Fairy Charms

 

 

Sunshine

I’m putting on my rollerblades and taking the kids for a bike ride during which I push Fiona on her bike up the hills on half of the ride. I love my rollerblades. I love the sun.

And then it rained…

I love taking photos in the rain.

Kitty Love

I get my weekly kitty fix from a great friend who foster pregnant cats and kittens from a shelter. She also happens to be a neighbour and homeschools her three kids, so triple bonus for me. Oh, is it sweet.

Sucking Out the Juice of Life

What stresses you out? Make a list and change all those things.

Suck the juice out of life.

Prints available here.

Salt Spring Island Retreat

I woke up yesterday to this visitor outside my window and thought, I could get used to this.

I’m on my second annual retreat right now. Last year I went to Bowen Island, a small, artistic community just a 20 minute ferry ride from Vancouver. This year I’m on Salt Spring Island, a one and half hour ferry ride away and a much larger island with a vibrant artistic and farming community. It is home to Raffi, the children’s musician; Nick Bantock, artist/author of the Griffin and Sabine series; Carol Evans, the watercolor landscape artist; Robert Bateman, the watercolor animal artist; Linda Popov, author of the Virtues Guide, and a whole host of other incredibly talented people.

This is my soul time. A time for rest, reflection and creativity and I’m drinking in every moment. I highly recommend it.

Sunshine Leaves

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”

- Steve Martin

There’s one thing for sure: living in Vancouver you never take the sun for granted.

Courage

Courage means to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. – Brene Brown

Outdoor Lending Library

A few blocks from my home someone set up an outdoor Lending Library in front of their house.

Such a great way to de-clutter your own house and pick up some new books. And who doesn’t love free books?

Summer Came Early

Summer never showed up last year so we’re soaking it up for all it’s worth.

We’ve Got It All Wrong

Somewhere along the way we forgot what nature has always known. It’s not the female’s job to primp and preen – just look at nature – that is supposed to be the male’s job.

Take the peacock for instance.

We saw a fine example of this at Maplewood Farm today. First a grey female peacock came along and watched the male for a while. He strut his stuff and shook his feathers like nobody’s business.

Ater a while she got bored and took off.

Then a white female peacock came along and watched the male for a while. He strut his stuff and shook his feathers like nobody’s business.

After a while she got bored and took off.

I asked my kids which female peacock was impressed enough by the male that she might have babies with him?

They said, “None. He’s not working hard enough.” 

Exactly my point with women today! So many billions of dollars spent on hair, make-up and clothes in order to primp and and preen around the males hoping that one will pick them. But no! This is not the way of nature.

Be confident in who you are,

women,

and you true inner beauty will shine.

Be confident in who you are

and you will feel whole within yourself -

not needing another person to fill that empty void within.

Be confident enough in who you are

to show your inner self to the world.

This is the only way you can find a true companion.

Find the confidence by accepting yourself

just as you are right now -

with all the mistakes, imperfections and failures.

The world needs you.

Just as you are.