fourth of july

well, over the fourth of july i headed east to kansas for a family celebration. it was a week full of family, fireworks, and - obviously - fun. i'll let the photos do the talking since i haven't much to say at present (the heat in colorado is currently stifling, but i hear that i have nothing to complain about in comparison to kc and dc)!

be here now

don't let your mind get weary
and confused your will be still, don't try
don't let your heart get heavy child
inside you there's a strength that lies

don't let your soul get lonely
child, it's only time, it will go by
don't look for love in faces, places
it's in you, that's where you'll find kindness

-ray lamontagne

to my family

dear family:

thank you for welcoming me home. it's the exact nourishment my soul needed.

i don't know how you do it, but you meet me exactly where i am. 

i know i'm hard to love sometimes, but thank you for loving me anyway. 

thank you for raising me from a stinking cute baby to a more or less okay young woman.

thank you for loving eleanor like a [great]granddog/[great]niece dog. she loves you too.

thanks for supporting me and helping me to become more than i ever could be alone.

xoxo,

k and e

company of friends

when i die, let them judge me by my company of friends
let them know me as the footprints that I left upon the sand
let them laugh for all the laughter
let them cry for laughter’s end
but when i die, let them judge me by my company of friends


when i die, let them toast to all the things that i believe
let them raise a glass to consciousness
and not spill a drop for grief
let the bubbles rise at midnight
let their tongues get light as thieves
and when i die, let them toast to all the things that i believe


i believe in restless hunger
i believe in red balloons
i believe in private thunder
in the end i do believe


i believe in inspiration
i believe in lightning bugs
i believe in slow creation
in the end i do believe


i believe in ink on paper
i believe in lips on ears
i believe what’s shared is savored
in the end i do believe


I believe in work on Sundays
i believe in raising barns
i believe in wasting Mondays
in the end i do believe


I believe in intuition
i believe in being wrong
i believe in contradiction
in the end i do believe

i believe in living smitten
i believe all hearts will mend
i believe our book is written
by our company of friends


-danny schmidt

dear friends: as long as i have you, i have everything. xoxo

i have no excuse

hi y'all. i have absolutely no excuse for being mia for so long via interwebs, phone, text, mail, etc, except that i am lazy. and that is not an excuse, so i don't have an excuse. this is a placeholder for until i get my act together. probably tomorrow!

xoxo,

kate and the dog

i'm so sorry for the hiatus!

ellie and i are being the epitome of lazy by sleeping in, reading, visiting family, and doing some extreme relaxing. today we're about to break that trend by heading up to steamboat springs for some touristing/admiring the scenery. you know how we do.

i would be remiss to not end this post by saying - congratulations to abby and adam for their engagement this week!! they are my dear friends and such a wonderful couple. mazal (mazel?) tov, you two!!

xoxo,

kate and eleanor

on vacation in colorful colorado

to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

-jane austen