Do you have that thing?  You know… that thing.  That thing you walk/drive/jog past and every time you think, “One day, I’ll stop and take a picture of that.”  For some it’s a perfect sunset vista, others an old broken down barn.  For me it’s this old dead tree off the Turnpike.  I’ve driven past it more times than I can count over the last 12+ years and finally stopped on my way home from visiting a friend in Crystal River.

You can barely see its branches reaching out from behind the living trees there on the right.

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Here he is…

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I’m so glad I finally stopped…

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Ho. Ly. Cow.

This voice… currently killing me.  I’ve talked before about wanting Mahalia Jackson’s voice HERE but I would be amazingly pleased with Adele’s.

This song… perfection.

I love a good quote.  I’m one of those people who actually thought long and hard about buying some Quote of the Day toilet paper (I spotted it years ago in a catalog… a quick Google search did find me this design very appropriate for my birthday tomorrow!)  Quotes line my cubicle walls.  They end up scrawled on the back of my hand.  I even memorize quotes of the red letter variety.

A quote can clarify a muddled state of mind.

I spotted this gem in a friend’s Facebook status.  Call it serendipitous but I think it was a sign, especially after several conversations with separate friends about discipline (or lack thereof).  This colorway customized for my favorite lady over at Dasheen Magazine!

Want a copy?  Let me know

This is the kind of question I imagine interviewers asking decorators for those high faluting magazines like Architectural Digest (which I love btw).  

It got me thinking.  When it comes to my first house, “What do I want my answer to be?”  The answer came to me in a rhyme of sorts.

I don’t know what this means yet but I’ll have this print ready for framing when I figure it out!