millions of moments
happy new year guys! it’s been a long season and this is the first time i’ve had to sit and just enjoy some downtime at my laptop. it really is the world at your fingertips isn’t it? well i got to cruising pinterest for a pretty pic and of course fell down the rabbit hole. guests are already arriving so i have to go but luckily pics speak volumes so here are some favorite shots. i hope this year holds wonderful things for you and that we remember to stop, breathe and enjoy every moment for as long as we’re here. happiest new year darling friends!
good friends and good cheer
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hi guys, happy saturday. it’s cold in nyc! my guy made a fire and it’s all i can do to leave the apartment. the happy reward is getting to see old friends all around town.
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how is your holiday prep going? i hope it’s stress free. that’s my goal this year. i slept for a good long time when i got here. i think it’s been a really emotional time for all of us. and on top of it, life will just not stop! i find a nap such a relief sometimes.
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when i finally came back to life i ended up on pinterest and realized i was thinking about my mom and her holiday table. she aways has a beautiful centerpiece. she and my dad are putting the house together. i know how much work they’re doing and enjoying it at that.
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i believe simplicity is the key to a stress free holiday. so is appreciating the fleeting nature of it.
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i’m glad to be here with you this year. please don’t forget to do something for yourself. and i highly recommend you take that nap if you need it!
i’m glad the world didn’t end
then again it’s only 2 o’clock! hi guys, good to be here with you, safe on earth. since we got a second shot at life today, there something enlightening that was supposed to come out of it. some say it wasn’t catastrophe in the literal world ending, but more like a global-mental revolution that could alter the world today. maybe together we can shape the world. however imperfect this time, it’s ours to claim!
hope you’re enjoying one of your favorite things right now. pour moi, it’s back to work since the world didn’t end! have a wonderful friday darling friends!
dog tired
good morning gang! it’s super silent at this hour, no one is up yet and i have time to myself. i think i slept 10 hours solid and am feeling almost totally refreshed finally. one more hour would really clinch it!
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question: are you a dog person? it’s been a couple years since i lost my love, daisy (part kitten part pitbull), and i didn’t think i’d really find anyone as special so have put off pet ownership for awhile. but i’m suddenly tempted to adopt…
did you happen to see the comfort and therapy dogs that were on the news the other night? all they did was show up and everyone felt good.
i read this just now and even though it’s common knowledge, still something to think about whether for ourselves or a loved one: a dog often will connect with someone who may not be making a connection with other people. they just sort of gravitate to that child or adult sitting alone and can make that person smile.
well, have a great day everyone and if you can’t adopt, maybe just foster? let us all know!
good morning dear friends. my thoughts and prayers have been unending for the past few days and i know yours are too. i search for meaning but there is none. i’m not a religious person but find tremendous help in the power of prayer. i hope you find some comfort too.
“When every hope is gone, when helpers fail and comforts flee, I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
at home for the holidays
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hi guys! what’s happening? it’s been a busy week so i apologize for always being behind schedule here. i was supposed to announce the giveaway winners days ago so first things first!…they’re elissa from the traveling pear and jasmine from jasmine kyle sings.. hope you enjoy the books, girls!
it’s been a long hard day and what better way to wind down then to look thru pinterest? i guess it’s a little obsession (am i the only one)? if there’s a minute to spare you know it will stir up something fun. today it got me thinking about decorating and the holidays. so many of us need just a quick fix to wake up a room and it doesn’t have to take much. so from a (shhh) lazy decorator, here are some of simple diy’s to freshen things up in an afternoon.
it’s easy to get trim and put it along the edge of a curtain. if you have 9 ft windows you’ll need about 7 yards. you can even use iron on tape to hold it.
color coding books and straightening out shelves is about as basic as it gets. and gratifying too!
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there are old tiles at markets and salvage places. or just tape and paint the diagonal stripes.
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clear clutter
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go a little monochromatic
paint a wall
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skirt a sink with double stick velcro and pins if you can’t sew
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define spaces
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paint a frame around the shower or lines along the base of the room. all you need is tape and black paint.
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minimize and use your best
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put your stamp on it
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tiered serving dishes are in every thrift store. so are the cups and saucers.
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upcycle baby bottles
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glue and sprinkle sequins to your shower curtain!
and outside…solar lights
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or votives from the dollar store
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try symmetry
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set a pretty table
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or add glitter to the shoes your were so over!
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most of all keep it simple. this is supposed to be a time of joy so enjoy and spread it! i’ll try too! bonne nuit mes cheres amis!
stepping into the light
hi guys! it’s been way too long, i missed you! but i had to disconnect from the hyper-overdrive my bod and psyche were on. it’s been a crazy busy couple months. once again BiG things are in the works (more about that soon), but for the first time in a long while i feel at ease today. so what did i do? headed straight to pinterest of course!
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it’s funny the path you end up following when you go there. at first i was looking for holiday pics, pretty and inspirational. mom and dad are back home making strudel and decorating so i know there will be plenty of holiday cheer when i head back up north. still i’d like to do a little something in my place. i’ve become way too lazy to do much so when i started coming across string lights, got to thinking about what a big statement just a little sparkle can deliver.
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when i was younger i had them up year round. there was nothing like coming home and seeing them shine. it was sort of comforting.
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and you have to love that the messier they are the better they look
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and you look great posing with them in a twinkling mirror!
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there’s an instant transformation that happens to a room when that little plug goes in the socket
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it seems around this time every year lately there’s always talk about the war on the holidays. this one doesn’t want a tree in the town square, that one doesn’t want to know from kwanzaa or chanukah in public spaces…
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string lights just remind us that there is a holiday season however we want to celebrate
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that there’s magic in the air
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and chances for a new beginning
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best of all it doesn’t take much
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even nature creates her own version!
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so i think i’ll invest in a set or two today. will let you know where they end up!
oh, ps: we have another giveaway, and to those who won a couple weeks ago, i’ll be sending out your books and portraits this week, thank you for your patience!
we have two sets of a wonderful collection of walking tours called ‘Paris from the Heart’ by Jan Dolphin .
they’re paperback books with detailed explorations of paris. if you’d like to win one of the collections, just leave a comment and say so! we’ll draw the winners on sunday night. ok, well that’s about enough playtime, but boy did i need it! a tout a l’heure for now, have a great weekend!
