five little things that made my week.
1. this stack of books.
{because they’re flagrantly breaking my nightstand rule of one. ah well.}
2. this food scrap news.
{because after six years of bringing compost to the farmers’ market, we have curbside pickup. SO PUMPED.}
3. these lilacs.
{because double the petals!}
4. this mirror in a new spot.
{because i felt like making a tiny change.}
5. this bowl o’ dinner.
{because it was still light out when we ate it. not because couscous is toddler- adult-friendly.}
other things:
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I can’t believe in a western country people need to crowd fund online to pay for healthcare. This is a shocking state of affairs.
Re: femvertising, has anyone been seeing the DSW ads lately? I walk by this one every day and it drives me crazy: “https://stocklandmartelblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jeff-lipsky_dsw-6.jpg”
Oy.
Uggh. I mean, I agree with you, DSW. But also stop trying to use sexism and empowerment to sell shoes. You are not actually helping anyone.
What’s the title of the bottom book of the nightstand stack? Wabi Sabi something?
Julie Pointer Adams’ new book Wabi Sabi Welcome!
I love the way you make a point to celebrate the littlest joys. It makes me feel not that weird about being so happy about the way the sunlight hits a stack of books on my dresser.
That couscous looks delicious.
So jealous of your curbside pickup! We are still figuring out the best greenmarket to take ours to since the move (also, we are lazy) and thus have a freezer full of food scraps.
So pumped! Plus they accept *all* kinds of food scraps, so even little morsels of cooked food get made into compost! No trash ever! Yip, yip!
Second the jealousy. But also grateful to be living somewhere with a drop off at the Farmer’s Market. When we compost the food scraps, we basically produce one small can of trash per week, and it’s amazing!
Is the curbside pickup a new thing or did it just become available in your area and your building just started? We’ve had it in our neighborhood for a while but our land lord opts out because I think he enjoys the social interaction of bringing to the market haha.
Wow! Committed landlord! Our bin just arrived yesterday!
Love the compost pick-up! We have monthly yard waste compost pickup, but not food compost pickup. I have a compost pile in the backyard, but we got ants last year, so we can’t keep our compost caddy any more 🙁 I take out what I can, but it’s definitely less that it should be!
Thanks! I donated to the Bail Out Day. I think that’s a great project. Happy Mother’s Day to all–and p.s. those wedges are cute!
Had to laugh about the crossed out toddler friendly cous cous. It’s a favorite in our house. My 6 and 9 yr old boys loved it from the start, but cleaning up after it is an uphill battle still to this day.
The glitter of food, really.
Sometimes, really often, its the things we think to be little that really engage us. Thanks for reminding us to look!-Laurel Bledsoe
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