Things I'm Thankful For Friday Edition

I was super busy yesterday and didn't get a chance to do my usual Things I'm Thankful For Thursday post, so here they are today:

1. A full social calendar.

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2. Dining out with friends.

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3. A new House Beautiful magazine with inspirational pictures in it.

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4. I finally finished the roll of film that was in my holga camera!

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5. The weather has been amazing in the city and people are out enjoying it.

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Happy Friday! I hope your weekend is full of things to be thankful for!

Sidewalk Saturday 2/6

Today was such a beautiful day in San Francisco that I walked around aimlessly for a couple of hours. I found several new sidewalk stencils, some hearts, and some other interesting/beautiful things.
















I ended up in Alta Plaza Park and did a sketch of a Victorian house while enjoying the sunshine (it was very cold though- my fingers went numb!)



Looks like I could use some more practice sketching real life :) I hope you're weekend is going as gloriously as mine is!

Smooches

Valentine's Day/romance is still on my mind, so here are some smooches (love that word!) for you:

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{Eye Poetry Blog via Etsy}

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{Mine inspired by the Eye Poetry NYC image}

Sidewalk Saturdays

On Saturdays I usually spend a good part of the day wandering around the city, running errands, and generally enjoying the randomness SF has in store for me. Over the past couple of months I started taking pictures of stenciled sidewalk graffiti. Now it's a growing obsession of mine to find new pieces of graffiti - or better versions of ones I already have.

So for now on Saturdays I thought I'd share a stencil, interesting graffiti, or possibly anything else interesting I encounter on my walks.


The monkey is one of my favorites! It's more detailed and interesting than a lot of the other ones I've come across. A lot of the stencils are words, or contain political/personal messages, so the ones that seem like random images often make me question what the intent of the artist was.

Both of today's pictures are old. I didn't find any new pieces today, but did see a dog wearing booties, and a bright pink VW Bug with Daisy wheels (San Francisco never fails to amaze me).

Hope you're having a good weekend as well.... Lily