september 22

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.

~Elizabeth Lawrence ~

Hoping your days are blessed by the changes of fall.

summer fresh

My little patch of garden is growing so fast. Today I picked the first cucumber and it was delicious.
From garden to table...





















Fettuccine Alfredo, green salad and french bread (with wine butter) out on the patio. I'm loving this weather we have been having. I've been able to keep the windows open letting the breeze whisper in. I am totally captivated by these fresh June days, wish they would stay a while...

you are beautiful

I love this campaign.

Not just because it’s fun to spread good cheer, but because I REALLY do believe every single person has the potential to contribute something beautiful to this world and it all starts within…Live it, breathe it, believe it…YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
(Feel free to use one of these pictures to share this wonderful message or get creative and make your own).

Check it out HERE
You Are Beautiful is a simple, powerful statement which is incorporated into the over absorption of mass media and lifestyles that are wrapped in consumer culture. The intention behind this project is to reach beyond ourselves as individuals to make a difference by creating moments of positive self realization. We're just attempting to make the world a little better. Intention is the most important aspect of the You Are Beautiful project in its idea of purity. Nothing is sacred. Everything that has a perceived value becomes commodified. We work extremely hard that this message is received as a simple act of kindness, and nothing more.Advertising elicits a response to buy, where this project elicits a response to do something. The attempt with You Are Beautiful is to create activism instead of consumerism. You Are Beautiful uses the medium of advertising and commercialization to spread a positive message. Projects like these make a difference in the world by catching us in the midst of daily life and creating moments of positive self realization.

To get stickers to share the message click HERE
A photo challenge also awaits HERE

Have FUN and YOU really are beautiful…God made you PERFECT in HIS eyes.

far away fridays

Our little journey to the beach was wonderful...regretfully, it was too windy (and a little too chilly) to lie on the beach and soak up the sun, but we did soak up some culture in Santa Cruz, watch a movie (The Visitor), go for nice walks, beautiful drives, and we had our fair share of delicious coffee. It was nice spending time with Kristin (she's such a fun girl...she makes me laugh until my sides ache), we browsed through antique stores and the World Market...yesterday we actually ended up in Capitola and discovered many cute shops and beach houses there that made us drool...it was so nice to get away and just be carefree...

less of this and more of that

Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more;
hate less, love more;
and all good things are yours.

~Swedish Proverb

My LESS and MORE list fluctuates from day to day...
some days I know I could do a little
less of this
and a little
more of that.