Clearance sale!

End-of-year purge!

All in-stock prints listed
HERE
are 50% off with code

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at checkout. 

~ xox ~

Full Moon and Fog

fog
full moon
rushing stream
frogs
owl
cold
stillness
brandy
anton corbijn
music
and
time with dear faraway friends

a lovely (don't want it to) end to five days off ~ ♥

Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving.  Sunset.

Thinking about how we all live deeply in our own way,

and the unknown effects we have.

Someone nearby has created an irresistably delicious smell.

I don't even know where it's coming from, but they have inspired me.

Life is moment by moment.

Suddenly a year has passed.

Suddenly ten.

I stand beneath this cotton candy sky,

grateful for it all despite my loneliness this holiday

(feline company excluded, thanks Chester).

Happy Thanksgiving to you.

 

 

 

 

Center

Truth be told, this was a rough week.  Out of sheer necessity, this morning I created a window for myself to center and re-group.  I got quiet, became present, and savored what was below me ...

 

... what was next to me ...

 

... and what was above me.

 

A Saturday night cheers to getting still.

Much love. 

~ ~ ~

 

 

Day Off

I secretly wish it would stay gloomy and rainy today.

Magic

Lately there has been a surge of reminders about creating one's reality, creating one's own magic.  {Thank you to those who have had a hand ... you know who you are.}  It sounds so cryptic and out there, but I'm learning that it's as simple as moment-by-moment choices, being present and open.  It's the late-day backlight skipping over stones and through the liquidambar tree, Mazzy Star on headphones, change-worthy dreams and children nestling close. Awareness.  Making use of the mental camera.  Creating your surroundings and absorbing your environment ... it is of you as you are of it.

And sometimes it's just happening upon a blue orchid while choosing apricots at the market~ 

Summer Solstice

Today I will remain present and embrace this brightest day of the year.  Today I will picnic and venture to the pool with my children.  Today I will plant corn.  (In pots.  In your face, gophers.)  I will savor the spicy chai on my lips.  I will be curious about the shimmering blue light across the meadow.  I will make something delicious.  I will give mondo gratitude for every. single. thing.  

Today I will shoot.

Happy Solstice ... share your rituals, reflections ... show me your day.