natural salvage

maaash up

2012-01-20T21:03:00.004-06:00

kimbra covers grizzly bear + tears for fears

wouldn't it be fun to make some beats on that square electronic keyboard thang?!

now you're just somebody that i used to know

2012-01-20T20:50:00.002-06:00

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perch lake

2012-01-20T20:21:00.001-06:00

perch lake is a gem of a lake. fresh air + blue skies is really the best medicine for the blues.

of monsters + men

2012-01-20T20:15:00.001-06:00

2012-01-20T20:14:00.002-06:00

a pup to keep my feet warm.

wink* wink*

2012-01-10T07:43:00.000-06:00

"
Creativity is a shapechanger. One moment it takes this form, then next that. It is like a dazzling spirit who appears to us all, yet is hard to describe for no one agrees on what they saw in that brilliant flash. Are the wielding of pigments and canvas, or paint chips and wallpaper, evidence of existence? How about a pen and paper, flower borders on a garden path, building a university? Yes, yes. Ironing a collar well, cooking up a revolution? Yes. Touching with love the leaves of a plant, pulling down the big deal, tying off the loom, finding one’s voice, loving someone well? Yes. Catching the hot body of the newborn, raising a child to adulthood, helping raise a nation from its knees? Yes. Tending to a marriage like the orchard it is, digging for psychic gold, finding the shapely word, sewing the blue curtain. All are of the creative life.

-excerpted from Women Who Run with Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

luke lamp co.

2012-01-10T07:01:00.000-06:00

luke lamp co makes great rustic, minimalistic lamps. right up my alley.

merry merry merry

2011-12-24T10:03:00.003-06:00

happy tidings

to all

a good night

go get 'em

2011-12-24T10:00:00.002-06:00

{loved the charles + ray eames documentary on pbs}

2011-12-24T09:52:00.000-06:00

the weight of lies will bring you down

[the avett brothers live at their farm in concord, north carolina]

hedgehog love

2011-12-22T13:03:00.003-06:00

this hedgehog coin purse is awesome

it'd be perfect for my laundry quarters

{ps...stacey, isn't this great? and you know jan brett would love this}

when i'm under the weather...

2011-12-22T12:28:00.001-06:00

i drink orange juice

lay around
wander about

sip coffee + gypsy cold care tea

take a deep breath
and another

knit
gaze out the window
wrap presents
nap
take in the textures around me

watch take away shows

my favorite this morning was this one

it makes me want to clap

i think of being well

for tomorrow is a brand new day

2011-12-22T11:30:00.001-06:00

i'm enjoying simple knitting, magical reading and walks up the hill to look down at the city.

2011-12-22T11:13:00.000-06:00

2011-12-16T20:29:00.002-06:00

2011-12-16T20:25:00.003-06:00

2011-12-16T20:08:00.006-06:00

it's

never

too late

say

sorry

2011-12-14T09:56:00.001-06:00

sometimes it's enough to just sit + watch the light

2011-12-14T09:51:00.003-06:00

i try to remember that my best changes from day to day

2011-12-14T09:37:00.003-06:00

2011-12-10T11:47:00.001-06:00

"

leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. the energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil.

-daisaku ikeda

you're still young

2011-12-10T11:04:00.001-06:00

sun snow tea

2011-12-07T10:37:00.001-06:00

spencer studio

2011-12-07T10:27:00.001-06:00

spencer studio creates beautiful art with vintage photographs.

2011-12-07T10:23:00.001-06:00

oh man. i'm trying.

2011-12-07T09:58:00.001-06:00

2011-11-26T13:08:00.001-06:00

2011-11-18T09:33:00.001-06:00

2011-11-18T09:27:00.001-06:00

flight of the frenchies

2011-11-16T07:27:00.001-06:00

...chasing happiness

2011-11-15T08:02:00.001-06:00

2011-11-14T07:08:00.001-06:00

ze perfect cat eye

YYYYY

2011-11-09T08:27:00.003-06:00

this is awesome. i think i'd like to try it with air plants.

2011-11-09T08:26:00.001-06:00

pale blue eyes

2011-11-08T08:26:00.000-06:00

love this mellow cover of velvet underground's pale blue eyes

i could sip coffee and listen all day

beauty in afghanistan

2011-11-08T08:17:00.000-06:00

i find myself thinking about others a lot. looking into their eyes. contemplating their joys, their sadness, their resiliency.

lukas and salome augustin have captured the beauty of afghanistan and its people in this special piece. look at their amazing eyes.

{lukasaugustin.de}

{{{

2011-11-08T07:59:00.002-06:00

lightness. darkness. running. waiting. drifting. soaring. contemplating. feeling. thinking. doing.

beauty surrounds.

2011-11-04T12:01:00.003-06:00

just a sister + a dentist

2011-11-04T11:58:00.001-06:00

grant wood chose his sister and his dentist to model for american gothic. the house is in iowa.

love yourself

2011-11-02T07:29:00.001-06:00

"I must learn to love the fool in me--the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool." -- Theodore I. Rubin, MD

{via a cup of jo}

interior inspiration

2011-11-02T07:06:00.002-06:00

BLACK & WHITE

POPS OF COLOR

A FUNKY HEADBOARD TO LEAN ON

UNCLUTTERED

DETAILS

CLEAN LINES

MEMORIES

LIVED IN

HOME

{via masika wa}

:O)

2011-11-02T06:51:00.000-06:00

*

2011-11-02T06:13:00.003-06:00

toasty fires would be perfect all winter long

you could wear your favorite cozy socks and sit with me

redredred

2011-10-28T08:22:00.000-05:00

i do like red.

happy friday chickies

2011-10-28T08:18:00.001-05:00

THUMBS UP!

2011-10-23T20:14:00.006-05:00

beyond

good
and bad

it's great

to be alive

///

2011-10-23T20:11:00.001-05:00

giant sequoia log, sequoia national park, ca, circa 1910

gone for good

2011-10-23T20:03:00.003-05:00

stand by me

2011-10-21T21:27:00.001-05:00

2011-10-19T10:42:00.003-05:00

oh! that chair...

2011-10-19T10:20:00.002-05:00

it's a wild world

2011-10-17T08:00:00.000-05:00

sure is + i love it

rays on the move

2011-10-16T11:53:00.000-05:00

stingrays can travel in schools of up to 10,000

it's 5 pm somewhere

2011-10-16T08:00:00.000-05:00

i'm going to get my 5 pm on whenever i can.

i'm way too busy to wait for it.

who's with me?

10,000 lakes

2011-10-15T11:10:00.004-05:00

nicole meyer is creating one logo per day for minnesota lakes. they are TIGHT.

dam

2011-10-15T10:50:00.002-05:00

it'd be amaaazing to run across this dam in france

2011-10-15T10:40:00.002-05:00

eat cake for breakfast{on saturday}

2011-10-15T10:27:00.004-05:00

heck yes

and if you don't feel

like wearing

a polka dot dress on Saturday

just wear

a pair of overalls

a striped shirt

makes it just right

2011-10-12T14:08:00.002-05:00

5 years time

2011-10-12T11:29:00.004-05:00

lovin 5 Years Time

by Noah and the Whale

listen + watch here

leaf play

2011-10-12T11:25:00.003-05:00

2011-10-12T11:22:00.000-05:00

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

Anais Nin

2011-10-10T07:56:00.001-05:00

{via luellaloves}

2011-10-10T07:52:00.003-05:00

You wanna add another candidate? It’s like the Republican primary is like a season of American Idol in reverse, where every week, you just add another idiot. …First you guys wanted (Michele) Bachmann, then (Rick) Perry — now (Chris) Christie? You know what, Republican base? Meet me at camera three!

(To camera three.) Have you ever considered the possibility that maybe your candidates aren’t the problem — maybe it’s you? You’re hard to please or figure out! You’re unrealistic! I mean, you’re pro-life, yet — (rolls tape of GOP members applauding Texas’s death penalty) — what was that? You’re afraid of ‘death panels,’ yet for uninsured coma patients — (rolls tape of GOP members shouting ‘YEAH!!!’ when Ron Paul was asked if a patient without health insurance should be allowed to die) — that’s the crowd: ‘YEAH!!!’ You guys ‘support the troops’ — well except for Captain Creatine over here (rolls tape of gay U.S. Army soldier who asked GOP candidates if they’d repeal DADT — and was booed by GOP debate crowd).

It’s like the Republican base is at war with its own talking points: ‘I want someone who’s gonna cut taxes — and balance the budget! Someone who’s a skilled orator — that doesn’t talk all fancy! The child of poor immigrants — who will build a fence to keep them out of this country! Someone who’s strong enough for a man — but Ph-balanced for a woman!

…It’s like your ideal candidate is a rare, super-heavy element that can only exist in a particular particle accelerator. And even then, only for a fraction of a second. Before you all remember how much you hate science.
You guys need to take a long, hard look in the mirror, and not come away thinking ‘Hey, there’s something wrong with this mirror.’

— JON STEWART, on media-fed rumors that New Jersey governor Chris Christie may enter the GOP presidential race — as well as the hypocritical sentiments of the Republican party — on The Daily Show (via inothernews)(via luellaloves)

2011-10-10T07:44:00.004-05:00

this father + daughter are awesome

2011-10-06T08:49:00.001-05:00

anthony burrill

infinity

2011-10-05T10:25:00.001-05:00

infinity

1 the state or quality of being infinite

2 unlimited extent of space, time or quantity

what does it mean to you?

the power of nature

2011-10-05T10:16:00.003-05:00

I can accept the power of nature as religious.

Sigmar Polke

These beautiful church windows in Zurich were created by Sigmar Polke.

2011-09-30T10:27:00.001-05:00

2011-09-27T09:15:00.004-05:00

{via marc johns}

2011-09-26T10:34:00.002-05:00

{via etiquette for a lady}

down and center

2011-09-26T10:25:00.002-05:00

i said i'd kick your bum.

instead you kicked mine.

twice.

it was all butter, baby.

butter.

when sleeping women wake, mountains will move.

2011-09-26T10:16:00.002-05:00

{via a well traveled woman}

one lesson

2011-09-26T10:04:00.002-05:00

If you could teach your children only one lesson in life,

what would it be?

My answer would have to be the golden rule.

This one lesson encompasses so much of what is important to me.

Humility, love, kindness, compassion, empathy, consideration, respect, responsibility.

Our society fosters the opposite at times,

but each of us has the power

to decide how to live, participate and contribute to society.

What if everyone followed the golden rule?

{amazing art:grandmother portrait by lost boy}

fall is here

2011-09-21T08:32:00.000-05:00

franconia

2011-09-21T08:27:00.001-05:00

i always have a fabulous time at franconia sculpture park. it was a beautiful fall day, a perfect day to play.

the mast brothers

2011-09-17T11:55:00.002-05:00

The Mast Brothers from The Scout on Vimeo.

baby let your light shine on me

2011-09-15T09:47:00.003-05:00

discovered two gallants today. love this song.

2011-09-15T09:12:00.003-05:00

i remember completing a biography on eleanor in elementary school. she was quite the woman. full of wisdom and sparks.

{via wit + delight}

body + soul

2011-09-14T16:50:00.002-05:00

prove them wrong

2011-09-13T10:48:00.001-05:00

{via torso vertical}

the rules of getting upset in public

2011-09-13T10:29:00.001-05:00

click to see it B I G

I'm fine.

fine.

{see more rules here. they are funny}

savoring my coffee with jane

2011-09-13T10:09:00.003-05:00

{spotted at 2 or 3 things}

the national

2011-09-06T11:58:00.002-05:00

1 AN - THE NATIONAL - Gospel- Watch more Music Videos at Vodpod.

{so sorry about the ad:( but it's totally worth the wait. go pour a cup o' jo}

in love with this song at the moment. a bit windy but that's the raw beauty of take away shows. i could watch take away shows for hours...find more here

around the house

2011-09-06T11:36:00.000-05:00

2011-08-31T09:39:00.002-05:00

winter is coming down the pipeline. crunchy leaves are underfoot here and there. i am going to squeeze every last drop out of summer. and then fall. burn the lush trees in my mind.

{click to see it larger}

{via comiques}

2011-08-31T09:34:00.000-05:00

{via a note on design}

thunder in my heart...

2011-08-30T16:34:00.002-05:00

...and lightning in my eyes

hiroshi sugimoto captures lightning like no other. see + read more here.

el noche

2011-08-30T16:21:00.001-05:00

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movie in the park

2011-08-30T15:07:00.003-05:00

such fun at the walker.

the silent film{spies} was accompanied by a live score{dark dark dark}.

coolest thing to have a live score.

2011-08-30T15:06:00.000-05:00

zoo dee doo

2011-08-26T08:47:00.003-05:00

{victoria water platter. the neatest water lily i've ever seen.}

up to see the sun rise out of it's nighttime slumber

off to the zoo to spend the day in it's rays

2011-08-25T16:54:00.002-05:00

what is the meaning of love?

dinner. in bed.

2011-08-23T21:39:00.003-05:00

should i feel guilty?

2011-08-23T21:37:00.000-05:00

{via the bicycle is art}

catfish, cake and beer

2011-08-23T21:28:00.001-05:00

...or how to have a wonderful impromptu picnic by the river

2011-08-21T23:57:00.003-05:00

project nim

2011-08-21T23:37:00.003-05:00

this looks interesting. really want to see it. it's directed by james marsh, who also did man on wire, one of my favorite documentaries.