Filling up on chips and salsa and queso and then not having room for your actual dinner is totally acceptable every once in a while. I’ll never be the girl with manicured nails. …but my toenails will always have [...]

2.16.12, a photo by Paige Weaver on Flickr. if I have to be at work while still feeling sick, at least I have something beautiful to look at it

1.3.12, a photo by Paige Weaver on Flickr. catching up on my Christmas thank you notes on my lunch break. nice touch with the rose, Central Market

1.2.12, a photo by Paige Weaver on Flickr. on a walk downtown, i spotted these guys. growing on a random corner. in the middle of winter. file this under: reasons i love the South

Sunday the 27th — pink, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. Cherry blossoms! They’re finally blooming. Though these were taken last year when it was appropriately spring. Too bad it’s consistently 40 degrees now. Washington, DC April 3, 2010

Sunday the 20th — pink, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. Magnolia trees blooming outside the Government Accountability Office last year. They’re just now starting to bloom again! Washington, DC March 24, 2010

Saturday the 5th — purple, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. Walking through a field of purple flowers to find the very *best* spot for a picnic. outside Anglés, France August 31, 2010

Z is for Zinnias, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. Farmer’s market zinnias in a ray of sunshine. I miss summer. Washington, DC June 23, 2009

10.27.10, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. welcome home flowers, still looking lovely even a week later

9.2.10, originally uploaded by Paige Weaver. day trip to Pézenas, among other places. the day also included: narrowly avoiding being side swiped by logging trucks no less than 3 times, spending far too much time at a wine store named, “the Drunken Camel,” and accidentally driving through a park (in between 2 carousels) looking for [...]