finding peace.

As of lately dreamy colors, handwritten lists, detailed drawings, the outdoors, and Alphonse Mucha have been wandering around in my mind.

First photo- thoughtsforbirds
Second- the honey trees via twitter
third and fourth- sleepyfawn
fifth- google images for Alphonse Mucha

last- not sure! ohhh no.

being thankful

I dont mean to disappoint.

Oh hello, I haven’t forgotten—I was supposed to post on Thanksgiving. Somehow life got in the way. Although, sometimes that upsets me, but, most of the time it leaves me thankful, what’s wrong with a little living? So, I had other “ideas” for this post. I had a drawing in mind then a video then a mixture of both! Then, I thought to post something REAL, something raw, something that got in the way. So, I took away the story book feel and it came down to the realness of just being.

Thanksgiving.

The day started slow, a cup of coffee and an egg on whole grain toast. I am so thankful for you breakfast. Then, fed the cat and ran out the door, leaving the apartment a mess. I then met my two friends, Nick and Dilyana. I invited them both to come meet my unconventional family this thanksgiving. Still, so thankful for you unconventional family. We missed the train by 5 minutes! And ended up waiting 3 ½ hours for the next train. Finally at 4:30 we boarded the train to go to a place I once called home. The evening was spent eating delicious sweet potatoes (and other food too), drinking wine, and playing bingo. This Thanksgiving was a very simple easy going day. The night ended with goofy pictures and a train ride back to sweet home Chicago.

We also ran into Adam!




HEY! at least I have a mustard yellow hat on. And the lighting leans towards mustard yellow as well.



I’m thankful for:
family, friends, being alive and well, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, my warm apartment, holiday dream tea, apricot rugala, the internet, ooh-la-lace skirt (gasps!), iron and wine (music in general), hugs, you,

The list could go on. We have so much to be thankful for.

monday, welcome!

I hope you had a wonderful Monday! filled with inspriation to boot. I had a very long day at work. But, Mondays are always good days. On this Monday I’m inspired by bears (of course), people at work, romantic hair, and an amusing photo.


love, angella

letting go.

“Some think it’s the holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s the letting go!”
-Sylvia Robinson

My heart kind of sank when I opened this wonderful book and read this quote today. I’m kind of speechless. I’ll leave you to think about this quote and deal with it because the truth is, I can’t today.

But, she does say. Oh, what a lesson today’s quote holds! I cant tell you how many times I thought holding on would make me stronger, when in reality it was the letting go that helped me grow. I have learned that life is fluid—each moment is a gift.

Just let go, move forward, and grow.





ps: I’ll be posting what I “created” on thanksgiving. It will tell a little story, which has last week’s inspiration and this week’s inspiration combined. Sorry for the wait!

My life in three hundred and sixty-five days, thirty-seven.. And a few more

I haven’t given up yet! I will finish this project, I promise. I just want more from it than ‘just posting pictures’. I want to be able to go back on the pictures and really see/feel something. So, if it takes 775 days to get there, that’s just how it will be. Although, at the pace I’m going, it might be my life in 1001 days with only 365 pictures—oh my.

thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, and forty

stay long, talk much.

Let’s eat,
just the two of us or throw a dinner party.
Have a conversation,
about the good and the bad.
Paint plaques,
and create.
Play endless hours of monopoly,
all night.

A table is a type of furniture comprising an open, flat surface supported by a base or legs. It may be used to hold articles such as food or papers at a convenient or comfortable height when sitting, and is therefore often used in conjunction with chairs.

A little history from Wikipedia

Some very early tables were made and used by the Egyptians, and were little more than metal or stone platforms used to keep objects off the floor. They were not used for seating people. Food and drinks were usually put on large plates deposed on a pedestal for eating. The Egyptians made use of various small tables and elevated playing boards. The Chinese also created very early tables in order to pursue the arts of writing and painting.
The Greeks and Romans made more frequent use of tables, notably for eating, although Greek tables were pushed under a bed after use. The Greeks invented a piece of furniture very similar to the guéridon. Tables were made of marble or wood and metal (typically bronze or silver alloys). Later, the larger rectangular tables were made of separate platforms and pillars. The Romans also introduced a large, semicircular table to Italy, the mensa lunata.
Furniture during the Middle Ages is not as well-known as that of earlier or later periods, and most sources show the types used by the nobility. In the Eastern Roman Empire, tables were made of metal or wood, usually with four feet and frequently linked by x-shaped stretchers. Tables for eating were large and often round or semicircular. A combination of a small round table and a lectern seemed very popular as a writing table[2]. In Western Europe, the invasions and internecine wars caused most of the knowledge inherited from the classical era to be lost. As a result of the necessary movability, most tables were simple trestle tables, although small round tables made from joinery reappeared during the 15th century and onward. In the Gothic era, the chest became widespread and was often used as a table.
Refectory tables first appeared at least as early as the 16th century, as an advancement of the trestle table; these tables were typically quite long and wide and capable of supporting a sizeable banquet in the great hall or other reception room of a castle.

As you know, along with chairs comes a table. Or is it the other way around? Nevertheless, a table is a table. I really like tables that are simple, with clean lines, and made of wood. I also like the idea of a table painted black—I’m not sure why. Growing up with a somewhat dysfunctional family, it was uncommon for a family dinner to take place. I now dream of having dinners with a family of my own one day. All together enjoying one of the simple pleasures in life, eating. That’s a simple wish, right? The kitchen table is also a place to connect. I remember growing up sitting around the table with my grandma and her friends. The conversations I can’t recall but I felt so grown, sipping on my hot cup of coffee, at age five.

Our kitchen table wasn’t a place to have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. However, it was a place to create whatever your heart desired. Surrounded by stuffed bears, my grandma and I would paint plaques and color pictures. I remember spending numerous hours creating my own little wonderland. Pardon me; I think I may still be a kid at heart.

all words in gray are from Wikipedia.

monday, inspired.

Patterns, layers, and texture, inspired. Mustard Yellow? Something about this color. Repeated, something about her. A bike ride in Paris, just dreaming. Lublin, Poland. Something about this architecture, it leaves me speechless. And inspired.

Also, I’m working on a new project. Every Monday (as you know) I get inspired. I’m going to take this inspiration further and use the images and create something every Saturday.

[Smiles] and waves goodbye! I hope your Monday is wonderful.

over and over. again and again. repeated.

November push play.



The Trapeze Swinger-Iron & Wine
Little Lion Man- Mumford & Sons
Gonna Get Along Without You Now- She & Him
Home- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Second Lover- Noah and the Whale
Cigarettes- Russian Red
The girl who cried wolf- paperplant
Slow Show- The National
Dust Bowl Dance- Munford & Sons
After The Storm- Mumford & Sons
Your Love Means Everything- Coldplay
Poison cup- M. Ward
Mouthbreather- Laura Stevenson and The Cans
Heavy Metal Drummer- Wilco
Passing Afternoon- Iron & Wine
Dancing Shoes- The Arctic Monkeys

uh-oh, here comes December! Bring on the Holiday tunes.

memory lane.

peanut butter with a pinch of cinnamon, on toasted bread, with milk on the side. a bedtime indulgence for my wonderful cousin and i growing up. i remember on nights when we couldn’t sleep, this little snack was the ultimate staple. we would then lay in bed, talk about our daily adventures (we were very keen spies) and life’s potential. everything was so simple back then.

a little bit of love.

we are here to love each other, serve each other and uplift each other.














almost all photos are from le love
last photo- the honey trees

shes inspired again.

Monday,

Oh hello! Im finally writing to you again (yay). I missed you so. So thankful for you!

Love, Angella

relaxing with you.

On this lovely November day, we lay in bed; I then look through the windows of your silk charming heart. It’s lovely. Today is lovely... life is lovely.

ps. go ahead and click on the picture, take in the details.

take a seat.

A chair is a stable, raised surface used to sit on, commonly for use by one person. Chairs often have the seat raised above floor level, supported by four legs.

A little bit of knowledge from Wikipedia

Thousands of years it was an article of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use. "The chair" is still extensively used as the emblem of authority in the

House of Commons in the United Kingdom and Canada, and in many other settings. Committees, boards of directors, and academic departments all have a 'chairman'. Endowed professorships are referred to as chairs. It was not, in fact, until the 16th century that it became common anywhere. The chest, the bench and the stool were until then the ordinary seats of everyday life, and the number of chairs which have survived from an earlier date is exceedingly limited; most of such examples are of ecclesiastical or seigneurial origin. Our knowledge of the chairs of remote antiquity is derived almost entirely from monuments, sculpture and paintings. A few actual examples exist in the British Museum, in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo, and elsewhere.
In ancient Egypt chairs appear to have been of great richness and splendor[citation needed]. Fashioned of ebony and ivory, or of carved and gilded wood, they were covered with costly materials, magnificent patterns and supported upon representations of the legs of beasts or the figures of captives. During Tang dynasty (618 - 907 AD), a higher seat first started to appear amongst the Chinese elite and their usage soon spread to all levels of society. By the 12th century seating on the floor was rare in China, unlike in other Asian countries where the custom continued, and the chair, or more commonly the stool, was used in the vast majority of houses throughout the country.
In Europe, it was owing in great measure to the Renaissance that the chair ceased to be a privilege of state, and became a standard item of furniture for anyone who could afford to buy it. Once the idea of privilege faded the chair speedily came into general use. We find almost at once that the chair began to change every few years to reflect the fashions of the hour.
The 20th century saw an increasing use of technology in chair construction with such things as all-metal folding chairs, metal-legged chairs, the Slumber Chair, moulded plastic chairs and ergonomic chairs. The recliner became a popular form, at least in part due to radio and television, and later a two-part. The modern movement of the 1960s produced new forms of chairs: the butterfly chair, bean bags, and the egg-shaped pod chair. Technological advances led to molded plywood and wood laminate chairs, as well as chairs made of leather or polymers. Mechanical technology incorporated into the chair enabled adjustable chairs, especially for office use. Motors embedded in the chair resulted in massage chairs.

A few chairs that I admire

I probably admire a few of these chairs because of my drawing teacher at Columbia. I spent countless attempts on drawing the Barcelona Chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

They can be simple. They can be intricate. Useful. Kind of royal! Whoa. I like to sit on them. Don’t forget about musical chairs, which, was a fun game.

I will probably ramble on for a few hours about chairs, but, I won’t. I’ll save you the time. Plus, hours can get lengthy and perhaps too heavy for chairs.

all words in gray are from Wikipedia. I love Wikipedia.