Double rainbow

This was the first time I've seen a double rainbow in my whole life. It stayed bright and remained in a full arc for about 20 minutes. It poured rain hard, right as the sun was beginning to set; through the rain this full rainbow appeared.

I didn't get great pictures of it, they'll never transfer the true beauty of what I saw today. The camera can't capture the sound of the pounding rain and the feel of the warm air and the delight and surprise of looking upward and seeing a double rainbow for the first time. It really made my jaw drop. It's funny how the simplest thing can surprise you and totally change you.

The third picture is of the rain stopping and the sun blasting through the trees toward me. The sky and the light were marvelous together.

This whole experience was so uncomplicated and so vivid.

I really felt the happiness of a kid again.

A cute kids meal

There is something so happy about this and I LOVE it.

wink!

Amelie: One person can change your life forever

If you don't own this you should. It's a French film and a story about a girl who finds a small treasure from the past and goes on a quest to fix other peoples lives (and in the process, her own).
But it's also a visual feast. And a perfect picture of finding joy in the everyday objects, friendships and occurrences of life.

Children's Rooms by Joanna Copestick

These are snapshots of the pages of this incredibly inspiring book by Joanna Copestick (Conran Octopus published this book.) It is called Children's Rooms: Practical Design Solutions for Ages 0-10 (Conran Octopus Interiors S.) Anything by Conran always turns out amazing.

This book has inspired me to keep it simple in the kids rooms and in the house. There is a clean simplicity and charm that this book transmits and I can recommend it with all my heart and soul.

Check it out on Amazon.com where you can now buy it in paperback (much more affordable than hardback).

What I Saw Today

Swim meet and hanging out with my son

Barber Shop

I love the contrast between the poster of Muhammad Ali throwing a punch (back wall) against the sweetness of the ice cream cone printed smock my son is wearing.

The barber shop had 5 stalls and was full of big men talking and laughing with each other. Having them welcome the tiny boy for a haircut was tremendously cute. It was like seeing the little tiger at the zoo playing with the big cats.

This was the very first time he did not cry while having his hair cut. It probably had something to do with the Tom and Jerry cartoon the barber switched on for him.

Grin

Nugget of truth found at a Target store...

"How great would life be if we lived a little of it everyday."

American Grocery Store

Walk around the block

Candy Store

Immediately after I took this photo the shop keeper walked up to me and asked me not to take any photos of the displays of candy. I was quite shocked by his request because of how violently it pulled me out of my reverie of experiencing the store for the first time. The pure beauty and enchantment that the candy store held is hard to describe except to say that the displays were meticulously organized, it smelled like sugar in a mouth watering way, the amount and variety of the candy was like no other collection I had ever seen and the continuous loop of music played in the store was themed around candy, i.e. songs like "Lollipop," "Sugar, Sugar" etc.

Ironically it was very much like being in Wonka's factory and being accused of stealing the secret to the Everlasting Gobstopper. It was as if Wonka himself was slapping my hand and telling me I was messing up the factory or was a Bad Egg! I asked if he wanted me to erase my photo and he said no, it was OK. So here is the photo, very precious indeed!

I had some perfect timing on this shot as the exact moment I took the photo was the exact moment in the movie where Wonka is showing his guests his Everlasting Gobstopper (see the movie screen on the wall).

Fall

Taken in late Fall 2007

Spring

Taken April 6, 2008

Downtown Boise alley

Taken February 2008. This is right next to Trip Taylor Bookseller.

walk around the block