the perfect day series continues ~ be yourself...everyone else is taken

happy thursday sweet friends...

can you say BURST? :)

i'm just bursting to share Beth's 'perfect day' with you.
i'm sure loads of you know Beth...and visit her beautiful blog 'be yourself, everyone else is taken' often.

she has the most wonderful following.
and a lovely photography blog, ruby lunas, as well,
you are going to LOVE Beth's 'perfect day'

it's completely INSPIRED. :)
and the images she has shared....
WOW. 

deep contented 'sigh'

beth is an fabulous photographer, completely INSPIRED, a super mom, she's gorgeous and cool and oh so FAB.
and can i just say... the ways she shares her words..her stories..
be still my heart.

enjoy!

.....

my perfect day

thanks kim for asking me to write “my perfect day”
and
since i truly believe anyone can make any day perfect
~because it’s a choice~ well, i know i’ve already lived hundreds of them
and for that i am grateful.

~~~~~

as the cool air reaches into my recently opened bedroom window

it drugs me and forces me back to bed

but

only after it fluffs my pillow and gently kisses my forehead

~

upon rising a few hours later

i see that mother nature is entertaining me today with animal shaped clouds

and

i pray that somebody else notices them

too

~

i walk quickly towards the boardwalk and as the ocean waves good morning to me

i can tell she’s been waiting patiently for me to arrive

so that her cold salty water self can play tag with my ankles

back home

even though it’s way past my breakfast

my hot cup of tea refuses to be left behind

so it’s the two of us that decide to cut and bring in

the

yellow flowers

today

since the red ones got the invitation

yesterday

after a few pages in my slightly dirty summer read

have been soaked in to the point of coloring my cheeks to a perfect shade of pink

and

hugs from all my loved ones have warmed my heart

i set off for a drive in hopes of trespassing

someplace new

where the cows want to come closer than their electric fence will allow

and

the ivy covered barns

beg me to stare

saying

“it’s okay

everyone does”

and

when evening falls and i’m being kept warm by the arms of my lover

as

we watch the fireflies

flit

in the grass where the butterflies sleep

i know that i have been blessed

once again

with another

“perfect day”

*

oh beth... really truly thank you.  what more can i say?

LOVE.... truly LOVE.

xxo,

 .....

you can find Beth here:  

Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Taken & Ruby Luna's

p.s.
i shared a list of '10 things' inspiring me this week on the stay-cation site.
there's some 'gooders'.....