gratitude {№15}

for all these things:

• imagination
• intuition
• reason
• everyday beauty (and the ability to see it)
• cameras
• paint brushes
• a kiss on the top of my head
• paris
• uncontrollable giggles and inside jokes
• a man who smells like soap, wood, cardamom and honesty
• wildness

gratitude {№14}

us.

gratitude {№13}

seriously, i don't know how any human gets through life on earth without dogs.  i am so grateful for the love and laughter these two bring into our home.  luca is a wire fox terrier and simon is a corgi.  they fight some days but mostly love on each other.  in the photo above, luca is cleaning simon's ears, a daily event.

we lost our roxy dog this last summer which makes my gratitude for these two lovedogs the deepest of deep.

gratitude {№12}

grateful for the little things like eyeglasses.  mine broke last week and i had to search high and low for my spare pair.  during the hours i was without, i was so frustrated and felt really lost (in my own home) and even cried a bit.  i can't imagine how it would be to not have these extra set of eyes that allow me to see details of this beautiful world and read words on a page that fill my heart and move me to engage in the world.

thank you eyeglasses inventor!

paying it forward here.

gratitude {№11}

• raking leaves in the sunshine
• doggy heads poking out from leaf mountains
• gouda and apple on rosemary bread, grilled
• afternoon naps
• the first of what i hope to be the complete collection of vintage penguin poets paperbacks (d38, the metaphysical poets)
• the very last of the beautyberries trumpeting the final hurrah of autumn on gypsy hill
• home

gratitude {№10}

eye candy on a cold day.

and the beautiful lady who risked glue-gun-carpal-tunnel-syndrome to create it.

paying it forward by supporting local shops and small businesses this holiday season.