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time flies by. its been so beautiful outside that i have been finding pretty all week long and spending less time on my computer. my tan is looking pretty for sure. i have also been distraught and so interested in the whole G20 fiasco. i am dismayed at what i have seen...mostly with misguided spending and police bullying. an account by a female journalist who was detained during peaceful protesting has left me feeling sick to my stomach and concerned about the future of this country. so at this moment, i feel that a need for seeking out beauty is most important for me. i have no photo for today, no song, no poem.....i am going to sit in the sun in my backyard and have some nice, pretty, deep breaths and enjoy the pretty view of the sun setting over elephant mountain. peace out

Bon Iver - re: Stacks

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I have a pretty song for you to hear. Bon Iver has followed me in my headphones through some pretty hard times and some pretty deep internal places. As I have said, pretty can be moving, it can be lovely and dark or sad. It can lift you up or allow you to dive into the depths of despair. I can listen to this album now and just feel happy, but always pensive. It has great meaning to me, so I share it with you. ...I think he named it for a lady friend...."For Emma"...sounds about right.
look above to listen.

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Weekends are far too much fun to be blogging, so blogs will be on weekdays only for now. Anyhoo, Violet and I were walking down by the water when I saw this pretty little car. I personally am not a car person. I don't go nuts over the giant metal on wheels thing like so many others. I can, however, appreciate a pretty little retro car when I see one. Old bugs are so cute and this one was in my favorite car colour. Todays pretty is a very well maintained Volkswagon, which, I must say, I would look great in. Happy Summer Solstice everyone! I hope that sun comes back! Rascally fella.....

day 8

Yesterdays pretty is brought to you by the amazing properties of coffee. Better late than never? Yesterday was cool, clammy and crampy. My teenage son failed to come home the night before. He's never done that on a school night, so I spent parts of my designated sleep time lying awake in bed imagining him dead in a ditch, floating face down in the lake or beaten to a pulp in some remote and unreachable dark field. I also imagined the police showing up at my door with the bad news. I finally located my unfettered by anxiety darling at approximately 7:30 am when the mother of the friend woke him up to my lecture by phone. Little fucker. The rest of the day I suffered from cramps and a headache. Wah. After a cranky soak in the local pool with my youngest, who I must say was acting most uncharming by whacking me with pool noodles, dumping water over my head, and kicking me in the face while swimming, we had a mediocre dinner surrounded by old folks talking loudly about Dorris and her piano lessons and how deliciously wonderful the 1970's inspired salad bar was. I have to say it was one of the strangest days I have had in quite a while. At the end of this most "unpretty" blip in the history of my life, while lying in bed beside little Violet, I sighed a sigh of sweet relief when I realized that she was asleep. I looked over at her and saw her beautiful eyelashes on her beautiful little face and realized that life aint so bad. I would have liked to take a photo of those pretty lashes in all of their sleeping glory, but it was dark and I was cozy and the camera was downstairs. So there. I found yesterdays pretty. It was at the very end of the day when I thought all hope was lost, but better late than never.

Day 7

good bye summer. where oh where have you gone? i was outside for a while today in my sandals, with hopes of sunshine. I spent part of the day wishing my missing Uggs were still in my presence. (hear that PHAEDRA???) And yes Alice and Bruce, I know they are ugly, hence the name Uggs, but they feel so damn cozy. But still, overcast days make for the prettiest lighting. The greens of the trees and grass and the colours of the flowers were particularly brilliant today. I'm sure you all had at least a glimpse, if you didn't spend your day under the covers. Today's pretty comes from etsy.com, which I think everyone should know about by now. I plan to do the majority of this years Christmas shopping from Etsy to support all of the amazingly creative and talented folks out there who are going back to handmade, uniquely beautiful stuff. You may think what I have chosen is ridiculous, but I think it's so PRETTY. here's the link if you want to buy it for a pretty $270.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49368560/the-exquisite-pa-pa-the-cage-is-too

well, helloooooo. sorry for the lapse, but I was out of town for a wee bit. Well, in light of the FIFA world cup, I thought I would send a little appreciation to the lovely men who work so hard to look so darn beautiful. I must say I have been a fan of world cup soccer for quite some time and seeing as pretty comes in all shapes, sizes and colours, this would be a perfect posting on a blog that is in the search for beauty. Here's some of Mama Natures finest. Keep your knickers on, ladies (and gents).....or not. Your choice. I must say this blog has definitely been keeping me cheerful, if not cheap. Enjoy the sun!