my mom...before i was born

{my mom is the proud graduate}

{here she is, on the right, with her sisters}

{now, she's on the left}

my older brother has been scanning hundreds of family slides
over the past few weeks, and there are some amazing
photographs that i'll be sharing with you sporadically...
i think you'll love them.

i love finding all these photos of my wise and pretty mom
before i, and most of my siblings, ever entered her life.
she's always had such life in her eyes, a good sense of humor,
and insight to life that is unmatched.

muir beach {part one}

there isn't a place on this earth more interesting
than a beautiful foggy beach with good friends
...such good people...

we discovered star fish, anemones, the heart of the sea,
clams, seaweed in the most wonderful colors,
and i'm sure we found a bit of ourselves as well.

project film : my heart's in the highlands, my heart is not here

my heart seems to be elsewhere this morning...
i love mornings like this
when my soul realizes the simple complexities of life.

i began my morning with sun salutations to arvo part's
music coupled with robert burns' poem...
you must hear it, click here,
i listened to arvo part all morning
until i just ended with 12 cellos playing
this song...i never tire of it.



i love mornings when i see.

project film : slide film & poetry of the earth

Smile O voluptuous coolbreathed earth!
Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees!
Earth of departed sunset! Earth of the mountains misty-topt!
Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged
with blue!
Earth of shine and dark-mottling the tide of the river!
Earth of the limpid gray of clouds brighter and clearer
for my sake!
Far-swooping elbowed earth! Rich appled-blossomed earth!
Smile, for your lover comes!
-walt whitman

have a lovely, earthy wednesday...we are having an autumnal equinox party tonight to welcome in the first day of fall tomorrow (just ceej and i...but it should be fantastic!). i can hardly wait for summer to end (though we have 95 degrees in our forecast...ugh), and for the weather to cool down for my mittens and scarves. can hardly wait for the harvesting of apples, pumpkins, and everything else delicious. how are you celebrating autumn?

{and happy birthday wishes to frodo & bilbo of the shire!}

project film : slide film, the pros and cons

i love slide film. a lot.
it's so brilliant and crisp...
however,
it seems you have to be a photoshop guru
to restore the brilliance of the slides
once you scan them into your computer.
ugh.
sometimes i wonder if i've created more work for myself...
i thought i'd be slowing down, things getting more simple.
sigh.
well, these slides are certainly slowing me down.

and i love them.

if you want to see the real color
you'll have to either come on over to my place
for a killer slide show
or
you can wait patiently as i master photoshop...
there will definitely be some before & after shots
in this series.

{or perhaps i'll give up the slide film and work with all the other options i still have...we'll see}