fly me away

I am loving this shirt so much right now.

knit mitts

Over the past few years I have managed to start a quite sizeable collection of fingerless gloves. I wear them all the time when I'm at work, so I can never seem to resist buying a new pair. But I think my favorites are these arm warmers made by texture.

I received them as a gift many years ago and they've held up beautifully. So imagine how pleased I was to discover that texture has a website! They offer all sorts of clothes made from eco-friendly fabric, but I've can't stop looking at the amazingly colorful selection of arm warmers. I think it might be time to add to my collection once again.

monday music: laura veirs

(photo by David Belisle)

I have been very much enamored of Laura Veirs and her music ever since listening to her 2007 album, Saltbreakers. So I was very pleased to discover she has a brand new album out right now! July Flame is the title track off the album and the video for this song is beautiful and bittersweet. Very befitting of its name, I think.

just a thought...

I would love to wake up tomorrow and have my table look like this.

(image from Design*Sponge)

kitchen adventures

I would like to introduce you to my new favorite cookbook.

That's right, I'm talking about Molly Wizenberg's A Homemade Life. I started reading Orangette back in November (I know, I'm totally late to the game on this one) and immediately put her book on my Christmas list. It took some self-control not to sneak out and buy it before then, but I was rewarded on Christmas morning. I love this book. I finished it that day and then went back with post-it notes to bookmark all the recipes I want to try. Since then I've been spending plenty of time in the kitchen. Right now I have a chocolate cake in the freezer, just waiting for the right day, and this afternoon I roasted up some cauliflower to have with this salsa verde.

A picture really doesn't do this justice. If only you could smell it! It was so fresh and summery that I almost forgot we're still stuck in the heart of January. With the holidays over it's hard not to start dreaming of spring, and my thoughts keep drifting towards garden plans and sun that holds a bit of heat. Ah, well. All in good time I suppose.

monday music: the thermals

It's been a little while since I did a Monday Music post, but I think it's about time I started up again. And I have the perfect band and music video for today!

The Thermals latest album Now We Can See came out early last year and I loved it. In fact I picked it as one of my favorite albums of 2009. Check out the music video for the title track (maybe my favorite song on the album) and then go listen to the whole thing.

P.S. I'm so excited for all the great music we have to look forward to in 2010!

fresh and new

Happy New Year!!!

I hope you are all as excited as I am to see the dawn of 2010. Despite being sick I managed to have a very nice 2009 sendoff, complete with yummy food, backyard fireworks, and the best people.

It has been snowing almost nonstop since Friday, which seems very fitting to me. Everything seems new each morning, and I have been thinking about all the things I would like to see come out of this year.

I am not one for making resolutions. They tend to make me freeze up and feel more obligated than resolute. But I am writing down a list of things that I feel excited about doing, and having it all down there on paper makes me even more inspired and happy about the idea of doing them. Right now everything feels like a clean slate waiting to be drawn upon and that makes me very happy indeed.