april desktop calendar (by shanna murray).

This one is my favorite so far!!!  Oh my, it's so pretty.  And it welcomes spring so nicely.  For this one, Shanna collaborated with Heather Smith Jones.  Head here for more info.  
Enjoy :)

music monday: typhoon (link to free mp3's!).

Well, I guess my post on Friday confirmed some fears about the blog.  Umm...hi friends!  It seems like you're the only ones reading.  Not that I don't like you, I just got really excited when I saw how many international views I had.  I guess they were flukes!  This may mean some changes for the blog.  Less posts (even though I hate that idea) so that I spend a little less time on it.  More of a project update blog (I think this was my initial intention anyway!).  Also, after doing some reviewing of life and finances, Dan and I have decided I am going to need to pick up some work outside of 'homeseed'.  Something more reliable and consistent.  This is really hard for me, but I think it will be good.  With that, I am applying for something today!  Who knows what will happen.  I am trying to have more of a "what do I have to lose in applying" attitude, but I have never been very good at that!

The band I want to share with you today is called Typhoon.  There are ELEVEN band-members and they are from Portland!  They have two free mp3's on their site which you can find HERE (called The Honest Truth) and HERE (called Starting Over).  They also have a tiny desktop concert on NPR from SXSW which you can watch/listen to HERE.

Enjoy :)

an inquiry for YOU.

Hello!  Happy Friday!

So today what I'm posting about is more for me than you.  But, I need your help :)

I am curious about WHO you are!  So...who are you?

Blogger is pretty nifty in that, it lets me know where viewers are viewing from.  Well, I'm just wondering how you found me/homeseed and why you've stayed.  This goes along with that last part but, it would be nice to know what you like about what I'm sharing too (or...hate!  Eeeek!).  So, please take a moment or two and leave a comment!  I want to get to know you!

Hopefully this isn't super sad...meaning I end up with 3 comments from friends I already know are here regularly!  Oh well, I'm trying not to have expectations ;)

Thanks for your help and participation.  I truly appreciate you.

Have a lovely weekend :) :) :)

a curry recipe!

Made this delicious curry yesterday, and wanted to share!  We've really been getting into lentils this year...mmm :)  Also, I had never cooked with curry powder before.  It smells (and tastes) SO good!!  

(photo and recipe from whole foods.)

LENTIL CURRY

(serves 6)

2 cups uncooked brown rice

salt to taste

1 cup lentils, rinsed and soaked overnight in 1 cup water

1 large tomato, chopped

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 1/2 tbls curry powder

1/2 cup chopped cashews

3/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt

Rinse rice until clear.  Transfer to medium pot.  Cook rice over medium-low heat, stirring gently, until fragrant and toasted (3-5 minutes).  Add 4 cups water and salt, cover and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, until water is absorbed (about 1 hour).  Uncover pot, fluff rice and set aside.

Meanwhile, simmer the lentils in 3 cups water, partially covered, for 20 minutes.  Add tomato, onion, garlic, curry powder and salt.  Simmer for 30 more minutes, covered, until lentils are tender.  Serve over rice.  Top with cashews and a dollop of yogurt.

eat drink chic DIY/freebie!

I was quite excited when I saw that Amy Moss (of eat drink chic) was giving away this little font & DIY idea!  I SO enjoyed her gift tags at Christmastime.  Head HERE, for her blog post and to download the "woodsy number set".

 ps...if you're not planning a wedding, this little font is still beautiful 

and I'm sure you could find some fun things to use it for ;)

inspired by: they draw and cook.

I'm sorry that these images are so tiny!!  It's just that...if I had posted them larger, they would have run into everything on the side and I just can't go for that.  So, click on them! They'll get bigger and prettier!  Anyway, I saw this on the creature comforts blog and was so intrigued and excited by these illustrators and their recipes.  So, I picked out some favorites that I thought were really beautiful/fun.  Yes...I went for aesthetics before taste, but really there are only 2 recipes that I wouldn't be as keen to make.  I would happily eat/try all of these!  Check out the site (they draw and cook) for more.

by Sofia Lourenco

by Julianna Brion

by Jessica Rae Gordon

by Nata Metlukh

by Hannah Clark

by eva forget-me-not

music monday: seven swans reimagined (link to free mp3's!!).

So I know I have already posted about this album, but I had found a couple of mp3's and I'm really liking what I'm hearing!  So, I wanted you to be able to listen too :)

Head HERE for 2 mp3's from the album.

Head HERE to listen on bandcamp (tomorrow) when the album comes out!!

Also, a new issue rue magazine came out last week.  Check it OUT.

Happy beginning of the week!!  Let's hope it's a productive start over here...I've still got a lot to do even with last week away from here!  And, we're coming off of a lovely (and exhausting) weekend as we had one of my closest friends in town.  She and I lived and shared quite a bit of our college life together, and we have some really fun and beautiful memories.  We headed to the Art Institute with a Chicago Public Library museum pass (AWESOME), ate some delicious food with friends, had intelli coffee (of course), stopped in the Chicago Cultural Center (to see this sweet exhibit), and more!!  We also stayed up late.  I will share some photos from the museum when things slow down a bit more :)

music monday: liz janes covers. AND...a break!

If you follow me at all on facebook then this will be old news (sorry!) but this post should still be fun in a few ways.  Seven artists/bands covered seven different Liz Janes songs.  It includes a few of Liz's fellow Asthmatic Kitty artists including...SHARA of course!  Ahh, my favorite.  Listen/buy HERE. 

and it has beautiful cover art by DM Stith (OF COURSE)!

ALSO...I wanted to let you know that I am feeling pretty overwhelmed with soon-to-be deadlines & such so I am taking a blog "siesta" the rest of this week.  I know, that word doesn't really work here, but...I wanted to use it.  So I am.  I am so excited to have projects to be working on though, so needing to take a break is a good thing!  See you soon...

;)