the view from within...

this is the view i am lucky enough to enjoy many of these summer days...there are so many breathtaking views to witness around me...but as i breath and sit still with this view, i realize that it is the view within which helps to calm and soothe in such a real and big way... so as i focus on this view within...as i look at how i react, teach, love, embrace, learn, work, let go, let in, practice bravery, relax and stay focused. my goal is to enjoy and be at peace with whatever that view might be.

how is the view from where you are?

scenes from the road...

we see many wonderful sights from the road...zipping by outside...

sometimes the sweetest of all are right in front of us...

pull of change...

lately there has been some things happening to me which have not felt right and have me feeling unsettled.

my stomach and system just aren't feeling well...my joints ache and my back feels like it could get thrown out by picking up a sock from the floor...i started thinking that just because i have always eaten a certain way, which i have, in the past, thought to be quite healthy and even though i enjoy wine and love to eat cheese and since i don't have a sweet tooth, don't drink coffee and stay away from fast food...well, i thought i was pretty good. however, it has just struck me that changing and adjusting the things we do, although at times hard, is essential for our well being.

there is an old saying i remember that goes something like if you do what you've always done, you will get what you have always got...so i am taking on some changes for my well being. only i know that my body feels off, only i know that something needs to change in order to get more clear and feel more at peace inside, and only i can do something about it... so i have ordered this book and will begin the journey to see if i can embrace this style of eating and living.

how are you feeling?

What a Mum...

just came across this picture online from a recent art show of me with my lovely mum by my side...warmed my heart and made me want to share...my mum is such a support and an amazing influence in my life...being a mum is a wonderful thing...but having a wonderful mum...well, that is just priceless.

Watch your...

our wee man on the beach this weekend

On a trip to the library today with wee ones in tow...I happened upon this quote on a poster at the end of a children's book isle..and I stopped in my tracks to read it, liked it, and thought I'd share it...

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

Watch your words, for they become actions.

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

~Frank Outlaw

heading out...

tomorrow we load up in our new beauty (name still unknown)...

to head here for a few days....

to do some of this...

and a little of this...

and of coure some walking and writing on the sand...
with a few amazing sunsets... and a moon rising each evening right above us...
here's hoping your weekend is simply divine.

staying grounded...

sometimes at night i wake up and realize i have been dreaming about my hands in the dirt, digging and planting and arranging just so...this is where i find a certain connection for which i cannot define. there is something about creating simple, raw beauty with wee little plants that don't ask very much but bring such shining light wherever they may be.
and for me, when glass surrounds these beauties, somehow makes it all so clear, looking through pieces and really seeing into them makes things seem quite vivid and simply calming.

often, my days are filled with complete chaos and at times i do feel as though it's possible my short haired head will spin off and lodge itself high on a hilltop or catapult itself all the way into space...my work keeps me grounded at times, literally, i am in the earth, a part of the earth...and well, there are no words for how that makes me feel...calm, cool, happy and humbled are a few, i suppose. now, do not get me wrong, my life is lovely, family is undeniably the absolute best love i have ever known...but we all need a little something and well...this, my kind folk is a little bit of it for me...

I really, particularly like this shot because if you look super closely to the left side of this orb's reflection...you can see our new vacation home on wheels...who we still have not found a name to suit her in all her beauty....any suggestions?

hard to find...

sometimes it just becomes clear...
that time itself is quite hard to find here in my wee world.
and now that summer is upon us and mumness is in full swing...
well, time is truly just not my own, and that is all really, very lovely...
i am quite fine with it all, i must say...
i have learned to let go~

of the pull

of the stress of not getting things of my own done
of the desire to shift into work mode

of the need to drift into me mode
of the longing for girlfriend chat on the phone time

it all is taken by picnics & tea parties on blankets in parks, our patio, beaches or pools...

in cuddles and books in the middle of the day

in giggling and hiding behind corners to surprise each other as we play secret spies...

in watching little ones jump poolside and bodysurf on waves two times their size

it is being in the moment and loving it all that makes letting go of what all really seems quite small, really easy i must say...

(if that sounds Seuss-like, it very well might, for that is a big part of our library)

so, if i am not here as much as i'd like

i know you kind spirits will understand...

but do not fret, there are so many treasures and adventures to share so do stop in with a cup of tea for i am so happy to have you here in this space.

happy birthday to moi...

picked myself up a little somethin' somethin' for me birthday from this divine shop...can't wait till they arrive all the way from Italy! i am going to wear them and dream that i am there, strolling and shopping in lovely stores, sipping coffee in the morning and wine at night with my man FZ, eating scruptious food and sleeping in till the late hours of the morn...oh we all deserve to treat ourselves...now, don't you think it's time to go treat yourself, birthday or not?