happy happy new year!

photo via ffffound (for some strange reason i didn't note the photo taker. if you know who created this one, please let me know).

wishing you a safe, celebration-filled new years eve to you all! i am so grateful for all the gifts life has presented this year--the amazing ones for sure, and even the white-elephant-ish-not-so-sure-what-to-do-with type. thanks, hindsight, i have learned so much. next year will be awesome, i can feel it... XO

super mini road trip

images taken in los gatos, ca. along the bike trail.

already back from the bay area. saturday & monday offered the best driving weather i can remember. i want to go back to santa barbara in a few weekends to take pictures of the rolling hills, all alive with green & orange. i swear i've never seen them look so lovely.

happy holidays

i'm expecting lots of family, laughs, good food, and coziness in the coming days. hope you have a wonderful time celebrating with family & friends. bring it on, 2010!

tiny magic

*family visits
*brunch at larkin's (you must!)
*afternoon delight on the mt.
*little terrier dogs, everywhere
*2-day work week
*bourbon & hot cider

vintage holiday cards

i really love these vintage 1950's-1960's holiday cards by late textile designer Walter Erhard. they are available for purchase, here. perhaps you can request a speedy delivery.

bow down to greatness

"Tom Killion was born and raised in Mill Valley, California, on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais. The rugged scenery of Marin County and Northern California inspired him from an early age to create landscape prints using linoleum and wood. He is influenced by the Japanese artists, Hokusai and Hiroshige, and using Japanese carving tools, he creates wood and linoleum block prints of landscape images he has first sketched on site...".

i am excited and a little nervous to hear Tom speak. i can't wait to see his work in person. for more information about his process and to see his work, go here.