Karim Rashid

I love this guy's work. 

Silk Road, City Center, Las Vegas

Myhotel, Brighton, Brighton

Teppich Carpet

More Austin pix while out walking with a friend. I'm noticing a lot of pictures of the Frost Bank Tower...must be a new obsession. Enjoy~

Simplicity

San Francisco 1946, by Fred Lyon

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path, one of the great payoffs is that we start to seek peace and comfort in joyful simplicities. Little things begin to mean a lot to us."

~Sarah Ban Breathnach

Backyard

I have a confession, I really wish I had a backyard. Two reasons: one- I really would love to have flowers all over the place, and two- my 4-legged child would have somewhere to roam. This is a result of my recent visit to see my parents. They have a great backyard. Here are some pix of the flowers and guards of the flowers.

 I have no idea what this potted lovely is called, but he was fabulous!

And we have the first guard...

 My mom might have a thing for frogs...you'll need to take my word for it, because I have quite a few more frog pictures, just not posting all of them.

 Photo bomb!

 Love the squiggles...

TGIF

Ya know for a short work week for me, it sure was long...here's where I want to be for my weekend, curled up with 50 Shades of Darker. Yeah, highly recommend this trilogy:-) Hope you have a great weekend!

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Cool Spaces

Interiors I've seen and loved lately..

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Love the mix of colors, modern furniture and those lights!

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Chateau Johnson

The Parental Chateau Johnson that is...I don't think my 900 sq.ft. qualifies at this time. With it being Mother's Day this upcoming Sunday I thought I would share some pix of my mom's decorating skills. 

While Mom and I have different taste, she's got vignettes all over the house and I'm more on the minimalist side...I can appreciate her style.

 I thought we needed 2 shots of the above art work...I think it would look really nice in my place:-)

 Always a sore subject between my parents, the TV. My dad LOVE his TV, my mom wants to die that it has to be sooo big...what does one do, surround ugly with beautiful artwork. Problem solved:-) 

 I'm dying to paint my armoire black too. Do you see what's on top of this armoire? My lovely Christmas artwork for my mom. Nevermind it is almost in the ceiling, in their bedroom to never see the light of day...it's not hidden in a closet.

Courage

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"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Heavenly

How did I not know about this? Some days I wonder if I live under a rock. I think this is a food truck (The Belgian Waffle Co.) I will be stalking in the near future. 

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Has anyone tried this slice of heaven? What did you think? I love breakfast at all times of day and can't wait to try it.

Experience

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"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror, I can take the next thing that comes along." You must the do the thing you think you cannot do."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Focus

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"Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. This is hard for most to accept, because our culture tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity."

~Timothy Ferriss

I Love Blue

I may not ever get over my love for blue. This color calms me, which is a good thing. So we're sticking with it. Don't get me wrong I love LOTS of colors, blue just happens to be my fav!

KaJ Design

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You knew this was coming...hello, Peacock!

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I Dig

Art that I enjoyed during Art City Austin this past Sunday...

Lisa Crowder 

Ok, that's not exactly a painting, but there was some cool jewelry at the event as well. Check her stuff out. 

Jana Epstein Photography

The above picture does not do Jana's work justice. Her photography with the frames she chooses is outstanding! You really need to see this exhibit in person.

Nemo

Circles to make art, I think so!

Jeffrey Cannon

Stephen Dickerson

Chris Seeman