homely
June 28, 2010 | Filed Under lists, ordinary | 3 Comments
several weeks ago i signed up for the pin it forward project sfgirlbybay started on her blog. a few days later i went to my mom’s house for a long visit and started pinning things as i sipped coffee at the feet of her giant computer.
i love having the little pin it button in my bookmarks bar. it’s faster than saving things to random design folders on my computer, and i like it that when pinning things you can remember where you found the photo in the first place. pinterest, i highly recommend it, especially as a great filing system for ideas.
the first pin it forward is on the theme of what home means to me. since i’m a list maker, i’m writing mine as a list. and i’m also only posting my own photos here. but the other contributors today are spinning theirs as they like. you can check them out for yourself : artyowza, pretty and yummy, fringe, good good, shutterbean, that wondrous time, approprie, 3cf, and type a girl are the other pinners today.
you can see my twenty seven pins on home here. you can see my entire paltry collection of pins here. you can request an invitation to participate in pinterest here or ask me for an invite. i’ve got nine left after all.
home, to me
people i love the most
dog i love the most
creative messes
coffee all day
lived-in bed
food
an always-in-use kitchen
fiestaware in many colors
always looking for somebody’s shoes
always looking for my glasses
Jesus and faith
art by friends
garlands and mobiles under construction
music and music making
books everywhere
thrifted or inherited things that are old
kids in costume
windows
trees
cameras of all kinds
games, all sorts
but once a year
June 26, 2010 | Filed Under lists | 2 Comments
this is a pic from a birthday party i went to this week. more pics, including delicious food pics, here.
*birthday possibilities* (in a little less than one month)
an sx-70, maybe the tidy and compact kind, and packs of the pricey film so that i’m ready and raring to go
books on this list (many little wishes)
horse hook or boot hook for hanging something or other
saltwater sandals in that original deep ocean navy blue
*birthday sureties*
a long date with ernie and indian food that i didn’t make
red velvet cupcakes
handmade cards
bike tires pumped and ready to spin
a pendulum
June 22, 2010 | Filed Under lists, ordinary | 2 Comments
things you could be doing
watching this good short film, a moment is (via hulaseventy). you could watch it a couple of times and then you could have ice cream, or make ice cream.
pinning stuff on pinterest. it’s a good little scrapbook of amazements on there.
spend a dollar on saving up some memories (via enhabiten). my mind is a little blown by this. what a supreme idea.
read the reverend’s blog. i’ve told you to do this before, will i need to say it again? it’s thoughtful and real and not a long and exhausting and preachy thing.
look at these pics of the impossibly cool people in the world and feel a little bad about how uncool you yourself really are.
if you’re the tattoo getting kind, maybe get some of these little tattoos.
also:
make lemonade with real lemons.
find someone with a swimming pool and take them cookies so that you can float the afternoon away.
cook some thai food and eat it for two days.
find some swings and swing high.
go to the bookstore and read all of those overpriced kids picture books to the kids until they can’t take it anymore. get coffee after the not taking it anymore part.
use sparklers for any old reason, any old reason at all.
falling through the air of every room
June 20, 2010 | Filed Under lists | Leave a Comment
celebratory
jars with lids that fit properly
houseplants that survive even when ignored and abused
books all over the place
drawings of rabbits
bracelets
napping dogs
pennants and glittering fringy garland at car dealerships
craigslist
peace and quiet
noise that is not coming from tantrums or fighting
clever children, and having three of them
writing lists in pencil (surely i’ve listed this before)
clean sheets
windmills
heaps of cucumbers
turning off the tv
roadside trucks heavy with garden produce for sale for next to nothing
snapping my gum as loud as i can
little rolls of paper
motherly days
May 9, 2010 | Filed Under lists | 3 Comments
things to do with my mother when i visit her in a week
hug
chase coffee with unsweetened iced tea
go to the blue castle antique shop, and other reasonable facsimiles thereof
sit on the deck in the early morning summer-camp air
chit chat
buy flowers to plant
make her new kitten like me best
force her to stop (or at least drive by) every yard sale in the newspaper every saturday i am there
sew something. thank her for using the seam ripper for me.
watch anne of green gables while sewing
ask her to read off, one more time, the movie choices in the drawer
sit in the kitchen and talk to her while she cooks
make donut muffins
take a long drive in the country
pools at batflight
April 26, 2010 | Filed Under lists | 2 Comments
like, lots of times
morning
wind in new leafy trees
clean kitchens
emptying out the garage
no black widow sightings in the garage
plans
the beach
plans for the beach
late talks
first coffee
second, third coffees
lamp light
moonlight, star light, owl and moth light
sleeping kids, their faces and long legs especially
kids with lemonade stands
blackbird morning chatter
doodling
strawberries in a pot
pomegranates blossoming
messy, viney things
slow, quiet sundays
bright watercolor splatters on the floor
time lapse cinematography, even when it’s only for reality tv shows
rain glow
April 20, 2010 | Filed Under lists | 1 Comment
why no, i’ve not dusted any windowsills for a very long time.
things to do
the work of the garden. it’s quite an undertaking, folks, and i’m barely doing any of it.
running all the time. the “light housework only for awhile” mandate they gave to me after lola’s birth has sadly long expired.
make more lists.
determine which of the bearded people i know are trustworthy.
take more polaroids. the first one since childhood popped out of the camera and it’s over, a habit more expensive than cigarettes.
read the reverend’s blog.
take the mountain of ruthless spring cleaning cast offs to goodwill before it’s been so long that i reconsider.
eat as many meals as possible outside.
sew something, lots of somethings.
seriously consider buying know it all pencils.
forget about pencils and pay the dentist all pinched pennies on thursday.
make a cardboard house with kids instead of doing dishes
not a very clever horse
April 16, 2010 | Filed Under lists, ordinary | 1 Comment
daily things
wind, even a little bit
bad messes in many, many places
worrying a bit about this, that
mathematics
making food
coffee, several times over
cat clawing at the kitchen window screen
being wary of spiders
everyone in the house in the same bed for at least a few minutes before morning
bouts of laughter
doling of snacks
bickering and bellowing
feeble explanations about Jesus and goodness and grace
considering the little wrinkles that stay around my eyes even though i’m done smiling
card tricks done by boys
card games played by boys
lola’s songs sung in minor thirds only
checking for seedlings
thinking about new things to make
wishing for time
opening of windows, closing of windows
mountains
April 10, 2010 | Filed Under lists | Leave a Comment
sun, green, rain washing away the dust of pollen. there’s really nothing to be grumpy about, but we’ve had more than a necessary amount of grump around here lately. it’s just been kind of a stupid week, truly, and hard to climb out of.
things that are not grumpy
donut muffins (please, do, make these today. best muffin ever, i’m telling you.)
new fine tip markers, for the kids, to feel all new and prolific about
dogwoods, all bride-like in the yards of everyone
buying something from enhabiten
henry’s lego yellow submarine
clean sheets all around, smooth for a time
really cold air in the morning windows
silvery fence around the garden
spying on the seed pots and wishing they’d hurry it up
wishing for weck canning jars, even though i’ve never canned a thing, though pickles & salsa are coming to mind (surely i could do these?)
a long vacation, coming soon
but oh no you lost it
March 26, 2010 | Filed Under lists | 2 Comments
spring things, forgotten
finding an open window in the morning, cold air walking in, birds at full volume
the sun, friendly, all afternoon
spring beauties
walks before dark, max and me, the fenced dogs jealous of him, someone grilling dinner
rain you can hear all around and not only overhead
earthworms in dirty hands
morning grass
forgetting a sweater
forsythia in every yard, on every corner
robins in the rain, saucy fellows
daylight stretched long on the floor after the house is quiet, the dishes done