Out of the Ordinary
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You can purchase MegRuth prints here. Until the end of April they’re 20% off!
Watch this
I found this through Cup of Jo and I am in love with it.
Also, I LOVE the New York Times. They are my favorite online newspaper. The stories they share are always so powerful. Like this one about a man who delivered his son at home when his wife went into labor.
Don’t get all grossed out. There are no photos of that. Just gorgeous photographs of the family in their NY home by Todd Heisler. He is an amazing photographer. Sometimes I forget that this is the photography I’m really drawn to. I get sucked into all of the silly actions that people wring their photographs through and all the narrow depth of field. But when it comes to life and living this is what I love. He knows how to do it. And it’s real. Kudos to you Todd Heisler.
Jordan Ferney
I’ve been a fan of Jordan Ferney’s blog “Oh Happy Day” for a few years now. She is happy and sunny and everything that you’d think of the author of a blog of that title.
Photo courtesy of Oh Happy Day
She was interviewed over at “Lovely” yesterday and it was one of the best interviews I’ve read as of late. Great questions and fantastic answers. Makes me realize I have a lot more work ahead of me. It really gives me a new perspective on my goals and what I need to be doing to achieve them.
Thanks Jordan!
P.S. If you haven’t seen what she did for her husband’s birthday you should watch it now.
My new favorite
I’m loving this Dino-T. Have I told you how much I like Dinos? What’s your favorite Threadless T?
Mom-tog
I found this blog yesterday through the Blue Lily Photography blog. Drew, from Mom-tog, interviewed Wendy of Blue Lilly about her business and life. It was a good interview and I was so excited to find a new blog to follow.
Drew is a photographer in Orange County, CA who has a year old little boy. She combines her knowledge of photography and experience as a new mom on this blog to advise moms on how to take better photos of their kids.
What a fantastic idea!
She’s been up and running for a little over a month and she’s already made some fabulous tips. Check it out!
I love this photo she took of her son. So fantastic.
Photo by DrewB Photography
Landscaping
So we’re working on getting our yard (front and back) approved for planting. I’ll be sending off these plans to our landlords for a review to see if we can send them to the HOA for their approval.
The pretty pink thing is a peach tree that I really hope we can plant. The red striped thing is out hammock. It runs between a living pine tree and a dead pine tree. The dead one will be cut down to the point where we can just hang the hammock on it. Poor guy.
There are a lot of desert plants we’ll be putting in and a row of trees along our back wall to prevent onlookers form the commercial property behind us. Unfortunately, right now the wall as a row of dead thorny bushes in front of it and the wall is only about 4 feet high… A little too easy to see into our kitchen and bedroom window.
I got this book about gardening for dry climate. It’s been a really great resource for figuring out what we need to do to prepare the soil and ways to conserve water. I’m really excited!
Have you landscaped your yard? What’s essential to you in a yard?
