Begin

 The most sacred place dwells within our heart, 

where dreams are born and secrets sleep, a mystical refuge of darkness and light, fear and conquest, adventure and discovery, challenge and transformation. 

Our heart speaks for our soul every moment while we are alive. 

Listen... as the whispering beat repeats: be...gin, 

be...gin, 

be...gin. 

It's really that simple. 

Just begin... again. 

~Royce Addington~

I wanna go back

I wanna go sit on the cobblestones with you 

and sell some flowers, 

tell a few stories, 

and weave the tales of our past

One Little Word

I have been flirting with the One Little Word  project, trying to decide if I really wanted to commit to one little word with such a huge impact. I dismissed the idea, but it kept creeping into my little mind. Then I got frustrated trying to decide...so I dismissed it again. Why bring on so much stress, expectation and responsibility to One Little Word? Then last evening, on New Year Day I saw it. I stopped dead in my tracks. The sign reached out and grabbed me. I laid on the floor and took this photo. So be it. 

This day I will begin yoga practice. 

I will begin a new art journal. 

I will begin to count the days my son returns home from Iraq.

I will begin things I will not share with you here, and hope they will start new beginnings during the year to come. I will print this photo with several copies to remind myself of new beginnings; place them in my car, on my door, in my backpack, in my recipe book, near my pillow.

One Word Project

Dixie & Rob

my Trashy Friends

 Richard and Linda Hamilton,of Texas Trash and Treasures , my friends and neighbor, gathered some of their family this week for some romping and stomping photo shoots. It was a blast to shoot foto-friendly people who will play and pose for the lady with a camera stuck in their face. 

Thank for such a fun day! What a beautiful family.