I may have mentioned, I tried to grow basil last year and killed it in 5 minutes. This year BAM! mounds of basil. I hear everyone is having a crazy basil year. Maybe last year was too wet… you’ve got to have a good, miserable drought to keep basil happy. I’m watering it every day [...]

Categories: Foodie · Home Sweet Home · Nature-ish · Shutterbuggin'

I had a great day at Happiness on Saturday. Having NO idea what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised. The owner, Elena, is incredibly supportive and had plenty of tables and goodies for us to decorate with. We had some lulls between crowds, so I was able to take some pictures. Honestly, I could wander [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Crafty · Nature-ish · Shutterbuggin'

My co-workers gave me some beautiful white tulips on my birthday last week, these were part of the bouquet. The tulips have faded, but these little gems are going strong. I know they are just filler, but they are too pretty to throw out.
(BTW - Does anyone know what they are?)

Categories: Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Giggin' · Nature-ish

My friend, Kate, gave me this green carnation yesterday in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. They’re such an underrated flower, but once I got to looking at it, I decided they are actually very pretty. Maybe not all the artificial coloring, but there’s a certain charm to them for sure.
Also, Jef would like for me [...]

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The tree in our front yard is budding. Is it spring already?! I hope we’re done with all this freezing business.

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Home Sweet Home · Nature-ish · Shutterbuggin'

I never got around to finishing this post last week, but it’s for a good cause, so I thought it was worth publishing.
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If you haven’t seen it around the blogosphere, today is Blog Action Day. As defined by their website:
On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will [...]

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