this and that

i have always collected pretty things.  well, things that are pretty to me at least.  once i get my hands on the things that inspire me, i don't always know what to do with them.  this explains why i have a shoebox full of a hundred beautiful postcards stashed away in a closet somewhere.  the blogworld has added a whole new element to my little hoarding problem.  i come across things that inspire me daily.  i "dog-ear" these things and store them in folders because i don't want to let them go.  today i did a little "house-cleaning" and came across these blog jewels that have moved me in one way or another.  

i hope you like them, too.

{found here. i wish i had said that.}

"if you hear a voice within you saying, " you are not a painter", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."    
~ vincent van gogh

{found here}

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; And only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning


{found here}

{awesome posters found here, of course}

{found here.  people are so creative.}

{found here. the ballerina project photographs dancers all over new york city.  beauty where you least expect it.}