Doo Nanny

Very cool article here about artist Butch Anthony and his amazing home.

chickens

So these past few weeks I've been pretty busy fixing up my backyard. It hasn't been touched in years so I've been weeding, hoeing, branch collecting, grass cutting, and soon brick laying and gardening. I plan on having a veggie garden, compost bins, rain water barrels, and hopefully in a year we'll have chickens! I really want two or three hens for fresh eggs. I've been thinking about it so much I'm having dreams about chickens...beautiful chickens.

(images from design*sponge)

Sun

I've been thinking about sun and swimsuits and the beach. I want to get a new swimsuit but I'm not sure which style is best for me. I'd like to get a one piece like this one from Anthropologie but I'm not sure I can pull it off. Gotta get in shape first! I'm usually just a bikini top and board shorts kinda gal. Maybe this year I'll go for it...

then and now

These are my two favorite photos of my mother. The first one is of her and a high school friend in their school uniforms back in the 70s. The second is a portrait I took of her a couple of years ago. She's so beautiful.

Braid

So lovely...

(images from NAST)

phew

(photo from here via ungtblog)

So, I've been really busy lately getting ready for visitors this weekend. I'm having some friends from Raleigh and Birmingham stay over for a few days. I've been looking forward to this weekend for some time now. It's good to have guests over because it forces me to really clean up the house and organize the things I've been putting off. Plus I miss my friends. Now that I'm done cleaning I'm going to make some homemade chocolate chip cookies then relax and wait for them to show up.

I won!

I won this beautiful necklace made by Stephanie Renee who runs the wonderful blog and etsy shop dores! I'm so excited...I've never won anything before and I can't wait to wear this necklace!

Warmer Weather

Playing around with an outfit for Spring. Of course I can't really afford any of these at the moment but a girl can dream, right?

-Cardigan XVI

-Carly Tank Organic
-Franki Pant
-Canvas and Vinyl Satchel
-Original Wayfarer RB2140 Sunglasses

houseplants

(1.Nestled In 2.nataliecreates 3.danske 4.karin eriksson)

I love houseplants. I want a million scattered all around the house. I just wish I wasn't so good at killing them. I have about five right now though a few might be kicking the bucket soon. If you're like me you might want to check out this article on the top five hard-to-kill houseplants.

In Our Talons

Bowerbirds "In Our Talons" from Alan Poon on Vimeo.
Great song. Great video. Spotted over at for me, for you.