Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

You Just Gotta Keep Livin... L-I-V-I-N

Recently, I've been feeling so much better about my life. Things are lining up. Plans are in the making. My everyday going-ons are making me happy, full, creative, and sweet. Getting over my grass-is-always-greener syndrome couldn't be more fun--and what better day to realize it than the first day of summer! Slicing negativity...focusing on everything beautiful around me...and remembering exactly who I am...sounds like a brilliant plan to me. 

This morning, I rode my bike to work! Finally! It's something I've been talking and talking and talking about, but I woke up a little early, strapped on my helmet (you're welcome, Mom/Alex!), and took off (Landlady in tow, of course). It was so, so easy and I'm kicking myself for not doing it earlier. However, I did take a spinning class last night and my buns are feeling like steel/my seat bones have the serious ouchies. No fun, but (butt?) sacrifices must be made!!


Also, one of my newest obsessions is...basil water! I was on my cucumber water kick for a hot minute in Blacksburg, but I'm moving on to more...adult...choices. Well, not really. I'm just growing basil in my backyard so it's FREE and my cucumbers have yet to sprout. Can't wait for them to get here but in the meantime...yum!


Also...I'm in the midst of planning an amazing, life-changing, balls-to-the-wall road trip that will take me from DC to Pennsylvania to upstate New York to Massachusetts to Rhode Island to Nantucket and beyond! Getting seriously excited about convertible-driving, scarf-wearing, sunglass-sporting adventures in the sunshine with one of my favorite women out there.


So cheers to life, love, and happiness--keep it coming my way!

xxx, Hann

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Weekend Wanderlust

Here's a quick snapshot from this weekend's events: 

Harrisonburg getaway, joy riding on Skyline Drive, hiking along the beautiful Blue Ridge, drinking coffee, reading books, and flirting with fabulous fall weather. 
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"Hiking Tights"
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King of the World.
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xoxo
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Happy end of the weekend to everyone... only 11 days till Thanksgiving! 

Gobble gobble.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Old Man Is Snoring

It is a drizzly grey day in Northern Virginia, but that means I get to rock my raincoat and sip tea till my heart's content. I finally moved my flowers inside, and now our front stoop is butt naked bare. I'm thinking pumpkins, I'm thinking wreaths, I'm thinking I need some serious decorations for this piece.

In the meantime, I will be daydreaming about this:

Roosters and long walks through the woods with my walkin' stick.
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Anthropologie living rooms.
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Wild and crazy manes and warm fall fashion.
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Weathered hardwoods and cool sunlight.
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Adorbs bedside ladders and hand-picked flower arrangements.
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THESE BOOTS. love.
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Any and all of these pillows all over my face.
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Entryway to the heavens, sigh.
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Meow, who wouldn't want to snuggle with that?!?
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Splash in da puddles.

xoxo, Hannah

Thursday, August 26, 2010

It Smells So Good, I Can Taste It....

Fall, that is.

For the past three mornings I've walked out to my car, taken a big whiff, and been thrown back down memory lane. It's in the air--it's in the leaves--it's in the musty, deliciousness of the trees that are getting ready to turn orange and maroon.
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It reminds me of...
new school years
walking down the driveway to catch the bus
drinking Mom's Russian Tea in the morning


cross country season...


the winding down of summer loves...


last-minute trips to the lake...


fuzzy horses...


treks across the Drillfield...


scarves...


layered outfits

  
 

budding romances...


lusting for the perfect pair of Frye boots...


Mill Mountain Blend...


tailgates tailgates tailgates...


Block and Bridle pledges...


...and so much more. As much as I loveloveLOVE the summer, there's something about the cool crispness of Virginia falls that really gets your ticker ticking.

It just goes to show that the good ole Old Dominion=truly the best state ever.

Thankyouthankyou for four sweet seasons!