The Happiest Flowers On Earth

Last week I cam across a Sunflower Garden... It was a whole garden filled with hundreds of sunflowers. Only sunflowers.

And it was right in the middle of town, next to a parking lot, in between a couple of businesses.

It seemed a bit like a random spot for a garden at first, but then again... it seemed exactly right.

Oh, if that was my backyard I would be happy every single day. Every day.

Because really... how couldn't you be?

Charlotte and I walked around and literally oooohed and ahhhed over all of the flowers.
There were bees and butterflies and some of the sunflowers were probably 15 feet tall.
So much yellow, so much happiness.

I know, I know... it's a bit of sunflower overload...
But let me tell ya something, I could post about 30 more pictures and never get tired of them.
OH, and did I mention that we did not even know who this gorgeous little garden belonged to?
It was kind of next to a church and another office building on a little patch of grass...
Charlotte asked me if it was okay that we looked around and I told her that whoever planted all of these flowers and was taking care of this
garden had to want to share it with other people... Right?

Since I just shared like a million pictures of my favorite flower with you, here's a few favorite things I am just LOVING right now...

* this blog. I can't even stand it...and I am no foodie, far from it.... But WOW. Beautiful photos and seriously amazing photography.

* this lady makes me feel a little bit like a slacker BUT motivates me at the same time... how cool is  she? Amazing. And that hair? Love that hair.

* i am totally making these raw vegan chocolate chip cookie dough balls this week. I'm thinking
  they would be the perfect little treat to pack in the first week of school lunches. Yum.

* how awesome is this t-shirt? i'd kinda love to be the mom at the game wearing this shirt, it makes me smile.

* Heather has a bit of a new look over on her blog again and I LOVE it. I mean, I pretty much love everything she does tough...
that mama has got her some style. For dayyyyys.

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Happy, happy Wednesday to you!
The kids are back to school today... it's been way too busy/crazy to feel very weird yet... but I think I'm gonna be just fine though! ; )

Happy At Home /// Simple Things

I know that things are just things and supposedly you can only really be happy from the inside...
without all of these things... Right? ....
WELL, that might be what they say, BUT being surrounded by things you love, things that inspire you
can make you really happy, too.
I truly believe that, so never mind what THEY say, whoever they are.

It is so weird to me when you go into someones house and you look around and realize anyone could live there...
like, their home does not tell you anything at all about who lives there.
Do you know what I mean?
I hate that.
I believe in being surrounded by all of those little + big things at home that help make you just as happy, at peace
and inspired as possible.

Here's just a few things that make our house HOME for me....

Art On The Walls :: Your own art, your kid's art, bought art, framed art, taped up art, photographs.   

Don't worry about what you think you should love or what you think "good art" is supposed to be.

Anything you love is good art. Period.

Flowers + Plants :: It's simple, flowers make me happy... Inside outside, anywhere.
And the BEST thing about flowers is that you can spend just a little bit of money on them and they bring an instant
cheeriness to any room or spot. Grocery store + farmer's market flowers are my best friends.

Books :: Your books, old books, new books, kid books.

You can never have too many books, right?

A Spot Of Your Own :: Anywhere...  a whole room, an office, a little part of the basement, a desk in your bedroom, a craft/sewing room. 

Anywhere that you can have some of your things, just for you---to write, sew, craft, read, make jewelry, paint, read cookbooks, browse

around online...Whatever it is you love to do when you have a little bit of free time just for yourself.

Music :: Music is a must int his house, Eric + I are both HUGE music lovers.
Records, Cd's, music stations on tv, radios, ipods, phones... anywhere  you  can get it.
I personally love the sound of scratchy old records on the turn table,  but listen to all of the above.

Sunlight + Windows :: Now I realize that I can't actually control whether or not the sun shines,
BUT  if it is shining, I am going to see it and feel it...Especially in the Winter.
Living in a house with lots of natural sunlight and windows is a necessity for my mental health.
Gotta have it, simple as that.

Happy Coffee :: Wait-- am I saying that coffee actually tastes better in a cute mug? Absolutely.
So does your tea, water, wine, smoothies and diet cokes. Same goes for dishes, cooking + baking utensils, etc.
Just look at that, instant happiness.

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So there's a little of what makes ME happy at home..
What about you? What do you always have around that makes you and your home just a little bit happier?