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...

*******

a weekend full of

laughter

playing

love

breathing

friendship

sewing

watching movies (scary but good and beautiful)

enjoying the sun

doing

planning

being

catching my eye. april 24.

backyard tulips, april 2008

this delightul, beautiful, inspiring blog

this post about finding grace

this post full of beautiful truth

alicia's tulip photos (i want to go to see these tulips next year; i am marking it on my calendar)

this post full of a mother's love

jen's important reminder

sandi's gorgeous line of fabric

what is catching your eye this week?

five (really) good things on a wednesday evening.

there are five really good things in this photo. five things that made my quiet night a good one. can you spot them? (just click on the photo to see what they are.)

take a breath and then take a moment to name your own five really good things.

i dare you.