the b-list

beautiful brunette leslie invited readers to create a list of ten words starting with a letter randomly selected by her. these words, all starting with the humble letter b, make me smile and feel good on my tongue:

• bijoux. more poetic than 'jewelry', it captures the essence of adornment.


• begin. so much promise, so much energy, so much yet to unfold.


• bangers and birds. quirky british slang that transforms sausages and girls into absolute sauciness. bob's your uncle.


• buddha. just because.


• bicicleta. it's fun to say. go on, try it.


• basquiat. as in jean-michel.


• barista. my favorite person in the morning.


• barcelona. I love it when the name totally fits the destination.


• bohemian. freedom, creativity, acceptance, growth, possibility, funkiness.


• bravo!
  

p is for

peace. my wish for you.

paul smith lomo fisheye. (so not) available here. anyone know a secret source? I really, really need this.

pears. perfect in winter. perfectly captured by ken.

pom-poms on ponchos. plus a very scary elf make a perfectly hideous christmas sweater.

pleasant. such a nice word.

paris tea. it's my new favorite. maybe even better than coffee. well, not really.

photobooth fun. look at those eyes!

happy tuesday.

happy saturday

I am a believer that what you put out there supports, moves and penetrates your life. I try to choose positive energy, but I'm not always successful. for me, happy week was proof that if you contribute and take in happiness and goodness and forward intention, the good mojo permeates and spreads. thank you all for your words and images, they stayed with me through the week and kept me smiling. I am forever amazed that the simplest things bring us happiness and that there is a common thread of the everyday in each of our posts. which only means that happiness is always there. a choice.

I choose happiness: manifested this week in a beautiful jewel; jumping for joy; friends, food and travel; an amazing journey; a fairy-tale little one and that carousel, oh that carousel.

so, you may be wondering about the big blue S...well, lovely ms. aubrey is handing out assignments to list 10 things you like (or that make you happy) that all begin with the same letter. she chose the letter S for me. super!

1. scents. currently loving this one and this one and this one.
2. smiley face cookies from smith's bakery.
3. scottish accents.
4. good old-fashioned sass.
5. sunset magazine is a little piece of california in my mailbox every month.
6. saturdays & sundays.
7. scooters!
8. the smiths. and every other band that transports me back to my youth, dancing on a crowded dance floor like nobody's business.
9. shopping.
10. stories. love hearing and reading them and wish I was more skilled at telling them.

happy weekend happy people!

mosaic monday

today's photo mosaic is brought to you by the letter E.

clockwise from top left:

1. eavesdropper.
2. easily entertained.
3. black-eyed susan.
4. eyecandy.
5. enchanting.
6. explosive.
7. egads! it's a frog.
8. empty.