3 posts tagged “heartshapedsky”
We visited Heartshapedsky and her lovely family. Portland is Gorgeous in the Fall!!! SO many leaves!!!! They were piled more than a foot deep in some places, I wanted to leap out of the car and jump in the piled, kick them around and hear them crunching below my feet. The smell is incredible! The sky was speckled with clouds and the sun shined on our bodies as we walked along the river and across the bridges. E, Heartshapedsky's 4 year old son and I searched for treasures along the path. We found chestnuts, the tops of the nuts, some rocks and some fallen stars. SO much treasure! We saw helicopters and birds, riverboats and sailboats, speedboats and barges. Those treasures were much too big to fit in his cargo pants pockets.
We also attended a small art fair inside someones house. There were 6 artists, three of them were photographers. I picked up their cards and intend to look at their photos later when I get my list of to do's done. I will share them here though. Just in case you al are interested in what I saw.
Cori Kindred
Andrea Jenkins and her flickr site
Abby Powell Thompson
Holy Bananas, that was hard to close those windows! They are all so talented! One of them, I don't know who was who because I was much too shy to speak to these artists that inspired me so, had an old camera slung around her neck. It was shiny and silver with zig zagging metal strips on the side allowing the camera to compact itself when not in use. I wanted to ask about it, the age, what photos are taken with it, etc. I wanted to chat with all these gals and hand them my own Moo cards burning in my purse right next to Ruby hidden away because I was too shy to network. I may leave a comment or send an emal with my flickr URL. I will not think about it until after class tonight.
Tonight is Photography Class number two. I have to bring two good photos to be critiqued and one bad one. I will be able to find two good ones with some ease, but the bad one will be hard, there is just WAYYYY to much to choose from. Also this weekend I am attending a photo critique workshop with local photographers. The topic will be Aperture, Shutter speed, and ISO. I know what all these mean, but I am hoping for more depth on the subject. Also this weekend is my breathing workshop at the yoga studio. Two hours of breathing techniques for relaxation, digestion, and anxiety control. That is what my life has been like the last few days.
Todays to do list:
*upload photos from camera to the computer
*choose two good ones and a bad one
*clean kitchen so I can start making soap tomorrow
*unpack the overnight bag and start/finish one load of laundry
OH YEAH!!!
PLEASE send me your posts that you would like me to see or read, because after 5 days away, there is NO way I will ever get to all of them and get things done today.
What a busy weekend!
Friday, I did my 15 minutes a room thing and was Very happy with the results. It is CRAZY what can be done in 15 minutes!
Saturday, Mr. Lavender and I awoke late and had a lovely late breakfast. Then he went for a run while I packed our overnight bags. We were driving 2 1/2 + hours to attend Mr. L's aunts wedding. She is Mormon so we were not allowed to attend the ceremony, but they had a ring ceremony for the rest of the family. It was Lovely. They both have grown children and myriads of grandchildren. Between them they have 11 children and grandchildren, well there was a chocolate fountain so they were not still enough for me to count. Haha! It is nice seeing the way that her new husband looks at her, they are so in love and it is Gorgeous! We left the reception after helping put all the chairs and such away and drove the rest of the way down to Portland to stay the night at Heartshapedsky's house. We have been friends since High school. We chatted a while about the wedding, the olympics, then crashed after a late night dinner from the Tin shed. Yum!
Sunday, Woke up bright and early, looking outside to see the sun was out in Portland. Lovely. We began our day at our fave breakfast spot in Portland, it is a place we eat breakfast at every time we are there. I had a hearty bowl of oatmeal and those fried potatoes, oh my those things are SO good! Mr. Lavender had a garden egg scramble with fresh locally grown broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, etc., fresh locally made coffee, Heartshaped sky had cherry chocolate chip vegan pancake, vegan tofu scramble, I cannot remmeber what Mr. heartshaped sky had, but it included a large cup of Gorgeous fresh fruit, and Heartshaped sky Jr. had Circle Toast (bagel, but circle toast sounds much cuter) We then jetted up to Mt. Tabor Park. Oh Goodness it was beautiful! We played on the park toys, I was trying to convince Mr. Lavender we needed a Teeter Totter in our back yard. I have not played on a teeter totter with someone close to my own weight since I was a kid, and DAMN it was SO FUN! We teetered and Tottered for a good 15 minutes, then we were off for a nice kike through the trails. Beautiful! Really really. I will have pictures later, they are all still in Ruby. She is pretty full with the park and the wedding. Then we went back to the playground to play with the child and Mr. Lavender made himself motion sick on the swings. We are getting so old. Haha! We walked along some street in Portland but Mr. L could not handle it much longer, he needed a nap to sleep off his swings adventure. The boys took a nap while Heartshaped sky and I walked down to a close set of shops with very cute things inside. I was good people! I saw wonderful things that I wanted, but did not buy because I doid not need them and do not have room for any more cute things. I did buy some gorgeous striped socks at Sock Dreams, if it is one thing that makes me happy, it is striped socks. They are just a little bit of joy to know I have pink and blue stripes on my feet. I will be 80 years old and wearing striped socks. Why not? It is just littel bits of joy wrapped around my feet and calf.
We then decided it was time to head back, the cats had not been fed, and they should be getting restless. We began our drive and found traffic, lots of still slow traffic. We are not sure what created the slowing, but a three hour drive turned into over 4 hours. We laughed at silly things like signs that read "eat here.....get gas" and at the man who could not hold it until the next rest stop peeing on the side of the freeway.
just now I recieved a call from my sister. I cannot continue with what I was saying. A woman who has been such a wonderful part of my family has passed away. She was my sisters best friends mother, she was everybodies mother. Her husband married both mr. Lavender and I and My sister and her husband. She was the most soothing, sweet, calm, lovely, beautiful, loving, caring, kind, passionate, person I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Her daughter is getting married after living with her fiance for over 8 years next summer. Devistation. I feel so heavy right now. I am signing off for the day. My condolences go out to her family, they are so tight, unlike any family I have ever met. They are a pattern of what I hope for my marriage. Marie, I LOVE you! And I will miss you SO MUCH!
She has been so much for me since we met in high school. I look into her gorgeous brown eyes and know, I really love her! My life would not be as lovely as it is with her in it. She believes in fairy tale true love, she made me believe it existed too. I found it in my husband. She taught me that magic in the world exists, you just have to believe and look for it. Now it is hard for me to NOT see it.
We met in high school, she was a sophomore when I was a senior. We had art class together. She had this jean jacket she had painted a rainbow colored version on John Lennon's scribble face, and the word Imagine below it. I think. It has been a long time. She is one of the most creative people I know. We went to concerts together, we danced.
Today I will dance all day, it is your birthday! It is the anniversary of the day you were born into this world, making it a better place to be for all who come into contact with you. I am absolutely SO blessed to have known you all these years, You make my life rich and magical. I love you! Happy Birthday Love!
