Happiness Is

happiness is dancing in the rain.
happiness is finding a new song to love.
happiness is visiting a new and mysterious land.
happiness is new love.
happiness is knowing you have a home.
happiness is a memory.
happiness is a friend.
happiness is kisses.
happiness is doing stupid stuff with your friends.
happiness is laughter.
happiness is a birth.
happiness is a story.
happiness is a bird.
happiness is a chase.
happiness is a dream remembered.
happiness is a cartwheel.
happiness is discovery.
happiness is a life.
happiness is a photograph.

Margot Tenenbaum

age 12, starts smoking

The Devil Himself

Fellow Russians

I love my beautiful family, & I love these old pictures that I brought back from Russia a few months ago. The first one is my Babushka (Grandma) Kapitallina Fedorovna, who we just call Baba Kapa. She's my mom's mother. The second picture is my Dyedushka (Grandpa) Genadiev Mikhailovich, who we call Dyeda Gena. Yep, my mother's father. Babushka and Dyedushka are still very happily together. The third picture is my mom's younger sister (my aunt) Margarita Gennadievna. We call her Rita for short. I can't even begin to write the Russian word for "aunt" in English letters. (Hahaha, it ended up looking very strange.) These are just their first and patronymic names. Love my Ruskies. :)

Words for Snow

I found a photographer who I think is just so wonderful.
I find the pictures so real and lovely at the same time.
Her gallery is mostly made up of women.

Check out her gallery:
http://wordsforsnow.deviantart.com/gallery/

I can't promise you'll like it, but hopefully you'll love it. :)

making the rounds

some people haven't been updating their fabulous blogs, which is making me sad. but i'm not quitting, or pausing. no, no, no.

it's been blue lately. happy blue, that is.

i need to try harder

my first prisma color drawing. hours of practice await. hopefully, i'll get better.

manybirds

such an amazing scene. birds are my favorite.