Hearts at Work

 

I had a super sweet Mother’s Day weekend with my Mom.

We did our usual shopping trip for clothes for her. She calls me her personal shopper and we always have good luck with finding fun stuff to add to her wardrobe.

We also made our spring pilgrimage to the ocean.

Hampton Beach, NH was glorious on Mother’s Day Sunday !

And we soaked it all in !

It was likely my Mom’s last visit to the yellow house on Orange Street,

so there were definitely some tears when she left to drive home yesterday.

I love you so much, Mommy.

 

Letting go,

and letting myself feel the letting go,

continues to be the theme these days.

All part of the loving,

isn’t it ?

 

I am still holding the space for a dear, dear Heart

that is continuing her Soul’s journey, surrounded by abundant love and light.

A candle lit on my altar and big love pouring from my heart.

 

Be well as you do your heart’s work, Beautiful Ones.

Big love to you.

Share the Joy–October Day at the Beach

It was just too beautiful a day not to go…

even if it was for just a short visit!

October Day at the Beach Joy !

Kimbo waxes philosophical at North Beach, Hampton, NH.

 

Hope you run after your sweet joy this week, Beautiful Ones !

 

for more joy sharing, visit Meri at Love, Meri.

Haiku My Heart–Let the Heart Choose

Choices float in minds

Will this one be right or wrong ?

Listen to the heart.

It seems like so many of us are questioning…

thinking,

analyzing,

pondering,

debating,

and often,

worrying

about choices.

All of this is taking place in our minds.

If you are anything like me,

that can be a scary, chaotic place sometimes…

Now the heart…

ah, the heart…

Bringing choice closer to our heart…

Doesn’t that just feel better ?

I know the mind has its purpose and its work to do,

but on this day,

this longest day,

this first day of summer,

I think I will let the heart be in charge !

Morning in the studio and

afternoon at the beach !

That’s what the beautiful heart of mine wants !

Happy Solstice, Beautiful Ones !

Listen to your sweet heart today.

 

for more Haiku beauty, visit the magnificent Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon

Shine on…

Counting my many, many blessings…

Sending prayers and love to people in Oklahoma,

and to all of those in need of them…

Holding my little light in the dark…

When it joins with yours, it shines even brighter…

Shine on, Beautiful Ones.

Semi-Wordless Wednesday–A Day in May at the Beach

Happy Wednesday, Beautiful Ones !

The Cocoon is calling….

September ended with mums and time with Mommy…

(nature’s crochet – sand on rock after rain)

and all the beauty that that entails.

Now that October has come, and the light is changing,

(little art altars everywhere – dyed cashmere, silk, wool and other bits)

I can feel the cocoon beginning to call…

The need to go inside…

to create…

to explore inner landscapes…

and go where the Artist in me wants to go…

(Intuitive doodles on rusted paper, Faber-Castell artist pens)

There is an inner glow that has begun…

and I am happy

to go with it…

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While the call to go inward is hitting me, I still have some away from home adventures that I am excited about. Yay for October !

I am packing and getting ready for Art is You in Stamford, CT. I am heading there this weekend for some fun time with girlfriends and to take some great classes to jumpstart my creative time.

I will be taking a class with Pam Carriker called “Get the Lead Out”, and a two day class of intuitive painting with Tracy Verdugo called “Sacred Marks”.

I get home on my birthday (the 9th) and then will be heading up to Canada for the following weekend to visit the family and celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving a week late with my favorite peeps !

Like the caterpillar, I am fattening myself up with good social time and lots of soul food, so that the season of the cocoon will be a cozy one !

Happy October, Beautiful Ones !

Big light and love to you in this dimming time.

Soul Treats

Taking a little blog break to enjoy the last bits of summer 2012.

This will include putting my feet in the sand and sea here at home today.

Tomorrow, I will be traveling to my cottage north of Montreal for a weekend with my sweet sisters and some swimming in the magical waters of Lac Bibitte.

The weekend will also include hugging and smooching a 3 month old baby Anderson, and some time with his mom and his dad.

And finally, a visit with my beautiful artist friend, e.b., which is an incredible Soul treat  that is sure to fill me up some more.

Be good to yourselves, Beautiful Ones !

Love and light !

Nothing but blues skies….

So far this summer is a real treat.

I feel so very blessed and filled with gratitude!

Not only was last week with my sister and the kiddos, and my short visit with e.b. wonderful,

but yesterday, I spent my Monday afternoon here :

on North Beach in Hampton Beach, NH with my pal Colleen,

followed by a trip to Portsmouth Fabric, which is like the very best candy store a child could imagine but for fabric.

Colleen and I spent way too much money on these luscious pieces of silk dupioni

but how could we resist when they were 20% off !

In this photo, the darker one reads as cobalt but really it is the most delicious shade of royal plum !

Plus we are going to need them where we are going to spend next week.

We will also be bringing a few speckled NH rocks across state lines

when we go to provide care and love to this sweet creature :

Miss Luna,

and gaze at this view for a while…

Not to mention make great use of all the skills and techniques our teacher taught us

while she is away gathering with her family.

Colleen and I keep her home fires burning with great pleasure.

Actually, no fires but definitely a happy puppy, some dyeing pots simmering and some bees wax melting !

So many blessing have come from this connection.

I am kind of in awe about it all a lot of the time !

I was also blown away by a treats that was in my mail box yesterday as well.

This beautiful envelop

from my gloriously talent artist-friend, lynne hoppe.

It’s this angel stamp amazing ?

Inside was this beautiful little piece that I had noticed on lynne’s blog a few posts back.

I wrote to her, asking if I might have a colored copy of this mermaid creature called “happy girl flying” and what I could swap with her for the copy.

Well, my generous friend tore the page from her book and sent me the original !!!

I am so in love with it !!!

I cannot wait to take some time and find the perfect frame and matte and hang it somewhere where I can love it every time I walk by !

Thank you so much, beautiful lynne !

So yep, my friends, Summer 2012 seems to be a treat for me !

And it isn’t even July 4th yet !

Happy Tuesday, Beautiful Ones !

I hope your day feels like a treat too !