1. Suggestion: put large blackberries into cereal bowl and observe

2. Buy: photo postcard and other antiques at Antique World

3. Write: letters to your friends while taking photographs of the summer rain

these are a few of my favorite things...

1. fresh cherries in july

2. short shorts at home

3. pre-rinse mouthwash

4. rainy saturday mornings

5. refilling bottles

6. google.com

7. consistently making messes

8. all of the above

when

When people talk badly about other people to you, you know they probably talk badly about you to other people.

scenes from the third floor

Some say that it is the third floor, from which the above scenes comes, but I prefer to count the

basement as a floor.

I've been yard saling and garbage picking and so there are a few fun changes in the current living space. Things to note: candy apple red elephant planter, coffee table, and plant growth.

The lamp below is causing me to say, daily, "I love my lamp" which is so close to another similiar slogan of the day that my roommate feels the need to respond with "i love lamp". I have mixed feelings about the babyish plaid but I pinned a felt pin that my great grandmother made to it, so it feels a bit better--and it's nice to be able to see.

sun tea

seventy-five degrees is just warm enough to make sun tea. yum!

if i had a servant...

if i had a servant, i'd use them for things like throwing out dead flowers as nothing is more sad that having to discard something that, in the recent past, has brought much joy to my life.

smelling lilacs and snowy white christmas candles

it's me and spyder3. in the dark. ctrl+ L. etc.