GOING APE

In previous posts I've mentioned how super fun Etsy Treasuries are.  Here is another random and humorous one from a fellow Etsian that included my King Kong Face earring dangles.  It was such a nice suprise to find today.  Click the link below to check it out.  Enjoy!

 We've Gone Ape

King Kong Dangles

I N S P I R I N G

When you look around and really pay attention to the details, you can be inspired.  Here are a few recent things that have inspired me in the last week:

• a neglected bicycle on a curb
• a pile of colorful ties my husband left on the bed
• my magnolia tree in the front yard with blossoms
• the 'cut in the hill' on the highway at dusk (total view of Cincinnati)
• a cute stray cat perched on my porch stoop
• my nieces screaming down the waterslide at The Beach Waterpark
• the smell of rain and rolling thunder in the distance
• my baking station with little tidbits of promise
• watching my husband paint
• someone telling me I'm smart
• a little snail that lives on a tomato plant in the backyard

So, these small things make the merry go round and round.  I try desperately to live in the moment.  To take notice of little things and the beauty that Mother Nature and Human Nature has to offer.  Otherwise I would be consumed with ugly things that have to happen in life. 

Nah.