birds of a feather.

One of this week's obsessions deserves a little more attention: prints by John James Audubon. A few years ago the National Gallery had an exhibit of his gorgeous paintings from The Birds of America and I fell in love.


"Today The Birds of America engravings and the brilliant watercolors upon which they are based are admired not only for their ornithological exactness, but also for their vitality and keen sense of design." --- NGA.gov

the small things.

A quick list of things that are making my life better this week:

+ getting up early to walk to work
+ hearing Elvis Costello in Whole Foods
+ vintage Audubon prints
+ Hieronymus Bosch paintings
+ "Like a Prayer" by Madonna
+ checking everything off on my to do list
+ adding a lamp to my cubicle
+ humidity
+ Betty Draper's scarves
+ Washingtonian

What about you?

is it strange that you perpetuate yourself?

"Everything is lost, uh oh.
But I know that you can take it to the Lord
Everything you want, uh oh.
Is it all that you can gather for yourself?"



"All that He has given to the world.
All that He has given to the world.
All that He has given to the world.
All that He has given to the world."