A Day in Austin

Cabin fever at its finest, let me tell you. This house had quickly become a cage. I was running out of things to do and ways to keep my 15 month old content without some outdoors time was proving extremely difficult...  between freezing temperatures or rain outside and dreary grey skies every. single. day.  plus Cody being on leave... we were all about to lose our minds! So last Friday seemed as good a day as any to get our butts out of this house and make the hour and a half of so drive to Austin TX. if you take away the over priced well,  everything, its a pretty amazing city to visit. We had an absolute delight of  a time getting lost (okay we had a destination .9 miles away but it was closed by the time we got there and daylight dwindling...) We marveled at the way the modern was mixed in with the old. Still keeping with the quaint charm of how things used to be, but at the same time giving you a taste of things to come. Beautiful murals. Gardens in every other yard.  We saw a castle on a corner and a tiny bungalow near a brook neighboring the train tracks. Down the road from them was the house with chickens roaming all about the front yard. We fell in love with the two toned green house whose door was painted bright red and again a few blocks down, with the house sprinkled with every shape of window. We talked and shared daydreams and planned as if we were the next lucky owners of that house in downtown Austin.
 Giant agave everywhere you look.  Every time you turn your head there's something new to see or smell. Theres a stranger waiting to make friend. An antique to find.  A man with a banjo outside a bar making up songs about the folks as they walk by. A beer to taste. A food truck to try.  A guy on the corner with his electric guitar and a dog by his side, whose face seemed to say "yeah, he does this all the time, but I love him."

We got to check out Mayfield Nature Park and hung out with a ton of peacocks and hiked trails. It was so good to get out and explore. The sun even decided to come out and shine for us!
I had found this adorable little place via instagram, called Friends & Neighbors previously, so we went there for breakfast tacos and coffee. We even met up with some new friends whom we also met on instagram!

I wish I had taken more pictures. I think this all the time.  But I was too busy actually enjoying myself  :)

fried cookie dough people. 

i need this floor somewhere in my home.

 Until next time Austin!