Summer Recipe

• add salt
• chips
• salsa
• mango
  
• cold beverage
• a sunkissed afternoon
• and my new favorite song (If I Had Eyes, by Jack Johnson)
  
• repeat if necessary
  

Field Trip

Let's go to Aarhus, Denmark!
One of my favorite bloggers lives there and it sounds just perfect.
Check out her images of her enchanting hometown here:
Afternoon in Aarhus and also here on Bloesems World Tour.

Connecting The Dots

Someone asked me today why I blog, and I can't say it any better than Tara Whitney on her blog today...

"dont you agree that we can feel so alone and so different and so isolated as women and mothers? and the internet has made it possible to connect - so that we no longer have to feel that way.

i think its safe to say that no matter what you are going through in your life, or what obstacles you are trying to overcome…you are not alone in your fight."

-Tara Whitney

love, love, love, this lady

"My ability to get through my day greatly depends on the relationships that I have with other women.
We all need that kind of community in our lives, but it is difficult to create if we are unable to sustain meaningful relationships with other women.
Y'all know what I'm talking about.
We have to be able to champion other women.
We have to root for each other's successes and not delight in one another's failures."

-Michelle Obama

Welcome Summer! We've missed you.

"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
-Anais Nin.

Quote discovered in Ali Edwards's wonderful collection of quotes archived here.

This morning in my yard...a new addition. I hope I can keep her happy here.


Morning dew in morning light.


My husband (in the watch) buying vegetables at the Farmer's Market today.


The first pant of Summer. It's good to be warm.

"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." -Henry James.

Discovered in Laura Stoddart's beautifully illustrated, The Sweet Life: Reflections on Home and Garden.

Good Morning Gorgeous!

Sorry I have been away for a while. I hope you had the loveliest Mother's Day you deserve. A few things I've been meaning to share as my gifts to you...
-the coolest modern children's furnishings here at fawn & forest (what a cool name).
-this sweet post from Amanda Blake Soule about summer.
-the MOST moving story I've ever read ...
and the beautiful photographs from super talented Jessica Claire celebrating these amazing people.
-my new favorite blog Shutter Sisters. I love everything about this blog and it inspires me so much to know there are people out there with sharing hearts like these. Meet the sisters here. Don't you just want to know them? The coolest girls. I find myself in each contributor. I find myself clutching the pearls and saying out loud to my computer screen, "me too!"