Friday, February 27, 2009

it's that kind of day.....






Today is a Yellow kinda day.......

Has your day ever been that kinda day? Mine has and today my day is just yellow......


Simple, busy and thankful it is Friday---a yellow kinda of day......

I missed Monday somewhere this week and I have been trying all week to find it and that has made for a long week.....One might think missing Monday would have shortened it up but instead it has last for what seems like forever...By the time I find Monday it will be a new Monday and I'll be even further behind.

Today is a yellow kinda a day.....a day that is happening all around me and I am out watching. I have someones bug and I really appreciate it if they would stop by and pick it up... I never offered to care for their bug, have their bug , or pass their bug along. I am still the one holding this bug today and I feel crummy.

Today is a yellow kinda day.....I am so happy the sun is shining... Yesterday we spouted a thunder snow storm with rain, snow, hail, thunder and lightening.... By the time it was finished the snow was thick and heavy and frozen...Today the sun is melting the snow away and into spring.

Today is a yellow kinda day....As I was chipping snow off the front stoop the snow shovel handle snapped back and here I am embarrassed again. The shovel hit me hard right in the head lucky for me I reacted and it snapped the side of my head and missed my eye. I hit so hard that I can't even touch it and it is ugly swollen. I hurt my ear!! Knocked me silly. Snow storm injuries, thank goodness I didn't need medical attention. That would have been hard to explain. I can read it now "Knocked silly by her handle."

Today is a yellow kinda day..... a day to be grateful for real butter to make my cookies, to be grateful for the nice guy that cleaned my driveway for me!!! Chocolate Chip and Snicker doodles will be my Thank you... So often in this world we forget to help out, if more people in this world would just help one another out what a better place we would live in..

Today is a yellow kinda day.....the good of my day is I have fun goodies that I am waiting for to add to my stash of beautifully creative lovelies. So the wonderfully bright yellow of my day is midnight when it all becomes available. I am hopefully able to stay awake and not miss out on the delicious wonderful box of treasures......

May my next yellow day be bright and exciting................. -L.







Thursday, February 26, 2009

an old webster's.....
























An old Webster's....You can never have too many old dictionary's......


A wonderful bottom of a box flea market find. My project of the day. My book became a frame. It stands with all the other treasured frames, and a holds a very special moment to treasure....


I created this by deciding the size of the opening I wanted with the photo. I began by cropping the photo to the size I wanted and taking the measurement. Then deciding the number of layers I wanted to cut, to create a mat effect. I used an exacto knife to cut the layers. Then came the fun part, modge podge like crazy, all the edges inside and out, which in turn made it very stable and allows it to stand on its own. A few little accents and I am set to go.

I chose a favorite spot in the book to journal a note and then a tag at the top for more personal journaling.

This is one of my favorite photos of my sweet dog JorgeAnna, when she was young and full of life. She loved to "GO FOR" anything, it was the key word that made her chase her tail, with excitement and joy.... She loved to go for the ball, a walk and especially a ride. One thing about her is that she always had this smile. Smile that was amazingly filled with life and love.. Even though she is gone, today she brings me joy- isn't it amazing what a dog can do........

So the next time your thinking about tossing the old book aside. take a long look at it. Maybe it can be your next great frame to add to your mantle....

Be creative warm...........-L

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

pull up a chair.....

Yes, I know I'm back to my chairs...I got to admiring them today and thinking...
My Grandpa would say pull up a chair....stay awhile...
That's just how I felt about these crummy old blue/yellow/white kitchen chairs. They are the most springy blue I've seen all winter long. I'd seen them in one of my fav's and left them there and the following week they were still there. I can't believe that no one seen the joy or felt the love from those two old blue chairs.

I realize they don't match, one is smaller than the other. But, in life no two are ever alike and sometimes the most perfect match is greatly different. These two kitchen chairs go together like bluebirds in a nest....They love sitting in my front room soaking in the sun and patiently waiting with me for spring to join my world. These two chairs were way to inexpensive and had they been priced higher I am sure that someone would have gobbled them up in a heart beat. I am certain that the chipped lead paint has nothing to do with it...

These chairs have been on a very long journey and I am sure they have seen more than their share of the bottom of things. They have been apart of wonderful kitchen meals with a family, important conversations between a husband and wife. They pulled themselves out from the table to put on and take off many pairs of shoes and work boots. They have been drug across the kitchen floor to be climbed up on and reach the top shelf of the cupboard where the cookies were. Held a door open or held the single bag of groceries for the week.

These blue chairs had many lives as other colors and times. I'd like to believe the times were all good for their family, but I realize life doesn't work that way. So I respect them for the times they held up during adversity and challenges. During the times of sadness, tears, frustration, and the tired times, of hard work...


I am grateful for the times my blue chairs have held someone who was grateful and blessed. These blue chairs have travelled many distances and I admire their strength, I relish the spirit these two old chairs hold. As many say "If they could just talk...the things they could tell us.."


My love simply rolls his eyes and smiles, he knows my passion. He just waits for them to rotate out to a new finding.. I know they will be a wonderful entryway addition or porch addition someday.....but for today they are in a front room and they are happy....


Treasures will come to you, you may seek and search, but like anything else the path leads you to the things that will touch your heart. Remember that sometimes the simplest things can become your treasure. Sometimes that treasure was once some one's leftovers from a life that has followed its path. Always try to admire a potential treasure for what it can be, and respect it for all, that it was at one time.....

A couple of unwanted blue/yellow/white chipped (lead) paint chairs filled with strength, and spirit.....


I could only hope that someday I too with the coats of paint and chips be as strong and persevere as they have....


Funny what you can get from an old blue chair....-L





Tuesday, February 24, 2009

time well spent





A puzzle a day keeps the boredom's away....
So Saturday we were snowed in the looking for something fun to do..
Wouldn't you know that hidden deep in the cardboard of many board games, movies, music, and video games, was an unopened puzzle. A puzzle waiting for someone to take the time to make the pieces fit...Why yes Jack Sparrow came to town!!! That makes me very happy.
So this puzzle went together fairly quickly, with a 10 year old in the house 300-500 pieces are our challenge. We however, are rather competitive and it was a "who's going to solve the puzzle and find the pieces" All in all we had a fantastic time, and it was a perfect fit to a day in the house. We had a hard time taking it apart and putting Jack in the box. We have plans to do another one this week. I found it to be very relaxing and it was nice to have a little music and a wonderful conversation with my daughter.
So, this puzzle got me to thinking about a few things and here you have it... puzzle trivia.........
The 1st puzzle was created by John Spilbury in 1760's. He was a London engraver and mapmaker. He mounted a map on a sheet of hardwood and cut around the border of the countries. This was used to teach British children geography. They was known as dissections, but in that time was exactly a favorite word. :0
Until around the 1820's they remained only educational tools and in 1880 the treadle saw was created and what was known as dissections became the jigsaw puzzle. Cardboard puzzles were created in the late 1800's and not very popular. Wooden puzzles were about $1.00 and cardboard were about 25 cents. They say that the puzzle did really well during the depression. It was good entertainment for a small price and could be recycled, from one family to another.
So given the state of our economy and the state of some of our lives, lacking "time" for one another. Some how I see us back to doing puzzles. I'll bet when I get to Target this weekend they'll be all sold out. Maybe it is time our society rediscovers the puzzle. Maybe we'll rediscover each other and reduce a little stress. It is time to remember the things about our childhood that was fun and recreate some of that for our children. What a fun healthy pastime for these long, long winter months.
Besides I am pretty sure any one of us wouldn't mind if Jack or Will came to visit once in awhile. I just wish they'd make a hot puzzle of my hubby. Imagine all the stress I'd reduce and time I'd spend with that puzzle....
Be warm....-L.


Monday, February 23, 2009

we need a great escape.....






We need a great escape................
So----over the weekend we were "lucky" enough to get yet, other wintry batch of weather...
The snow comes, the wind blows, and ice forms.... We are at home, and for once I'd love to be away from home.
I'd love to make the lake my home today and everyday. Each year we make the lake our home as much as we can, it is our escape. I would love to give our daughter just one day , today at the lake to simply feed the ducks.
When I was creating this layout I could only feel how wonderfully warm the sun feels and how far away from this winter it always seems. We never are there and wish for a wintry day, we are caught in the moment. The wonderful sounds of the shore beckons us to jump in, the Loons singing in the distance waiting for me to try to capture their every move on film. They are calling me to the water, to float with the current and soak the sun into my skin. Even the sounds of a distance boat and it's spray is warm. The lake is endless.. The sun shines..
At the lake everything quietly floats by singing a glorious song of peace, comfort, and warmth.
The ducks float. They float back and forth waiting for delicious fresh bread. Each year she feels so responsible to her ducks and the family, we always run out of bread. We have to go the store and get more. It of course needs to be fresh because our sweetie tends to munch right along with them. The ducks float.
For this moment I am warm and comfortable. At peace.
The lake is our great escape, what's yours?




Friday, February 20, 2009

love...........

True love.....................

What is true love? Many have tried to define it with words, music, or art.....today it is grande cup of Starbucks....

It has just been that kind of morning, if anything could be upside down, today it was..

With the sweetest gesture and a drive out of the way, I am blessed and grateful....My sweetheart delivered one home to me. In the middle of the morning I am blessed and things take a minute to slow and sip my grande of gold love. Everything rushes by and I sip with love.

My love for Starbucks has become bittersweet. They arrive in the boondocks (where I live) and shower me with glorious cups of Divine sin. I become infatuated with the wonderful flavors, scents and darn logo. My man begins to seek them out as he is on the road, or when we travel, it is our treat on the weekends.

I entice my friends who now are in love and stop at every chance they get. They become professional in their orders. Skinny at 140 degrees, etc, etc, etc..... They too are in love with their tasty flavors and service.

Then it happens......

They begin to leave us slowly and for surely!!!! Oh my gosh, I have an affair with them and they are breaking up with me, with all of us. We check each day even knowing the date, we are slowly saddened and apprehensive that the drive thru will no longer be there to offer me, (us) support and a friendly grande of love..

As I drive past the new building now holding only a dumpster of my love, a part of me is quickly saddened. I want to dumpster dive and grab any little pieces of my Starbucks left. I feel abandoned and not appreciated. I would come to the drive thru and I would wait forever, I'd be number 9 and 13 in line, they were always busy and still, they leave and close up shop.

We have one "real one" remaining across town and it's just not the same. The love that you need to make the delicious wonder, with is gone. Often times they look at me like please jump back here and make it yourself, because I really don't get it. Now I find they too, are leaving me March 5Th. Just like that, and with the beautiful relationship we have had ,you'd think a goodbye we loved you and all your money. But no....closing up shop. Period. All I am left with is a grocery store, and bookstore version--clearly not the same. I want them to stay with me, I want to continue this wonderful decadent relationship. But they move on...and we are left behind to console our addictions.

So for today I bide the time and my heart relishes in the carmel wonder. It saves, that kind of FRIday.. so today I decide that, I will be a happy as I have made up my mind to be....and I believe in my grande of happiness....

To my sweetheart thank you for always, knowing when it makes a difference.......

-L.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

timeless...

There are times you need to just believe and then you will truly see, so always and forever dream..I dream for you....

A little layout to share to today. To take a closer look, you'd see much of the items are re purposed elements. The patterned papers are scraps and are from different seasons, at first appearance you think they will not work. Then you have vision and the papers blend, they fall together as if they know they belong. The pieces of kraft paper you see are a medium weight cardboard peeled apart for the texture. I created a corner by adding a bit of a file folder that was headed to the trash. With a little paint, ink and bits of metal I find a treasure in a layout.

I decided I needed to start the day with a dreamy moment.

I have begun to dream that we will have spring and the cold will move on soon.
It is 1.4 degrees today without considering the wind chill. The wind, the wind, the wind.........
It is bitter and hard..... The worst part is the sun is shining brightly. It is filled with hope and joy.
Little does it know.....

I guess the one thing, we have to thank the weather for, is if it wasn't for the weather most people in this world would not be able to start a conversation. So it needs to change once in a while. The way I see it this change is good. I couldn't imagine my Dad's coffee friends greeting one another with, "What colors are you feeling today?" "Man, it's very goldenrod and sky mist b"

It is time to start a conversation and grab a little color.

Be Warm.....-L





Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Our House.....





Our House......is a very fine house.......is a house of simply love............


We may not have much, but we do have is fun love.........and it fills our home everyday.....our house is full.....

I love this layout because it is simply beautiful..I love how it doesn't have to be full of papers or embellies to be beautiful...
The inspiration for this LO comes from her eyes..they are the most beautiful green...they glow with a spirit that brought her to me.

Her spirit and her fight to be here sometimes overwhelms me. I look at a photo, that one may think is not layout material and I see the will to be..Sometimes a photo isn't about what's going on as much as it is what created it.

One of my favorite backgrounds is kraft paper, reason--inexpensive and it falls behind and it can become invisible, like a white or black. However it easily adds fantastic texture and allows you feel what you see. It will almost allow the LO to dance off the paper....

Create with the everyday photos and you will find fulfillment. Step away from the occasions, the order, the have to get them dones. Try a hand at the simple things that make your life this year. You'll find a new appreciation for your art and what creates YOU....

Create life with paper....................
-L.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

From Scratch......
























She loves to bake.....
Anything....
Goodies!!!!

She loves to find a favorite apron ( of which she collects)
The kitchen fills with activity and a wonderful smell of baking.

A time in the kitchen is pretty much what I remember as a child with both of my Grandmothers.

They were always making something that brought wonderful scents to draw you in and keep you. Everything was amazing and we now spend allot of time attempting to make it the way she did. I often hear my friends and family talk fondly of the recipes that got away. How we are trying to make it the special way she did and it just doesn't taste the same.


I can still smell the doughnuts on a Sunday after church at Grama's and taste the texture on my tongue of all the sugars. The wish to have the holes, which of course were more delicious than any of the other doughnuts. The scent would linger for days.
The single layer chocolate cake that was 8 inches tall and had fluffy white frosting (whipped with sugar and egg white). The favorite has to be Great Auntie Helen's sticky buns, hot with Carmel that lasted for miles and fresh cracked pecans or black walnuts. The buns were enormous and CinnaBun has nothing on hers...

Those were the sweet days.

A good Grandma recipe is a treasure.....we are always seeking wonderful treasures....
For now we bake, we bake to create our own memories. Our wonderful moments of "did you put in the eggs or how much flour?" "Enough powder Mommy to be yummy. Where's the flower, I don't see one...." Do they turn out? I answer why yes, and every moment is delicious.

The nuts and bolts of the layout:

Oh the creme lids, I am in love with the creme lids.

A wonderful little bird found and delivered these cremey treasures. I had to work with them the moment they arrived. The creme caps were stamped with a mahogany ink to create some texture. Which also blends wonderfully with the print of her apron.

Thanks to StudioCalico, Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz, Bazzil, Hero Arts, and MM for the wonderful supplies...

Mostly I have to thank my treasure hunters with the awesome eyes for what inspires me.

I have been sitting on these photos for some time and they waited for inspiration and what feels right.

Inspiration can come from the least likely places and become the very most beautiful treasure.

Be inspired today....
-L.













Monday, February 16, 2009

one more, no more, yes one more....




Just one more....lovey card.....

I had to share a fun and much loved card.

We don't usually fall into the typical Valentine traditions, but

my hubby said given the year we have had with our pets this just

fits.


If any of you have retrievers, then this one you will have to smile with us.


So Happy Hearts Day to all the smoochers out there give them a love and

kissy on the snout, and throw the ball just one more time.


Give it a toss for Jorge..


-L.




treasure shopping............

treasure shopping.................
I had to share a wonderful pair of old blue chairs...
They have old chipped paint (I certain it is NOT lead...ugh)
With the scrapping, the wear and tear of the layers of paint
show beautiful whites and yellows and then the blue.
They had me at blue.......
I love how they make me think spring, cheerful warm greeting in my living room.
They make me want to let the bunny hop all around the room. Meanwhile, little birds are chipping a wonderful little tune in the background. Okay, okay I'll stop.
Think
spring and have the faith.
Find a great little chair and let it inspire you.
Cheerfully -L.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

diaphanously...........











Is your heart diaphanous to the ones you love????
I received these creative little vintage cards with vocabulary words and definitions. Even though they are a little out there, I love them.... Of course I couldn't let a layout go without including one fun one!! Thanks to a great kit from Studio Calico I had some fun little items to get creative with..
I put to good use the card backing the stamp came in, and the the strips of paper you would usually trim away to the trash. For recycling right? Ink the edges and it is amazing how everything blends so well together. I love how green, red, black and purple make beautiful--who would have thought?
Use everything you got and something beautiful will always come from it, even when you least expect it. Sometimes when you have very little, you can really get big use out of it. Be creatively beautiful.
Challenge yourself this week in everything! Challenge yourself in creating when you trim and toss, look closely at the scrap your about toss, can you use it again? In your everyday life and your leftovers, your laundry, your mail, your little things. that add up to be big for our world. Be smart with all that you have and make a difference today.
Reuse, re purpose, recycle, and your smart style will make you smile. Your trash will be a little lighter and you will relax...If you think you need it from the store, safe a trip this week and be creative with All the supplies you have. You'll be more creative and relaxed at home...
Let your creative side be diaphanous with the ones you love...
The creative in you will light and lighten your way....



Diaphanous: Of extreme delicate form, fineness texture, permitting to see through..
Let your creative heart be diaphanous....

Namaste
-L.

Friday, February 13, 2009

let me adore u....













Let me adore u...........




Got another adorable moment....With all the layouts I create there are always a few I never get enough of, this is one of them.




The letters are naked chipboard painted in multiple layers of MM paints. Then the final layers are a clear glaze and glitter to get it to stick. Tim Holtz ink finally added to edge it all for a wonderfully finished appearance.


The photo has painted edges, painted the flowers are also glazed and have glitter to blend the layout .



With V day here tomorrow it reminds us to let the ones we love know it..


I only hope that, for the ones you love you share it with them--take time for an extra smile, embrace, or a minute to say you love and appreciate them...
Today stop and say the words I love you, rather than assuming that they know. Hug and kiss all that you hold dear, go the extra mile.
Smile at the clerk in the store, hold the door, or offer to help when the chance comes. Be the one who stops to help, and doesn't walk on by. Set an example to the world today, let's make our time on earth a little bit better of a place..
So for everyone stopping by I thank you very much, I appreciate your taking the time to share my moments. I look forward to our new year and time together...
Love, Lori

















Thursday, February 12, 2009

the holiday of love............







Happy Valentines Day............
I couldn't let this holiday go by without a little LOVE..........
My love of a lifetime.....
My man......
I am graced with this lifetime of love, he loves me.
I'm not sure why, just that he does. Even after 20 some years
it is still silly and tingly. He is the one. He was created with grace
and the ability to share true love. His softness and presence is loved by
everyone who are lucky enough to have been touched by this man.
I love only you forever...
Okay, so back the how to: I found a thin great piece of cardboard that just needed a purpose.
I peeled apart the board and whala. Then inked with black and red ink. The vintage doily , ledger paper and title work also got a little ink. I have wonderful vintage buttons that worked delicately with the heart. Thanks to my Slice for the heart. For the final touch I stressed the photo lightly.

Thanks for stopping
Happy Day!!
Be sure to tell the ones you love how you feel...
Show them.
-L.


Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Happiness is a good bone..............




Happiness is a good bone for a good dog.....


I love black and white especially for backgrounds.

It allows you to create without having to coordinate that backdrop.

It makes for a wonderful unassuming canvas...

To add elements to this fantastic photo, I chose wonderful and inspiring pattered papers from StudioCalico. You should check them out they have great combinations for those of us who don't have a LSS any longer..but they sell out toooooo fast.

I added vintage bias tape and stamped it with a wonderful lace border.. The awesome letters were created thankfully to my new toy...my Slice, Love it!!!

This is my "little" Tobon Keith...Toby Loves his bones.. It's hard to find big enough ones that stay longer than an hour or two.

It's amazing how his eyes are so full of love, full of life..
He is a wonderful member of our family and we love him very much..
I say happy Valentines to one of my favorite sweeties Tobikins..

We love you Toby...

-L.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

adore......




A little love to Adore...................
This is just a quick little layout to inspire you to jump out of the box and decorate outside your style.
I sat down started cutting and the next thing you know, wahlah.. ...
I used light blue for a background and I love how it inspires the beautiful reds and greys to pop of the page. The patterns have wonderful expression. You got to mix it up a little and let the papers dance for you....
In the end I adore it!!!!
Some days a layout just feels right...
Journaling reads: I adore you.... I adore our time together.... to have our time is to truly have life..............
Today I challenge you to select a loved photo.....photoshop it...black and white
and create like no one is looking.....
Note: I filled the bobbin with white thread and the black is on top...so that the white would show thru slightly, it's kinda hard to see.. if this should ever happen and you don't want it ink it (a quick fix for everything)
Create some love.
-L.


the earth melts.....

I'm melting......I'm melting.......

going, going, gone.........

Just look at this!!

The Snow family has melted on to something new............

They will be missed...We have cared for this family and loved them...
So today we were a little sad when we opened the windows this morning.....we knew they move on, but I think we were surprised it was in February.

Thank you Snow family for sticking out this cold hard winter and making our yard a little more fun...

In the night the wind blew hard, and has brought us a wonderful smell of spring...
May this be the start of something good, the start of spring. Not an evil weather twist..
If it is a twist, I am planning to bottle the smell of spring and market it. So in a few days if you need a little spring drop me a note and I'll see what I can do...

With spring there is hope...

-L.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

These days I miss my little white boots.....
&
my dog....Duke.....
I have always had a special place in my heart for a big dog..
Nothing is better than the love of a big dog..unless you have one or have been lucky enough to have been loved my one it's hard to understand...
The love of a big dog engulfs you and keeps you close forever.
Thick and Thin!!!
They are always right behind you, taking care and smiling the entire time..
I love my big dogs..............
The cat is one of many on the farm, once in a while we'd name them but they didn't always stay to long. On the farm kitty's were often seasonal....
Today take a minute---give a hug and a kiss to that special dog in your life.......
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

about maT............

There's something about maT ......

He's not just any maT, he's a very special, very appreciated, and very durable.....maT

This maT has been with me from the beginning, he was at the store just waiting for a chick that knew nothing about what she was getting into...

Better yet, what she was missing.....

He was waiting for me.

You know how we always say if we'd have known then ,what we know now, the brave and bold places we would be. If only I had meet maT many, many seasons ago in my life. The strength and power that has come from within myself is amazing. This, is for no one but me, and I am grateful to maT....

This is maT. This is my maT. My purple maT.

This is my maT with a beautiful design. That drives me crazy and, so I use maT upside down. I realize that doesn't seem fair or what ever, but it's how we roll. maT is happy enough with it, being upside down that is, the bugs are just way to distracting...

When I first thought yoga would be something I'd do and not just dream about, I thought of friends. I picked two, they are adventurous and strong, and able to accomplish great things. They just didn't know it yet. I knew they would be game, besides I can sell anything!!! I had tried to get others to try new things with me in the past and no one would ever hold up their part of the bargain and step on the mat. They always fizzled out. Plain and simple to stick to something-- to commit is hard.

Like I said I picked two and hoped that one would stick with me. Lucky for me, both have fallen in love their mats and we continue to make time for ourselves each week.

Each week the three of us and our mats head out and yoga for us.

The relationship with my maT is awesome. I can keep him in his bag and toss him in the closet, I don't even hear from him. I don't have to feed him, just give him a light cleaning and a good roll. We're set!! It's a great relationship! I only wish I could spend more time with maT, but for now I am happy with our time together.

I couldn't go on without thanking my friends and congratulating them for being brave. Brave to take care of themselves. To be brave is hard and to not always, be great at something, but to be willing to try. To not give up. To be the newbies with the bright mats in front of the mirror. To become strong and comfortable with themselves to put it out there on the mat. I thank them both for being strong and sticking it out with me and my maT, I know my maT couldn't have it without them.
Thank you to their mats--- Mat and mAt.

I have to add last night one of my yoga mates talked of a new mat and something about that just made me think about my maT and appreciate all the hard work he has done for me.. Even though I know the day will come that I will look for a new mat, today I am grateful for the one that started it all.

I am not a great yoga girl and sometimes I am down right silly (frankly I will never balance well, it's a given--left brain, right brain thing). Every time I am there and maT is under me being the strong one and maT waits enduring all that comes. maT has been there with my improvements and with everything I CAN do that amazes me!!

I am so happy to be part of this experience and this wonderful form of art. Yip Art!!!

Oh come on, you knew that is where this was going!!! We have an amazing instructor, and to be able to experience her patience and wisdom has been awesome. I am grateful for a very important part she plays in, and how she has touched our lives. She is filled with a very special art of life. It is contagious, experienced, and creative. She has given each of us and our mat's a chance to experience this time within ourselves and to be creative. We are blessed.

I like to think of my yoga as Artful!! Creative!! Forward!!!


Well, so there you have it another creative moment with maT. My maT. My purple (design goes on the bottom maT). If I ever get another mat I think I'll call him Art. No design.

Plain is good..........

I am guessing that, maT is bugging you by now, well if you must know the reason his name is spelled with a big T. It's because that's how we roll, weak at the beginning of the session and strong at the end...............

Because there's just something about maT!!!!
Namaste -L.






a lazy lazy kinda of morning...........

good morning world..................

We're moving slow, but sure and loving the beautiful sunshine that greeted us. It is a wonderful start to a day when you open the windows and the sunshine is smiling bright to start our day........

Stretch out, breathe in the sun and we'll check back soon.....

be warm -L