Well, crap. I don’t know for a fact that this is a couch, as it sort of looks like a body pillow. But alas, in my head, it’s a couch.

With an awesome fabric and an even more awesome transcendental, virtual experience. Clearly.

From Xin’s flickr.

I’m feeling whelmed today (don’t ask over or under, b/c I couldn’t tell you!) and am thinking of spending the day on the couch.

Instead, I’ll just post my favorite images of girls on couches. You know, a vicarious action of sorts.

This one’s one of my fave photos from Lukasz Wierzbowski (a.k.a. Neon Tambourine on Flickr), who likes to mesmerize people over on his SEQUIN COVERED SWANS tumblr account.

Which, by the way, is another band name I’m totally swipe if I knew how to play the wood block.

Or any instrument, that is.

Entoptic Phenomena is one of the more inspiring projects from William Hundley. And while we’re talking Hundley, I’d like to singlehandledly reprimand him for re-instating* my belief in ghosts.

*My first encounter with this belief was when my sisters swore they saw a tall man** in one of their bedrooms. In the middle of the night. Wearing a parka.
**Now that I’m older, you should know my father is like six feet tall and the thermostat is perpetually kept at an insanely arctic temperature. Just so you’re aware.

We really should talk about how awesome these prints from Doris Freigofas are. It’s like an Aztec area rug grabbed hold of a few helium balloons and floated up into it’s own space on the wall.

Or something.

And then, we should talk about her Flickrstream. Because there are some goodies hiding in there, indeed.

Beauty in the everyday, no? Rosa Pomar’s Flickr is full of lovely, mundane items. She also keeps a blog if you’re into that sort of thing. ;)

Olivia Locher is only 19 years old, and already considerably more awesome than I am ever will be. This photographic series is entitled ‘All the Hairs On My Legs’ and documents the process of her removing each hair from a spot of her leg.

Gross. But cool.

But gross.

My dear friends Johnny and Stacie drink a whole lot of Inspiration every morning, so it’s no surprise to me that Johnny is tackling A Poster Everyday over on Flickr.

Yep, a poster. Everyday. An everyday poster of awesomeness, if you will.

My favorite, of course, is the geometric bear, b/c every bear needs  a good math* lesson or two.

*Geometry is math, right? Or is it science? Shoot.

Time for another Daily! I’m going to give you the day off to let this one soak in, b/c whoa. Today we’re following the day of Rubyellen of My Cakies fame (blog / etsy)! Such a sweet gal with an even sweeter family. Take it away, Rubyellen!
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7:20am :: Sit down and eat some oatmeal. I hated eating oatmeal when I was pregnant, but since I gave birth, oatmeal for breakfast is all I want. Well, maybe along with some chocolate chip cookies.

7:30am :: Get ready to make Ben’s lunch, so I go outside to our garden to get some swiss chard, which I put in Ben’s sandwich. I then put together Ben’s sandwich, wrap up his fruits and vegetables and pack up his lunch for the day. I have to make sure he has a nice balanced meal, he is a dietitian after all.

8:00am :: Say goodbye to Ben as he leaves for another day at work. Then, I get the girls dressed and ready for their day.

8:30am :: True and Brave sit down to eat their oatmeal and blueberries.

9:00am :: Hear Soul crying, so I go upstairs and she is wide awake. True, Brave, and I talk to her a bit and Soul smiles back at her big sisters.

9:10am :: Change Soul’s stinky diaper.

9:15am :: Change Brave’s wet diaper. Then, let the girls lay down together and laugh a bit as I take pictures.

9:30am :: Time to feed Soul. True and Brave are off to make a mess in their rooms.

9:40am :: Brave comes marching in as I am feeding Soul and exclaims that True is not sharing, so I tell her to stay and hang out with me and Soul. She proceeds to jump and spin on the bed as Soul is feeding.

9:58am :: Soul is put to nap and us girls go downstairs as I am ready to pop in my video and do a workout. I have been going strong for one month, but we will see how long this lasts. It is hard to find time with three little ones. True and Brave sit on the couch and read while I do the first portion of my workout.

10:30am :: I pause my workout video as I see the girls are done (bored) reading as they have now joined me in my workout, so I take out the play dough for them to play with as I finish up exercising.

11:00am :: I am done exercising. We all get our sketchbooks and sit together drawing and doodling.

11:30am :: True and Brave say they want to continue working on their painting that we started the day before, so I get out their canvases and paints and we all continue to work on their paintings.

12:00pm :: As the girls are painting, I go to see my little Soul is still sound asleep.

1:00pm :: We take a break from painting and we all eat lunch together. Lunch for today is some tacos with ground turkey, mixed with corn on a hard shell tortilla, and for greens, I use the swiss chard grown in our garden. They also have carrots on the side to munch on.

1:30pm :: The girls go back to painting another color on their canvas as I clean up the kitchen. It is amazing how such little girls can make such a big mess!

2:00pm :: I am beat and glad that it is their nap time. We all go upstairs and I put them in their own rooms for a nap.

2:05pm :: By this time, Soul has a fully loaded diaper and ready for another change.

2:15pm :: Time to feed Soul again, so we lay down together and I check emails and do some blog reading.

2:30pm :: I play with Soul a bit and then put her down for another nap.

2:35pm :: Alas! Time for myself. I finally take a shower and get dressed up for the day (or what’s left of it anyways).

3:00pm :: I sit near Soul as she sleeps. This is when I have my quiet time and work on my various projects, or things for the shop. On this particular day, I was crocheting some bows for the shop.

3:45pm :: I go downstairs to have a little snack and sketch as I enjoy eating my Japanese mochi. After which, I go back to crocheting. My quiet times are such a treasure as it helps clear my head.

5:00pm :: Time to wake up True and Brave from their naps.

5:30pm :: Ben finally comes home from work. He tells me all about his stressful day and I try my best be a good listener because sometimes I am a very bad listener. After work talk, we are both too exhausted and don’t know what we should make for dinner.

6:30pm :: We all sit down together to eat dinner. We pray, the girls insist on clanging our glasses to do “cheers,” and we all indulge in our yummy, simple made food.

7:15pm :: I take the girls upstairs, bathe them, and get them ready for bed.

10:26pm :: We finally say goodnight (with a kiss) and get rest to do it all over again the next day. Goodnight!

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For more inspiring days, enjoy our Dailies archives!

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p.s. The piece above is from Catarina Leitao, who I used to secretly love more than all of my shoes combined.

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