Spring!

Here are a few lovely spring images I've taken over the last few days while adventuring. This season is quickly becoming my favorite, especially since it's offered up so many great snap shots. I don't think I've sat on my porch more, or walked further, or stopped to smell the flowers so much in my life. 

Columbus, you sure have been beautiful lately! 

Hello, Spring Weather!

The weather in Ohio this week has been amazing! I haven't been able to get enough of our 70 degree days, the cool, soft breezes, and the blooming flowers that are shooting up everywhere I turn. Spring has finally (truly!) found us, and it is glorious. Even our thunderstorms and rainy afternoons are making me happy, as it's just as wonderful and calming as the bright days. 

This has all left me feeling massively inspired to build myself a sanctuary, and I've been able to do just that by gutting out my room and doing a little remodeling. I took my overcrowded walls and stripped them bare, moved my furniture around, purged a good amount of my belongings, and filled my space with flowers, plants, and bright white window treatments. I made it so that my open windows are the focal point of my room, and the natural light that spills in is just magical. To say that I feel instantly refreshed and happy just walking into my bedroom now is a total understatement. The only thing left to do is to build my library space, and fill my room with a few more plants. Until that's done I'm holding off on any pictures, but for now I'll leave you with a teaser of my new Venus fly trap. It's name is Rachel. 

Hi, Rachel!

Aside from all of that, I've been putting effort towards finding a balance with everything that I'm doing, and everything that I want to be doing. Over the last year I've discovered the importance of not doing too much at once, and giving yourself time to just be. I try to balance what's currently on my plate as much as I can, and I've found so much fulfillment in just doing that. Lately I've been dividing my time between farm, home, work, and quality time with Tuesday. If I spend two nights at the farm volunteering or working with May, then I spend two days of quality time with Tuesday. If I clean the farm, I spend a night cleaning or organizing, or crafting at home, and then I take two days to just be lazy and do whatever I feel like. It leaves everything in my life dealt with, and gives me a sense of calm. So far it's worked wonders!

Of course, I'm not the only one that's been getting spoiled by spring. I've been taking Tuesday on impossibly long walks all around the neighborhood, to dog parks, and to parks around my house where we can just explore. We've also been going on picnics and car rides, and oh god, does he love them. 

I hope you're enjoying the season as much as we are!

Until next time. <3

A Peaceful Life.

Lately, life has been full of quality time with loved ones. Be it going out to dinner with friends, making breakfast at home, or ordering in pizza and watching Girls for hours on end, it has been filled with some of the people that I care the most about. It's been great focusing on my relationships with others, and now that I spend almost zero time on social sites, it's seemed to have gotten easier for me to be fully present in the moment. It's crazy how much of a difference there is between hanging out with my friends now, versus how it was when my phone seemed to be pertinently glued to my hand.

As silly as I feel saying this, my life has been a lot more peaceful these days. My mental space has been mostly daydreaming of spring and summer, of flowers, and gardening, camping, and exploring. I've been reading some impacting, simplistic, and beautiful books (thanks again, John Green), and my home feels so complete with Sarah, my new roommate, living in it.

The entire house has had a miniature makeover now that there's a new person here, and it's taken this incredible atmosphere. It's such a blissful place to be in these days. I'm very much looking forward to my upcoming bedroom renovation, which will hopefully make my apartment even more relaxed. For now, I've taken to filling almost every room with vases of flowers to get us both in the mood for a change in scenery.

With that, I bid you all a great day! I hope that they are equally filled with quality time, snuggles from your favorite pups, and unbelievably delicious food. Have a great weekend!