Sunday, May 27, 2012

bookcases

For those of you that don't know me well, I love to read. I mean, I really love to read. Anything and everything. I even get car sick because I love to read every single sign that we pass whenever I'm the passenger on a drive. Reading has always allowed me to dream and travel and be in places that would never be possible in this world, like when I read about the past. Unless the flux capacitor someday comes to fruition, then you can always find me with a book.

When I was younger my parents would complain that they just couldn't afford to keep up with my reading habits because I always wanted the newest book the library didn't have. Aaaannnnd...nothing has changed. My husband still makes the same complaint. So I've come to love the library and be patient when what I really want to do is run out and buy the newest bestsellers. I still like to buy books, but now I try to get them at Goodwill, Salvation Army, or when the local library has monthly twenty-five cent book sales.

My biggest desire in this world is to someday have a house where I can dedicate a room to hold just my books, a home library of sorts. Here are images of some of the things I would want in that room. Enjoy.


Funny Faces bookshelf via Alexi McCarthy



Such a cool bookshelf and a way to remember what has/hasn't been read via Mebrure Oral



Umm, I need this tree bookcase, stat! via Shawn Soh



And finally, a wall of books I wished I had as a child as seen on Elizabeth Sullivan Design



Sunday, May 20, 2012

misha


This is Misha. We spend lots of time together at home. I blog, read, cook, clean, watch tv, etc, and she sleeps and we both are happy when her daddy, my husband Sonny, comes home from work at the end of the day.

I loved Misha when I first met her. She may not agree because whenever I showed up at my husband's house she would bark, jump, lick, and basically run me over. When I married Sonny it seemed as though she knew and from that day forward I was then her "mama". I think she likes me more now. Although, it's probably just because I'm the one that fills her water bowl the most often.

Misha is a mix of a pit bull and a labrador retriever and she was a rescue dog. When Sonny first bought the house we still live in now, he thought the best feature was that it had a doggy door. A friend of a friend knew of Misha needing a home and Sonny says when he first met Misha it was love at first sight. Aww.

I have to say that Misha is one of the most well-behaved dogs I have ever met. She goes to the bathroom in the same spot in the backyard every time, generously leaving the rest of the yard for us to enjoy. If there ever is a time when we have forgotten to fill her water bowl outside, she nudges us, barks and whines a little, and smartly leads us to the back door so hopefully we get that she is trying to say she's thirsty. Most of the time we get it. She barks at strangers when she's supposed to and when we tell her to stop, she does. She also barks at the cats that like to crawl underneath our house to tease her and I am always grateful that we never have a rat/mouse problem because I like to think she scares those away too. She follows me everywhere, lying on the rug outside the bathroom door while I handle my business, even laying under the desk with her chin on my feet while I write this post.

One of Misha's only faults is that she loves to sleep on our bed. When one of us is home she doesn't dare go in our bedroom, but if she sees us go out its like she's programmed to run straight into our room and wiggle her way under the covers. I might have forgotten to mention that Misha sheds. A lot. And when she wiggles under the covers there is dog hair everywhere. Despite all attempts (well, we've only tried yelling at her and she genuinely gives us her "I'm sorry" face) we can just not keep her off the bed. I suppose we are resigned to closing the bedroom door whenever we leave the house for the rest of her life.

Its okay, we still love you Misha, and we always will.



Sunday, May 13, 2012

welcome!


There are beautiful things, ideas, food, places, fashion, people, books, design and just about anything you can think of all over the world.

The inspiration for this blog title comes from the notion that hummingbirds hover over flowers and only take nectar from the sweetest ones. I like to think that I'm a little like a hummingbird: my hope for this blog is to find beautiful things in this world and share only the sweetest ones with you.

My first share is one of my favorite places in the world as seen in this picture - it is of sunset at Lanikuhonua on the island of O'ahu in Hawai'i, and it was taken on the day I was married there: May 13th, 2011 (for those that are wondering, yes, it was Friday the 13th!).

So join me on this journey as I catalog all things beautiful in this world. Feel free to get in touch with me via comment or email, as I will always look forward to what my readers think!

Oh, and happy anniversary to me and my favorite +1 in this world, my husband Sonny!