apparently gardening does something to your soul,
and i wanted to experience it.
i have relied on the world to garden for me,
and wanted to shed my fear and get in the dirt.
i wanted to plant something, care for it, and watch it grow.
i wanted to risk having it die,
but hopefully experience having it live for a while.
wanted to live in the tension and joy of right now,
so just said whatever and went for it.
so just said whatever and went for it.
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Monday, June 7, 2010
i have a fleet of jellyfish in my room,
they were made by my friend claire, crocheted out of yarn.
crocheted is a weird word.
i believe that spaces have deep influence on us,
what we surround ourselves with both matters and says something.
i felt drawn to share my room with you this morning,
i've shown you before, but now it has curtains and a few more jellyfish, and some shirts in lovely colors that happened to be sitting on my dresser (which is really a bar hutch).
from Claire: Before making these, I was thinking a lot about our lack of control over life's circumstances. Similarly, jellyfish don't have much control over where they move or what they run into: they just have to go with the tide. With that in mind, I started crocheting with no set pattern: I let the patterns come to me organically and spontaneously, making each one unique.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
cosmo why do you decide to sing at 11am right when you wake up, and then 11pm, right when i am getting the blanket to put you to bed? this is hilarious, since you laze around all day sitting on that one branch. do you care that i can't stop laughing when you randomly get pumped on life and do this? can't help it. it's cute.
also, how do you feel about me putting you on the ground the other day just so i could watch you walk around the house? i need to video it because it's The Cutest Thing Ever.
>>> a bell curve of color: yellow purse from kohls for $15 (WHAT), coral yoga mat, cosmo who brings it all together with his neon head and orange cheeks, red lantern, red minolta box, teal chair. these things make me rest easy at night.
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Ro says:
Cosmo I used my debit card and it was amazing! The girl at Sbucks said "is that a gift card
no it's my debit card
Oh my God how cute! Who's your bank?
Wells Fargo!"
already working your charm
(06.03.10 @ 03:28 PM)
shannon leith says:
i havent gotten any comments yet and....... TC, i'm sad about that. DUH PEOPLE! THIS IS COOL!
(06.03.10 @ 11:16 PM)
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
i am pretty much, naturally, an indoors person. i have grown more fond of the outdoors, mostly from being friends with people like Rosanna, who is an REI/camping queen, and people like Rachel who canoe the boundary waters and go ice-fishing.
i like making spaces....
creating a sense of home in a unique way.
i've never really created a unique space outdoors.
i've relied on other people for that in the past.
well..... the time and inspiration came to me when i found that yellow shelf up there at the long beach flea market. we have this random empty space in the backyard of the pink house.... completely forgotten about and unused. so i decided to transform it. pay attention to it.
i also found these really nice glass containers to plant my succulents.
this was another barrier to move past: PLANTS.
i have labeled myself as a person who can't keep plants alive.
i bought these succulents a few weeks ago and have been scared to re-pot them and give them their own place. well..... faced the fear and did it. i'm scared i will wake up one morning to completely dead plants. but hey. trying!
this was another barrier to move past: PLANTS.
i have labeled myself as a person who can't keep plants alive.
i bought these succulents a few weeks ago and have been scared to re-pot them and give them their own place. well..... faced the fear and did it. i'm scared i will wake up one morning to completely dead plants. but hey. trying!
oh right. the point of this post was going to be the memorial day picnic that i had with friends and neighbors. neighbors who are friends. friends who get to be my neighbors. one of those people is carl, val's husband. a talented soul who brought us some music.
cosmo came to the picnic! he loves being outside, he turns his head 180 and looks at everything. curious little cat,
rachel, david, aaron, val, shaina, carl.
rachel made her strawberry shortcake family recipe AND IT RULED.
bringing it outside.
shannon
shannon
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Ro says:
I wish I had come... but you look lovely in your new summer frock!
(06.01.10 @ 10:25 PM)
Hollie says:
i love your jars/containers for your plants. They bring so much more to them.
(06.01.10 @ 11:40 PM)
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fresh air.
these feel like fresh air to me.
i decided to clear everything off of those shelves and make it new.
they're hand-made by my friend gretchen!
ceramic genius.
these feel like fresh air to me.
i decided to clear everything off of those shelves and make it new.
they're hand-made by my friend gretchen!
ceramic genius.
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Gretchen says:
you blog about me so much it seems.... I gotta update my site man.
(05.17.10 @ 03:36 PM)
shannon leith says:
lehu, i like that you noticed the knee bend. was wondering if anyone would. :) :) :)
(05.19.10 @ 11:06 AM)
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it was sitting there,
right where i left it when i got home,
i went to photograph it and realized my feet were getting in the way so i let them be in the photo.
who needs to take 10 deep breaths right now?
me,
that's what's up next in my day.
along with putting cosmo's birdseed into these glass jars i bought at ikea this morning.
dont worry though the birdseed is only a treat. he eats better than most humans.
dont worry though the birdseed is only a treat. he eats better than most humans.
salads and veggies and eggs.
you people are getting freaked out at him eating eggs but guess what eggs have?
protien! vitamins! love!
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Michelle says:
I'm totally all for feeding animals REAL food. I do it with my dog. I mean they're carnivores for goodness sake! No more of that carb-y dry food for this pup!
(04.22.10 @ 07:42 PM)
laurennicolelove.com says:
hi hun! well, i grabbed a photo off your site for my tumblr because i loved it so much...and apparently the rest of the world loved it too! heh.
http://laurennicolelove.tumblr.com/post/543460036
congrats on 196+ people loving that photo.
- lauren xoxo
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lately he's been tweeting SO LOUD ITS DEAFENING until i feed him his scrambled eggs for breakfast. its pretty cute. i love it. and yes, birds eat human food: vegetables, fruit, potatoes, grains, eggs... we basically just share. i love it, because i hate the smell of pet food. sick.
this morning i decided to have him come eat at the table with me. i was so enthralled that i forgot to eat my own food and do my morning pages. i took photos of him instead. by the time i got to my coffee and oatmeal it was cold. not an issue though, because LOOK AT THESE----------
this morning i decided to have him come eat at the table with me. i was so enthralled that i forgot to eat my own food and do my morning pages. i took photos of him instead. by the time i got to my coffee and oatmeal it was cold. not an issue though, because LOOK AT THESE----------
when he gets food all over his beak i secretly love it and wish he wouldn't shake it off. glad to have this photo :) AND! when he tilts his head up like that? so cute!!! he just looks around. curiosity seems to be one of his top strengths,
us in all our morning glory,
each day we get the hang of each other a little bit more,
today has been a good day,
yesterday all he wanted to do was bite me and hiss at me.
no clue what i did that made him so protective of his space.
but hey.
i'm learning to give him space when he needs it,
which is often.
so much seems to be going on in that teensy little head of his.
and i've realized lately that cosmo has many many fans.
you guys are loving him.
you want more photos of him.
you facebook stalk him--- via me.
i love this.
he's worth stalking.
so, continue.
glad to give you a little ammo today,
shan :)
today has been a good day,
yesterday all he wanted to do was bite me and hiss at me.
no clue what i did that made him so protective of his space.
but hey.
i'm learning to give him space when he needs it,
which is often.
so much seems to be going on in that teensy little head of his.
and i've realized lately that cosmo has many many fans.
you guys are loving him.
you want more photos of him.
you facebook stalk him--- via me.
i love this.
he's worth stalking.
so, continue.
glad to give you a little ammo today,
shan :)
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Meg says:
Hi, Shannon! I love your work. Do you have a formspring page? I have some questions I'd love to ask you!
(04.06.10 @ 02:44 PM)
shannon leith says:
no formspring, but go ahead and ask :)
and, fyi: your blog is lovely
Cafe Pasadena says:
You two make an interesting couple, SL. If I were your bird I wood bee afraid of getting to close and find myself in your stomach.
(04.06.10 @ 06:34 PM)
MAREN mcmillan says:
SHANNON.. I LOOOVE YOUR COSMO... GROWING UP MY WHOLE ENTIRE CHILDHOOD I ALWAYS HAD A COCKATIEL... I LAHLAHLOVE THE PICS OF COSMO WITH FOOD ON HIS BEAK... SOOOOO SWEET.... ;)
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i love them.
(06.13.10 @ 01:24 AM)I love love love the pots! All square and colorful and different heights and fabulous.
(06.13.10 @ 06:28 AM)wolfgang's urns! brought new life! love love love it.
(06.13.10 @ 10:54 AM)YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Love the firesticks in the red pot!!!! :D
(06.13.10 @ 05:45 PM)beautiful! i love the little planters!
(06.13.10 @ 08:37 PM)you did well! very well! where did you get those beautiful + colorful ceramic planters?!
(06.13.10 @ 11:03 PM)j.
guess what--------- made them!!! in my ceramics one class. they were actually intended to be an urn for wolfgang tillmans. the project was to create 'an urn', and i thought tillmans would want OPTIONS. if that stirs questions for you let me know...... i understand its kind of weird. but yeah, turned them into planters.
(06.13.10 @ 11:06 PM)Sounds like you could build a great side business making little square urns!
(06.13.10 @ 11:12 PM)Sounds like you could build a great side business making little square urns!
(06.13.10 @ 11:12 PM)SO cute!
(06.14.10 @ 08:41 AM)I am successfully growing 6 plants in my kitchen windows, and as a previously self-assured blackthumb, I concur: Gardening does something to your soul.
(06.14.10 @ 10:51 AM)I am successfully growing 6 plants in my kitchen windows, and as a previously self-assured blackthumb, I concur: Gardening does something to your soul.
(06.14.10 @ 10:54 AM)I am successfully growing 6 plants in my kitchen windows, and as a previously self-assured blackthumb, I concur: Gardening does something to your soul.
(06.14.10 @ 10:56 AM)You are such a fabulously warm and soulful photographer. I heart your home (and I desperately want a gorgeous assortment of wee little plantings just like yours).
I am so glad you threw caution into the wind to do this. Incidentally, I have done the same thing recently (but to a less gorgeous result). I am thinking of you today!
(06.20.10 @ 10:49 AM)