my little garden

gerber daisies * onions * forget-me-nots * aloe * squash

After my adventure growing forget-me-nots last summer, I decided that this year i wanted to grow a mini garden.  I am so excited!  We went to a nursery yesterday and picked out some different things.  We are probably silly for growing our squash in a planter outside, but I can't wait to see how they turn out.  I get ridiculously excited about watering them every day and I'm super impatient for them to actually start growing!

happy spring!

good phone pictures?

so i'm terrible, and all the pictures i ever post are really bad phone pictures.

but i like pictures and the only camera i have is my phone.

but here are some surprisingly good pictures to make up for it.

i spent a ridiculous amount of time admiring this today.

(the lighting was really great at this little concert i went to.)

the concert was pretty good.

they played some interesting music.

and an artist made a quilt while said musicians performed.

i've had this stuck in my head ever since.

i really like it.

i was very excited when i saw it on the program.

i also went for a run today.

on my way back, i saw this butterfly.

so i knelt down and took this picture.

(he was a lot bigger than he looks here.)

and he didn't fly away or anything.

which i appreciated.

the end.

new roommates.

gracie and i got new roommates.

meet marius and fiyero.

art project: success

we haven't made art in awhile.  because normally things don't work out this well.

but these are cool.

you want to know what's cool?

when you wake up with a direct view out your window to a sunrise that is completely identical to one you just painted.

light yellow-orange to pink to purple to blue.

that's cool.

the boys that date the girls that live in this house are choice.

within one week...

to: roommate kate

from: roommate kate's boyfriend.

to: roommate madi

from: roommate kate and kate's boyfriend

to: roommate gracie

from: gracie's boyfriend.

our apartment is all full of flowers!

as for my boyfriend, he didn't buy me flowers, but...

we dance in the kitchen to beatles records and take naps on sunday afternoons.  so it's okay.

france class

so i have this class.

and it's all about france.

it's my fave.

things that made me smile today that are probably stupid. except the inspirational happy ones. those aren't stupid.

the reason: i waste too much time on pinterest.

i want this so much.

my roommate can tell you this is true.

this is ridiculously cute and i want two of them.

i love michel.  probably because he's french.

the real reason we can.

zombie apocalypse.

and now the inspirational ones:

^

dear paris,

just wait for me. we're going to meet.

i promise.

love,

jane.

(love letters to paris, not men.)

oh darn.

looks like paris is just as pretty in the winter as it is in the summer.
i guess i'll have to go twice.
or just stay there for a year so i can see what it looks like all the time.


darn it.

college: a state of perpetual hunger.

i said goodbye to my parents
i unpacked all my pretty socks

behold the pretty socks (guest starring my feet)

...

our air conditioning got fixed

and with a few sheets as improvised couch covers, a rug, decorative pillows, a keyboard, and a thrift-store found photo of the eiffel tower,

our dingy living room was transformed into a comfortable, colorful room of awesome.

i walked to a bookstore and found no copies of les miserables.  i'll try again tomorrow.

and since i arrived, i've been in a state of perpetual hunger.

i guess college does that to me.

to combat it, i made pizza and cookies for dinner tonight.

i'm home.

this might be the best compliment i have ever received. ever.

so today.
i went to ridiculously cool ex-boyfriend's house.  (to stay consistent, this is what i'll always call him.  even though it's a pain to type out every time instead of his name.)  anyway, i went to his house to hang out with his mom.  because she's just that cool.

short side story:

she gave me this book today.

i found it humorous and ironic.

and i have a feeling it would've been a bit more helpful awhile back than it will be now, but oh well.

back to my real story.

so my roommate and i are hanging out with ridiculously cool ex-boyfriend's mom.  and she complimented the both of us on our new skirts.  my roommate was wearing bright, happy summer colors and i was wearing essentially the same outfit, only in various shades of black and gray.  "i look like the depressing version of my roommate!"  i said.

"you look parisian!"

she replied.

so that was just great news.  because i love paris and i will go there someday.

in fact...

enjoy this picture of the eiffel tower i found while wasting my time on pinterest this morning.

i might be addicted.  it's fine.

paris.

this is paris.

and someday, this will be me.

wearing a pretty dress and curls in my hair

sitting by the seine

in

paris.

the earth without "art" is just "eh."

i am an artist and i always have been, ever since i could hold a crayon.

i'm studying painting, drawing, and printmaking with a minor in museum studies.
the goal is to someday work in a museum, where i can be surrounded by art and talk about art all day. and then go home and make art.

my future house needs an art studio, a room that can be as messy as it needs to be, where i can throw paint or paint on the walls or floor if a canvas just isn't tickling my fancy.

i love having paint or pencil smeared on my hands.
i love color.
making art gives me a chance to be alone with my thoughts;
to make sense of the world.

if you flip through my sketchbook, you will find chalk scribbles and fancy freehand pen drawings. you will find quotes and words that inspire me. you will find quick sketches i've tucked away to finish another day. you will find my life in pictures.

lately i have been what i call art-starving.
i haven't made art in far too long, and all summer, i've been worried.
actually, i've been worried since the day i decided to pursue the study of art.

what if i'm not cut out for this?







what if i'm only mediocre?

then today i found this:

it made me feel better.

because sometimes i am scared to death.  it's terrifying to present your work to a professor.  as helpful as critiques are, there's always the chance that someone is going to rip apart a piece you've put your heart into.  when i make art, it's for a reason.  it means something to me.  but sometimes it's just for me. what do i say when asked to explain one of those pieces?

art is scary.

art is wonderful.

art is life.

 i'll leave you with a little drawing i found in my sketchbook the other day.
it made me happy:)

this post was the cheese, and for that, i apologize.

i've realized that i am quite the overdramatic child.

but that's okay.

a lot of little things

being back in the town that has my heart

climbing waterfalls

roommates

making too many cupcakes and taking one to a rather attractive male that I plan to marry

playing with puppies

chick flicks

tunes and singing along

driving through a pretty gorge

kisses on the cheek...and real kisses

church drawings and matt's class

my second family and i partyin' it up

naps

seeing my new apartment and naming the fridge(his name is harry potter.)

step-hen

lots of hugs and much-needed road trips

birthday cake

being inside stanley's apartment

a magic trick consisting of flying fire and not setting kamber's hand ablaze.

old juni stories

"tea is bad!" *runs away*

meeting his sister when he said i'd never get to

finding someone else to attend a mika concert with my roommates, ridiculously cool ex-boyfriend's mom, and i.

i shot a gun for the first time. and walked through a dam door.

I may have had a perfect weekend:)

elephants, tigers, and peacocks, oh my!

 these are elephants
dari, christie, and zuri
so cool

 some sleepy tigers
taking naps in the shade

but the coolest bit of all
this peacock was just wandering about the zoo
just being pretty and stuff.

oh hey. let's shoot fire into the sky. that's a good idea.

a really great idea.

-google images.  might be my best friend

i love the 4th.  a lot.  fireworks might be one of my favorite things ever.

i think gold against a black sky is breathtaking.

i don't think i can say anymore about it.

i don't think words do it justice.

so just enjoy the picture.

and go watch some fireworks.