snapshots

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since it's been super quiet around here lately, i thought i'd break the silence with some snapshots because while the keyboard may may have gathered dust, the camera has been out in full force. you wouldn't know it, but i actually have been writing. instead of appearing here though, those ramblings have been going into a journal. with a pen. on paper. it's kind of revolutionary. but i've missed this space too, so hello! hi! thank you for sticking around, checking in, and sending love. you are the best.   

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not to wear out a season before it's officially begun, but i'm gushing over spring. these cute little buds have been popping up on all the trees in our front yard and i'm just so proud of their resilience. hang in there little guys! winter may have had the upper hand there for a while, but spring is pulling through. nothing below fifty degrees in the forecast this week! it's funny how something like weather can make a person so happy. 

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these are august's "fly". his nanny got a pair each for him and marina (monkey see, monkey do). whenever he wants them on he shouts my fly! - like he suddenly realized they were missing from his shoulders - and then proceeds to wear them the rest of the day, totally unfazed. my in-laws recently got a kick out of seeing him fluttering around the house wearing these and a shirt that has "tough guy" printed on the front. 

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snapshots

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i got a chemex for christmas. this puts our home collection of coffee brewing methods to four.     minimalist ambitions be darned! one day we will have a wall FULL of pretty beakers, decanters, and carafes. incidentally, i recently learned that it is actually pronounced keh-mex (you know, like the che- in chemistry) not shuh-mex, as the french might say. so i guess it's not so much chic as it is just science. haha!

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andy introduced me to KEXP this week, which is an awesome public radio station based out of seattle. have you ever listened to it? they mostly feature alternative and indie rock bands so it quite naturally sings to me, but there are also live in-studio performances that you can watch on youtube. saturday morning while tidying up the house, i listened to this playlist, which included some of the music we heard on KEXP along with a handful of other tunes that are perfect for the start of a new year (or the weekend, for that matter). it's the "let's do this! i'm going to be more healthy, organized, and ambitious!" january playlist. 

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the sewing machine has been collecting dust pretty much ever since august started crawling. even now it's hard to get any work done with him around  as all he wants to do is sit on my slap to "help me sew" which is to say, play with ALL THE DIALS on the machine. we have reached the stage of gloriously long naps though, so i was able to get a few hours with these bolivian textiles + faux leather to make some fold over clutches. the fabric i used is a traditional cloth from the andes region called aguayo. it is a big part of andean culture and historically was a way for indigenous people to tell stories, record histories, convey emotions, and express dreams, based on the design layout and figures used on the cloth.   

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