I saw this over at Modish and just had to post it here!

Divining Light by Erika Somogyi

It’s kind of perfect for this weekend, no?

We’ve had some delightfully cooler days this week and I’ve found myself drawn more and more to the outdoors.  Today, after some plant watering and weed pulling, I took the camera for a little wander around the garden.

little mushroom

I found this little fellow in the middle of our side yard.

lovely, tiny, pink flower

I scanned my flower seed packets, but I’m not really sure what kind these are.  At first I thought they were primroses, but now I’m not so sure…

Olivia Bee is only fifteen and her photography is already amazing!  I love how gorgeously moody her photos are:

Lovely Photos by Olivia Bee

Love!

Yarnovermovement is the cutest store!  I just love this beret!

eggplant cable beret by yarnovermovement

(I love this little, teal bow, too!)

From time to time Anabela from Fieldguided puts together a virtual outfit post. They are always so fun and cute and I thought I’d give it a try.  Here’s what I feel like wearing today:

White Jersey Top by Larimeloom

with the BrooklynTailors jeans from this post

and these would be my accessories:

Dauphin Turban Headband by HopelesslyDevoted

&

Mirror Locket by SeaUnicorn

I picture wearing all this with my comfortably worn out, but still oh-so-cute leather sandals while exploring a used bookstore we walked past, but never found our way back to, on a trip to Dublin last summer.  In real life, I’m all grubby from organizing the basement and preparing to tackle some yard work. I do love getting things done, though!

The new Urban Outfitters catalogue arrived a few weeks ago and I was so impressed!  The photos and layouts are so lovely and a bit more grown up and put together than usual.  After flipping through a few times, I knew I just had to do something fun with it.  And so I made these:

urban cards

I cut this page into quarters, added some card stock and a few buttons.

Voilà, pretty little cards!

Lovely photo by Pretty Good

You should visit Pretty Good for gorgeous photos and happy thoughts.

I love this photo!  Doesn’t it sum up a summer Friday so perfectly?  Just looking at it, I feel the humidity and smell the heady perfume of the roses.  It’s certainly humid here and our little garden is flourishing from all the rain we’ve been having.  Does it feel like summer where you are?

I’m so glad it’s the weekend!  So far my plans include homemade chicken salad, a movie date with Joel, a mini road trip for a friend’s wedding, a fun knitting project, and lots of reading.

Etsy is so full of lovelies…

cute shrug by janeyclothing

I would wear this everyday!  (I’m always cold.)

duvet by plumprettysugar

I think this would be beautiful in a nice, airy guest room, maybe overlooking the ocean somewhere.

letterpress print by hijirik

There are so many wonderful positive posters these days!  Maybe the resurgence of the Keep Calm and Carry On poster (we own two) started it all?  Whatever the case, I love it and can’t get enough of them!

Ps.  TheLoveShop is another of my favorite positivity shops!

We’ve gotten all of our summer veggies planted and more and more of our flowers are blooming.  The camera and I had a little wonder around the garden on saturday:

violet blue

My mom gave me these flowers last summer and I managed to keep them alive through the winter. They seem pretty happy to be back in the sunshine.   I’m not quite sure what kind they are, but I just love the shape and color of the petals!

lovely

Zeiss Camera Polaroid Print by Lifelovepaper

I love this photo, so calm and lovely!

We (okay, Joel did most of the work) tore out our old, oddly yellow-ish counter tops last night and our new ones are being installed right now!  I’m so excited!  This is the last major project in the kitchen.  I love, love our kitchen, the wall color, the floor, the fact that it’s more functional.  Yes, definitely love! I might want to spend a good bit of time this afternoon photographing it…