it's all happening for a reason...

Saturday, April 30, 2011

pretty little things

It's been a long while since I last posted something, so for that I apologize. Here are some pretty things I have been meaning to share...

I had several orchids in my apartment for a few months. A large green one, a little pink and green one, and a mystery orchid I got from Longwood's orchid show. This flower fell off, so I decided to give it a new life in little vase.

And then one night, the moon was perfect. Photo was from March 20, taken from my balcony.

A perfect Saturday afternoon at Longwood Gardens. I promise more photos on this adventure will be in their own post.

Darling Merlin

And sweet Paprika

An Easter photo

Tulips light up my life, especially when they remind me of the ones all over Elon's campus.

My orange star flower. Sadly, I had to send my orchids to Connie Camp, named as such by Mama Dent. My mom has a magic touch with orchids and since mine were not doing so well (she claims it's the poor lighting in my apartment), I sent them home with mom to be healed. While my orchids were receiving their own rejuvenation, I decided to heal my own heart by buying this orange star plant I found at Giant. It's South African and its prettiness and growth surprises me every day. After a month or so, I have five sprouting up and they are so heavy, they began to droop down. A quick fix: gold ribbon to keep them lifted enough to still bloom...

Tied together with a bow.

Brandywine Park, one of my favorite places in Wilmington, was bursting with cherry blossoms a couple weeks ago. I'm so glad I got to see them before they went away.

For Easter, Mom embroidered this lovely table decoration for me. Here's one corner...

...and the other corner.

Big bunny on my table!

One morning, this pretty surprise was waiting on my desk at work for me (from mom). It was wrapped up so beautifully, too.

Little ladybug clips on my Easter basket

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Post Valentine's Day Love: Photos 442-453

Sunday, February 27, 2011
The little things in life make me oh, so happy

Saturday, February 26, 2011
A 10-mile walk around Wilmington starting along the Brandywine River near the zoo

Friday, February 25, 2011
I like to test the limits sometimes

Thursday, February 24, 2011
Rehoboth Beach

Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Parfait

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Little visitors

Monday, February 21, 2011
My first frontpage photo spread

Sunday, February 20, 2011
We know I struggle with choosing among puppy photos

Saturday, February 19, 2011
Rachel's new home in Baltimore

Friday, February 18, 2011
The ghostly moon

Thursday, February 17, 2011
An almost daily tradition - riding to Wawa with Daniel. This usually consists of hilarious conversations, hot chocolate, vanilla lattes, pepperoni parfaits, etc.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Valentine roses from Mom and Dad

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Love and Valentines: Photos 435-441

Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Morning sun on my carnations

Monday, February 14, 2011
My gerber daisies are joined by a beautiful Valentine rose from Rhina.

Sunday, February 13, 2011
Gerber daisies, one of my favorite flowers

Saturday, February 12, 2011
Table setting for a Celebration of Singledom: A most wonderful Valentine's Day party with the most wonderful friends there ever were. Details coming soon!

Friday, February 11, 2011
The dress I was excited to finally have a chance to wear. Tonight was the opening of Fred Comegys' photo gallery at the Delaware Art Museum. It was a wonderful tribute to his incredible work from more than 50 years as a photographer at The News Journal. Afterward, a big group of us met at a bar in Wilmington to say goodbye to one of our favorite co-workers.

Thursday, February 10, 2011
Justin Williams looks up to receive instructions as he learns how to give a tattoo on practice skin. "Anything Once: Tattooing" runs next Sunday. It was an epic adventure....I'll give more details when the story runs!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
My dishes finally arrived! For Valentine's Day, my mom wanted to get me the set of dishes I fell in love with from...guess where! Anthropologie, of course! I began eying these dishes when I first saw them back in July when I moved to Delaware. I never forgot about them and so it was decided that the time had arrived for me to own them.