Happy first day of spring, my friends! As many of you know, I am fond of making seasonal to do lists. Here is mine for spring 2012 (March 20-June 20).

Photos left to right: Flower Magazine // Hutker Architects // Kate Murphy // Cat Thrasher via Style Me Pretty

What’s on your spring to do list?

P.S. Summer 2011 and fall 2011

Is there still fall foliage where you are? John and I took a lovely walk along the Eno River last weekend and enjoyed the pretty reds, oranges, and yellows.

Triangle-area locals, Eno River State Park in Durham is one of our favorite places to hike. (It’s also one of our favorite places to swim!) We like to park at the Fews Ford access for both swimming and hiking :) If you go, make sure you check out the suspension bridge!

We had such a lovely weekend! The weather was perfect, and we spent a lot of time out on our balcony while I primed and sanded our side chairs. Here’s what they look like now — just waiting for the perfect paint color!

Luckily, I had a helper:

We also did what I’m calling a “rock hop” on the Haw River. Basically, we hopped from rock to rock for about an hour and a half (and tried not to fall in). It was actually a really good workout — lots of balancing and leaping! And the weather was so beautiful!

For those of you in the Raleigh area that want to visit (there are trails, too — you don’t have to walk ON the river), the best place to park is off of Route 64 West. Follow 64 past Jordan Lake. After you cross a bridge over the Haw River, take the first left across the road, then another immediate left, and you’ll find parking for canoe access.

How was your weekend? :)

Before this weekend catches up with us, I wanted to share a few photos from last weekend’s adventure! As you know, John and I headed out to Boone, NC for a quick overnight trip. Our camping was a bit ill-fated (sleet, 20-degree temperatures, and 50 MPH winds drove us to a hotel in the middle of the night. Yes, yes they did.), but the hike we went on was magical! A few photos:

Yep, I was definitely singing the HILLS are aliiiiive! as I pranced through that goldenrod field :)

This weekend we have our community garden’s sweet potato harvest to look forward to (here’s last year’s), as well as dinner with friends, chair priming for me, and hopefully several episodes of Friday Night Lights (we’re just starting season two — DYING over here!!). How about y’all?