Happy The Great Gatsby Day! I won't be seeing the movie today or even this weekend--I'm waiting to see it with Rob when he's in town next weekend. But I'm leaving work early this afternoon to head to Longwood for my brother's graduation from college! These past three years since I've graduated have really flown by.

I don't have as many links as usual for you this week, so I didn't put them into categories. Enjoy!

Loved this piece about The Great Gatsby that Dani linked to this morning.

I've got sundresses on the brain: this one, this one, and this one. (Can you tell I love ModCloth?)

Sarah is writing an ebook, has awesome tutorials, and is a circus performer. She's pretty cool.

What if Disney villains were beautiful? I love these images.

A long read, but worth it. I love Carey Mulligan.

I loved this piece from Sam on The Equals Record on being boundless.

Jess has a long-distance boyfriend that she met at a Halloween party. We're like twins, except that she lives in Las Vegas and is really good at photography.

24 Painful Things You Must Do to Grow Up. I wish I could check a few of these off.

Loved everything about this commercial that Rob sent me the other day.

THIS.

Elizabeth Smart: Abstinence Education Teaches Rape Victims They’re Worthless, Dirty, And Filthy. I want to shake Elizabeth's hand for this.

Who has read The Perks of Being a Wallflower? It's next on my list.

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Have a great weekend! I'm sure I'll be Instagramming the crap out of the next few days, so be sure to follow along!

On Saturday I joined my mom and our neighbors as they went to Walter's Greenhouse. It's a family-run business out in Hardy, Virginia and it is so fun. I had never been but my mom kept talking about it like it was some kind of circus or carnival. I thought, how special can a greenhouse be? and very quickly upon arriving I learned. Very special indeed. I felt like Alice in Wonderland or Charlie at the chocolate factory.

They had so many flowers, hanging and placed out and arranged in gorgeous variety. There were like ten different types of mint. Lettuces I had never even heard of! And succulents that looked like little alien dinosaurs, both alone in little pots and grown into wreaths and frames and bunny rabbit sculptures.

 

  

  

When life gives you lemons...

You know what they say.

Unfortunately, most lemonade has like, at least a full cup of sugar in it.

So I made a Paleo-friendly version with some agave nectar. 

And then I put raspberries in ice cubes, because when life gives you raspberries, you make ice cubes.

For the lemonade:

Makes about five or six cups.

About six lemons (or as much as it takes to make one cup of juice)

Four cups of water.

1/4 cup + one tablespoon of agave nectar (this didn't make it very sweet--you can add more if you want)

1. Mix the water with the agave nectar (it helps to use warm water so the agave will dissolve more easily).

2. Add lemon juice, taste for sweetness, and refrigerate until cold.

3. Serve with slices of lemon and raspberry ice cubes.

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For the ice cubes:

A handful of raspberries

Ice cube tray

1. Put raspberry/raspberries in each ice cube mold.

2. Add water. 

3. Freeze. You've got this.