Hodge Podge kindofa Day.

So today, I'm here to share a little hodge podge.

...A website that I love to check.  It's an artist named Jodi Hills who I have always admired.  I especially like looking at her "cards and magnets" section.  She has the most creative (and sort of quirky) little quotes that I have enjoyed looking at since college.  I believe she was introduced to me by my pal, Maren : ).

So just in case you're interested...I think she's worthy of a little shout out.

One of my favorite quotes of hers is....

"She realized she was lucky- because she could actually see it- how the trees got more beautiful each year...how they danced with such graceful pride, surviving each season's change...and she knew their beauty lied not in the perfection, but the growth...and she could see it- in the trees, the people around her, and some days- even in herself...and so she would dance."

-Jodi Hills

...We all need a little room for 'dancing' now and then, I think : ).


Here's the site...  http://www.jodihills.com/

I hope this note finds you doing well as we head into the end of the week!

Inspiration.

Happy National Blog Month! 

As we celebrate this new month, a challenge is on the table for bloggers to blog once a day for the 30 days that make up our new month of November.  Now, I must admit, as a new blogger, I am pretty unprepared for this.  However, as a new blogger who has really enjoyed this new gig, I have decided I am up for the challenge!

I hope to share with you some fun stories, pictures, quotes, and daily musings as we work our way one month closer to a new calendar year.  Can't wait to see where this month takes us... : ).

For now, I'll leave you with a quote, one that I think kind of speaks to the idea that motivated me to create this blog...

Short, but sweet...

"Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it."
— Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver is an author who provides us with awesome poetry about the beauty and inspiration that life can lead us to (if only we look).  She was introduced to me by one of my dear Amate House roommates (you know who you are :) ). 

I hope to pay attention this month and find little pieces of joy to share with you along the way. 

Happy November! ...I hope your tummies have recovered from the weekend... : ).