The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient, savvy, self-sufficient, and yet exceedingly shy.  If we want to see a wild animal, the last thing we should do is to go crashing through the woods, shouting for the creature to come out.  But if we are willing to walk quietly into the woods and sit silently for an hour or two at the base of a tree, the creature we are waiting for may well emerge, and out of the corner of an eye we will catch a glimpse of the precious wildness we seek.

- Parker Palmer, Let your Life Speak

I'll speak for myself and say that I am OBSESSED with this design/furniture/decor duo, Nightwood.  T showed me their site and I absolutely fell in love.  We both said, though, that we've decided we want to do what they do forever: giving dead materials new life by making beautiful, functional creations.

(All images from their site).

"Snow never fails to please."

I agree.

Sludge and ice, however, fail every time.

Snowpocalypse 2k12

It snowed again.  In Seattle.  The local news station is calling it "Winter Extreme."  You may remember the snow fiasco that we had a little over a year ago when Car-mageddon hit the city: SUVs and sedans alike were strewn all over sidewalks and tossed to the bottom of icy streets.  This year, we seem to be doing a bit better.  We have yet to see much sliding, but there has been much sledding.  We got about four or five inches of snow, which is a lot for Seattle proper; the surrounding towns, however, up in the mountains got upwards of 15 inches of snow! 15!  That's crazy I tell you.


When it snows in Seattle, people go a little nuts.  It's kind of the same, freakishly happy smile as when the first warm day of summer hits Seattle.  Everyone waves and smiles at one another, conjures up small talk on the street, and comes up with the most creative ways of spending their time outside.  Seattle is known for its passive-aggressive, no-eye-contact folk, so it's a little odd.  What's even more odd is what we saw sledding down Queen Anne Hill.


Queen Anne is the neighborhood that we live in an is known for having one of the notoriously steep hills in the city.  It didn't take long for it to close to vehicles this morning.  It's also known to be one of the best sledding spots because people know that it will inevitably close to cars, it's incredibly steep, and incredibly long (any of you who have visited T and I can attest to all of that).  With no sledding devices in hand, T and I hiked up to the hill because Queen Anne sledding is definitely a worthwhile spectator sport.  Boy, it didn't let us down this year.

 Inches.

 Outfit.

 Love.

 Mattress.

 Unexpected.

Also unexpected.

Found here.

Obsessed.