la la la monday

this weekend, i...
walked in the hot sun with my family,
napped in the afternoon with oona,
experimented with new ways to cook tempeh & shared it with some friends,
&
enjoyed an amazing carrot cupcake from petit provence (oh my gosh!).
how about you?
*
i didn't take any photos of our weekend hijinks, so here are a few of boo-boo's bedroom.

la la la monday.

this weekend was glorious.
we played with oona.
we walked in the rain.
we listened to npr while drinking coffee.
we enjoyed a leisurely mothers' day lunch with friends and their littles.
delightful.


how about you?
peace + love.
k

la la la right now

i'm digging it... + reading everyday blessings: the inner work of mindful parenting; listening to alison krauss; drinking lots of black tea; feeling the sun on my face; + savoring every moment with my baby.

another post about food!

hi loves.
i made an amazing discovery the other day: corn cakes made from jiffy corn muffin mix are ridiculously tasty. after teaching a sweaty yoga class on sunday morning, i was famished. Mr. Loves Whales was working on a deadline, so he couldn't join me for brunch. i thought that brunching alone at a restaurant while he toiled away at the office seemed beyond unfair, so i decided instead to whip up something filling (yet decadent, it was Sunday after all) to munch on. well, our waffle maker is packed up for home-staging purposes and the beignet mix that was open was LONG expired (and also, the box said i should keep it in the refrigerator after opening...ooops). i did, however, spy a box of jiffy mix.

now, one of my favorite brunch meals comes from the vita cafe in portland... thai corn cakes, so i thought i would recreate them somewhat at home by adding bananas and whipped cream (i know it's not thai, but i was fresh out the other ingredients, like ginger, cilantro and coconut syrup).

holy amazing.

i think i'll make them with cilantro, ginger and coconut syrup next time (and share them with someone else... i had an incredible amount of food!).
xo

la la la monday. my everday.

this weekend, i...
dug in the dirt.
laid in the sun.
ate strawberry shortcake.
watched bk fall out of a tree.
shared the yoga.
*
how about you?

la la la monday

this weekend i...
watched a riduculous number of Greek episodes (we LOVE Cappie at our house),
tried in vain to thrift a trench coat,
spiffied up the yard and outside of the house,
made a vat of soup in my crock-pot, &
baked two loaves of whole-wheat, sunflower seed bread (yum).
***
how about you?

la la la granola.

hi darlings,
i hope you had a delicious weekend.
i was blessed to have a husband home all weekend!
we enjoyed walks in the sunshine and the rainy rain and watched a pileated woodpecker search for food whilst pecking.
& i made a pie.
& began work on a few new fun projects, including peach pie.
also,
i'm obsessed with making granola. obsessed!

{mine is based loosely on the granola recipe in the Tassajara Bread Book}.

preheat oven to 250 degrees.
toss the following on a big, lipped baking sheet:
5 cups oatmeal;
1 cup sliced almonds;
1 cup flax seed;
1 cup sunflower seeds;
1/2 cup coconut shavings;
1/2 cup cashews.
mix with 1/3 cup olive oil + 1/3 cup honey + dash of water.
bake for at least an hour.
once it has cooled, add dried fruit if you like ( i don't love fruit in mine).

{ to modify, use the following guidelines: for every three parts oatmeal, one part nuts and seeds (i used sunflower, almonds, flax seeds & cashews). for roughly 10 cups of dry ingredients, 1/3 cup olive oil and 1/3 honey or agave nectar + a dash of water.}

xxoo

la la la paintings.

dear-ones,

a good monday to you! it's been a bit since i have shared progress on paintings on the blog, hasn't it? i've been very pleased with the way these are shaping up, if i may say so myself. to be honest with you, going back over blog posts where i share works-in-progress is somewhat difficult-- seeing myself work out all of these aesthetic problems in public (more or less) is a little uncomfortable. however, it is in those moments of difficulty that we grow, so i think i shall keep it up in spite of that voice of my ego telling me not to!

what difficulties have you pushed through lately?

xxoo

la la la monday.

darlings,
i hope you had a most delicious weekend.
we did.
it all started when i woke up with the urge to make beignets on friday morning.
then there was the lavender + lemon wedding cake i inhaled on saturday afternoon.
& the sweet weekend was punctuated with a big batch of brownies on sunday night!
{life is for savoring, my dears.}

{you know i balance all of the sweet-treats out with fresh veggies + fruits, lots and lots of water, lots and lots of exercise and full nights of sleep.}
happy happy monday.

la la la.

this weekend, i...

walked around the park,
picnicked in the arboretum,
gave shyla a bath in the backyard,
gave myself a haircut,
slept in,
ate well,
drew & painted,
&
shot only in film.
{ i promise to post the photos as soon as they've been developed + printed. }

how about you?
xoxo


p.s. what's on tap for this week:
- printmaking tutorial,
-my latest loves on etsy,
-ask + you shall receive...an answer,
- new work.
{later, loves.}

la la la

loves,
to recap {in case you have not been keeping up with my little tweets about it on the left},
the computer broke last monday.
it took 5 days to fix.
the library computer would not let me log in to this account {!!!}.
the computer is all better now.
i am back.
i missed you, but i got a LOT of work done last week.
***
what i learned... by becoming hyper-efficient with my computer time, i freed up major space for making + doing. it gave me the inclination to finish a bunch of projects i've been working on for ages. i think i may try going into hyper-efficient mode once during the work-week.
***
the weekend:

warm breezes.
the gorge. {AMAZING.}
sweet friends. sweet music.
sleeping under a fat moon + stars.
yoga with the grass beneath my toes.
this summer has been the most perfect.

***
i'll be back soon with visuals.
peace. & LOVE. always.

la la la.

la la la monday.

dolls,
this weekend was the best.
the absolute best.
i feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
{and now i'm eating a potato burger & cantaloupe. the day just keeps getting better.}






peace. & LOVE.
always.

la la la monday.

darlings,
this weekend was pure lovely-ness.
we...



played with the mirror ball & lights. {i'm not kidding. give me a mirror ball, a bike light and some live Phish and... fun for hours.}



spent every moment we could outdoors in the beautiful weather.

took a glorious hike in the alpine lakes wilderness area. {after our eleven mile climb, i snacked on an ice cream sandwich & bean burrito! everything tastes heavenly after a day on the trail, right?}

how about you?
all good things.

la la la monday.

darlings,
thank you so so much for the sweet birthday wishes. it was as de-lish a day as ever {i ate my weight in Indian food, chocolate cake + macaroons}. it's definitely official, i am thirty-one. on with the show!

this weekend i...

*made major strides on a secret new project that will launch in the next week {more to be revealed soon, but hints may come up in my tweets}.

*organized our multi-media bureau as i cleaned the house from top to bottom {i love to embark on organizational projects. it pleases me to no end. now, i just need to keep it organized!}.

*had two magical cocktails at Barrio. {grapefruit soda + tequila + lime + salt = holy mother of yum}.

* enjoyed the sweet, colorful costumes for the gay pride events in our sister neighborhood.
added a few new seeds and starts to my urban garden retreat. {jasmine, another lavender, more pink poppies + something that will attract the hummingbirds. i did unwittingly run errands with dirt smeared on my cheeks, but no matter.}

how about you?
peace. & LOVE. always.

la la la monday.

this weekend,i . . .

enjoyed life without a t.v. {we are analog & didn't make the switch.}
ate yummy seafood pasta at la rustica and watched the sun set over the Olympic mountains.
planned some communal raised beds with our sweet sweet neighbors. {you know i love to garden.}
listened to lots and lots of music. {especially loving making art while listening to yoga mixes my friend bekah made me.}
made tons and tons {okay, maybe not tons and tons, but quite a few} digi-collages.

essentially, i recharged the batteries. how about you?

la la la monday.

darlings,
i hope you had a sweet sweet weekend.
you know i did.
guess what we're doing tomorrow. . .

sitting way up close at the phish show at the fabulous fox theatre in st. louis.
i am beyond excited.
{fingers crossed for an icculus. . .}

la la la monday.

darlings,
oh this weekend was divine.
di-vine.
lots of good eats.
delicious sushi on saturday night.
homemade blueberry milkshakes.
spicy green curry.
candied ginger.
also,
a big, fat nap on sunday.
and you?

{in progress.}