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A Book a Week – The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence was also for book club. (Alas, I have three different book clubs so I do a lot of book club reading.) This is another one of those novels I had meant to read for years and years and years but never did.

So this book club was a perfect excuse to finally sit and read it.

I thought it would be long and hard to read. And it was not at all. I read through the whole thing in a weekend. It was fun and interesting and quite enjoyable.

If you’re like me and this has been on your list for a while, I recommend you pick it up.

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Eighteen

This week is all about Yosemite!!

so happy.

Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Remember This – Week 24

Life Book week fifteen was taught by Tam. It was all about quirky animals but I chose to do birds since they are my 2014 animals.

This page uses acrylic markers and paints.

The text on the page says: You are not alone, choose to belong.

I specifically put the one bird alone there to go in line with the text. We’re all quirky in our own ways so he’s no more/less quirky than the others, just differently.

Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Listen with Intent – Week 24

For this week, I picked what else. As in what else is there here? What else could I be listening for? What else could they be saying? What else am i missing? What else am i assuming? What else could this person be trying to communicate? What else could be going on? What else, what more, what different is here? The goal this week is to go deeper. Look for more, different, look beyond.

The lettering I used here comes from this pin.

The image here is supposed to be mountains to imply looking beyond something. Looking for other things on the horizon.

Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – June 15 2014

I am finally catching up on my photos i think this should be the last of them:

we went strawberry picking

it was quite windy and cold, which is actually nice

since it’s usually really hot.

the boys had a wonderful time. the berries were delicious.

and they were so happy.

we intended to pick just a bit.

but we couldn’t stop.

it was just too much fun.

David performed “Demons” for his school Talent Show. He was really awesome and it was such a brave thing to do. We were very proud of him.

Nathaniel finished Preschool and one of the classmates’ mom had a little graduation ceremony.

they got to make cap and gowns.

and waited in line for their little package.

he looks unhappy but he was really happy the whole day.

when we went back for his portfolio we snapped a photo with his teachers.

and then it was family photo time.

we made lots of funny faces.

nathaniel’s “blankie” made an appearance.

and then it’s tickle time.

my favorite!!

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Learning with David – Week 12

This class is by udacity.com and it’s a computer science class called Intro to Computer Science, which teaches Python, too.

Learning with David is a project for 2014 that I am doing with my 9-year-old son. You can read more about it here.

Today I Know – Week 23

This week’s inspiration comes from this pin. I loved this one and wanted to see if I could do anything that resembled it at all.

It’s all watercolors. I did it while I was getting my hair done so it’s more haphazard than usual and I don’t love how it ended up but that’s ok. I still am glad I tried.

prompt says: today i know what it feels like to work toward letting go of

I wrote about releasing, letting go of all the past I am holding on to. Letting go of things i hold on to all day long.

Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Stitching Circles – Week 22

This week’s stitching also comes from urban threads. I loved this angel. I used stem stitch and back stitch on this one. The little word is generous.

Stitching Circles is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

A Book a Week – The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

I had never heard of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats until it was picked for book club. I sort of dreaded reading it but, as it turned out, it was a fast and lovely read.

I actually really liked it.

I can’t even put my finger on exactly what I liked but I enjoyed the sweet story and found myself wanting to keep reading just to see how it was going to end. I wasn’t disappointed in any part of this book and not at the end, either.

If you’re looking for a sweet book, this is a good choice, in my opinion.

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Seventeen

This week is about sidewalk chalk fun and easter!

so happy.

Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Remember This – Week 23

Life Book week thirteen was taught by Dyan Reaveley. I sat on this one for a long time but then when I finally sat down, I knew I wanted to use feathers. I used the Crafter’s Workshop stencil to draw them and cut them and then I colored each of them with different mists and stamped them with writing stamp. and then outlined the edges.

I then couldn’t decide what to do with the background. I tried like five different ones. When I finally, finally tried black, I loved it. Everything was easy from there on.

The writing says: You get to shed parts of yourself that no longer serve you.

a few details:

but here we are.

Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Listen with Intent – Week 23

So the first part of being creative is changing my perspective. Listening from a completely different perspective. Slowing down and seeing other possibilities. Stopping my default reaction to things. Really taking the time to look at things multiple ways. Each time an opportunity to listen arrives, I will be asking, what would other perspectives look like here? What’s his/her perspective? What’s mine? Is there another?

The fun lettering I used here comes from this pin.

The image here is from this awesome pin.

Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

A Book a Week – The Age of Innocence

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Eighteen

Remember This – Week 24

Listen with Intent – Week 24

Weekly Diary – June 15 2014

Learning with David – Week 12

Today I Know – Week 23

Stitching Circles – Week 22

A Book a Week – The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Seventeen

Remember This – Week 23

Listen with Intent – Week 23

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