RAW 16c - earth is...

 

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RAW 52

a ring inspired by movement and silvery swans... feathers moving and beating... flying into the air, free... like dandelion parachutes blowing in the wind... carrying with them our wishes... 

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needing to make manifest and work through the impending skin shedding that approaches... thinking as always of my grandmother who taught me to both knit and crochet... a snake of 
sorts - signifying rebirth... 

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let no one - not even your self - suck the life out of you... follow your heart's desire, seek love, gaze upon the moon, celebrate each day, remain humble... return to life... 

'thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people

 are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home;

 that wilderness is necessity; 

that mountain parks and reservations are useful 

not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, 

but as fountains of life.' 

~ john muir

RAW 11 -

'in the spring, i have counted
136 different kinds of weather 
inside of 24 hours.'
~ mark twain

that seemed to be the case here last week - 

tender new shoots that brave their way through unpredictable march weather... their newness emphasized by the silvery frost, snow and hail that may coat them unexpectedly... 

RAW7

'eventually you will come to understand

that love heals everything,

and love is all there is.'

~ gary zukav

give and receive freely...

stay open... 

RAW6 - mindful

'it is only when the cold season comes

that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens.'

~ chinese proverb

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playing

my RAW indulgence... 

finding the thread

i saw pieces of myself strewn about the floor... in some i could identify moments of completeness, but alone they were frail and fleeting... 

somewhere lies a thread to reunite them...

to make me whole again... 

promise broken

'to love, honor and cherish' 

was the promise broken to you? or did you neglect to love, honor and cherish yourself? thereby getting yourself into a position that was less than workable... that took more than it gave... we are human... we grow, we learn... luctor et emergo... 


thank you to my fiber maven friend lisa jurist for the lace, silk fiber and beautiful little button used here... 


honor thyself -

RAW love

this year i am participating in a ring a week challenge... this one will be finished up today i hope - i have been working on it throughout the week... the rings are really quite incredible - they can be made of anything and are posted in this flickr group...


here is one of my recent favorites:

by iacua

and thank you to emily for taking this picture of a walking bridge over a lake near to us... i was struck by the graffiti heart's reflection in the water which was also reflecting the bright blue sky... last night, it occurred to me that it was a beautiful representation of how the heart can touch the sky...