PRETTY THINGS

Have you ever thought about how many times every week
things cross our paths that we fleetingly acknowledge as pretty
and then go on about our lives?
Maybe we should start a PRETTY journal,
sort of like the better-known grateful journal ...
to make note of all of the many lovely things that
we notice on any given day.

I can't imagine a world without pretty.
They don't have to be big dramatic things ...
even though they sometimes are.

Here are a just a few of the pretty things 

that have met my eyes and were remembered lately ... 

My first pretty thing was SO pretty
that I had to illustrate it ...
this gorgeous glazed and dreamy Christian Dior floral skirt
reminded me of watercolors the moment I saw it on Pinterest,
so you know I had to create it in watercolor.
This bit of prettiness is from 

Paris Fashion Week, Spring 2013
and the tight black tee and flouncy black scarf

are the perfect accompaniment ...

For a different type of prettiness,
if you follow me on Instragram 

you may have seen two of the following three
personal photos of pretty things
snapped in the last few days ...

In the first,
as the sun was setting one evening, this crabapple tree in my backyard
with all of its white flowers seemed to glow
as I watched from the side porch swing ...

... and when those white petals fell, it looked exactly like big handfuls of confetti
being thrown and landing on the backyard path ...

Sometimes even a mid-afternoon snack can
beg to be photographed ...
this glossy and juicy pineapple was as pretty
as it was delicious ...

Speaking of Instagram,
three of the lovelies that I follow there
 never fail to fill my i-phone screen with
NYC PRETTINESS on a regular basis ...
I love their snapped glimpses of New York
(a city you know I adore).
Following are the Instagram links to each and
a photo that they recently posted ...

The first of these is @jessikaholiday ...

... the next is @iviwolf

and the third is @katiearmour ...

And we all know
there's so much beauty on Pinterest,
I had to include just a little of the prettiness that I've pinned lately ...

... you may think these gloves are real, but they're not ...
they're the decorations on the top of a cake ...

via

... what is it about macarons that makes them so pretty? ...

via

... I love a photo that makes you wonder what the accompanying
storyline would be ... and whatever the storyline would be for this image,
I'm sure it's as deliciously pretty as the picture ...

via

If you're like me, chocolate is always pretty ...
and this pretty Chocolate Truffle Tart is a good example ...
 
via

Whatever the new week holds,
I hope it's filled with pretty things!
Till next Monday ...

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