petits riens



my recent accomplice + a sweet-smelling salve, two items that are always in my possession.

I don't speak french, but I read the phrase les petits riens de la vie in a book once, and it stuck with me. It means, the little nothings of life.

It's like jewelry, only for your life: not entirely necessary, but it brings the sparkle, the shine - that little something extra.

What is your favorite nothing?

9 comments:

  1. The smell of fresh cut grass.

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  2. i've loved rosebud for year's - since my days working at anthropologie. my most recent little nothing is burt's bees super shiny lip gloss. i think i have at least three in my purse right now...that and lots of pens!

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  3. Carly - I can't wait to get a house with a backyard so that I can smell the fresh-cut grass again!

    Kelli - I could live on my son's laughter. It's so addicting!

    Jess - I've been wanting to try BB's super shiny lip gloss. (Trying to get away from petroleum products.) Do they work well?

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  4. Hm...that's a hard questions. Right at this moment my favorite nothings are the spot of sunshine that I'm sitting in as I read blogs and the pile of soft gingersnaps my son and I made this morning.

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  5. Thanks for your sweet comment. My favorite sweet nothing is hearing my neices and nephews chattering softly in the next room.

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  6. Wow, you're a great photographer!

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  7. i love this image!

    rosebud salve is oh, so delicious. love it.
    and my sweet nothing is... my alone time with my thoughts that i get when i commute to work.

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  8. mon petit rien: at the moment it's the smell and the sight of lavender outside the museum where I work.

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