Honest truth. There’ve been numerous times in the past six months when I’ve thought, why am I even doing this anymore? A massive plunge in site visits, the general belief that blogging is dead, failure
Goldfish Kiss Shoes
Big news – I made some sneakers. Ok, technically they’re slip-ons. But still. These beauties have been in the works for a looooooong time, and I am so pumped to say they are here and
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Monstera in the Morning
Sometimes you stumble on some inspiration. Or it happens to be washed up on a lava rock on a particularly remote stretch of beach, lying there in all its bright green glory. However it gets
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15 thoughts for 15 years
Well, my husband and I recently celebrated our fifteen-year wedding anniversary. I can’t believe it’s been that long, but then it’s also been such a jam-packed journey, too, that at times it feels like it’s
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Fall by the River
Some people have girl’s nights, well Kili and I have our girl’s day down by the river. It’s a highlight of our week and such a special spot. You bet yer bum I get dressed
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Dahlias for ya, Darlin.
I am pretty sure the Dahlia season might be coming to an end soon. Or maybe not. I’ll need to see when the first freeze is due to arrive, but it feels like it’s happening
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Always snapping and sharing
Ok, The title pretty much says it all here, but sometimes you just need to get all the pics together to tell the story. The less I try, the more together I seem to feel,
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Ohh Oahu I missed you
Let me simply start by saying say how thankful I am for frequent flier miles. They made this last trip of the summer happen, and it was a special one. My little dude and I
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For the love of shells
The more beach walks I go on, the more I find reasons to love all sorts of shells. And reasons to go on more beach walks. Oh, shells…the patterns, colors, imperfections, holes, different shapes, and
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Scenes from Spring
Well, we’re currently in one of the coldest and wettest Springs here in The PNW we’ve had in quite a while. Amazingly enough, my coffee consumption hasn’t skyrocketed, but things do feel like groundhog day,
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Tulips and Sunshine
I just confess: It’s hard for me to do many day trips up here out of the Seattle metropolitan area. Mainly because traffic sucks the life out of me, along with my desire to day
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A bouquet to make you smile today
I went on a last-minute trip to Kauai, and one thing I always love to do is to walk around and pick flowers. It’s one of the simple pleasures I adored when we lived there,
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Simple thoughts in sunny spaces
I bought this little handmade journal from an artist at Pike Place Market back when we first moved to the Seattle area. The cover is super soft leather and it stays shut with this cool
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Memories in black and white
Been spending lots of time going through photos, memory cards, and well…memories. It has me thinking, what kind of memories I want to keep on making (hint: they’re usually the roaming free somewhere warm and
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Written Out
I spent so much time doodling on my tablet yesterday that I gave myself an unprecedented gnarly one-sided headache. Note to self: posture is important, and being hunched over a coffee table while leaning to