Congratulations, and not at all surprising, you have one of the loveliest stores anywhere :]

Bright Star is one of my favorite movies, and I'm not sure there's another out there with more beautiful scenery...

*love*! the fabrics you've chosen are gorgeous!

I just love Maira Kalman, is that her new book? My DSLR broke so I've been using my phone camera. it's an -- um -- interesting experience. i might just dig my old film cameras out...i miss having the control.

I know I was getting a workout making it ;]

great minds...though not quite the same ;] http://8tracks.com/gwen/1011-nsfw-dag-nasty-nic-mix

I try to keep a sharpie handy so I can write the important stuff on my hand. no joke. it's the only thing that consistently works. and I'm definitely pen and paper -- I have signed up for a million and one digital things but sooner or later I forget they exist. I've been using the Moleskine weekly large-size planner [the one that has the week on one side then a big note page across that I use to track of upcoming/rolling lists -- here http://www.moleskineus.com/mbl511wr-moleskine-2011-red-large-weekly-planner.html ] and it's been working pretty well for me now that I'm in the habit of using it [you know that adage about it taking 30 days to form a real habit]. http://pomodorotechnique.com is a pretty straightforward summation of a lot of organizational methods [big to-do list, smaller immediate list, and break it up so you don't burn out].

We just saw this for the first time ever this spring and OH i finally get the whole Audrey Hepburn thing. really get it. she's so, so, so lovely..... and I've always loved My Fair Lady. you'll get the craziest little snippets stuck in your head from that one.

What wonderful news, congratulations!

happy 10th anniversary! here's to many more :]

You make some fine-looking pancakes! My daughter is the pancake chef around here and she had to work early, so I strolled down to our new corner deli for a half-caf americano and the most delicious almond croissant.

What a handsome trio! what a wonderful birthday present :]

I don't know what those are but they look delicious! here's to a lovely week for all of us :]

such pretty colors, this worked out so nicely :]

very sweet! happy birthday :]

I don't know about fire ants, but I use benadryl cream when I have mosquito bites. aloe vera is also good.

sounds like you're settling in already! thanks for the great line-up of guests while you were on the road, i really enjoyed their photo essays. looking forward to more of your photos :]

That's so cute. I really like the vintage quality the photobooth gave you, it's funny how different ones have different personalities :]

I am a little disappointed that this was not your Tracey Ullman workout :[

oh Abby. what an exciting adventure, good luck! can't wait to see what you see in your new home.

those are so wonderful for summer! especially love the color.

so pretty! they look ike agapanthus. I'm just starting to do my gardening for the year, we have had all your rain down here and it's been too miserable to get to it earlier, so I'd love to follow along with what you're doing, too, since I haven't been thinking about it much ;]

I am so glad we were able to see this in the theater -- it is one of the most stunning movies I've ever seen. And of course I cried! My non-reading boyfriend was so moved that he bought a book of Keats poetry and reads it to me every now and again. I highly recommend doing so while lying in the grass somewhere, especially now that everything's all abloom.

congratulations to you and your family!!! that is a VERY big project! I know everything that's going on around you must be very stressful. When life is like that for me, I do try to keep in mind that everything will work itself out one way or another -- it always does! -- and that makes it easier to get through the tough times.

I wasn't really aware of them til I visited the rhododendron garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland a couple years ago. There were dozens of varieties and they were all in bloom -- it was a pretty impressive display. So I vote for like. What is the blue ball [tee hee!] flower on the sticker? Those are just bizarre. http://ofrenda.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/unofficial-flower-week-day-2/