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This is a time of harvest on the farm. The wide expanse of grassy fields have been cut for hay. I think about how the grasses hold the rain, the sun and the elements of the earth. Isn’t it amazing that grasses dried in the sunshine can feed cattle, horses and my cute mini-donkeys all …

What matters? Where can you find things that matter in your day to day life, in your home? That was the challenge Darrah Parker gave us in the Slice of Life class (which I love!). “The Slice of Life approach to photography is a way of seeing, noticing, and appreciating the nuances and details that make your …

Life Lessons I learn from photography…It matters where you focus. Ok, this seems obvious in photography. In the photo on the left, I was focusing on the garden bunny statue. In the photo on the right, the focus in on the flowers. The focus draws our attention. But sometimes this is not so obvious in life. …

Sometimes it is the little daily routines that bring me a sense of joy and contentment. We live on a farm and have a baby calf whose mama died. So the little calf needs to be bottle fed morning and night. My white fluffy dog Lucy thinks going out to feed the calf is the …

What we choose to focus upon captures our attention. Photography is a wonderful teacher for me this way. In this wonderful, fabulous Slice of Life e-course I am taking, one of our lessons is focusing on hands. Darrah Parker says, “A person’s hands say so much about them. The length of their nails tells you something. …

Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in awhile and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. ” John Muir   I took a spur of the moment trip to visit my daughter in North Carolina, using a free airline ticket! After living together for a year, …

  To Bud or Blossom? A month ago I wrote here about how I still wanted to stay protected tight inside the bud for awhile longer. In Jessica’s Invincible Summer course she encouraged us to take a look at the quote and write again. It was interesting how my perspective had changed in a month’s time. ” I …

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.”~Nadine Stair.  It is Friday bliss list time. Liv Lane’s idea for the bliss list is …

“What would happen this week to make the week perfect, glorious and grand?” This was a question asked in the writing class I am taking with Jess Morrow called Invincible Summer. (It is a fabulous class! Bringing up lots of healing moments for me, as well as fun writing). Jess encourages us to free write …

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” ~Kahlil Gibran.  Red, is a symbol for beauty, romance,  confidence, enthusiasm and passion. It catches my eye, like this pointsettia captured some rain drops.  Enjoy the red summer flowers blooming. It is Friday! It is summer. It may be a great time …