beautiful things for 12.11.2010

The trailer for the upcoming (hand-drawn!) Winnie the Pooh movie is compositionally stunning, so simple and gentle and nostalgic.  Not to mention that the use of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know is more than apropos for the mood they create- this makes me want to go back to the time when I was  little and used to watch The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh on VHS rather regularly.

(Video from TheTrailerSpot on YouTube)

beautiful things for 27.8.2010

Tamara Shopsin's 5 Year Diary gives you a few lines to write about every day of your life for five years, and there is something about writing just a few sentences at the end of each day that is simply therapeutic.

(Image from Canoe)

beautiful things for 27.7.2010

And when the curtain had closed and he had stepped away from the microphone and he continued to sing to over 15,000 people, he seemed so genuine and it felt so personal...

(Image taken by my sister)

beautiful things for 1.6.2010

Chicago and Lake Michigan from the 95th floor of the Sears Tower
Apparently, on a clear day you can see over fifty miles out

beautiful things for 5.5.2010

J. Crew swim wear and lazy days at the pool (dreaming of the beach, later this summer)

(Images from J. Crew)

beautiful things for 19.4.10

Yellow rain boots and and walking in the rain with friends

(Image from The Wallpaper Collective)