in my (sometimes) humble opinion

I am loving winter in Portland. It’s just like I imagined: wet and cool and ridiculously green (as opposed to dry, freezing [or more accurately, way below freezing) and brown - yep that’s winter in the midwest]. And no, I don’t miss the snow. I’d much rather have green plants year round. LOVE IT.

Now the downfalls: not much light to take photos in (I’m going to have to invest in some lighting or I’m going to go crazy - I literally had to tape that necklace to the front of my house because there wasn’t enough light inside - in the middle of the day!) and it barely feels like December, as in I’m having a hard time getting into the Holiday Spirit. But my sister and her b-f will be here soon for a nice, long visit, hopefully they can help me decorate, etc.

I found this huge (as big as my hand) mushroom uprooted in my neighbor’s yard so of course I had to get a picture of it. It was so spongy and luscious I wanted to take a big bite out of it. But I didn’t. ;)

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned my talented (and super cute!) friend Jade Scott before but her lovely jewelry was featured on Decor8 last week! So proud of her. Also, my brother-in-law Brett’s band has a new website, and their awesome cd is now available on cdbaby and iTunes! A very exciting time for them, and they totally deserve it.

And just in case you suspected otherwise, You Are Wonderful.