Photographs and random musings from an artist living in the California mountains
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
That Annual Post-Christmas...
Exhaustion! Anthony and George look like I feel. As lovely as the Christmas season is, it is also a very hectic, busy season. I usually feel like I've run some sort of marathon by the time it's over, even as I'm grumbling about it going by too fast and being over too soon.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas...I'm going to go take a nap!
OC, it gets harder every year. I'm trying to talk my husband into going to my daughter's vacation home in Aspen, CO, next Christmas, but so far it's a hard sell.
And some other Wildings, big and little, who kindly share their forest with me:
Miss Sunni, a Grey Squirrel
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Mountain Lion
Mrs. Coyote
A Black Bear
Baby Raccoons
Mrs. Fox
Mountain Chickadee
A Young Steller's Jay
Common to high altitude forests all over the west
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Compassion
Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. ~~ Albert Einstein
June Is Adopt a Cat Month
But, there are always strays who need a loving home - so don't shop, ADOPT! Click the photo for helpful tips on adopting.
If They...
If they breathe, they live. If they live, they feel. If they feel, they love. If they love, they are aware. If they are aware, they have a soul. ~ Williams
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Kitty Love
I love cats because I enjoy my home and, little by little, they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau
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Courage, dear heart ~ C.S. Lewis
Nature
I think we are bound to, and by, Nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought we know our fate is tied to the world around us. ~~ Alice Hoffman
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Books
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors and the most patient of teachers.
Charles W. Eliot
Bibliophile:
A person who collects or is fond of books. Also, a person who immediately feels safe, happy, even euphoric, when holding a favorite book.
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Boulder Bay, Big Bear Lake
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Lake Gregory, Crestline
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Lake Arrowhead
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Peace
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. ~ John Muir, from "The California Mountains"
Seasons
Yosemite, California
A Favorite Quote
"I don't want life to imitate art; I want life to BE art." Carrie Fisher
I live in a little cottage with my furry "children" in a beautiful mountain forest where we enjoy daily visits from the little wild creatures. I love animals (you probably guessed), books, photography, tall trees, clear lakes, rain, snow, tea, the moon, and creating all kinds of art.
"My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!" Aunt Fran from 'Practical Magic', written by Alice Hoffman
Iconic Southern California
Snow capped mountains above palm trees and orange trees (those are the mountains where I live)
Ms. President
...of the Faerie's Book Club, that is. They meet every week in my secret garden.
Violets From My Mother's Garden
Forest Path
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State Flower
A field of California Poppies
Lilacs
I'm blessed to have lots of them around my cottage.
Truth
We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same. ~ Carlos Castenada
I wanna rub his belly. He is just too cute.
ReplyDeleteChristmas in Aspen sounds wonderful. That's definitly where you should go next year.
Blessings, V.
Those cats look so very cute and pooped altogether ; )
ReplyDeleteHave a great time relaxing !!
That is the definition of relaxed. Anthony and George are truly living the life.
ReplyDeleteSweet dreams!
Always, Queenie
Vivienne, Georgie would love that!
ReplyDeleteMoncha, relaxing is the one thing I'm really not good at, but I'm trying...
Queenie, you're right, I don't know of any living being that can relax better than a cat!
I absolutely love the picture of the two cats. I can well imagine that you're tired with 29 people for Xmas. I just wouldn't be able to handle it.
ReplyDeleteOC, it gets harder every year. I'm trying to talk my husband into going to my daughter's vacation home in Aspen, CO, next Christmas, but so far it's a hard sell.
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