surprise hearts

I happened to see these hearts across the street early one morning when I was waving good-bye to my older daughter as she headed off to school. I asked my younger daughter if she saw what I saw and she immediately spotted them as well.

A sweet valentine mantel!

This fresh arrangement on my mantel features:
• vintage window frames of varying sizes and colors (from my old house!)
• a thrifted cardboard heart
• a printed piece of fabric (maybe a tablecloth?) from Grandma
• a valentine card from years past
• a sampling of my glass collection including milk glass
• a lovely heart garland I made a few years back

a heart

Not to get all mushy on you this week, but here's another heart! Remember the one I saw this summer? I seem to have an eye for spotting them on trees! I heart nature.

hidden heart

Do you see it?

I heart birch trees.

I heart sitting outside listening to Lake Michigan snuggling my baby (as I was when I spied this heart!).

we heart nature

My sweet, observant four-year-old discovered this walnut half on a recent walk. "Look, Mom! It's a heart shape!" Just what I have always wanted for my little ones – a sense of wonder and love for nature.