cantaloupe festival

The Cantaloupe Festival! In Ridgeway, NC

 Sweet corn for sale via Warren FoodWorks and Produce Packs

 My first experience with Haliwa Saponi frybread... AMAZING with honey and powdered sugar

A homemade train? 

 ...and the caboose? People are so resourceful.

clouds on my beach

for my birthday this year, i spent two days of pure relaxation at the beach. the weather was cloudy/rainy the entire time, but i absolutely loved it because there was no pressure to go outside or do anything... we snuggled with blankets on the covered porch, toasted champagne, and watched the stormy sky and blue-black ocean... not what you would imagine for a "beach vacation," but perfect all the same. :)

And I'll probably regret this by the time I turn 30...

Cheers to being a mid-twenties adult! This made me smile. Probably because the other day I realized that I'm about to be 25... 25!!!!!!!!! But for now, #im24



video by Patty Stanz 

fake teeth

"Ms. Brown, is yo teeth real? Because this kid, you don't know him or nothin, but he knows who you are because you's a teacher, he was talkin' about how there is no WAY your teeths is real because they so STRAIGHT and everything."

Image via Pinterest

Cities of Color

Beautiful images of our world: Cities of Color via The Coolist*. Makes me feel a little wanderlust-ful...

true life: high school

I was actually asked the following two questions today (for real):

1. "Ms. Brown, when a chicken lay a egg... do it be yellow?"

2. "Ms. Brown, have you ever drug [dragged] a deer by its hind legs, so that the blood comes out its nose?"

#truelifehighschool

Photo from Sharon Montrose's baby animal art :)

"Each problem has a solution, and that solution lies within me."

I came across this amazing person/speech/video today, and it proves -- in such a hopeful and inspiring way -- that all things are possible.



More on Deonte Bridges and his valedictorian speech here.