Foggy Morning Sunrise

Beautiful sun through the fog and trees this morning

Birthday Shawl

I made a shawl like this for myself last year, and my Mom kept "stealing" it, so I decided to make her one for her birthday.

I love making handmade presents for people. It's a way for me to give a gift that I know will be unique and meaningful, and, of course, it gives me an excuse to crochet ;) 

The pattern is located here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/juliana-wrap The only change I made in the pattern was that I used a 6mm hook throughout...

Art

Art - somewhere I can direct my focus, releasing the jumble of thoughts in my mind through my pencil, forgetting everything else for a while, and bringing peace to my mind, if only temporary. 

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. 

- Thomas Merton 

Tahoe Trip

Our trip to Tahoe last week...

 

having fun, hanging out, relaxing, hiking, enjoying the views, photographing, watching the sunrise, stargazing, shopping, and drinking lots of hot chocolate :)

Dewdrops

Dewdrops - a beauty that so many people miss as they live their lives at their eye level, wrapped up in their technology or their worries, alive but not living. So many people, myself included (though I'm working on it), spend too much time dwelling on all the bad things, all the things wrong with their life. Instead, we all need to take time to notice all the little, beautiful, amazing things - like dewdrops.

Shorebirds

Seagull in the Sunset

 Marble Godwit

All Shapes and Sizes

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."

- Aristotle

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away."

- Maya Angelou