notes from my desk

i went and bought some peonies this weekend~ just the fix i need until ours come to bloom. this steamy weather and the arrival of the sugar ants, are a good indication, our peony garden will bloom to it's fullest. fingers crossed.

i have a set of my notecards, that i will put into my shop tomorrow. and i am so happy to say, they include a few rainy flowers and the beloved strawberry cards. sold! thank you so very much.
i will have a few more later next week. but just email me of you want this set, i just haven't had time to photograph them today yet. trust me, they are so pretty. ; )


just cleaning my desk and easing into the week.

happy day, sweet friends.

on fallen petals and film

just stopping in to wish you a beautiful + extra long weekend.

i'm off to the cafe for some java of course, journaling + me time.

whatever you may do this weekend, enjoy each moment.

one love~

inventory of poetic days~shadow

"how pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. 
it is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted." 
voltaire~
i am so in love with the calmness, these photos have brought me. not many words today...
shadow is my guide today. it seems the rain and cold weather has brought to me a bit of quiet. 
breakfast for dinner tonight, i think that might be just perfect. wink ; )
won't you stop over at sofia's and read the words she has placed with our photos. 


happy day, my friends. 


you are loved. 

on rain and french breakfast puffs

a steady warm tea kettle on the stove here today. it's rainy and cold.
these french breakfast puffs
finished this lovely book. the characters are still with me. oh a deep sigh for beauty.
john coletrane on vinyl
a new book to read
staying warm

one love~

on a weekend and wtsb

hey there.
i went to the farmers market on saturday, and although it was pouring rain, i met the most enchanting woman. i know, right ; ) she specializes in herbs, peaches + morels. just lovely. we spoke for over an hour. she showed me pictures of her herb gardens + her summer peach trees in full bloom.
i missed out on all her morels, but i am crossing my fingers, for next week-
a bit of heat in the pan, mushrooms, a tad of creme, a sprig or two of sweet woodruff + a piece of french bread. im all over that. oh no, i couldn't forget a nice red. the wanna be sommelier in me, would chose a spanish, red.

i made strawberry jam, sunday morning. just a few jars to test the patch.
sipped coffee + relaxed in the bookstore, while the kids roamed the mall. ya know i love em, cause i SO don't do the mall. ; )

the new words to shoot by post is up. the word is mirror, this time around. there is such amazing work over there. hoping you will stop by.

happy monday, my friends.

on a weekend

the farmers market

pepitas and honey over yogurt

making muffins

laundry

pulling out the film and camera

going at a snails pace

happy weekend, everyone.

inventory of poetic days~sweet

“celebrate we will because life is short but sweet for certain 
we're climbing two by two to be sure these days continue.”
dave mathews band~


are you doing well, on this thursday? i hope so. ; ) 
may i thank you for the love you showed me, on yesterday's post? palms clasped, thank you, friends.
is it me or is asparagus season SO good?!  ...steamed over a bit of hot pasta, garlic, lemon, and lots of parmesan cheese. dinner is so done. ; )
i am reading this and i am so blown away. have you read any of her other books? what are you reading lately?
i absolutely love the photo that sofia has shared with us, this week. the flowy curtain, just seals the deal, for me.  won't you head over and read sofia's words, for this weeks~ sweet.


happy thursday,my friends. 
more soon~

on wishing

hi friends, oh i have missed you. ; )
i'm at reverie today... wishing+ dreaming away.
it would mean the world to me, if stopped over and said hello.

"be as you wish to seem"
socratese

blessings~

on cake and links

i was very happy the way the "sour cream blueberry coffee cake" turned out. i might use a different, less sweet jam next time, but this cake was so good! the recipe can also be found here.

jane has a new shop ! it's so beautiful and the styling of this shop, is to die for.

for those of you who asked, the marathon my hubby and son ran, was for epilepsy. my hubby has been running for three years, this was our sons first run.


im gonna be part of this class! yay!  you joining in? half of the proceeds are going to a great cause.
and thank you, azzari, i am over the moon! i melt into your blog, it's so pretty.

i remember back in the day, i took my last $10.00 and bought a cd by "the cure". i must have played it a million times... i still have it. ; ) this song reminded me, why i had to have that c.d.~ so beautifully done.
im so girl crushin on adele ; ) 

you are loved~

on a monday

lemme see... i have been feeling a bit out of sorts, since our local bookstore closed down. more like heartbroken. i hear this bit of sadness, is happening in many cities. sigh. i think b&n is okay, but so far, it isn't really me.

my son ran his first marathon, with his dad. i am so proud of my husband, for training our boy- strengthening his body and mind up. i am told my hubby got tired on that last mile, and he told our son to go ahead and make good time. i cried my eyes out when i found out, he wouldn't leave his dads side. life is good.

i have a crock pot filled with a creamy, chicken soup + today i am baking a blueberry, sour cream cake, from "the stonewall kitchen cookbook".  i have my eye on their breakfast cookbook, as well.

the new words to shoot by post is up. won't you stop over and visit? AHmazing work over there.

happy day, my friends.

mothers day weekend~

i hope this photo is okay. i can't see it all that well, from the window area, i am posting from today. ...it's not really about the photos today. it's about these flowers i had to have, to place here, for you.

not sure where this post is going, 'cause i feel the lump in my throat already.

what i will say- is that i adore you, for always welcoming me, with open arms.

when i was a little girl, i wished i had a mother i could speak to, to share my deepest secrets with, to love, and then her to love me back. i'm learning now, she might have done her best, with what she was given to work with. this shit ain't easy.
but through this tiny blog of mine, i have more mothers, sisters, and kleenex box offerers, a girl could wish for ; ) and the best gift...i'm a mama. indeed the love i have for these two, runs deep in my veins. me stomach could remain empty ahn each night me bed a rock, if it meant these two had what dem need. thank you jah.

if i could share on this blog, how many times you beautiful, women have lit my path home. it would be a post longer than "war and peace". on the real. lol

i could not let mothers day pass, without thanking all the mothers who (for whatever reason) could not be mama to a child and allowed another mother to do so. you are examples of the highest love. i can't tell you where i would be, if it weren't for the strength and acceptance of the village who lifted and raised me up. i am madly in love with you.

happy mothers day~
you are loved~

inventory of poetic days~ word

"I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all."  
~Richard Wright


sofia's photo blew me away this week! i saw it and i was all- whA, nOO, for real?! lol
please stop in and visit at her place and read her chose words, for our photos. 


happy thursday, my friends. 
xo


christina~ sofia

along the way...

i had my brave on. i walked as though i wasn't scared shitless, but i was.
and then it was all done with.
i was proud that i had been brave, 'cause in all honestly, i am tired of being afraid of stuff.

along the way home i found art, or rather art found me. the art, it helped the fear fall off of me, breaking it into small pieces, along my path. then i turned off my path and took a different way home... the fear seemed to take a different path too. yeah mon.


"...my umi said shine your light for the world to see"
mos def

one love~

photos 1 and 4 are my shots of gallery work and i take no credit for art within these photos.  big up to the artist who created the work- i see you. wink.

new beginnings

this year i have decided to keep a journal, on the growth of our peony gardens.
i would like to journal + photograph the peonies, from the beginning stages,
like the photo above.
through the middle, fragrant stages.
to the end, where we sadly cut the bushes down, to the roots.
it seems like the peony season goes so fast.
i have shared here, before, that peonies are just my favorite flower.
oh, they have character ; )
we have several colors of peonies in the garden, pale pink, peach, white...
keeping this journal is something new for me, but it's bound to do the soul some good.

peace and bless~