Friendly Distraction
That little flyingno-see-um guy That used to bug himall the time Was really a friendwho taught him to concentratein the face of distraction
Dead Flowers
Spirit's Grace The last of the candycane camelias still languish on my table. They are as beautiful now as when first picked, in a way that stirs the deepest crevices of my heart. I have not found it necessary to send them off to compost yet. I do so appreciate all of...
All Dressed Up
Two Sisters Playing with an old black and white photo and textures and color photos can become addictive. There are thousands of ways one can go, many of them acceptable. Dabbly dabbly, I like to fiddly faddly. It's the idea of play, and learning through doing that...
Choices
I Choose Joy! This evening we played for a Fun Raiser (Yes I spelled it right) for Heifer International. It is such a wonderful concept, and I really appreciate the work that has been done by them since the 1940's to help people help themselves. It really takes such a...
Daily Alignment
Just like the painwhen the spine is misaligned which affects every partof the experience... So the discomfortwhen not lined upwith life's purpose........................................... May you aligneach day, each moment And so, lovingly...
Old Pixie Portrait
Leaf Me Alone to My Own Devices Today's image was the result of a prompt in Melissa Dinwiddie's "Creative Sandbox 101: Kickstart Your Creativity With the Power of Play" which I'm doing in her Creative Ignition Club. I did two separate 15 minute sessions: one...
Etched in Pixels
Sunrise and sunset are my favorites... (except, maybe, for Day and Night) It was a long day. I just got home and realized I had not completed preparing an image for today. I'm consciously deciding that this is one of those occasions that "Anything worth doing is...
Joy of Resistance
It's not hard to dowhat feels rightin our heart We just enjoy resisting itso we can enjoy it even moreonce we allow ourselvesto do it.. A kind of roundaboutfalse valuingwhich backfires a lotI'm thinking, hmmmm,why not go for the pure joystraightaway
Rainbow Dancer
Originally I did this mixed media piece by hand years ago. It became water damaged and tattered. Tonight I decided to rejuvenate it. It relates to my willingness to stand in who I am and live up to my full potential and I feel empowered by it. I actually did...
Inner Journey
Stepping out of the dark woodwhere dappled fronds hidetucked away between falls and rock............................................................ Stepping into meadow richgreen and flowersbutterflies and birds A gurgling stream somewherenear the pond with...
Springing Spring
Speaking with Tulips I headed out for my daily 20 minute walk with camera in hand. It was an hour before I got back home. I was certain that it was only 15 or 20 minutes. I fell in love with the gardens in the neighborhood. I fell head over heels.
Funny Truth?
Isn't it funnyhow our minds thinkwe can do magic? How we thinkwe can bend timeor travel instantaneously?.............................................. The even funnier partis that we really can --- When we realize the truthof our perceptions and being