more favorites at the casa

i love knickknacks.

i like to think it has something to do with my creative side but it probably has more to do with the family packrat gene on my father's side.

i think we all like to have things around that remind us of good times.  some just have a less discerning eye, perhaps, than others when it comes to making these keep-forever-and-display-at-home choices.

i'm pretty sure my collections run the gamut.

anyhow, the point is that one of my collections is another thing on the "stuff i now love at casa de tres" list.

my photojojo dinosaurs. 

they're the next best thing in the package you get in the mail from photojojo, the first, of course, being the actual thang you ordered - unless it's a gift you ordered for someone else and don't get to keep in which case the dinosaur is the first best thing.

they even list them on the invoice:

(1) RAWR  $0.00

the anthropologie ornament ain't bad either and since it's about all i can afford there, it's a treasure all on its own.

something new.

sometimes i forget about the positive things that are happening so in an effort to recognize the things that i like on a day-to-day basis (pema calls this cheerfulness practice), i want to share some of the things that i now love about casa de tres.  

to fully be able to appreciate this shift, you would have to know how much i hated -- and i do mean hated -- this house, for so long. i missed my cute little forest hills house, with the charming crystal door knobs and tiny little black and white 

bathroom floor tiles. then i came to this house - blah and more blah. and for some reason, for years and years, we just lived here. didn't paint a wall. didn't hang a picture. didn't plant a flower.
  

but at some point, the house won us over, we decided to stay, 

 and i got busy ignoring all the rules and making this house 

a place that i love. 

and this kitchen wall, though not yet complete, is one of my favorite things. the wall is truly the color of a tropical flower, and who wouldn't smile at that? 

the board is everything i love - a little bit industrial, 

a little bit fun and full of pictures that make me happy. and of course, the latest addition, our plastic gold pegasus, 

acquired at the deep ellum arts festival this year.