the happy house

links to include: etsy via caterina,

etsy via indianvsindian, wo & we,

16 house, axel pairon, mary caple

[check labels for further details]

gates and entries

ph: vt

in case

[in Russian, referring to why Augustine never buried her ring]

Lista: In case someone should come searching one day.

Alex: So they would have something to find.

Lista: No, it does not exist for you. You exist for it. You have come because it exists.

-Everything is Illuminated,

Foer | Schreiber

photos: vt, seattle

created to collect valentines

all you need is love

once wed

valentines

images:

Margot Hartford Photography

San Francisco

february: sweethearts

a good month to share

margot hartford's work

Margot Hartford Photography

San Francisco

joy

be happy;

it's one way

of being wise

-colette

image:

Margot Hartford Photography

San Francisco

square dealings

walker evans

via

eva truffaut

balance and order and rhythm and harmony

chairs: axel pairon

sampler: needleprint

lake: here

for we cannot make the best of what we are, if our hearts are always divided between what we are and what we are not. we cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity. happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. let us, therefore, learn to pass from one imperfect activity to another without worrying too much about what we are missing.

-thomas merton

pillow fight

the urge to purchase these is currently

being overridden by willpower (hoping

it will last long enough for them to land

in someone else's home sweet home):

robin cottage

currently reading (thank goodness):

the willpower instinct

by kelly mcgonigal

(having purchased two copies-

one for me, one for my best friend-

i can urge you- strongly- to get your own.

and i won't have a bit of guilt, as

i can promise it will be good for you.)

virginia medicine

all photos:

indian vs. indian

dinosaurs and robots

&

axel pairon

2 or more

i'll be taking

a couple of days off.

thought to leave a few

other places you could stop by:

hiromi suzuki

the zero waste home

domainr

#vanlife

the edible schoolyard

wendy mcnaughton

vdj maison

rdio

and, here-

especially

dear

to our hearts-

abilities united

1

even a minute, once it has passed,

will never return / as we have used it up,

so will it remain for eternity. if it was

badly used, a miracle will not erase it.

this truth helps us to take advantage of time, of every little moment. -m. kolbe