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Love is all you need.

I'm absolutely a fan of Valentine's Day and sending good thoughts to the people you love and care about as much as possible!  Making valentine's cards is so much fun and who doesn't love a reminder that someone is thinking of you!  I also can't deny my love of pink and red together and the fact that an ideal Valentine's Day usually falls on a perfectly snowy day.  Where is the snow this year?

I love this grizzly bear valentine from Blackbird Letterpress!

Darling bags for your Valentine treats!

These arrow valentine's are absolute perfection!

Great colors from J.Crew.

A great gift for your girlfriends - love the tiny achors on this coin purse!

Another classic from J.Crew!

The Matchbook girls drew my attention to this super cute apron - a happy apron for the cook!  I just love the elephants!

You know I love a coat with toggles - even better a red one!

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

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Lost at Sea.

Well - not exactly.  I lost my favorite necklace (of late) the other day and I can't get it out of my mind.  Of course it fell off of me on a day when I ran a million errands!  I tried retracing my steps - work, picking up my nephew from school, my sister's house, the grocery store, the library, walking Scout around the neighborhood - it could be anywhere!

Why do the things we lose become so important to us?  I've got to just let go - another great necklace will soon take it's place I'm sure.  Do you guys get hung up on the things you lose too?

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The Last Days of Summer.

After a summer full of super hot days around here the weather is finally cooling off.  I love this last bit of summer when the evenings are cooler and you can really enjoy sitting outside in the moonlight.

via From Greenwich

I love going for walks and seeing the warm glow inside all of the houses.

via From Me To You

Play some ping pong with the doors open.

via Lisa Sherry

It's a good time to spend the night with your best friends on a trampoline!

via A Well Travelled Woman

Hang out on a dock and just listen to the water. 

via The Bowtie Life

Sit by the fire and make some s'mores.

via Stephmodo

Hang out in a teepee and read a book!  What a cool hiding place!

via That Kind of Woman

It's finally cooling off enough to have the oven on - so it's a good time to bake with all of those peaches and nectarines!

via Desserts for Breakfast 

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The Perfect Library.

This little library featured in Matchbook Magazine is so perfectly cozy!   I love all of the built-ins and the warm embrace of the books, sofa, and lighting - organized and disheveled at the same time.

I'd like to wake up and have my first cup of coffee in this room - a charming little workspace to inspire.  I'll take the outfit too!

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Lamp Love.

I would love this boat even if it weren't a lamp - the fact that it can illuminate a room just makes me love it even more!

via Scotch and Scones

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Loving this Library Bedroom.

I adore this bedroom full of books!

via Sweeter Than Tea

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A Gorgeous Library.

I love this library that Maira Kalman created at P.S. 47 with the Robin Hood Foundation.

The colors are amazing and she created a fantastic installation of objects on the walls to inspire the students.

I have always loved her illustrations and her whimsical sensibility.

I would love to have a library at home just like this one!

The green shelves and black walls are stunning - makes me want to sit down and read a book - which I really need to do!  I am halfway thru The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and book club is in a week!  What are you reading now?

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The Last Days of Summer.

September is here and fall is around the corner (which I love)...but it is still SUPER HOT around here!  So my ode to fall will have to wait.  I am going to try to enjoy the last days of summer while they are still here and relish the warm summer nights and the last swims of the season.  I made a list of some of my favorite aspects of summer - a season I would love even more if it didn't get quite so hot around here!

I will try to enjoy as many meals as possible OUTSIDE with all of the gorgeous flowers around me!

Love these golden corn on the cob salt and pepper shakers - perfect for a summer dinner party!

And these colorful suzani plates too!

Fresh flowers everyday are a summer luxury.

This gorgeous house just looks like summer to me - but oh so perfect in the winter, fall, and spring too!

Love this lamp!

This sailboat wallpaper is adorable - would be perfect in my dream house on Cape Cod!

I would love to learn how to surf one day!

And get around in one of these fabulous classic rides - why can't new cars have this kind of charm?

I still seem to be obsessed with all things nautical and don't see that ending anytime soon.  Love this wreath made of shells!

Super cute anchor key chain for your summer ride.

I need this whale platter in my life!

If I had a sailboat of my own I think I would want one with red and white stripes like this beauty!  I love walking Scout along the lake and watching all of the sailboats out on the water.

I think I will always love striped shirts and dresses!

And tennis and badminton always remind me of summer!  Love these stamps by Yellow Owl Workshop.

My red flight bag from Wm. J. Mills is the perfect bag for the season!

Last but not least - SWIMMING!  I love swimming in the lake and will try to enjoy the water as long as I can this year!  When it is hot outside - the colder the water the better!

What will you all miss the most about summer?