Nectar & Light

Happy Monday! A little treat this week... Fieryeyed Books previously sold out titles, Little Italy and Feather & Bone will be available for purchase this week only. Little Italy has been out of print for over a year and this will be your last opportunity to order a copy. Thank you so much to those of you who have already supported my little endeavor of Fieryeyed Books.

There is also a new post today over at Nectar about shopping for Solstice trees, salted hot chocolate and mountain music.

Have you seen The Muppet movie? MUST SEE NOW. I cried and laughed and cried and laughed some more. If you grew up with these lovable friends as I did, the movie will resonate in so many beautiful ways.

Lastly, thought I'd share a little family news with you. We start home schooling the girls next semester. The schools here in Asheville have been wonderful - truly. But this is what we've always wanted for our family and we are going to see if we can make it work. Wish us luck!

Have a beautiful day...

 

have a lovely weekend friends - been a busy week full of shoots and writing but so much fun. my parents arrive this evening and i'm going to surprise my mama with this little creation - she will LOVE it. i leave you with some links and of course... love.

~ my friend sent me this series of socialites photographed as goddesses and i'm incredibly inspired to do a series like this with what i have left of the polaroid sepia film (like the photo above of my gorgeous little neice)... it speaks to me on so many levels. because as you know, medusa and i have bonded.

~ adie has been actively writing her pen pals and i've been sending more letters as of late - so i loved stumbling upon this blog.

~ LOVE EVERYTHING HERE. i would totally rock this.

~ have you seen the sneak peek of the new kinfolk?

~ and in case you missed it, our home in asheville was featured on design mom this week - have a peek.

more soon...

firstly, a very happy veteran's day to my sister's and brother's in arms. there are few words that can truly describe what it means to wear a uniform let alone dedicate ones lfe in service of your country. i am not only grateful for the time i served, but to those who continue to honor us with their service. thank you.

it's also national metal day. so in honor of this most holy of dual holidays, i created a little something to bang your head with the best of them. enjoy your weekend...

11.11.11.

battery : metallica

am i evil? : diamond head

with the quickness : bad brains

antisocial : anthrax

nighttrain : guns n' roses

electric funeral : black sabbath

metal on metal : anvil

the black river : the sword

long way back from hell : danzig

damage case : motorhead

open your eyes : guano apes

living after midnight : judas priest

crack the skye : mastodon

surprise! you're dead! : faith no more

thunder kiss '65 : white zombie

hangar 18 : megadeth

evil ways : graveyard

shout at the devil : motley crue

crazy train : ozzy osbourne

season in the abyss : slayer

run to the hills : iron maiden

for whom the bell tolls : metallica

listen here.

 

oh new york. i miss you so. though i split the majority of my work time right now between nyc and asheville, i am missing living there right now. i spent a quick working weekend there with one of the most amazing and supportive people in my life this last weekend and i danced that delicate line between joy and heartache. we haunted some of my favorite corners of the city including love adorned and catbird - and discovered some new loves in the breslin, peels, flatbush farm and dough. 

 

and as i rode to the airport on sunday - feverishly refreshing my nfl app for the jets score - in a cab listening to lionel riche and bon jovi on the radio while my driver tried to kill me, i squeezed my eyes closed and clicked my heels three times wanting to be transported home... images of nyc and asheville both flashing behind my heavy lids.

 

there is also a new york inspired post over at nectar this week - be sure to check out the playlist as well, music that will get you through this wednesday.

how was your all hallows eve? ours was pretty awesome. the girls really went all out this year. since our trip to disneyworld last year with den's family, ayla has been obsessed with tim burton's The Corpse Bride and knew months ago that this is what she would be come all hallows. and oh did she play the role well. ari, equally enamoured with The Nighmare Before Christmas wanted to be sally - but when we dressed her up as a rock n' rolla for the halloween parade in atlanta last weekend she changed her mind, "i want to be a rock n' rolla for ever mama!" that's my girl. and adie fey - well, i would like to tell you she learned about one of the most influential and powerful women in history at school and chose her character - but alas, it was an episode of scooby doo that convinced her she had to be the queen.

we had good friends over for soup, pie, homemade bread and trick or treating - it was a wonderful night - the kind that reminds me that we made the right decision to move to asheville.

and i have some kind of big news to share this wednesday morning... i started a new food blog. let me know what you think...