open your heart

May 16, 2012

i wish you that you will open your heat
to all these presents [light, water...]
and let them flow through you
that everyone that you meet on this day
will be blessed by you
just by your eyes
by our smile
by your touch
just by your presence
let the gratefulness overflow into blessing all around you
then it will really be
a good day.
– happiness revealed | louie schwartz

such a wonderful video. please — just keep watching…

so grateful to gorete, who not only hosted our workshop a couple weeks ago, in san francisco; but also, so graciously opened her heart and home to me the following days.  i cannot thank you and your family enough!!

 

 

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due to my traveling (and playing catch-up) the past few weeks, i haven’t been able to post my weekly fav finds, so i thought i’d just randomly share this fav find today.

while i think i might be a bit late to the parade, when i was in san diego, my dear friend showed me this video and i laughed myself to tears. when i got home, i showed it to one of my friends and together, we laughed ourselves to tears all  over again.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  don’t watch with children around.

yep, honey badger don’t give a shit!  and i think i might just have to get this t-shirt for myself and a couple friends…

and just because my house has been a disaster lately and well, you know the rest…

 

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it’s been a while

May 13, 2012

just wanted to wish all the moms out there a very happy mother’s day!  i hope you’re being celebrated today — and continue to every day.

some mom photographs i’ve been blessed to capture over the years…

and here’s an interesting little tidbit on the founding of mother’s day.

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past few weeks have been crazy. filled with…  
two weeks of traveling.  
seven client shoots.
two editorial shoots.
teaching a workshop.  
taking a workshop.
not much time on the computer.
teaching another workshop next week.
and lots of prepping for africa, which is just a short bit away now.  

hoping to catch up and share more very soon.

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hello from san francisco. missing steve and the kids so i’m excited to share this post today. here’s a bit of what our april looked like. we…

watched steve jump into an air show.  that’s him on the right (so proud of him).

spent a beautiful and fun easter with friends.

played with some shadows and light.

flipped, twisted, turned & spent time upside-down (as the littles do every month).

found a new play spot during horse riding lessons because we’re not allowed to visit the animals anymore. :-(

had our family’s photos taken and taught the photographer how to climb walls. so can’t wait to see the photos.

started reading the hobbit.

drew using pointillism technique.

and played with lots of animals. ryder told me “my monkey makes me feel better”.  sigh.

learned new tricks

there’s a circle of 12 photographers participating in this what ____ looks like monthly project.  i hope you’ll check them all out [clicking link to link]. next up… chubby cheek photography | child and family photographer.

headed to san diego for client shoots tomorrow. xo.

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look who learned…

April 24, 2012

to blow a bubble. i have no doubt that bigger bubbles are soon to come.  can’t wait!  

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let your dreams fly free

April 22, 2012

most people never run far enough on their first wind, to find out if they’ve got a second. give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. [william james] this is what i came home to yesterday… KIELE:  mom, can i show you something? ME:  sure, [...]

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fav finds | twenty-six

April 20, 2012

i hope healthy(ish) banana bread beyond inspiring custom pillow coming to my home soon want to do with the kids homemade granite cleaner such a cool hanger & holder i might do this to my own scale would make a cool tattoo apple cider vinegar elixir so wanting to attend this really?  wow. yum!  the entire blog [...]

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has it really been that long?

April 17, 2012

hard to believe, but it’s true — i’ve now had my dreads for almost 2-1/2 years now. this was me the day before dreads and a few days after having them done, in portland.  more photos from over the years can be seen here and here and  here. and these are my dreads now (all [...]

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do you want to make it happen?

April 16, 2012

watch this (regularly) for inspiration. i loved these thoughts so much, i wrote down her ten tips for making it happen and posted them to my inspiration board. 01 | you’ll figure it out strike ‘i don’t know what to do from your vocal 02 | life is on your side everything that you have [...]

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fav finds | twenty-five

April 13, 2012

this week has been busy prepping for our upcoming wallflower friends retreat, along with trying to knock lots of things off of my to-do list.  and what a great segue into this week’s fav finds… a couple of these to-do lists are on their way (i’m a huge written to-do list gal) really want a [...]

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