farmer's market

One of the best things about new york city in the summer is the farmer's market!

Xu Bing at the Morgan Library

Chinese artist Xu Bing has done a beautiful installation called "The Living Word," inside the modern hall at the Morgan Library. Using the definition of the word "bird" he transformed Chinese characters to "fly away" up to the sky. It is especially pretty on a sunny day.

happy new home card

My brother and his family recently moved into a new home that I can't wait to see in person.

beautiful botanicals....

At the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx:

new highline....

the extension of the highline is now open, and so pretty with tons of flowers and lots of modern architecture...

handmade rose barrettes

For samantha's 3rd birthday I made her these rose barrettes out of felt, sewn over a metal hair clip.

Here they are boxed and ready to go!

ready for a bbq