A Year of Mornings: 3191 Miles Apart

I've been coveting this book for some time now and finally got around to ordering it. It almost has a Scandinavian aesthetic. As an introvert, I appreciate their quiet sense of seeing their surroundings and how the smallest of things resonate and become objects of beauty when you live calmly and beautifully in your home. Well-done.

This book gives me peace. I use it as a way to clear my head and meditate in the mornings. It is inspiration for my day. I love the size--it is a little book--and the texture of the cover is also appealing.

I not only have a copy of this book for myself, but I also gave out 2 copies for Christmas this year. There's a calming, peaceful feeling when looking through this book. The photos take a small detail of life and find the grandure within it. Life seems to move so quickly. Maria and Stephanie have created a reminder to me to slow down and find the beauty in everything. The similarities between the 2 daily photograhs are uncanny. The colors always seem to compliment each other. Knowing that these 2 women didn't discuss nor plan daily themes makes me believe that maybe there really are relationships that are connected much deeper than we often think.

Full disclosure: this is a book by a friend. But that said, I honestly find it lovely. I'm a book in hand person, not ready yet to go only for screen images so I was glad this book (based on a popular web site) was created. I received my copy during a difficult time and I found great comfort and distraction in the peaceful images. Both photographers have a fresh outlook and wonderful hand at simplicity and nuance. I got ideas about room decoration, hand made crafts while at the same time basic reminders of the cycles of life. This is a book I will return to for quiet times and times when I need creative inspiration. My only wish was that the book was a larger format.

Absolutly loved this book. It made me realize how little we document our daily life and how we over look the beauty of simple things that are part of our daily routine.