Summertime

It’s now three days into the Summer Solstice. We experienced our longest day of the year. We’ve been seeing some warmer temperatures and it’s felt like summer has already been here well before June 20th. I’m excited for weekend camp trips, more hikes, swimming and a lot more bike riding. Summer is a time of rebirth, light, abundance and also work – tending to your garden to harvest in fall, summer house projects as well as vacations, play and rest. I love summer, it’s my favorite time of year. I made this piece about summer camping in a cabin. It’s called “While We Slept”.

Happy Wednesday ❤

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Do What You Want

I listened to a really good talk yesterday that opened up the conversation of the meaning of life. Lots of us want to know and the best answer I heard was – the meaning of life is to experience the thrill of life. It’s as simple as that. Lots of people hold back on things they really want to do for various reasons. It’s our natural state to be happy and people often don’t believe this is true. Life is life – you’ve got to decide that you are in control of how you feel and make sure to do what you want – no matter how weird or kooky or unconventional it is. So I made this unusual flower pattern with that thought in mind!

Don’t give a fig what anyone else says. Do something you want to do today – don’t make excuses. It’s very hard to hold back and very easy to allow – you just have to give yourself permission to allow. Remember it’s good to feel good. Life is supposed to be fun.

Happy Wednesday ❤

Wanderlust

Summer is approaching fast and I'm already seeing lots of travel photos from friends and family. We all have a little wanderlust inside of us. Dreaming of a vacation can sometimes create a little bit of a longing feeling. That feeling of seeing something new, smelling new smells, getting out of autopilot to find new pathways is what we're all craving. A lot of Americans have trouble finding time to get away because of limited vacation days and funds - but there are so many ways to sneak in a mini getaway. Even if you can't leave town, take a new route home or spend time in a part of town or a neighboring town you don't know very well. I recently spent time in a new part of the town and it felt like I was in a new city! I heard someone say once "let's get a drink and pretend we're on vacation". I thought it was brilliant - because no matter where you are, vacationing is a state of mind.

If you do plan to get away, send me a really pretty postcard of where you are - I might just paint or draw it!

Happy Wednesday and Bon Voyage! ❤

Taking Some Time

It's the first of June and we have 20 more days until we enter the Summer Solstice. The garden's are planted, the flowers have bloomed and the trees are full and rustling in the breeze. It's now berry season - particularly strawberry, blueberry and raspberry season. I went strawberry picking with some friends recently. It had been such a long time since I last went. We drove out to a U-Pick farm and meditatively picked the berries to fill up our bins. I was thinking about how busy things have been and often pass on things like this because of the feeling of not enough time. But I ducked out on some work and went to get my fingertips red and fill my tummy up with delicious berries. I am so glad I went because it was worth it! Not only do I have yummy food to eat for the next few days but taking just a few hours for myself left me feeling rejuvenated and inspired to finish working the rest of the day. The work will always be there and the universe has it's own way of figuring out how to get it done. So, make sure you get out and pick some berries this season - you won't be sorry. If you can't get to a place to do that - just get out in nature, no matter what the weather is and just move around in it.

Happy Wednesday ❤

Forging On, Magic Number 3 and Tarot for Today

The 22nd of this month marks 3 years I've been writing this blog. When I first started I wanted to have a place to write things I wanted to share with everyone. It started off with literally 2 subscribers and has grown nicely into the thousands in that time! At times it feels like crickets chirping and other times I feel the love pouring in through comments and emails. I thought about stopping the blog but always decide to forge on because I get so much out of it personally. This blog shapes and forms into surprises I never fathomed. It keeps me eager to see what's next. Recently I went to a panel where a friend spoke and part of her talk was about procrastination. It's an easy thing to feel and many of us judge ourselves so harshly for it. I empathize with the low level depression and inner critic I sense when I hear people talk about it. I seriously can't say this enough: procrastination is your inner being having the wisdom to know you are not energetically ready for this thing you want to do! Now, many of you think, well... if I didn't just push through it, my world will just fall apart if I waited until I was "ready". I often hear people say they never really feel ready. But you see, this is where we have it all wrong... when you set out to do something, most of the time you are ready. When you don't feel ready it's because you forced yourself and you pushed through it. And that feels awful - that's the part that you keep putting things off for. You remember that awful feeling of pushing through it and you don't want to feel that pain and resistance again so you put things off. But it doesn't have to be that way. Remember the times you sailed through something. When you even whistled while you worked and drank a cocktail afterwards admiring yourself for your accomplishment. That's the part to remember and focus on! That's how you get yourself energetically ready. Because everything usually gets done eventually, right? Either you do it or someone steps in or it magically gets taken care of by itself. This all happens when you relax and trust that you are holding off for energetic alignment reasons. So, chew on that today. Go easy on yourself for anything you haven't gotten to yet.

In honor of my 3 years writing this blog and all the magical things that go with the number 3 - today's tarot card is The Empress! It's the 3rd tarot in the Major Arcana part of the deck. She symbolizes belief in yourself, growth, motivation and co-creativeness. In numerology, 3 is the magic number of joy, creativity, growth, manifesting your desires and finding peace and clarity within. The number 3 is just an all around good number for today. Wednesday is the 3rd day in the week. And by divine, shimmering and universal goodness - I added up today's date:

0+5+2+5+2+0+1+6 = 21 and then 2+1 = 3

.... Whooooaaa... So, use the power of 3 and the Empress as your motto, your mantra, your meditation or whatever for today. Today is a good day because you just decided to make it so.

Happy Wednesday ❤

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