find

during the hot moist summer months..

we'd create other worlds beautiful and hidden

playing and napping

for hours under big pink azalea bushes..

{debi treloar}

in caves of dripping ivy..

or way up high in heavy magnolia trees

(the branches were like staircases and just begged to be climbed)

..i can still smell the scent of the flowers and feel the waxy beauty of the leaves..

and find myself now filling my environment with plants

and greenery

{debi treloar}

and now that it's getting warm outside (at last..)

my eyes and my thoughts are drifting towards shady spots

..for tucking away and relaxing

sketching

and

dreaming

{debi treloar}

airy spots

open with warm breezes blowing through

{debi treloar}

and full of natural light..

creative spaces that embody that carefree relaxed feeling

i had as a child.

{debi treloar}

so many of debi treloar's images take me to that place.

she so beautifully captures

that fresh relaxing hide-away feeling

(that i think is actually very possible to create in our own lives)

i'm so unbelievably inspired to turn those memories into reality.

what are you finding inspiring these days?

i'd love to hear.

xox