new to point and shoot? you can check out last week’s post to learn more, but in a nutshell, this is my week illustrated pictorially. won’t you join along?

lemons from the market. they make my week a little brighter!

my favorite paws.

the weather was a little extra frosty this week.

which made our load of firewood in perfect timing.

oh yes, and i’ve become addicted to bedtime tea!

wednesdays are my favorite, because they are farmers market day.

and one more shot of our sweet boy, toaster.

picture from an afternoon run.

on which occasion i stumbled upon this lovely honeycomb!

do you have any favorite photos from your life this week? post a link to it in the comment section!

this post was made possible by the lovely iphone app, instagram. you can follow me here. all photos by yours truly. :)

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some of you might know, we travel a lot. we’ve moved every year since we’ve been married (that’s 5!) and have made it clear across the country. when i saw this u.s. cork board project over at yellow brick home, i thought it would be such a cute way to log our travels!

it also instantly reminded me of this map on my iphone. as we drove home (yup, from california to north carolina) for Christmas, my iphone took note of where i took pictures- represented here by the pins!

different pins can mean different things, like where you’ve lived, where you’ve travled and maybe where you would like to travel! and, i think these twig thumb tacks would make it especially adorable. :) visit yellow brick house for the diy instructions!

wrap up: {cork board} {diy} {pin} {places} {travel} {united states}

{small town chapel}

i love living in a small town.

where you wake to the rooster’s crow and the honor stand is just a short walk away.
where everyone remembers your name and neighbors become your friends.
where traffic slows at 6 o’clock and everything closes by 8.
where dogs can be unleashed and your spirit can roam free.
where waiters remember your favorites and the mailman rings your doorbell.
where the market becomes a gathering place and everyone waves from their car.
where walks are routine and strangers say hello.

i love small towns, because the time seems to pass by just a little slower.

wrap up: {chapel} {gather} {neighbors} {slow} {small town}

winter browns.

crunching leaves and frosty noses,
brisk mornings and frozen hoses.
lots of fires with warming flames,
hazy skies and indoor games.
slippery footing and falling snow,
and lots of cuddling with my beau.

- by yours truly. :)

these are just a few of the things that winter browns mean to me. what do they mean to you?

image: the oak leaf’s icy veins

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colours of summer – free photoshop actions download

oh, happy tuesday! i love the excitement of perusing the world wide web in search of utter inspiration and enjoyment. as you can imagine, i was thrilled this morning to stumble across annie’s photoshop blog, and in particular this free photoshop actions download called colours of summer. above you can see 8 of them in her collage, and below you can see my own version of all twelve effects.

free and easy to use (download comes with easy to follow instructions!)- head on over to funky photoshop actions and give her some love!

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cross the ocean

i hope that today you’ll be inspired to take one action (no matter how great or small!) towards a dream that you have.

wrap up: {cross the ocean} {dream} {inspiration} {ocean} {shore}

the perfect mixture of flora and fauna. i just love these little guys from wild pulp! all from a series called ‘north american animals in bark’, owen smith photographs the barks of specific tree species and then looks for the animals spirit reflected in the world of flora that surrounds them. i love that. :) the perfect inspiration for this project? john muir’s quote, “when we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world.”

wrap up: {animals} {bark} {fauna} {flora} {nature} {notecards} {woodland} {woodsy}

and the winner for the jenna lou designs giveaway is… #11!

congratulations, jes!