our july fourth camping trip

I'm pretty sure camping is one of my favorite things in the world (though I readily admit after a couple of days away from showers, I will always be ready to go home). There is something so freeing about being out where there is no cell service, no wifi, no people, and none of that generally busy rushing feeling that America is overflowing with.
 it's so nice some time to just relax, enjoy nature, and soak in the quiet.

next time though, i'd like to have the nasty mosquitoes subtracted from the recipe of "how to have a perfect holiday".
xx. marcia

summer-ness + a new look

(post idea layout via carlotta) 

one.  summer is here. it's been in the high 90*'s all week. we've been drinking large amounts of ice coffee and sweet tea. (and hiding out in the basement where it's cooler)

two.  my brother brought home a birds nest from the job where my dad was working.

cons: the jobsite was too busy and it's scared the mama bird off.

pros. birdnests are my favorite.

three.  i made chocolate chips cookies the other day. (and I actually didn't burn any this time. :P)

three.  pulling out my camera in the greenhouse in walmart.... because i'm awesome awkward like that. ;)

five.  the new look is up. i actually was working on an entirely different design until a few days ago; i got a sudden burst of inspirations and... well this happened. (i also updated all of my pages)

six.  since apparently gfc / google reader is shutting down (seriously, it's the most confusing thing since algebra ii.), everybody is switching to bloglovin. i haven't made up my mind whether i like that or not. but, a girl's gottta do what a girl's gotta do. (ya'll can follow me on bloglovin'  >>here<<)

xoxo. 

marcia. 

a few frames from the produce stand we visited. [wordless]

a few shots of the last of this year's lilacs.

"In the garden below were lilac-trees purple with flowers,

and their dizzily sweet fragrance drifted up to the window on the morning wind."  -l. m. montgomery

lilacs have always been one of my favorite flowers; there is something so L.M. Montgomery about them. one of my favorite things about spring is the bounty of lilac bushes that are spread out all over town. their light purple hews. their sweet scent lingering in the air. the delicate little flowers that make up the cluster. 

I've decided lilacs are my favourite.         

xx. marcia

this is life | inspiration board

(all photos via my this is life board and rather whismical board on pintrest)

One of my favorite pintrest boards is my board called this is life. it's just a collection of photos that represent all the little moments of life. I've always loved lifestyle photography. there is something raw and beautiful about life. it makes the ordinary even more beautiful. 

this mood board captures all of that. it's life, just ordinary extraordinary life. 

a couple of days ago, I stumbled across this video. I don't know how many times I've watched it since.

"This is how you spend your one life well.
 receiving each moment for what it really is: holy. ordinary. amazing grace. a gift."

each day has 86,400 seconds, those all add up to make a day. 

each day goes by so fast, remember to celebrate life.  

xx. marcia