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Saturday
16Jan2010

pieces of this day

 

 

 

 

Authorliz elayne DateJanuary 16, 2010 | Comment6 Comments |
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Sunday
10Jan2010

the moments (of the last few days)

point defiance park view of puget sound . january 10, 2010

i have been more tired than productive (and productive is something i need to be) this weekend and last week was filled with quite a few emotional highs and lows in that way life is sometimes, but tonight, i am moved to share the moments of the last few days...

 

soaking up every word of a homemade life: stories and recipes from my kitchen table by molly wizenberg (i will write more about it soon. it is more like a gift than a cookbook. i am simply smitten with every page and am savoring the last few chapters like the last godiva chocolate).

 

watching julie & julia for the first time. what a joy that movie is. signs point toward me spending more time in the kitchen soon (hopefully when my mom visits next week, we can cook together and i can push away from nausea and lean in toward the goodness of cooking for and with my family).

 

taking a walk along puget sound with jonny. spotting a seal. sharing a few dreams. watching a little boy with his parents, so quick to explore on legs that have probably not been walking for too many weeks.

 

curling up with millie on the new red sofa. she seems to be very interested in my belly these days.

 

feeling grateful for friends who listen (especially when tears are falling on this end of the line).

 

angel hair pasta. really, i simply cannot get enough. and luckily i have a husband who doesn't mind cooking it (and everything else we eat around here these days).

 

enjoying a (new to me) movie called possession. the title invites one to think it is much different than it is. i found it to be a beautiful movie weaving two stories, one from the past and one now. a little poetry, a lot of romance, some heartache, wonderful music. i must investigate the book i think.

 

letting go of needing to answer email right away. i know it can be maddening to wait for someone to reply, but just remember, sometimes that someone is taking a break from the computer or just trying to get by or growing a human or spending time with family or breathing in and out or doing the best they can. (i will write back when i can. promise.)

 

spending time on etsy adding some things to my favorites, such as this and this and this.

 

naps under vintage quilts, one made by my great-grandmother and others thrifted. vintage quilts invite the best naps i think.

 

and in this moment, i wonder how things are in your world. what things did you fill up your weekend with? how are you? what are you wishing these days?

 

blessings and light, liz

Authorliz elayne DateJanuary 10, 2010 | Comment11 Comments |
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Saturday
05Dec2009

december (views) 5

 

 

a together sort of quiet afternoon, december views
Authorliz elayne DateDecember 5, 2009 | Comment4 Comments |
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Wednesday
18Nov2009

november 18 {or the day where i share some (really good) news}

things i can't help but say:
yes, i really am as tired as i look. 
goodness, i had trouble getting to the point...hope the payoff made you smile.
my hair is really really long.
love that purple wall behind me but i should really make video posts in the daylight.
(and put up artwork on said wall)
sorry i didn't call you. see the first point on this list.
thanks for visiting me in this corner of blog world.
Authorliz elayne DateNovember 18, 2009 | Comment48 Comments |
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Monday
17Aug2009

sunday, august 16.

6:30 AM foggy mind gives way to "i can't sleep" and i decide to make the long aprons i have been saying i will make for months...visualizing new pattern ideas...reversible perhaps...

6:45ish fall back asleep
8:35 wake up, must take shower first to push away foggy mind
8:52 blog reading in bed for a bit before breakfast
9:00 read maddie's sunday post. sigh with contentment and a wee bit of a wish i was there feeling
9:02 click over to this video of a vermont lake
9:02:10 decide the day's plans suddenly changed. must be in nature today
9:10 invite jonny to join me
9:40 picnic + three cameras + one blackberry + one flip + binoculars & bird book + lizzy & jonny get into the bug and head to the mountain
10:18 car dance party to michael franti begins (a must as coffee and breakfast have not yet been consumed)
10:31 starbucks drive through
11:10 enter the park and nature commences...
11:11 on was a bit like this...




6:10 PM time to head north yet again
6:18 a little donna summer concert in the car takes us home...

a perfect day really.

Authorliz elayne DateAugust 17, 2009 | Comment5 Comments |
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Friday
03Jul2009

scenes from an impromptu eve of the fourth picnic.



july 3a


july 3c


july 3b


july 3d


july 3e

Authorliz elayne DateJuly 3, 2009 | Comment8 Comments |
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Sunday
24May2009

scenes from an indiana evening

indiana evening

an evening at dad's . may 2009

Authorliz elayne DateMay 24, 2009 | Comment7 Comments |
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Thursday
07May2009

because {love thursday}

a photo that appeared in jonny's flickr photostream last evening.
he took it in our front yard when we had a brief break in the rain.
i gave him that frog about seven years ago.
sigh. there goes my heart.

because you seem to never mind when i sing my heart out in the car
because you embrace who i am (even when i haven't showered)
because you make sure i eat every night
because you annoy me until i remember to stop taking things so seriously
because you spent your spring break in the midst of a movie that might rival elizabethtown
because you say things like whatever you need to do when i ask you if i should get a nose ring, or a tatoo, or how the list goes on
because you send me emails in the middle of the day so i feel less alone
because you believe i can
because you remembered

these are (some of) the reasons
i adore you.

Authorliz elayne DateMay 7, 2009 | Comment11 Comments |
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Saturday
11Apr2009

scenes from a saturday adventure (of lizzy and jonny)


flow

seek

lines

for two

antique store reflection

yellow

Authorliz elayne DateApril 11, 2009 | CommentPost a Comment |
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Sunday
28Dec2008

content {december views}

melting

dinner in action

using the gift cards

hello

from the passenger seat 2

snow on christmas

december views

*****

not much documenting these last few days...mostly just being and doing lots of this instead:

board games for two
watching movies
resting
bickering
napping
taking care of each other
using the new panini maker
wearing christmas eve pajamas all day
sitting by the fire
crocheting
watching the snow fall
reading
laughing
sitting in the quiet
listening to christmas music for hours (and still not getting to the end of the christmas music playlist on my ipod)
napping
dreaming
brainstorming a wondrous new idea together
watching another movie
bickering again
laughing with each other
being thankful
missing family
being happy for the quiet (after venturing out the day after christmas and finding ourselves surrounded by some not so quiet children)
taking our time opening presents and just being in the moment
remembering
sleeping in
going out to dinner
watching the snow all melt away
staying up way too late
toasting "to us"

hope things are beautiful and full of life in your corner of the world...

Authorliz elayne DateDecember 28, 2008 | Comment8 Comments |
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