bewilderment:

there are times when one is in the middle of a task -- say, reading a book, or brushing one's teeth -- and inexplicably finds oneself with a large and slightly painful under-the-fingernail splinter, but with no recollection of when it got there, or how, as there is no entry wound in sight.

edmund dulac's illustrations:

inspiration for the toast spring/summer collection. i'm absolutely enamored of these shapes and colors and patterns.

on abridgment:

i am currently reading an abridged version of les misérables. i like that the careful selection of omissions means that everything included in this version of the text is very intentional. nothing superfluous. i don't like that i will never know how the "short-winded, pot bellied Basque whom we have already mentioned" was initially introduced to the reader. he sounds like my kind of guy.

saturday morning, around the house:

cabo:

... a handful of photos from our trip. looking through them sort of makes me wish i were back in baja, sitting on the beach, sipping on an ice cold, lime-tinged pacifico, instead of working on job applications in my pajamas in chilly, dreary austin.

friday breakfast:

today, it feels like spring:

and this is where i'd like to be sleeping.

(el cosmico, via here.)

hey, pretty little things:

from here, via here.

oh, anthropologie:

it looks like you've done it again. why must you force me to lust after every single beautiful item in your catalog?

been there, done that:

we went to the beach on new years eve. it was gloomy. i took some photos. if you want, you can see more, and others, here.