Me at Play

"We are the ocean - vast, deep, powerful and rich.
Nourishing and nurturing.
Dive down into the dark stillness of being.
Sense the rising and falling of surface thoughts and emotions... sometimes gentle, sometimes violent.
Always shifting.
Always in motion.
Draw back and watch the waves of your life at play.
Know you are the unfathomable depths -- surface agitations can't disturb you. Know that you are bigger than the little things that aggravate you."

The above came in my mailbox... Daily Guru maybe.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.(Lao Tzu)

John took these and scanned them. Oh yeah. I am thinking of giving him my digital camera and buying a new one!

Backyard beauties

took a break from all the errands today to check on the fish. Before that though, I had to take pictures of the sunflowers.
Surprise! The lily was in bloom.
So, here ya go Johnny.... your baby in bloom!
6 healthy fish as well.

I love rocks

I am trying to be in my heart more often.

I analyze things. I'm thinking it is my rising Virgo as well as being an Aquarian.

When I think too much, I realize how many possibilities there are, too many choices and I get over whelmed and immobilized.

I run from my heart if I see I cannot deal with certain situations. I don't like the feeling of having a broken heart. No one does. I know I can get cold and close off my emotions, but I don't really want that. I want to be compassionate, but with that come bravery, courage.

I don't see myself that brave, unless I am spontaneous. When I am spontaneous, I feel I am making decisions from the heart - doing it because I love it. Because I am excited and passionate. Joy-filled. If I start to think, more often than not, I will find a reason NOT to do it.

I am seeking a more joyful heart - too crabby lately. Too irritable. Thinking too much.

I am realizing more and more that I need to be connected more to nature. I am so impatient with large SUV's crowding the roads, impatient drivers weaving in and out of traffic. WTF!!!!

I want to be back in the mountains................

Is it done yet???

When to say ok, it's done. I could go on and on. John says leave it. I don't want to clutter it up too much, but I am tempted to put something in the distance - just don't know what. I thought of a playground or a rainbow. Maybe it's best to leave to the kids imagination... not sure yet, so I left. I have to paint the trim and seal the door because I did not prime it first.
I added a little faerie and some shelter for her.
Soon I'll be doing the trim around the bulletin boards and the nap room.
I love painting. I love the process of painting mostly.
Sometimes I start out just not knowing, move into the doubtful stage of wondering if this was the right decision, but quickly move into the zone of creating. Enjoying the process and intrigued by the whole idea of creating something from nothing.
Then I get finicky and want to go into detailitis.
I could go on forever, but then I get tired. I have to stop.
We had a discussion on a new diet called, the "workaholic", because I don't eat when I am painting. If I do, it's junk food. I found an open package of Ritz crackers. It was the only thing I ate all day.
Maybe I should bring the path all the way down to the bottom of the door.

In this House - house swap

This is for a swap in the yahoo group, In This House which started from the book that Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn wrote of the same name.
I had the most fun doing the pen and H2o's.
I work at collage. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

They are created from my old business cards of which I have a box of. I made a few extras.

I used a door that I photographed while in Peru (pink roof, wooden door surround by flowers) They all have addresses on the back of which I am not going to put here. I need to get these out of here!
Queen of last minute -sheeeeesh.

Ready for change

We are back from vacation.
Time to get serious about the new year. What changes will come about?
I spent the day cleaning and decluttering. Putting away supplies from the summer. It seems to grow, all this stuff. I released a lot of books to free up some room.
When you let things go, it's a good indication that you have grown.
Sometimes I hold on too tightly, always thinking I could recycle it in some way, turn it into an art project :-)
I thought I would alter a set of encyclopedias. Oh yeah, right. I did rip out some interesting pictures though. I must be in a certain mood to do this. "I don't give a shit" mood. Let it go. It is usually when I have had enough. It's also coming back from vacation where there is more space, so when we come home, I am ready to clean house. It's also a preparation for my new year. New classes, new opportunities, new projects. I want to be ready.
January being the beginning of a new year is so wrong. Ideally it should be Spring, but other than that it should be in September when the new school year begins.
I'm ready for some change.

Oh Happy Day.........

Tomorrow we leave for a vacation, so I leave you with RED for Saturday.

I'm bringing my camera............

Orange you glad....

Camp is done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh yeah.

I did the tiles except the first one I did in the wrong direction. I was supposed to do it as a diamond... so now it becomes a trivet and I need to do one more. oh well.
No matter. I'm off.
Next week we have the mountain vacation and the week after that the ocean.
The best of both worlds.
Amen.
Life is good :-)

Brown, Black, White for Thursday

Green Fairy

Blue tuesday

Is it Bordom?
As I am working with the group, I look over to see some councilors, CIT's, writing all over themselves with blue chalk. I am a little stunned, but then realized, hey, it's blue!
So, of course I need to take pictures.
And of course, shiney footwear.

Not so Yellow Monday

oops, put the yellow photo on the other blog, so I'll add some yellow fish beads.

Sunday's pink

I'm not really a pink person and being that I'm inside still (doing my hair :-), this is what I painted on the doors to a piece of furniture I have.
I've also been taking pictures of the kids feet at camp. They have the sparkliest footwear!

Red for Passion

Red Hot Passion.
The face is a drawing by my husband.

Orange

Friday is orange. Yes!
I am very glad it's friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Black and White

and brown. It's Thursday's colors.
I'm not one to see in black and white, and would like to see myself as colorful, but you know what you get when it's all mixed up...
brown.
Mud. Confusion?
This or that - and all the variations in between.
Choices.
The more I THINK, the more difficult making a decision becomes... (crazy analytical woman).
My best decisions come as I make them impulsively and most likely they are heart decisions.
It's what I am working on, making decisions with my heart instead of my mind.

GREEN EARTH

Heart Chakra











Calm, cool, green

and the fig tree

Turqoise Tuesday

I love blue - especially turquoise blue. This was easy to find this morning (also notice a lot more yellow). I had to refrain from uploading all the blue... saving it for next time. It also made me a little sad as I was driving to work, noticing the recycle bins on the side of the road -blue and turquoise. Those were the colors, along with copper that I used in my color erratica book - hoping someday it will return... but these are the colors I love. I have a lot of blue in my bathroom. In Feng Shui, it is the area for blue -wisdom and knowledge.

Yellow is Playful

I didn't see a lot of yellow at first. I don't wear yellow and there isn't much of it here inside. I do have some friends who love it :-) It's a nice color for nature, flowers or fruits.
It's not my first choice of color.
As I went outside though, I became quickly aware of it. Lines in the road, signs (caution), lots of flowers. Funny how the eye quickly spots what the mind is looking for.
My brother is a yellow person. He had on a yellow shirt today. He's had a yellow van, yellow car and he just so happened to be looking at the yellow pages...
If I have to do yellow, it's toned down into an ochre.

In the Pink!

I decided to do the color project... more info later.

Sunday is PINK.

This will get me to carry my camera around with me more.

Finding treasure at the bottom of the muck. When I went around the yard taking pictures, I saw one of my painted rocks at the bottom of the pond. Pond is out of order at the moment, with very little water sitting there.
My thoughts on this one is how once we get through some of the muck in life, we can find a little treasure hidden underneath. Clear away the muck: the worries, fears, doubts, guilts. Once we find the still calm within, the treasures begin to appear.

Magic

If the weather is as perfect as it was today and I am surrounded by beauty - I can handle almost anything.
Roaming in the back yard, observing what was growing. It was a good day to just be.