la porte rouge: animals. nature

it happened today around one thirty, the moment i waited for two years came. the chores where done, animals fed, garden watered, house cleaned. a few hours of editing this weekend shoots, i found myself in the living room. the breeze a mix of warm and cool traveling through the house. my body decided it was time and it looked promising i layed myself on the white couch, my body resting against the french ticking and linen pillows my eyes began too close, i was about to nap and i was going to let it happen- no it was not a choice but a must, i even thought about the post i would write about as i slowly began to fall. i was a sleep- finally! then a minute later the phone rang and i was up. i almost did it, took a nap in the afternoon.

Sunday, May 9

when you take the dirt road

Yesterday i went straight i did not know why for i was running late yet the thundering clouds did not sway me. i stumbled upon a gift bestowed by mother nature, she has been very generous to me my whole life. this dirt road framed by tall trees and covered by fog was as if my notes of a perfect road played right before me. was i dreaming no, but was it a dream yes.

Thursday, February 18

a bird and a berry bush

this is happening right outside my window, the lens on my camera was my tamron eighty to three hundred so it was difficult to get a close up and for it not to be blurry but i love it just the same. it made my heart sing. i have been asking questions and things like this come to me as answers.

Tuesday, February 16

the woods

a walk in the woods, i can do this forever. i like how i feel in the woods, i like how the trees look under snow. i go in to see things clearer yes that is true but today i came out wanting to be a tree.

Wednesday, February 10

snow fall

the snow came! I know you must be tired of it, but it brings me such happiness to walk around in the snow. when i am indoors watching the snow through the window i can not help but feel like i am in a snow globe my own white wonderland! I never been one to rush things and i certainly do not want rush winter for spring needs good snow fall! lately i feel everything is rushed, clocks ticking all over the place! there is so much i wish i was doing, yet today i will do what i can but do it well. how are you?

Wednesday, January 27

she is a girl with pretty things

i am not a girly girl, oh i used to say that a lot. five minute showers, no blow driers, no make up, no scissors come close to my hair. when it came to clothes it was a little different the best worn out boy blue jeans with the most delicate of white shirts, pretty earring or necklace and the shoes always pretty almost always red and sometimes scuffed! well now a days on the farm i look like i belong in the barn- no it is true! except for my hunter wellies everything else is well, a mess. i can always be found with hay in my hair. on a car ride home my mother said honey your letting yourself go as she pointed at my vintage bag with a whole in it, my black long sweater that she saw on me everyday that week! I wanted to tell her who cares i feel good but truth is i did not feel good,i had noticed it myself. as i walk past the walk in closets bursting with pretty things i have gathered i realize somehow myself esteem has slipped. so here is to bringing the pretty things out.

Saturday, January 23

a midwinter walk

I have been away from here for a while. I am sorry for not letting you guys know. I was unispired and our life is being disrupted a little. today i knew we had to get out and do the thing that always brings us happiness, fills our lungs with the freshest air and clears our heads like nothing else. K. took me for a small hike and walk by the river. it was beautiful exactly what all four( the dogs) of us needed! the weather has not been winter like and the sun is bright. tomorrow promises to be even nicer, so will we find ourselves on another path. K. has started a fire and an impromptu dinner party( potluck thank goodness) will take place in an hour! hope you are good!

ps. thank you dear friends for all your emails, i am here just a little quiet.

Monday, December 14

meet me on the hill at sunset

I love walking into the pasture at sunset. what makes my heart
happy is having mike come and meet me halfway. he comes right to me
smells my hat, then my cheek the he nudges me. if i have my camera he must smell it, drool on it but somehow i think he likes it.

yesterday as i my husband walked in the door i proclaimed i am in love with mike! because K. does not spend the day with horses on the brain he said "mike who" with this terrified look on his face!
mike the horse of course, i think he is just perfect!

*dear photographers, do you notice the black shadow to the right of my lens that is the lens that fell and broke(my favorite) have you ever had this problem is it fixable?)

Tuesday, June 1

almost and a walk around the lake