Tuesday, November 30, 2010

a man after my own heart: linford detweiler.



A December Poem (For All Who Leaned Into The Long Surrender)
Written by Linford Detweiler

Enjoy the snow and how it falls,
Each flake a milky arabesque.
Sheer curtains draw across the sky
When winter slips her wedding dress
And lets it fall in drifts across the fields.

The world seems happy to be mute.
The vocal cords of enterprise
Are hushed for once beneath the storm.
Sheer curtains draw across the sky,
And you and I lie quietly—
Who knew that winter was so close and warm.

And you and I, we walk our road
Blanketed and bedded down.
Upon your head, my absentminded
Fingers trace a starry crown
Of distant things, that will fall down.

Snow and leaves and rain and stars
All fall with confidence and grace.
And only tears can hope to heal
The further reaches of our scars
And all that’s marred
And leaps to be made whole.

Tears will often make a way
For joy to find a face.

Snow and leaves and rain and stars
All fall with confidence and grace.
Sheer curtains draw across the sky,
And what about our hidden places
Too deep to reveal?

Snow and leaves and rain and stars
And tears and that’s not all, my friend:
Let them fall with confidence and grace.
Let them fall.
Let them fall.

winter.

one of my favorite times of year. a little collage to get you in the spirit!

changing of the seasons.



He falls asleep on her chest
the best sleep he´d ever met
nevertheless he dreams of some stranger´s caress
so he awakes and he knows
maybe someone else is supposed
to meet his hazy anticipating eyes

he draws the curtains aside
unfolding the first morning light
he glances at his disenchanted life

restlessness is me, you see
it´s hard to be safe
it´s difficult to be happy

it´s the changing of the seasons
he says ”I need them”
I guess I’m too Scandinavian
the relief of spring
intoxication of summer rain
the clearness of fall
how winter makes me reconsider it all

restlessness is me, you see
it´s hard to be safe
it´s difficult to be happy

and then she awakes
reaches for the embrace
he decides not
to worry about seasons again

Ane Brun


lyrics.

i really love this printed calendar from Wild Unknown. Just gave it to my sister for her birthday and it's simple but really sweet- the lyrics are great! if you need a little pick-me-up each month, i highly recommend it!

Monday, November 29, 2010

christmas cheer.

tonight my lovely sisters and mom came over to help me decorate my apartment for the holidays. first up was this delightful little non-traditional "garland;" thank you j.crew for your mean salespeople and your excellent decoration inspiration! Thank you jenny, laura and mom for helping out!


the materials


hanging the branch


ta-da!


beauty shot!

voila!

fashion crush: gold, plum and grey.

double fashion crush style for you today! fashion crush #1 was wearing this adorable skirt the other day with some fun opaque tights with matching booties- so adorable. Here's my take on her brilliant outfit!

 
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fashion crush: gingham casual.

oh fashion crush #1, how i adore your style. today's fashion inspiration: blue fitted gingham shirt, green cardigan, boot cut jeans and black chuck taylors. adorbs.

stornoway.

discovered a new favorite band last week! LOVE them. really great live and they're songs are fantastic. Enjoy stornoway! you can also check out their website here and their music is on itunes.

Stornoway - Zorbing (Acoustic) from Michael Holyk on Vimeo.

Monday, November 22, 2010

fashion crushes.

I started a new job at a new ad agency a few weeks ago. It's been great! New people, new projects, a new atmosphere and a fresh start. Not only am I meeting some awesome young people, but I'm truly enjoying what I do. Now that I've been here for 3 weeks, I've noticed that everyone does a pretty good job of dressing themselves. People aren't pretentious about it and snobby, but just like to express themselves with their clothes. There are 2 people that I've met so far that I have MAJOR fashion crushes on. Just such fun, tasteful styles. I'll blog about some of their looks here and there mostly so I can remember them and then modify them to be my own :) You can too!

Today, Fashion Crush 2 (FC2) was wearing an amazing red winter coat with black buttons but instead of your regular matching read tie around the waist, she had a fun leopard scarf tied in a big bow in the back with the ends dangling down. So cute and Joan Holloway-ish!



Monday, November 15, 2010

jam.

This weekend we had a huge snow storm- 6 inches of heavy, wet snow, but it was beautiful. Woke up to the thickest flakes just pouring down outside my windows Saturday morning.


I also decided to make jam- blueberry jam, that is. A photo-journalistic view of the delicious spiced blueberry jam family recipe coming to life. wouldn't have turned out without matt and becca helping me out!


Jars cleaned and ready for sterilization.




Judy's Spice Blueberry Jam




The berries.




Everything prepped and ready to go.




Double double toil and trouble, fires burn and cauldrons bubble...




Becca just jammin'




Filling the sterilized jars.




Nice and thick.


Matty showing us how to make a ninja face mask out of a t-shirt. china was good for something!



Look at these beauties...ready for labeling and their little cloth covers.




Jam!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

almost snow.


Winter shadows touch the river cane.
The cold is coming. We look up
into a cobalt sky, and there,
as if an emissary on assignment,
a Bald Eagle floats overhead
close enough to bless us
then swiftly banks sunward
and is gone.

-Ken Hada

preserves.



i am inspired. inspired to preserve, that is. I stumbled upon a delicious new blog called "saving the season" (www.savingtheseason.com) and was immediately drawn into the recipes and processes for canning and preserving. My sister, Katie, gave me a few jars, labels and cloth for my birthday (preemptively anticipating my desire to can things) but I just need a recipe to start on. How wonderful to have canned peaches or homemade blueberry jam in the fridge?! This could be the perfect fall weekend adventure. I'll let you know how my attempts go...