mary oliver

elizabeth's rainbow bread

a friend of a friend we had the pleasure of meeting a few summers ago, elizabeth jancewicz, is getting married soon and was featured in Offbeat Bride.  she's totally cute and very creative.  check out her wedding invitations too!

ps. congrats eric and elizabeth!

tater tot really is a horrible name for a dog.

decoratin'

check out this awesome wool rug i found at the thrift store for $3!!  it will go on the floor later, but for now it is happy to reside on the chair.

found this bad boy on craigslist... stalking a second/matching one.

marc johns

ezra art.  he says it's the letters "G" and "O".  alrighty.

black apple imogen and the illustrated man to hang in our room...

another nikki mcclure(mendocino)

black apple to hang next to the bookshelves in the livingroom

kitchen cabinets on the front porch waiting... we're gonna go for an ox hill(painted gray ourselves) sort of look.  the original thought was to do white concrete countertops, but we might end up looking into butcher block instead, we'll see...

i realize that it might seem like i'm jumping the gun a bit with having artwork ready to go into rooms that don't even have a finished ceiling yet, but allow me a bit of grace and just know that i have not lived in my own space since september of last year and a girl's gotta dream... and nest/decorate a baby room...

sewing box dreamer

might have to rig a little blue suitcase to be as cute as this!

i also need to get one or two of those knitting mushrooms so the boys can knit themselves some snakes... snakes are a bid deal right now.

a baby beard fanatic

i can't get enough of him and he is growing way too fast.  savor every moment, savor every moment, savor every moment...

i know what you're thinking, and yes that is QUITE THE FARMERS TAN.

this is a picture of gideon helping mama fix up the house.

isaac with camera

isaac was trying to learn how to use my camera, while sitting on top of a ladder.  parenting at its finest.

kobe bryant fan

thank you sydney.  i needed to laugh that hard.

gideon's room: before and after

can't say enough good stuff about the floor finish we are using!

nikki mcclure surrender

gideon's current bed, from which he can see the chesapeake bay... not that he knows what that is yet...

the paint color is really great... i know it looks white, but it's really sailcloth

outdoors

isaac and ezra can confirm that our new backyard is pretty amazing.  they spend most of every day out there collecting things, pretending things, making things, swinging on the new swings their daddy built them, riding bikes(ezra mostly just likes wearing a helmet), eating snacks, etc.

I AM NOT DOING A GARDEN THIS YEAR.  but i needed a little something :)

box fort

i was so sad to say goodbye to my roses at our townhouse, but it turns out i had better ones to look forward to...

don't know what kind of tree this is(any ideas?) but it smells like heaven and it buzzes all day long with a variety of pollinators frequenting its blossoms...

 

blue hydrangeas are almost ready to explode

 

the cedar trees in the front(which adam so kindly relieved of their lower limbs) are growing a few new little branches

tate: "how come you get to walk around the yard taking pictures without me?? that is so unfair"

japanese maples are somehow magical

sarah bury brought us a few baby raspberry bushes(which tate has killed by dragging around the yard and then chewing... very sad) and abraham brought us some sunflower sprouts(which tate has laid on top of repeatedly and a caterpillar of some sort has nibbled on slightly) which MIGHT make it... we'll see...

not sure what he's pretending to be, but my guess would be the sticks are his ears...?

on a side note: THE NEW FLEET FOXES IS AWESOME.

on another side note, our niece Abby was dedicated a few weekends ago!