Green Week is Complete This past week I allowed myself to slow down and notice the color green, as a symbol of new life. {The change in weather, a 65 degree increase from Day 1 of Green Week, is an incredible bonus.} I was able to absorb the turning of the seasons using photography. Ironically, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
Shutterbug in Training What a treat to have Ryan, my 4 year old son, as a guest photographer for day 6 of Green Week. Here he is in action…
Continue reading...Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Puddles Have Arrived Spring has sprung. Puddles, ice and mud galore! Molly loved stomping around in her new rain boots this weekend. We went splashing around the block as a family and then with some friends (without my camera in tow). I was a bit freed by not carrying the heaviness of my Nikon [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
Snail Mail I captured the lost art of letter writing today. Well, I wrote a letter anyhow. Pen to paper. No words or pseudo-words were scrawled out with the exclusive use of my thumbs. It felt so good to start a greeting with these words, “To My Dearest Uncle…” My Uncle Wayne, (near the end [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
Looking For Spring I feel ready for Spring to burst into my life at any minute. I think Spring got frozen under the sheet of ice on my driveway. I look for hope in everything but politics. I look to God for a sense of order. I look to family for support and laughter. I [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Refresh I found refreshment in embracing a positive outlook on my day. Mint tea helped, too. The “blessings” of my healthy, fun and love-filled life often get swept under the rug unless I reboot my thinking to be less crabby and more refreshed…. I was late getting my garbage can out to the curb but [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Green Week Salt and Chocolate blog writer, Mary Beth, has been doing a photographic essay or “noticing” project about the color GREEN called Green Week! Here I sit, a Minnesotan expecting yet another winter storm today, struggling to find spring-filled relief and inspiration. (cleaning, walking, decorating, shopping, cleaning – did I say that already?) I [...]
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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