when you enter "girl" in your itunes library search you WILL get an amazing playlist.

kansas i miss you.



whimsy ain't cheap.

Tejas. i like you.

Even the sunburn you gave me. 'til next time. XOXO. 

moon towers = magic.

Moonlight Towers - 1895

In the Austin of the 1890's many areas were underdeveloped, hilly, and unpaved. This presented a problem when it came to lighting the streets. In place of normal street lights the City of Austin opted for 31 towers to provide artificial light to the rapidly growing city. Such light towers were already a common form of lighting in many U.S. cities in the late 19th century. The towers, erected in 1894-1895 by the Fort Wayne Electric Company of Indiana, were approximately 165 feet tall, weighed about 5,000 pounds and used a series of guy wires to keep them vertical. Over the years many of the original 31 towers were lost to construction, errant vehicles and other unfortunate circumstances. Today just 17 of the towers remain standing in Austin. These 17 towers are the last surviving examples of the once popular tower lighting system commonly used throughout the country. They are now designated as official state archeological landmarks and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

When the first moonlight towers were constructed residents feared that the lights would cause havoc with the forces of nature. They feared that the artificial light would cause their crops to grow 24 hours a day and that egg-laying hens would be driven to lay eggs 24 hours a day. Other than a few confused roosters who reportedly "never knew when to stop crowing" the lights produced no negative side effects. However, the towers were by no means trouble-free. Only weeks after the the towers began operating a workman, Gilbert Searight, fell to his death from the top of the tower at 9th and Guadalupe. At least one tower collapsed soon after it was erected. Despite these troubles and the towers themselves sometimes being referred to as "ugly". The glowing light they produced, commonly called "artificial moonlight" was reportedly quite beautiful.

In my experience (mexico, the caribbean and austin) Roosters NEVER know when to stop crowing. Thanks to Lauren for sharing the magic with me. 

awakening

Listening to Sufjan Stevens "Chicago"...this song always struck me as a good snow song. "all things know, all thing(snow)"

Paris, je t'aime

katie.

This is really what you want on your wall. although we could do an airplant project next week while i am there! We have almost a week!

frog on my toe

j has strep so last night we had a couch party. At this couch party i drank wine, she drank vitamin water and hot tea. We got noodles. We sat on our computers and played music for each other. found things online and compared inspiration. I painted my nails. she thinks i might have done 15 coats. might be another o.c.d. situation. lovely evening overall. brucelee even joined- which he rarely does. the easter eggs. well. they got thrown across the room for some reason.