Youth is like diamonds in the sun

I wasn’t entirely sure what I was going to write about when I sat down this evening.  But while reviewing my pictures from the weekend it became clear that I’m doing a decent job of soaking up everything a Salt Lake spring/summer has to offer.  

And that’s good news, because life is going too fast.  

Brandi Carlile opened for Ray LaMontagne the other night and she covered this song impeccably well.  It was perfect then and it’s perfect right now.

Song of the Week: Forever Young

The season so far (in pictures)

(Joe Purdy)

(Mr. Ray LaMontagne)

Life seems to be making sense in a new kind of way and I hope it continues to :)

There is a lot more fun coming up though and I’m really excited!  I just want to be sure to take advantage of every moment.  A small list for now:

Utah Arts Festival

Farmer’s Market

The Avett Brothers

Josh Ritter

The Decemberists

Amost Lee

xoxo

here's my heart, o' take and seal it

This weekend I experienced a first - the first Christmas tree of my very own, hand picked by a fabulous friend and I!  Luckily, my mom had a box of ornaments that I apparently picked out several years ago and even more luckily, I happened to pick all the cute vintage ones my grandmother has passed down.  When I'm ready for a bigger tree, I'll be adding the years worth of ornaments my grandma has given each of us that correspond with a book she chooses and reads each year.  Definitely a top tradition for me.  I listed to this over and over and over again (and again).  Probably because hymns are the only part of church I ever really liked, and I like this one a lot.  

All that said, here's to my perfectly imperfect first whirl at creating my own Christmas :)

I squealed in delight when I saw these next ones!  And she hand stitched them!  

At a certain point, I may or may not have broken part of the star (shown above) :(  
So I improvised and decided that Love would be my focal point.  
Wow I'm getting cheesy in my old age. . . 

Say what?  You want to see pictures of my cute family decorating our tree?  Fair enough.

Thanks for letting me share some Christmas cheer with you!

just a little heart

I have a few really fun posts planned for this week, but need to talk about some polaroid magic first!  

A few months after I started my current job I spotted a bunch of polaroid 600 film in our refrigerator at work.  And when I say "a bunch" I mean specifically, 100 sheets.  10 packs of 10.  As it turned out, no one was interested in claiming them and so of course I happily did.  This was before The Impossible Project got off the ground so it was an extra special find.  I'm down to two more packs as I write this :(  Anyway, my apartment is rather small so with the exception of some extra specials shots, I started storing them away in a sweet vintage tin.  Until the other day when I finally snapped out of it and realized that was ridiculous.  So I pulled everything off of my largest wall and filled it with the polaroids and the people I love.  I'm not gonna lie. . .it warms my heart every time I see it and that got me thinking about how I can incorporate a little more love and a little more heart in my life.  Turns out, it isn't as hard as it seems.  

Night Night, and lots of love.

*A