
I’ve loved Southern California since before I was born. Because both sets of my beloved grandparents lived and loved in Southern California. Because my parents grew up there, and somehow, it felt like home. Because it was always sunny in my childhood. Because the sand was white and the waves were [...]

Today, may you receive messages of love; perhaps in the form of a kiss or a card or an email or a text or even social media.
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May you know that true love never ends.
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May you [...]

Chelsey from The Paper Mama, a beautiful mother, artist and inspiring blogger, is conducting a self-photo challenge in the name of self-love. Because it’s that time of year.
Mandy from A Sorta Fairytale wrote a post called Take pictures of yourself. It’s important. She says: When [...]

A blanket of snow covered the Pacific Northwest last week. I wandered into it, camera in hand, completely shocked, overwhelmed, awestruck by the beauty that had befallen us. As if I’d never seen snow before.
This snow fall was different somehow. Perhaps more severe, and more serene. The skies were ominous, [...]

My sweet baby girl is almost 2. In the past few months, a lot has changed. She’s talking in full sentences and asking for what she wants (usually with “I need” rather than “I want”). Her strong will has developed into an iron one and so we have no shortage of [...]

Winter can be a hard season in the Northwest. The days are short, the nights are long. The trees are bare, the skies are cold and gray.
But there is also something special about the winter. The quiet, frosty mornings and the festive evenings filled with cheer. There is a pattern to the clouds, a [...]
Most of us have heard the wildly popular quote: dance like no one’s watching.
But how many adults actually have this kind of freedom? How many of us let loose at a concert or rock out in our cars during traffic? There are too many people watching, too many reasons to [...]
I drive through the winding roads of the Washington Park Arboretum several times a week. But I rarely have “time” to stop, which I’m vowing to change, because what lies in this 200 acre garden is a slice of a paradise.
Last weekend, I visited the Japanese Garden at [...]
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Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of today. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to [...]
I’ve already told you about my love for pumpkins, vibrant orange globes symbolizing autumn, perfect for savory dishes, sweet treats, and decoration. Is there a plant more diverse than the pumpkin?
The pumpkin patch is a hallowed place, a place where anything can happen.
Where the earth produces [...]
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