Sending love to all my fellow mid-Atlantic bloggers and readers who are getting hit by Hurricane Sandy today into tomorrow. I hope you all stay safe, your homes stay dry, and your neighborhood trees stay in the ground. Today my husband and I are bunkered down in our home, which I must admit has been a welcome, relaxing break to the hustle and bustle of life lately. But I am still having a bit of anxiety to those that aren’t lucky enough to live in a third floor condo and are struggling with massive flooding, electricity outages and evacuation. My heart goes out to you today!

A little history about this photo I am holding above. There are a couple of hearts that have been spray painted on the street on a local college campus. I noticed the hearts right away, adored them, but kept the observation warmly to myself. My husband, who is a fanatic observer of found art, also saw the hearts at a separate time and took a photo of one of them, printed the photo on glossy paper and set it on my desk for me to find later. It was such a nice surprise! I love that we both saw this beautiful little symbol of love and that we shared it separately and now together.

Photograph by Hand-Painted Weddings.