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Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge

because you can’t always listen to Otis when it rains

Another day, another mismatched outfit.

Another day, another mismatched outfit.

The new view

The new view

Chartreuse suede drapes - an unusual word combination that is unexpectedly spectacular in practice.
(before)

Chartreuse suede drapes - an unusual word combination that is unexpectedly spectacular in practice.

(before)

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Someday - The Strokes

Also, this is kinda awesome

Little brothers rule (or ruin) everything.
and
Annapolis says hi.

Little brothers rule (or ruin) everything.

and

Annapolis says hi.

I’m only allowing myself to post pictures of vegetable gardens until I actually plant mine (and but first I have to buy a shovel).

I’m only allowing myself to post pictures of vegetable gardens until I actually plant mine (and but first I have to buy a shovel).

“ I actually think we’re all divine beings…I’m not well versed enough to know what that means in terms of a Judeo-Christian concept, but I know in my own soul my life is very, very special. That is part of why I feel obligated to make something more beautiful
Charles Stick quoted in a Gun & Garden article that I have thought about almost every day since I the first read, going back to his dedication to beauty and the vegetable garden edged with meticulously trimmed boxwoods.
Painting floors is so much more fun than painting walls.

Painting floors is so much more fun than painting walls.

I went in for seeds and came out with a treasure, one small sturdy black tomato plant, the pioneer of the summer garden.

I went in for seeds and came out with a treasure, one small sturdy black tomato plant, the pioneer of the summer garden.