January Photo Challenge: Days 4-6

So maybe I’ll be posting in triads. That’s fine with me.

4. LetterboxYes, I realize it isn’t a real mailbox, but this little number has been a solid part of my life for a year and a half. I wanted to capture that piece of history as I look forward.

5. Something You WoreMy beloved got me these slippers in early winter- actually booties- and my, if they aren’t already well (worn) loved. With wood fire being our main heat, the wood floors can get so cold, especially in the morning. Woe betide you if you step out upon them in the wee hours unshod. You will wake right up. Yes siree.

6. Makes You SmileMy little art studio space, tucked now into the master bedroom, where the best natural light is in the whole house. (This is the view from our bed.) The sheer irony of breaking my wrist is tempting me beyond measure to do stuff I really shouldn’t without hurting my arm. I was so excited to move into this space, and now, I test my patience and self control. The beautiful print of roses is from my dear friend and uber-talented photographer, Kelly Sauer.

Photo a Day Challenge- Jan 2012- 1 thru 3

So Andrea posted this challenge over on FB, and I’m thinking it’s the perfect thing to get back into the groove of blog-y-ness and finding that creative mojo that has gone wandering…join us? Many are doing it through Instagram app using the hash tag #instagramphotoaday, but I’m old school and don’t have an iPhone, so the blog it is!

Here’s Day 1- 3:

1. You

2. Breakfast (Steel Cut Oats)

3. Something you adore [of course, knitting will be postpone until this lovely purple cast is gone (see #1. It's peeking just above my other arm).]

Art Friday: Scrap Happy

Running super late today. Kids! Work! Life! You know.  I did get a chance to scrap a few times over the last week and actually have something arty-ish for Art Friday. Imagine that. The Finding Home series will go for another week, and then I really would like to try my hand at Ali’s “A Week in The Life” project because it has been YEARS. That’s my goal, but life itself often gets in the way; the way it should be. 

Five Minute Friday: Forgetting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GO

I seem to have memory like an elephant. I remember all the way back to kindergarten, insults thrown, imagined wrongs. I remember too the songs I used to sing at the top of the slide, the imaginings…

I grow older, and it seems the things I forget are the things that I need to remember the most. That God is good. That He forgives. That my children and I have a thousand second chances every morning, that we can begin again fresh. I feel so humbled by the mistakes I’ve made. I wish I could find the balance between guilt and true confession- understanding where I’ve done wrong, and letting go of past shame, and not living with it every day. I want to understand, profoundly, God-sized forgetting and forgiveness- to truly get that my sins are gone, done, taken care of, far as the east is from the west.

STOP

 

 

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