for awhile now i’ve been obsessed with terrariums. i think they are adorable first and foremost. i also like how low maintenance they are. and finally, i love how green and lush they are. it’s bringing a piece of the landscape outside inside. but there is something fantastical about terrariums, too. whole story lines can be set within its glass walls. stories that speak to the imaginative voice inside of you. maybe this is why i love the pacific northwest so much. there may be a lot of rain, but rain means lush greens and growth.
weegreenspot from portland is my favorite terrarium designer on etsy. she takes the miserably underrated and unappreciated dark horse… moss… and turns it into a formidable force in the indoor plant display world. it’s something beautiful, creative, and utterly magical.
by emily dickinson
All overgrown by cunning moss,
All interspersed with weed,
The little cage of “Currer Bell”
In quiet “Haworth” laid.This Bird – observing others -
When frosts too sharp became
Retire to other latitudes -
Quietly did the same -But differed in returning -
Since Yorkshire hills are green
Yet not in all the nests I meet -
Can Nightingale be seen -


















meet the canon 5d mark ii. i never thought i would be excited by a camera. but yesterday when we tested out the camera’s HD video capabilities… in the word of our friend, it was just “sick” the kind of quality this canon can produce not only in video, but also in photography. when the camera was taken outside at 10pm, it captured each and every silhouette of the trees and neighborhood skyline around us, the ISO sucking in all the light around it so that literally it captured what the naked eye saw in the dark. for anyone who has taken photos at night, you know exactly what i’m talking about. include the 21.1 megapixels, 3 inch LCD screen feature and you’ve got this always lazy photographer up and wanting to learn more about the brilliance that this camera can produce. this also solidifies our family’s love affair with canon all the way.





