the hills are alive.

My mister whisked me away for three days in beautiful Stowe, Vermont to celebrate my birthday. We stayed at The Trapp Family Lodge {as in the von Trapp family of the movie The Sound of Music} which was such a treat, what a lovely area full of rich history. The grounds at the resort are endless and absolutely breathtaking. We bundled up, grabbed our snowshoes and off we went!

sunshine reggae pancakes.

We've made these spiced coconut pancakes twice now, and it only keeps getting better. This time we swapped the nutmeg for cinnamon, and topped them with sliced banana, yum! I started humming Bob Marley's Sunshine Reggae song and voilà, our nickname for these delicious pancakes ;) This is as close to the tropics that i'll be getting in awhile and I enjoyed every minute of it. On another note, the hubs surprised me with random tulips this weekend, love that! We woke up the next morning to what was a Shiraz attack, umm didn't love that. No flower is safe in our home, the only plant left standing is our Rosemary and everything else has been shipped off to my mom's {aka: the plant whisperer} house where she brings my plants back to life. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on what to do when your sweet little kitty cat destroys all your beautiful flowers and plants?

bicyclette.

Today we're getting our first taste of spring weather, woot woot! I officially have visions of long bike rides in the country dancing in my head. Love these retro bicycles, so pretty!

Happy day!

crush.

I have a crush on original artwork. Plus I can't stop dreaming about spring flowers.

happy day.

Happy valentine's day! I hope your day is filled to the brim with sweet love.

There was no shortage of treats at our house this weekend and this little chocolate lava cake didn't last very long after it had it's picture taken ;)

How was your weekend?

shiraz.

I can't imagine life without this guy, he's my baby, my Buddha and the best little listener in town :) Shiraz watches the door close behind me every morning when I leave for work and waits by the front window every night when I come home. He follows me around the house {even to the bathroom!}, cuddles with us on the sofa when we watch TV and sleeps at our feet at bedtime. I loved Lynn's recent post about her cats on her wonderfully charming and pretty blog, and I related completely. Our pets are such important parts of our lives and they fill our hearts up with so much love. Do you have a pet?

february.

Ahhhhh February, the month of love sweet love. My husband took this beautiful photo last month and it made my heart skip a beat.

Happy {sweet sweet} weekend!