Tulips!

I never thought much about tulips before. I used to be one of those boring roses type of girls... but then my sweetie got me some beautiful powder-pink tulips for last Valentine's Day, and my heart melted a little. Soon after, we watched The Botany of Desire, a beautiful and inspiring look at our inter-connectedness to nature, in which the tulip plays a starring role (check it out!). Yep, in the last year or so, I've really developed quite any affinity.


Tulips come in so many colors and varieties, and they are inexpensive to boot. So, buy one of these sweet flowers for someone special just because, or to brighten your kitchen table. You won't be disappointed!

Florals and Wildflowers

A recent trip to Southern California reminded me of how much flowers can brighten life. In Las Vegas, this is easy to forget sometimes. Flowers, like many other things in the Mojave, are spare- things that must either be cultivated or noticed.

But even here in the desert, our little backyard garden is beginning to bloom (I can't wait for the jasmine buds to open!) and little purple and yellow wildflowers are growing along the highways back into the canyon.

And everywhere I look are florals. Clothes, accessories, everything is floral. This clutch, which I love, and which went everywhere with me around L.A., is actually from Target.

Flowers inspire, relax, color our world. So I've been driving more, noticing more, and shopping more, to fill my life with all that is floral.