Come Thou Fount

Lord what beautiful things you make!  My mother, my sister, and I went on an adventure yesterday searching for fungus with my mom's new fungus books we gave her for Christmas.  You would be amazed at how many different kinds we found!  Everything from jelly-like brown shelves to fuzzy white cups.  We tramped through the "woods" (also known as Moss Wright park) specifically looking for the little decomposers that God so wonderfully made.  If we hadn't been looking for them we probably wouldn't have found them.  Which reminds me of a certain thing we do as humans.  God plants little things for us in our lives, little secrets that He hopes so much we will find as we march through our (hate this word) busy lives.  And being as human as we are we don't find them unless we try to find them.  Me and my wonderful friend had a phone conversation on how we can try to find God when sometimes were clueless as to exactly what to look for.  But the truth of the matter is, that He shows us Himself everyday of our lives, all we have to do is learn how to notice Him.  If we hadn't known to look under dead limbs and rotting leaves, then my mom, my sister, and I wouldn't have been able to find all the fungus we did.  Just like that, God will show Himself to you, all we have to do is educate ourselves on our beautiful God.

Creature Fear

hello world! it's been a while. i was just thinking about happiness and how sometimes (not always in a good way) it defines who we are as people. so many of us (myself included) are always searching for happiness whether it be from people, objects, relationships, music, etc...but from past experience i've ultimately found happiness and true contentment in God by constantly thanking Him for my blessings, friends, family, and the little things that aren't really that little; also, i really connect with God by being outside in His beauty that he created oh so tenderly for us.  but everyone is different and that's what makes the relationship with God so special and unique with each of us. it makes me truly HAPPY to think about such things.

music

it's funny how much a song can describe a person. i think (personally) that the song Clair de Lune describes me perfectly.  i've been writing this song lately on guitar and i feel it when i play it.  i keep thinking that it needs lyrics but i don't think i could feel it if it did.  lyrics are overrated and overused...i think it should be illegal to write and publish a song that doesn't mean anything to you and that you can't feel while you perform.  wow.  this is unusually opinionated for me. but hey! if you're reading this then you shouldn't care. okay. i think i need to cease typing and go to bed! thank you and goodnight.

people

people are wonderful.  their eyes, their smiles and their differences.  it's so funny how everyone is so different and they get along with people that they never thought they would have gotten along with.  and how they're attracted to different kinds of people.  you can tell a lot about a person from their eyes too...so much escapes through your eyes.  you can't really hide what you're feeling from people who know how to find it.  i wonder what people can tell from my eyes?
it's so funny how even when you haven't met someone they can make an impact on your life, all the way from a celebrity to someone random in a coffee shop.  another reason to think before you speak i guess.

man oh man

i feel God in the wind.
here in TN it's been rather blustery lately.  and i'm in love with it.  i would be content if the wind blew all the time.  especially when i was on a big grassy hill in the middle of no where.
i like seeing the golden trees "clap their hands".  i wonder if they really are worshiping their Creator.  yes. i just referred to a tree as a person.  they seem alive to me.  and i love swaying with them from time to time it makes me feel like i'm floating.  joy.
i like smiling.  hah. that was random. but HEY, i do.  want to smile with me?

as i sit here listening to my lovely sister and wonderful father attempt to play the magical piece: Clair De Lune by Debussy, i think of all that there is out there in this planet we call Earth.  think of the sunrises and the sunsets that are happening at this moment.  i think of the laughs and couples waking up to look into each others eyes in all the mornings that are occurring.  i think of the stars and their names, which are only known by our beautiful Creator.  i think of all the thoughts that are running rampant through the streets of our minds. and the tears that stain both the happy and the sad...i think of Paris and the lights and the parties, that sometimes feel real only in movies.  i try so desperately not to think of the stresses of life and of this we call "reality".  but really...reality is just a figment.  something that we so often get caught in.  then there's the thought of a question, then it leads to another...but no.  mustn't go there.  just dream. just imagine.  just LIVE.  life.  life?  life makes me smile.

a little bit of this and that

hey so i just discovered this AMAZING Christian band called Gungor and i just really like them and listen to them a lot...so check them out here
also i've been doing a lot more water coloring lately and if anyone wants to see what i'm doing, give me a holler :)
one more thing
well actually i don't really have much else to say but here is my picture blog riiiiight here!
oh yeah and one more thing!  i love this song :)
okay i'm done now.
love you guys,
a whole lot.
lou

MS

this weekend my family went to a lake home in Iuka, MS.  the lake home was beautiful and cozy and had a wonderful view.  my family hadn't gone on a trip in like 3 years, so it was much needed.  The town of Iuka wasn't what some would call "attractive" it was kind of like a small southern town stuck in time.  most of the buildings were really old and breaking down and i kept asking myself where all the people were, but there just weren't many.  we went to some antique stores and shopped around and i got 3 vintage cameras: a brownie reflex and 2 different versions of the polaroid land camera.  cool stuff.  the town seemed very oppressed and people looked like they were just really tired and drained.  almost like they all shared a secret but no one knew what it was.

the water

sitting in my room at my desk in front of the window, drinking coffee-ish tasting tea (it's caramel), listening to this which you should be listening to while you read this, and blogging. mmm. tranquil.  today you should think.  just think.  just think about anything and everything that your mind wanders to.  even if it's something intimidating that you've never thought about or you didn't know your mind COULD think about. do it. it will either be very refreshing or something that you'll have to analyze for a while.  but trust me. it's worth it.  so while you're drinking your tea, coffee or anything in between i challenge you to THINK.
lou

i hope...

i'm so glad i'm not in control.  i'm so glad God knows what he's doing all the time because i sure don't.

picture of the week!

well i don't think i've been very constant with these...it should be more like "picture of the week when laura remembers!"
anyway, so i've been using this super cool camera called a Polaroid spectra (you know those old cameras that give you insta pics!) and this is what it looks like. pretty snazzy.  the only problem is that people don't really make the film anymore and the film i have is like 8 years old so MOST of the pictures don't turn out to well. BUT there were some that turned out pretty yummy. and here they is:

unfolding fans

go. outside.
hey so there's this really fantastic show called Sherlock and the second series (season) is coming out soon and i'm just sooo excited! asjklfbwakdslb.
here's the trailer:

autumn, i can feel it in the wind.

Here in Tennessee we are finally getting rain, and with it, Autumn.  Back to big sweaters and cozy blankets.  My room is always VERY cold in the fall/winter because of all of my enormous windows and being right over the garage. But I'm not complaining because I love having a cold room.  Especially when I'm playing some Sufjan and have a candle lit. Perfect.

Oh hey! Me and my friend Eliza are going to perform for my tutorials Band Night this Friday night. Huzza! So if you want directions, just message me or something. It's gonna be greeeat.

i love this video...

just love.

shoto phoot... ahem i mean: photo shoot.

on sunday me and my friend cori had an epic photo shoot like we always do, so if you want to check out some of the pics check out my flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/-freespirit-/
ENJOY.

i know

the last couple of days have been like a dream...Thursday was Whitver which was very stressful.  i don't know why because usually it's so peaceful.  but thankfully i had some good friends to help me through the stress.  (love you veronica and cori) that night i went to a my friends house with a few other friends and we had the most glorious time.  stargazing and talking deep.  and i mean reeeally deep.  in other words, i've know these people for years and by the time i left i felt 10 times closer to them then i ever have before.  on friday i 3-wayed some people while i was at my friends house and we literally talked on the phone for 5 hours about..just..ahh.  i can't even explain it.  it was amazing stuff.

bon iver

so i did some art on saturday and it's inspired by bon iver's wonderful music. check it:

picture of the week!

so you may have noticed that i've been changing the look of my blog a lot . . .because i have.  but i think i finally found the perfect layout!  so i shouldn't be changing it for a long time.
so it's time for the picture of the week!  and my friend recently got me a hammock (thanks, dean! you're the best!) so i thought i would post this picture of a hammock.  (i'm kinda addicted to hammocks)

isn't that perfect?

cd's and beauty.

bonjour!
lately i've been starting a collection of cd's.  as much as itunes is handy for putting music on your ipod, i just don't appreciate digital music as much as a nice cd and records.  so i got myself a little cd rack and i'm just piling it! it makes me so happy!
today as i was picking up stick in the back and front yard (a chore that i kinda despise) i was thanking God for the beautiful day, not so much the heat but just the beauty of it.  so i decided that there are probably some people out there that like this heat, therefore, God created it for them.  but for people like me, God created the fall.  i just love the fall!  it's my favorite temperature and i looove the way the trees look and i love the crunchy leaves beneath my feet. joy.

school is what's up.

so school started friday and the last few days have been really tough.  not just because of how much i had to do, just because i'm realizing (once again) that school is  not meant for me.  it goes against about every atom of my being.  i'm not meant to sit inside all day and do nothing creative with my brain!  i'm meant to be outside and paint, and explore, and be ME.  therefore, when i'm doing school, i'm not being me.  as much as i hate school i can't deny that i'm really excited about my tutorial tomorrow.  it's the bees knees.  it's basically another home for me.  so EVEN THOUGH it means school, it also means friends and joy.
my goal this year is to try not to hate school as much, and to just put all the stress, school, and thoughts of failure into God's hands, because i definitely can't handle it myself.
 hey watch this

picture of the week!

You know what time it is!  It's picture of the week time!  It's da rizzle roop.
Anyway!  So this week I had my birthday party and it was at one of my favorite places in the world: Cottontown.  I love going there because it's so peaceful and beautiful and just...ahh.  Therefore I'm going to post a picture I took a long time ago of the pond  that my cousins have on their farm there:

 

P.s. Do you like my new header?  The pictures on the left are ones that I took and then the one on the far right my friend Cori took of me. 

Amor asombroso.

I have way to much to say about this week in Honduras but I will put what I can.  The first full day we went awesome.  We went to a community called Mirador and built a house for a very young couple with two children, who were so excited to have their own house.  We would switch out building and playing with the kids that seemed to come from no where wanting attention and, of course, candy that we were handing out.  The amazing thing was that the children would just come up to you with no introduction, no words, they would just come up and hold your hand and hug you and kiss you, like they had known you forever.  How often does that happen in America?  Hmmm, let me think...NEVER.  If that happened here the parents would immediately apologize and usher their kids away.  But the parents in this community just stood and watched smiling as we played with their children and held them.
The next few days we spent at Jovenes, a boys orphanage that my Uncle helped start.  The boys there were not only sweet and just plain amazing, they were inspiring.  Their happiness overwhelmed me.  I loved getting to know each one and seeing their different personalities.  I heard a few of their story's from when they weren't at Jovenes and some of them were unbelievable!  One of the boys there, when he was a baby his parents would leave him in a barrel while they went to work.  Finally the neighbors heard and took care of that.  He had no emotions when they first got him and he could only say "Na na".  So that's what they called him for a while.  But now you look at this precious boy (Jose) and he's so incredibly happy!  He's all smiles.
The last  day we went to the hospital and a blind school.  The hospital was very hard to go there and see the little sick children but it was worth it to cheer them up (and their parents) and see them smile.  The blind school was amazing.  They sang for us and it sounded just like angels!
Over all this was the best experience of my life.  There is nothing like it in the world.  The thing that touched me the most was that even with so little, these kids were some of the happiest people I have ever seen in my life.  That just goes to show how possessions are most definitely  NOT the key to happiness.  Love is.

changes

i've changed up the layout of my blog a little bit, (if you can't tell) isn't it cool!?  tell me what you think!

Picture of the week!

so this week i'm going to Honduras (see previous post) and so i thought i would post this cool picture i found online:

Honduras!

guess what?  i leave for Honduras in 5 days!  i'm so excited!  i've been so blessed with wonderful friends that have donated toward this mission trip!  i raised just enough for the trip.  awesome, huh?  i can't wait to go and help share my God's wonderful love to the people of Tegucigalpa.  We will be building homes and visiting a special needs orphanage along with lots of other things.  Please pray for safety and success as we go on the 3rd of August through the 9th.
love you guys!
lou

photos

so i'm going to try to post a new picture every week.  it doesn't have to be a picture i took, just a picture that maybe even describes my week.  i'll probably put a little note about why i chose it.  sounds goot, yes?  and if i  miss a week i'll make up for it. 
so for this week i'm going to post this picture that i took sometime earlier this year of a tea party we had.  i chose this one because we're about to have another one today, and i'm super excited. (yes, i still love tea parties)

Votes!

Hey guys so I'm thinking about making some sort of long term thing with my photography on my blog.  Like posting a picture every week with a theme or something like that.  Any ideas? 
Also, I need votes on the font of my blog, I've had a complaint that people can't read this font so if you can't can you tell me?  And if enough people say so then I will change the font.
Thanks!
Lou
(That's one of my favorite nicknames)

daydreamin'

so if someone were to ask me what i want to do when i grow up this is what i would say:

i want to be a missionary, but through music.  i would like to travel all around the world sharing God's fantastic love to people through music.  i would love to do photography along the way as well.  i want to get married of course, and homeschool my kids.  i would like to live in an old yellow house with a white picket fence around it.  i would also love to live on a lot of land where i can go exploring everyday.  i would want to visit Paris every now and then, and Italy. 

there is so much more.  but of course if God has completely different plans for me, that's fine too.

Awe ^_^

This song is so cute.  I just have to post it.  Sorry about the cheesy lyric video.

songs!

i just really love this song :)

Judas

about four weeks ago i started taking a poetry class at a church that we're visiting.  so far it's been great, i love the teacher and the interesting people that are in the class.  lately we're working on writing poems on the life of Christ.  not one big poem, but lots of small ones of different events that took place.  i signed up for Judas betrayal and a few others.  this story is so powerful!  i mean could you imagine?  betraying the man that loved you more than life itself?  for money?  my feelings toward Judas are feelings of PITY.  he was so ignorant of the love that Jesus had for him.  so I'm planning on writing a poem from his point of view, which will be difficult but interesting at the same time.  wish me luck!

struggles

so as of lately there has been a lot going on in my life.  lots of illness and even death.  to describe my feelings right now would be: confused, frustrated, and sad....
I've been trying really hard to just put everything in God's hands, because i mean i don't have any control over it at all, but he does and he (fortunately) knows what he's doing.  at the moment i have to try to keep it together and hold it in because we have guests staying with us and i think it's hard for them to understand what I'm going through.  BUT God is always and unfailingly there to support me and to be my should to cry on.  thank goodness! 
to wrap this post up i would like to dedicate it to my precious puppy Rosie Jane Graham, who we had to put down last night.  her is a picture:

real good

so i really like this song.  i hate to conform, but Adele is so good!

adventure IS out there (even if it is really lame).

okay, so i had two very spectacular people over about a week ago and at one point we just really needed an adventure.  so we were quietly sitting on a boat dock and looking at the beautiful sunset, when i had the sudden urge to jump in!  you know it's like when you're with someone and you have the strangest urge to slap them. (that doesn't happen to me...what?)  SO, i was like "hey guys!  lets go get some bathing suits on and jump in!"  they were both hesitant at first, but then it was settled.  we ran home and got in the appropriate clothing for the occasion and ran back.  but unfortunately my mom saw us randomly running out of the house with swimsuits on and, like a lot of mothers would do, stopped us.  BUT we finally convinced her to let us go (but we had to see how deep it was first).  it happened to only be about two feet of water.  so we jumped in! (more like slid in) it was pretty frightening considering i am terrified of most all water creatures. 
the moral of the story is: when you have the sudden urge to do something adventurous...DO IT!! (unless it's to slap someone...well i guess that depends...)

Rosie

My life has been unbelievably stressful and busy lately.  We haven't had Internet for almost thirty days, therefore I have been unable to post something! 
Well, I'm not sure where to start but my dog Rosie that I've had since I was three gave us a scare.  She all of a sudden could hardly walk.  We think she might have something of a brain tumor but we're not sure, it could just be that her legs don't want to work.  We were pretty darn sure that we were going to have to put her down yesterday but my dad thought it was to early.  So I'm very happy to announce that Rosie is still alive and (from what we can tell) happy.

turnips and parties.

today we had my wonderful sister's, Hannah, graduation party!  it was just spiffy. she is so special to me!
we had it on a farm that i grew up on, where we went to church and had homeschool groups.
it was beautiful because my favorite time of day is right before sunset when everything is golden and shining.  and my favorite flower is a wild turnip green flower which grow in fields and gardens.  so we were there and it was right before sunset, in a field of wild turnip green flowers, and we let the balloons go from the party.  it was just a beautiful sight.  here is a picture i found online.

the likes of me.

some of you that read my blog might have learned something about me that you never knew.  i think even I learn something about myself every time i write an entry.  it's interesting how much more you can explain about yourself or your feelings, when your not trying to speak it to someone.  for others it might be the opposite but for me, it's sometimes easier to write down my feelings more accurately then if i was trying to explain them to someone.  usually it depends on the person. 
.......
sorry about the above paragraph that consists of my ramblings of some random matter. 
in other matters.
i just really want the sun to shine.

children grown on the edge of the ocean.

summer is here.  i spent my whole school year building up things in my mind about what i want to do, and see over summer.  and now that it's here i don't know where to start!  right now i think i just need to do nothing and think everything over that's happened to me....and sleep a lot.  this summer i really just want to stay positive about everything, and try to just analyze what i see and hear every day.  i feel like the whole school year i felt really, i guess the word is, confused.  so many things were happening at once but i  had so much school to do i didn't have TIME to analyze.  so i finally have time to do the things i really love.  and to think.  and to play guitar.  and to listen.  not only to the buzz and commotion of the world around us, but listen to the things God has been trying to tell me all year.

robin pecknold. i think yes.

so fleet foxes was beyond amazing.  one of the best experiences of my life.  they were great performers, and the audience was amazing as well!  i'm so in love with robin pecknold and i got so mad when i saw that he had been in one of the alleys after the concert signing things and i missed it!  but it was over all just wonderful.  wonderful night with wonderful people.

summer? what's that?

well kids, only three more days of school.  i am so happy about this!
one more final on Thursday and then it's freedom!
this summer (like the last) i want to do productive things.
like hiking, mission trips, painting, taking pictures, etc.
i haven't had any time to do those things this year because of all the school that was looming over me.
another exciting thing is that Fleet Foxes concert is in 3 DAYS!  i'm so ecstatic!
their new album cam out Helplessness Blues.  good stuff.
this is one of my favorites:

:)

The Civil Wars

so i kinda just discovered this AMAZING band called The Civil Wars.  they are fantastic.  also, go and make The Civil Wars your station on Pandora and the music is so good!!

it's been a while.

hello!  well it's been a while since i've written, been busy with school, easter, ect.  recently i had some film pictures developed and they turned out pretty good (if i do say so myself).  here is a couple:

yeah, pretty much. 

anyway, life has been pretty hectic lately, i am just reallllly trying to wait for school to end.  man, i'm so excited about that.  i'll be able to do more of the things i want to do, instead of sitting down studying all day.  seriously, i miss being able to enjoy beautiful days!  

song writing?

last night me and some friends went to a mini concert last night at a school.  the performer was Jeff Black, he was absolutely great.  his songs were so pure an you could tell they were from his heart and things that he just wants people to know.  ever been somewhere or been with someone and its just been so wonderful you want the whole world to know?  i do.  that's what his songs are like.  it really inspires me to try to write songs.  i've tried before, and all i could ever do is compose things on the guitar . . . with no lyrics.  but i think my problem is that i try to hard.  sometimes  i try to force myself to write a song, when i think songs should just come to you naturally.  guitar compositions come to me like that, i'll just be playing a song and then all of a sudden i find a chord i like, then i go from there.  maybe someday i'll master the art.

"the marching band"

a picture of me that my friend cori took.  i love hammocks!

*click*

so at the beginning of the month i lost my camera.  basically i felt like one of my arms had been cut off.  i absolutely love taking pictures and to not have a camera, well, its like life without eyes. 
so i had begun to get just REALLY upset but then my mom pulled out this old olympous camera she had up in her closet. 
it looks somewhat like this:

it makes me happy just looking at it.

so i just got some film for it and i've taken a couple pictures.  with these kinds of camera you have to take pictures sparingly because film cost a lot these days.  

i like it

i like . . . . this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaxrANJnU2E

i like . . . . this picture I took:

i like . . . . this dress: 



I like . . . . this face:

i like . . . . these things:

• sunny days
• bright rooms
• vintage bird cages
• creative photographs.

hmmmm

today i was thinking about how fast life is going.  not to long ago i was watching some family videos of my and my older sister when i was two, and we were riding bikes down our driveway in little tutus.  it seems like it wasn't that long ago.  also, today i was in wal-mart and everyone was moving so fast!  everyone was doing their own thing ..... not thinking twice about the people around them, about what THEIR lives are like.  what THEY are going through.  i love the movie to kill a mockingbird, and when i watch it, i long for a little town like that.  everyone knows everyone and they're actually interested in what other people are going through and what's in their lives.  wouldn't that be nice? 

barefeet

top of the day to you!  man, sometimes i wish i could just fly away on pretty days like this. 

"I'll fly away oh glory,
I'll fly away
When I die, hallelujah bye and bye,
I'll fly away"

the other night i went to the park with some pretty amazing people and that night we were suppost to have the biggest moon in 17 years!  it was gorgeous.  big an' yellow. 

oh and by the way!  its barefoot season!  i love to walk barefoot so much, i'm against shoes for a number of reasons. PLUS its . . .its . . .good for the environment!  (don't ask me why, but its a good excuse)
blessings!
<->laura<->

title of a blog post

so i'm on spring break now and it is just lovely!  my family and I love to watch this show called fringe, it's an addiction.  and in one episode they were talking about alternate realities and deja vu.  they said (or more like, the crazy scientist said) that deja vu is like what the person in the alternate reality did and that's why you feel like you've done it before!  weird huh?  of course i doubt that's true but it is still interesting . . . when i have deja vu it is so real!  i feel almost certain that i've dreamed it before or seen it.  it's the weirdest feeling. 

oh goodness

so i'm going to make one of those posts that tell you about my day, but only because yesterday is so worth telling!!  so yesterday was thursday and i went to our tutorial.  thursday are atomatically wonderous because i get to see my friends but this day was even greater.  in my study hall i had so much fun because i came in second against like ten guys in around the world ping pong!  OH YEAH!  and then i had fun hanging out with people i usally don't get to hang out with, it was great.  then after school there was an end of the semester partay.  it was epic.  me and a whole lot of other awesome people all sat in this huge movie room and watched lord of the rings.  now before i go any further you must know that, at heart, i am a complete nerd.  when i was younger i was absolutely obsessed with lotr (i still am to some degree) and i have like over a thousand trading cards and i have some of the figures.  ANYWAY back to the story, so we were all big lotr fans, and you know that really amazing scene with the army of rohan when their about to attack?  and theoden is encouraging them by yelling all this awesome stuff? no?  well i do.  i practically have it memorized.  so when that was going on we were all screaming it with them and it felt so real!!  i've seen those movies a billion times and that has been the best time yet!  so powerful, man. 

so thankful for rainy saturday mornings where i can just lay in bed reading a book. 
so thankful for saturday nights when i can watch 3 episodes of fringe and listen to my friend play the piano.

listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvUepMa31o&feature=related on a rainy day when you have time.

friends

so today after my tutorial i randomly had the thought of how blessed i am to have the friends i have.  one of my closest friends, Dean, is moving to texas this summer and it makes me really sad. not only for the obvious reasons, but because i feel like i've taken our friendship for granted all these years.  sad that it took her to move for me to realize that right? 
friends are like childhood toys, you never realize how special they are to you until they're taken away.  but obviously not that i think about it i would NEVER be able to live without my friends.  they all mean so much in my life.  they encourage me when i think i'm going to fail that poetry quiz, they laugh at me . . . in a friend kind of way, they laugh with me until the tears roll down, and so many other things i could write a book about.  dude, you guys know who you are that mean so much to me, i might not say it that often, but you do.  i love you all so stinkin' much! 

pocky

so i don't really know why i named this post "pocky", buut it's really good so you should try some :)
anywho! so it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood and it makes me wish i could do watercolor all day long instead of school . . . wouldn't that be great?  it reminds me of one sunny sunday afternoon when me and my wonderful friend cori had a photo shoot.

I took the first one and she took the second. 
that was a stellar day.

poetry

so lately i've been like dude, i like to write poems.  so i thought since i have a blog i would post a poem i wrote! so here you go:



Do You Hear the Wind?

Do you hear the wind daughter’o,

Do you hear its jokes and riddles?

Do you hear the wind daughter’o,

Do you hear it laugh and giggle?

Do you hear the wind daughter’o,

Do you hear its moans and cries?

Do you hear the wind daughter’o,

Do you hear its gimmicks and lies?

What does it tell you mother’o?

For I do not hear all of this.

What does it speak of mother’o?

You must tell me, I insist.

Do you not listen daughter’o,

Do you not try and perceive?

Do you not listen daughter’o,

Do you not try and achieve?

Do you not listen daughter’o,

Do you not search with your heart?

Do you not listen daughter’o,

The word of the wind is a piece of art.

It's here! And a thought.

spring is finally here! though i'm sure we will have one blast of cold before it is officially here, but it has been an amazing week.
today i've realized how much pleasure someone can get out of little everyday things.  like just a little while ago i took pleasure out of watching my sister's cat.  i enjoyed watching him jump on things, sit on my homework, and jump at the slightest noise.  last night i took pleasure in seeing the dark clouds pass over the ripe moon while the wind blew.  so in today's post i decided to write ten things that i take pleasure in.  ready? okay!
1. grassy hills in the spring time.
2. a rabbit nose.
3. vintage.
4. music playing while the doors and windows are open.
5. playing my guitar in the park.
6. having deep conversations with my friends.
7. watching birds at the feeder.
8. going barefoot.
9. reading fiction novels.
10. my dog rosie.  Here's a picture:

i challenge you to make a list.

and also,

happy almost spring!

fleet foxes concert, ahoy!

just a short little post about how i am going to a FLEET FOXES CONCERT! i'm uber duber excited! their music just makes me so happy, it's really pure and smooth. this is my favorite song of theirs: click here! 

snow.

so, the other night i was quietly talking on the phone with my friend when i heard a big thump on my window.  i soon discovered it was my sister, Hannah, throwing snowballs at my window.  we had just gotten about two inches of snow the night before.  pretty soon afterwards Hannah came in wanting me to go outside with her, so i did.  i bundled up in leg warmers, socks, two shirts, ect.  so when i went out Hannah wanted to show me something in the front yard, so i went.  when i got there i saw something wonderful, our flood lights were shining on to the freshly laid snow and each individual snowflake looked like a diamond sparkling. it was magnificent! of course after looking in awe at it for a little while i had to go jump in it. another thing i noticed when i went out there was how still and silent everything was, the people of the town were probably all bundled up in their homes sitting next to a cozy fire, drinking hot chocolate. it was a beautiful night.

spring please.

don't you just love the wind?  i often imagine i'm on top of a hill with tall grass arms outstretched to embrace the wind. of course in winter it's very hard to do that, expecially right now in tennessee when the wind chills are below freezing! that is why i CANNOT wait for spring. don't get me wrong though, i love winter, but there is just something about spring that seems like a fresh start. this year has been wonderful, (and by this year i mean 2010-2011) i could easily say that it was the best year i have known. although this is true, i can't help but think that i'm ready for a fresh start. this year i'm hoping for adventures to far off places and for more places with scope for the imagination! (can't you tell i'm reading anne of green gables right now?) just look at this picture that i took last summer, doesn't make you want spring even more? 

what's with this blog?

i have finally concluded that i would start a blog. for a while i thought i would have nothing to say and that it would just be really boring for other people to read.  but then i thought to myself: "laura, everyone has something to say to the world, even if it's not the most important thing, people can still find enjoyment out of it".  (i probably didn't think those exact words, but you get the picture)  so here i am! 
before i go off on a little bunny trail (which seems to happen a lot with me) i'm going to say a little bit of what this blob, *ahem* blog will contain.  it will mostly be about things that i find interesting such as music, pictures, poetry, ect.  but it will also have stories of random things that happened to me, or fascinating thoughts that i have.  i will also have a few things about being a homeschooler in there as well. so unless you are interested in the thoughts, feelings, and interests of a homeschooled teenager, i suggest that you stop reading.
-your humble blogger,
laura