friday (blue)

the lack of blue in the sky today

means that the light for my photos is...well...not really present

so these photos aren't so much about good photography
(though my rebel does the best it can to guide me)

they are instead about a glimpse into me

and how blue always dances into my life

whether i am creating

or finding something to adorn our home

created by someone else

or wrapped up in a memory

blue is home

pink with a little red (thursday)

pink is just such a happy color.

for more about color week, visit leya here.

(i have to admit that the idea of pink thursdays makes me happy. or maybe a week of pink sometime this summer? sounds like fun to me...)

orange (wednesday)

i remember drinking fresh orange juice on the beach in marco island

from one of those orange shaped cups with the green lid and straw

something made me think of this memory the other day; i could smell that orange juice mixed with suntan oil, fresh air, and salt

i missed my parents in that moment as i closed my eyes and thought about the three of us, me sitting between them, on the beach of my early childhood vacations

at some point, i took a break from orange juice and all things orange flavored; not sure why, but it became a twenty year break

all my friends and family knew that orange was my least favorite

but after living here, on the west coast, for a few months, i began to crave oranges

and now i drink them, eat them, and breathe them in

perfection nestled in memories

day three of color week

yellow (tuesday)

day two of color week (find out more here)

green (monday)

this morning, when i hopped over to house on hill road, erin shared that she is participating in leya's week of color. (click here to read all about it.) sounds like fun, doesn't it?

i decided to join in...

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color week: yellow and orange (or: join me for lunch?)

i imagine that you have joined me for lunch today...

this is what we are having:







(so since there are no rules with color week, i am kind of blending the first four days of colors with my lunch today)

a little quest:
jon has been drinking italian sodas for years, but i tend to always get coffee when we go to cafes (iced mochas in the summer). but, when we were in oregon, i tried this raspberry italian soda with cream. oh my goodness. the flavor took me right back to when i was a kid and we would go to marco island, fl (before my little brother was born) and we would walk down the beach, me and my mom and my dad, and then walk on to this frozen yogurt place. now, this was back when we didn't have frozen yogurt chains and it was pretty new. i loved that frozen yogurt. i think i also loved the time spent with my parents there, out in the sun just the three of us (and then my brother later). over the years, i have always searched for a similar flavor, but never have found it. until now.

i am on a small but important quest to try italian sodas and other cream drinks at some of my favorite cafes this summer.

today, i found that the strawberry blended creme drink at starbucks is pretty darn close to that flavor from my past.

what is new with you? have you been undertaking any quests of your own lately?

a week of color: green {and SPC}

continuing with color week and bringing in the earth for SPC.

i have always felt drawn to the earth element. i believe this is because i constantly seek that feeling of being grounded.



the earth, literally and spiritually, grounds me.

and green is a color of summer. the plants that grow and bend and bloom in our backyard are a true color pallete of green. right now, i think of the hydrangeas as being green ready to burst into purple, blue, and pink...





over the past few months, a part of me seems to be calling green into my life. some traditions say that green in the color of the heart chakra. i remember that the day i saw my grandmother after she died, i felt as though my heart was broken, and afterwards, i could easily and quickly tap into that physical feeling when i thought of her, when my mind and heart were lost in the grief. about a year later, i think my calling to green began. when my mom and i went to sedona in february, one of my spa treatments was called the soul seeker. the woman who did the treatment worked on releasing past pain in my throat and my heart. since that day, my heart has not hurt. i still grieve, but i do not feel the sharp, physical, breath-catching pain in my heart. since then, i find myself drawn to green jewelry and clothing; perhaps they are talismans to remind me to let my heart breathe and open.