Flowers of Love

I'm taking a moment to reflect on life's beauty.


There are so many flawless details in existence that simply take my breath away. I choose to be taken by these. I choose to hold what can not be held most dear. I welcome the adventures that are present.
What a wonderful world.
Something as small or as greatly grand as a pick of fresh flowers offers beautiful symmetry and blossoming to a room. I try to focus on this natural wonder of unfolding as I have chosen to print in upon my own skin. Let me embody this and as a flower of love myself, I will continue this journey happily. What joy a thoughtful offering from Julie my love brings. My heart sings and life is such a song for those who listen.

Connect

I finally found a place to listen to jazz in a dim lit locals' tavern with free wifi and friendly, earnest service.


A part of my soul sings and it brings to mind powerful words. This is a quote I've had waiting in my drafts, patiently waiting for a moment to stir the connection to an image.


For we are all tarred with the same brush, and are children of one and the same creator, and as such the divine powers within us are infinite. To slight a single human being is to slight those divine powers, and thus to harm not only that being but with him the whole word.

Deliciously Artful

A relaxing afternoon of food preparation serenaded by Iron & Wine.


There is beauty in the quiet layers of each meal.

Today's adventures were guacamole and hummus.

Gratitude.

A Whole Adventure

I love the fact that my heart fills with joy at the sight of lovely art.

This bottle of wine wasn't mine to drink, but the art was mine for capturing.





In San Diego Julie and I adventured to Whole Foods and to beaches.





We shook life hard and danced in the sand.





This strange dangling flower reminded me of the distinct beauty of life. It's beautiful presence wad there to be grabbed and shaken. I gently wiggled it a bit to catch better lighting. I can't help to wonder how many times it goes unseen, or how life just becomes part of our own background.

As I write this there certainly is a good handful of more photos to follow from our one inspired day in San Diego. There's video, hooping, and music. Thoughtfully they will unfold and be shared.

My head is filled with so many thoughts. Carefully I will let them clasp with one another to create strings of theories on truth. Every moment is a whole adventure in being and I live with such gratitude for the experiences that embody life's journey.

Nourishment, beauty, and love inspire my existence. I will gladly revisit the memories and be joyful for the revelations that time is sure to bring. Balance ushers in an awareness that was there all along. Just as life's flower dangles in the background, all I need to do is wiggle it bit and catch better lighting. Oh the joys of following the stitches of life's intertwined thoughts on time
existing all at once.

At this very moment my thoughts are dancing between my recently finishing the book Life of Pi and the very clear cuts in the transitioning land to ocean at the beaches of our adventures. In this very moment I wish to keep the images I captured in my mind, blurred into the words of the castaway of the novel. Something about Pi Patel and the marvel of San Diego's pure nature combined is a brilliant burst of imagination. These images are soon to be displayed amongst my words as the thoughts will surely flood me more insistently now. I feel a swell of life rising up and a smile on my face as I am rising to the occasion.

Cheers to great art and the ever coming step forward towards great unfoldings. This whole adventure is one filled with awe. More goodness to come.

Clarity & Inspiration

Julie got new glasses. I like them very much.


I think it is a neat concept to be able to acquire a new focus on things. It's an interesting concept, for someone with 20/20 vision, to be tested and fitted for clarity. Some clarity is cheap or oddly shaped or simply not fitting for a face. Julie's new frames are open at the bottom so she purchased stronger lenses so that her clarity won't scratch or shatter. No one wants to break their vision. I can't imagine my eyes with bottomless rims.
I love and honor this first happy pair of nice frames.


Shedding a little light on good focus, I decided to bring focus on inspiration for Julie and I. We've put together a day of car adventure.

Here's a list of ingredients:
- water
- orange & grapefruit juice
- a berry smoothie
- magical trail mix
- turkey jerky
- a pb&j
- green apple slices
- guacamole & corn chips
- quinoa & spinach almond pesto
- a tapestry
- a towel
- a frisbee
- Julie's hoola hoop
- my guitar
- camera's & journals
- Bear & Zen

All mixed together and sun baked along the car ride, we will bring focus to our moment.
Seeing the sights will bring clarity to the two of us, fluffy companions and life's tides. All pulled together with minimal money, effort and time brings a smile to my face.

I have gratitude for the abundance of spontaneity and love in my life. Let life's great clarity roll in on the waves.


We let life shine.

Music of the Day

It's a windows down, wind blown, speakers wailing to the world shuffled music of my soul kind of day.

I reflect on the many views of my presence.





From one day to the next.





Each moment is breathtaking and each beat felt in every fabric of my existence.

Onward I go towards every moment of adventure and beauty.