Smile!!

Oh wow- do yourself a big favor and carve out 16 minutes from your day to watch this incredibly sweet, inspiring short film! It reminds us that even a small positive action can have a massive ripple effect in the lives of everyone we meet... Awesome, awesome little video!



(discovered through my friend http://derekkoenig.com/)

Clarity!

These little beauties are actual transparent butterflies, found mainly in the rain forests in Central America.

Its common name is the glasswing, but its Spanish name is "espejitos," meaning "little mirrors."

Beautiful analogy, huh? 

awesome photos courtesy of

Splendid Photos Around the Net

Greetings, 2011!!!!

Hello fine feathered friends!!

And speaking of beautiful birds, take a peek at this glorious, if a bit unconventional, excerpt from a Swan Lake performance! (Yep, still riding high from seeing the movie Black Swan, and fantasizing about being a Prima Ballerina myself...)




And for the upcoming year, I see nothing but INFINITE potential. So excited to begin-- and so grateful we get to experience this feeling again and again, every 365 days!!

"And now we welcome the new year, 

full of things that have never been." 

- Rainer Maria Rilke