spring fever

Happy early Spring! I hope you're enjoying the warm weather as much as I am.

a little wander

It is no secret that I am a cold weather coward, so I shouldn't have been so surprised on Monday when I picked up my SLR camera and saw that the last time I took photos with it was when I was planting garlic in the fall. So, I took a look out my kitchen window and decided that I should go for a walk. It took some convincing to get Matt to come with me, but once we stepped out into the sunshine it was impossible to deny that it was a perfect day for a long stroll.

Although there were no flowers in bloom to admire, there was still a lot to see. We looked at overgrown gardens in peoples' yards, collected some sticks in the park for a small project of mine (and got our boots good and muddy in the process) and found a great little chair that I'm excited to fix up.

 



It's funny how new interests and hobbies can change even small things, like what you look at when you walk around your neighbourhood. By the time we got back home my hands were full and Matt was carrying a chair over his head. I'm sure it looked like we were on our way back from a bizarre shopping trip, but I would call this a real stroll success story if I've ever heard one (which I haven't, but still!).



summer goals

last week, i stumbled upon this blog dedicated to summer goals by Anne Parker and Christie Maclean. after ooh-ing and ah-ing over the beautiful photos that so perfectly capture my nostalgia for summers gone by and my current daydreams for the summer ahead,  i realized the site had been turned into a book by the same name. so, of course, i ordered it. it has yet to arrive, but until then i hope these photos from their site make you as excited for summer as they made me. i plan to share photos of my own summer on here this year, including a little road trip to the painted hills (seen in the first photo below) and many happy, quiet moments in the sunshine.

what are your summer goals?

looking for the sun

it's been a while since i've seen the sun, so i went looking for it. 

still from video for undertow by Warpaint



prints from satsuki shibuya

photos from Tec Petaja's beautiful blog

trees in Croatia, taken by me