I heart Tuesday.

B had a wonderful day yesterday...thanks for all the well wishes...xoxo

I heart these lamps.

I heart all the webs this time of year.

I heart this whole outfit.

I heart this sofa.

I heart this dress.

I heart these boots.

I heart these templates.

I heart this denim.

I heart this plate.

I heart these earrings.

I heart these shoes.

I heart this print.

I heart this tote.

I heart this cozy sweater.

I heart this mug.

bigger...

I will be hearting it up all over the place tomorrow...today B starts preschool so we are off getting acclimated (he's fine, I am the one who needs a moment).

malau collection

Because of this, I have exquisite, small clothes on the brain and because of this, (via the always inspiring Diana) I have small, French clothes on the brain.  Which is why I believe Malau Collection is the perfect way to finish out the week...enjoy...

filles...

garçons...

periwinklebloom

Periwinklebloom would have to be one of the very first blogs I frequented.  It is a breath of fresh air in the blogging world; beautiful, simple, and clean.  Tyler has become one of the bloggers I consider a friend.  We email on occasion; making little pacts to redecorate rooms together, to thank one another for comments left or just simply to say "hi."  I have gotten a kick out of watching Tyler build her lovely line of clothing for some very lucky small ones.  It is fully up and running and it is truly beautiful.  The photos are exquisite (you know I like that), the only complaint I have is not being able to touch her creations through my screen.  Her products are truly art...in an earth friendly, natural way....taking "hand-me-down" to a beautiful place.  

At the moment her focus has been placed on little girls, however, she assures me some soft little boy pieces will be finding their way into her shop soon.  Thank goodness!  

Oh...did I mention Tyler will be launching a line of letterpress paper goods? Stay tuned to watch this little company grow. 

d d d d dahlia

A couple of weekends ago we went here with our ladies.  This is not the typical outing for the French family, but we decided to give it a go.  One of the greatest things about having the best neighbors of all time is the fact that they have introduced us to so many wonderful things in Oregon.  Things that we would have never found without them.

Thanks to Donna, I now notice flowers. I think I used to purposely avoid them for their own sake.  My former blatant fear of flowers prevented me from killing them dead.  No more dear friends...I do not fear them and have even planted some.  I have only killed about 1/4 of them at this point and firmly believe those numbers will not increase.  Anyway, Donna gave me a few dahlia bulbs to plant and they are coming up beautifully.  Dahlias are now my favorite (I can't believe I have a favorite!).  After our little weekend excursion my love affair with this most stunning of all flowers has increased.  I could not stop taking pictures...

It ended up clouding over...I love how the sky came out.

B found a dahlia that had fallen to the ground...so sad for the dahlia but so wonderful for us...I loved how it looked in this fancy bowl my momma gave me.