Falling In Love All Over Again......

I saw something recently that resonated with me in a very special way....It is almost hard to describe. I saw an ad for an artist and a picture of his work was in the ad. The picture immediately mesmerized me and I knew I needed to see it in its real state. So as we were driving home from a Sunday afternoon jaunt, I mentioned that we should stop into the artists studio. We arrived and noticed a couple inside that we knew and we all stood chatting for a few minutes, but my eyes were darting around the room to find my art piece. And as I spotted it I broke away from the conversation and went to look more closely. Oh my....it was then that I knew I needed to have it. I fell in love with it immediately! Like a connection between a mother and child.....a kind of love that is so very honest and pure. It spoke to me like nothing has in a long, long time. We were able to bring this print home with us that day. I am able to look at it now each and every day and feel the love and peace that it brings me. The piece is entitled "Silence".....a perfect word to describe it. Thank you Darren for sharing your amazing talent! Blessings to you.........

Namaste......

Robing Grindley art works.....

Oracles Book Shop has a visitor who stops in from time to time to say "hello" and now is artwork is being presented in the shop! Robin Grindley is a local artist who has agreed to share his craft with us all here! Read all about Robin and his artwork on his blog. You can find his link under 'my favs'. So drop in to see his 4 fabulous works that are currently displayed at the book shop.

My Peaceful Garden

After speaking of my garden I should share some photos.....here goes.....One of my favorite poems is the one by St. Francis so it was appropriate to have him watch over my garden. I love his presence there.

My shasta daisies were smiling brightly on this particular sunny morning that this pic was taken.....

Each corner of the garden offers something special and new perrenials are being planted to bring in new colors and add to the beauty.

All in all, it has become my sacred place. My place to sit and enjoy or to spend time pulling weeds or trimming plants. I can have my breakfast out in the garden before heading to the book shop or sit and read after a long day too. All things that soothe my soul and make me whole.

And Chelsea our precious cat enjoys it too! There is still lots that I would like to do and it will come. For now the garden has been reborn and it has gifted me with many hours of peace and joy.

Wow...over a month since writing. Lots is going on in my life and the most treasured aspect is my own slowing down. That might be hard to understand given my schedule with three jobs and such but I have been taking a serious look at my life and how it does need to slow down. I have had numerous indicators that pertain to various aspects of mind, body and spirit that suggest greatly that slowing down now is still a choice, but left unattended it will become something that will be exerted upon me. So as each indicator made its presence known and was taken into account I have done some rearranging of sorts and looked at what is important and what is not. Priorities become very clear when messages are received and looking back it is so interesting that this only becomes clear now. But better late than never as the saying goes. One of my priorities was to give myself more time. Time to 'be'....time to 'live'......this for me is now present in life with the gift of my garden. My garden though had become overgrown and had been neglected due to my busy life. As I looked out at it I would be even more stressed thinking about how I so wanted to enjoy it, but had no time to make it beautiful again. I then came across someone who would bring my garden back to its beauty. She has worked her gardening magic and created a sacred space again. I am now able to putter in the garden when I choose to or just sit and enjoy its beauty at my leisurel. I can truly say that I have spent more time out there this year than the last 5 years put together. So my gardener Sherri is my garden "angel" and she blesses not only my garden, but myself as well.

I also made a choice to open the book shop at 10am and give myself an extra hour each morning. It has also been a blessing. It was a great way to find an hour in the day that I could claim as my own. What I do in that hour still needs a bit of fine tuning, but I am working on it.