"i think everything in life is art. what you do. how you dress. the way you love someone, and how you talk. your smile and your personality. what you believe in, and all your dreams. the way you drink your tea. how you decorate your home. or party. your grocery list. the food you make. how your writing looks. and the way you feel. life is art." - unknown
reading: For once I'm not in the middle of reading. Being married has changed that desire to read for now. And I'm okay with that. listening: Towards the Sun by Alexi Murdoch
loving: Getting settled into my new life...finding a new rhythm in the everyday. Discovering new things about life, marriage and my husband each day. Each day is a treasure and a new experience.
food: Nothing in particular but I absolutely love getting to make meals each day for my husband. Cooking for someone else makes being in the kitchen such a joy.
excited about: The first day of summer...I always get so excited with the arrival of a new season.
inspiration: Fresh flowers. I really can't get enough of them in my house.
color: white. white everything. Clothes, paint, sheets, dishes. I can't get enough of white.
I love strawberry season. It's my very favorite. I love picking them, eating, photographing and baking with them. Nothing like pink stained fingers from picking. And nothing compares to biting into a fresh picked, sweet strawberry.
Oh May, what a lovely month you were. Almost as good as April. You brought spring weather, warm weather clothes, evening walks, settling in to my new life, more weddings, beautiful blooming flowers, home projects, new learning curves, daily joy of waking up beside my best friend and so much more. I'm sad to see you go, but June is going to be just as lovely. Can't wait to live each day of it.♥
"...remind yourself of what’s happening right now, and see the beauty in
it, see the reason to smile. And then smile, externally and internally.
This changes your day, because now instead of being caught up in
stress and stories, we are present, and happy. We can be content with
every moment. It changes your life, because too often we miss the smile-ability of life when we are not paying attention."
I have so much to smile about...Like this afternoon while doing that stack of dirty dishes - because that meant I had a husband to cook a meal for. And that really is a reason to smile. It was worth every single one of those dirty dishes.
That even though the weather has been stormy today, I have the ability to see it and experience it.
And I think when you can smile in those moments that seem so hard to, you affect those around you in a positive way. A smile goes such a long ways.
But my favorite reason to smile about right now is that I get so spend my
life with someone that loves me. Someone I think the world of. Someone who is my world. ♥
