A rainy Sunday afternoon spent watching cute kids (Sorry-playing, fort-building, clementine-eating, tag-playing, and book-reading: check, check, check, check, and check) and taking pictures (because I'm that kind of babysitter, oops). But when you combine gorgeous light and a gorgeous house, how could I resist?! I swear, the internal struggles photographers have to do deal with...a good reputation or good pictures? (pictures win 99% of the time, in case you were wondering).
---
I read Paper Towns by John Green this weekend. It was fabulous (fabulous is an understatement, really) and I can't stop thinking about it. Read any good books lately? We're hitting that rainy part of spring and I'm itching for some good reads for the time in between work and school.
---
Early spring is made for dreaming. I've been spending Sundays completely unplugged; it's so so good for my soul, especially for the dreaming part. I dream about living in a little white house with a porch, big light-filled windows, dark wooden floors, and a sprawling shady oak tree in the yard for continued dreaming. They say reality is never as wonderful as the fantasy, but there's no harm in dreaming, is there? Someday, maybe.
I love how the first picture corresponds to the title. I haven't read any of John Green books yet, but I hear about them all the time! I guess I should get one, shouldn't I? I just finished reading Grave Consequences and am now tackling Les Miserables. We'll see how that goes :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, the picture/title thing was a total coincidence, but it IS kind of cool, isn't it?! ;)
Deleteah, love these pictures. can't blame you for giving in to the temptation, lady.
ReplyDeletebook recs: wonder, by r.j. palacio. a dog's purpose, by w. bruce cameron. the statistical probability of love at first sight, by jennifer e. smith. (to name a few.)
Wow, that is a beautiful house! I love the pictures. :)
ReplyDeleteoh Carlotta, I adore these pictures! That third one is BEAUTIFUL!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteAnd I recently reread Fahrenheit 451, which is a must for all book nerds and lovers of the English language. It really is thought-provoking and stunning.
Oh my my my. Those pictures. Oh my my my. That house. Oh my my my that kids foot. Oh my my my. Sunday afternoons. <3 <3 <3 <3 I love everything about this post.
ReplyDeleteI have a hunch that photography has so much less to do with how you snap the picture and how many more great circumstances you're in -- but what do I know! Your pictures are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! I'm so addicted to cuties right around this time.. it's the perfect snack or have like 50! :) have a good Monday!
ReplyDeleteYou should read Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Like wow-
ReplyDeleteI have! I looooved it.
DeleteHahaha, yes, I totally know what you mean about the urge of the photographer. I keep wanting to take my camera to this one spot on campus that I really like, but there's the problem of lugging around a 4 1/2 pound camera, and also the problem of looking like an idiot with a huge camera and seemingly no subject. Perhaps someday I'll get over my fear of people. Or maybe not...
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to read Paper Towns! I just got tfios today for the first time, and am looking forward to ignoring my load of homework after I get home from an event I don't want to go to and reading it with a cup of tea. ;) I actually just started Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry today, too. I saw it at the library and have been meaning to read it, so I thought why not? It's TERRIFIC. I read the first two chapters while walking around campus with my nose stuck in the book. hehe...
Also, your photos are stunning, as always. I'm completely in love with that house... the light, the tones, the cool coziness. Love it.
Ohhh Hannah Coulter is so wonderful, isn't it? Glad you're enjoying it as much as I did :)
DeleteLOL! I'm glad I'm not the only babysitter that takes pictures the whole time!
ReplyDeleteI'm actually discovering that my reality IS better than my fantasies.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a happy thing!!
DeleteLovely photography!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful pictures of a beautiful home! I dream about big, light filled windows and dark wooden floors, too. I'd love to live in a hundred year old house someday. Even though everyone always says old houses are a lot of work to maintain. I guess that's the difference between dreams and reality, but even so I'll never stop dreaming of a beautiful old home. :)
ReplyDeleteAHHHHH. So clear and bright are these shots -- uber gorgeous!
ReplyDeletelove how fresh + inspiring these photos are. they look like they belong in a magazine :) also, just started 'the history of love' and from what i've heard it's bound to be good.
ReplyDeletethanks ever so much for responding to my question on your last post! you have no clue how much it means when you interact/answer questions!
ahhh...beautiful, Carlotta.
ReplyDeletethat house is darling, what a privilege to babysit there...and 'Sorry' is a win with all children! :)
Come babysit me! Geez, that'd be fun! And I will not object to board games or eating or forts or books or pictures. :)
ReplyDeletegeez these photos are enough to make my day happy.
ReplyDeletethat house...i love all the white+natural light. so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteohhhh carlotta! This is absolutely beautiful. Houses and rooms and the differences each family's/person's hold is one of my absolute favorite things. I'm guilty of reblogging almost every bedroom photograph ever on tumblr because I just love rooms so very much. AND THESE PHOTOGRAPHS? They're killing me. Your recent posting spree is making me oh so happy -- so many wonderful words and photographs from you. :) And from your (BEAUTIFUL!) daydreams, it sounds like you're going to have a lovely home when you're older ;)
ReplyDeleteThat house is simply gorgeous. Lots of light, boarded walls, kittens and pillows and children's feet. I want to live there.
ReplyDeleteMmm, I love the minty/grey walls! That house is gorgeous, and yes, I would totally take pictures. ;)
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot about John Green - guess I should try him out, eh? I'm currently reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and really liking it. ;)
I do love the light quality of these photos. (paper towns, oh yes. I've only got time for omnibus reading at the moment, but I've been really enjoying The Sun also Rises, and All Quiet on the Western Front).
ReplyDeleteThese photos are so full of light and promise. Love them.
ReplyDeleteI've read Paper Towns, indeed - I read it cover to cover on a day of travel in July. I devoured it on a plane over the Atlantic ocean.
lovely lovely photos! I love those cuties shots! I have been snacking on them all week!
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos, carlotta dear. :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE. The end. (Oh, you should read Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson.)
ReplyDeleteLOVE the third and second to last photos. So cute.
ReplyDelete