{film} fictional flamingo pink

on a recent adventure, i captured the mesmerizing vintage flamingo hotel sign on video. while i was filming, my magical friend bekah and i had a brief chat about the color pink...


several days later i found this explanation via brainpicker...

{snaps} succulent magic hour

the succulent garden next door was a glowing festival of fractal wonder yesterday in the late afternoon sunshine...

collection: in a word {round two}

here is the collection of words from my bag that have zoomed all over the globe this week...

a few details:

* i pulled each word randomly from rob brezsny's pronoia.

* the words are written on paint chips gifted to me years ago by a dear friend and talented designer.

* the background is frank lloyd wright wrapping paper from pomegranate.

* the photos were captured and edited on my diphone with the camera+ app.

there are still words swirling in the glitter...feel free to drop me a line if you would like one.

{vitality} wild ride

vitality.

i asked for it.

and i got it.

the last two weeks have been an absolutely wild ride.

innkeeper spontaneous combustion: an enormous explosion of energy, ideas, people, possibilities, adventures.

for example, my hair is now chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla...

and in a whirlwind of wishes and manifestation, i am suddenly going to burning man this year...

there are important stories i long to tell you about this process, tales of firewalking, woe, excitement, tears, and transformation.

right now, i must focus my energy on packing for the playa and preparing for school to start in two days...

my friends, this is a special time.

i am taking the inn to the next level.

i do hope you will join me...it is going to be amazing.

xo

music crush: you will never know

the story and styling in this video are so very lovely...

via yes and yes

{color} succulents + ice cream

whilst strolling merrily through my recent snaps, i noticed that a warm summery color combination has made a frequent appearance lately...

{succulent garden beauty number one}

{trader joe's delicious new freezer treat}

{succulent garden beauty number two}

{little green ladybug}

{first friendship bracelet in twenty years}

{succulent garden beauty number three}

{summer sassafras self-portrait}

{reid ranch} blues + greens

yesterday was spent at the reid ranch celebrating the birthday of my beau-père.

(joyeux anniversaire au fromage grand!)

strolling through my pictures this morning, i noticed many shades of beautiful blues and greens...

{end of may vineyard}

{tiny merlot grapes}

{i'm taking a lichen to you via grandpa great}

{artichoke}

{hayloft door}

{gallery} the depression in color

my best friend benjamin discovered a collection of photos this week that i find mesmerizing, poignant, and beautiful...

it is a series of images in the united states between 1939 -> 1943 from the library of congress exhibit "bound for glory: america in color" shared via the denver post photo blog...



these pictures were taken by photographers of the farm security administration/office of war information and are some of the only color photographs which capture the impact of the great depression on small town life during that time...



it was extremely difficult for me to choose just three to illustrate the spirit of the entire gallery. i hope these three will inspire you to look at the rest...there are so many breathtaking photos in the collection.

wishing you a lovely weekend, my friends!

{rainbow} spring flowers

here at the inn, i collect and curate rainbows.

lately, i have been snapping photos of the colorful spring flowers which are blooming all around me.

here is a rainbow of my recent collection...

{at the doctor's office}

{by the brick wall}

{at the feed store}

{by the window}

{outside my classroom}

{by the fence}

{in the moongarden}

{spring break} colors

my second spring break theme: a color group which keeps popping up all over my photo library...

{shirts at aubergine vintage emporium}

{typewriter sign at antique society}

{hermes three thousand at antique society}

{daffodils in my kitchen}

{playhouse slide next door at the lodge}

{fiesta cups + saucers at antique society}

{vintage scale -> origin: twenty miles from my childhood home}

rainbow connection number four

i love rainbow sweets...

  

{macarons}

{sugar cubes}

{popsicles}

rainbow connection number three

i love rainbow dresses...

{dress up}

{mcqueen}