January 21, 2010

i watch the stars from my window sill...


(taken with 100mm macro lens and 400 iso)

i've been buying my own sunshine this week as there have been too many gray days in a row to suit me. wouldn't it be nice if we could have our personal iso button? and when we needed a boost of light, just turn that sucker up?


i think i could go for that. i do think that for sure.


flowers are one of the things that make me smile for no particular reason. other things in that category are: lacy branches against a clear blue sky, the tiny sliver of a new moon, kitty paws, doggy smiles, the first spoonful of ice cream, the smell of bread baking, baby toes, sugar cubes, postcards, old glass jars, fluffy clouds and reflections in the water.


just typing those things made me smile. i like that.


in my art journal last week i wrote a longer list, but these are the ones that come to mind. oh, i forgot bluebirds. how could i forget them?


i've also have been obsessed lately with the weepies and the pogues. right now, 'the world spins madly on is playing' and it tugs at my heart. a friend mentioned it in his blog this week - a bit of serendipity to suit my day. another friend is grateful for another day with her beloved. and i was moved. because it's not the big things - it's the little bitty things that make my life good.


that and good coffee.

31 comments:

  1. your words make me happy, my friend.
    xo

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  2. OH SO true Char...and all those things make me smile too...and the giggles of my girls playing so wonderfully together(because it's NOT always) ...this makes my heart warm.
    Finished the WILD THING painting!
    YAY...got something done today.
    HUGS
    CHar

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  3. Oh, I want an ISO button too! What a great idea!

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  4. yep that and a good blog post like yours. thanks it made me smile too - to read those things. i had that first spoonful of icecream, out of the carton, last night. sweet.

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  5. I agree with Denise! I hope the weather starts improving for you this week. Oh and for me too :)

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  6. the weepies ..coffee and your flowers...what more could you need today! such a special place here

    "All it takes is a little faith, and a lot of heart"

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  7. ...I was looking for color on my walk today...and couldn't find any...now if I only had a personal iso...

    ...I think I will go out and buy some bright yellow flowers...:)Love your list of smilies:)

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  8. I still need to go buy some flowers!

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  9. Char, love your list of smiles....I could sure go for one of the Iso Buttons, I can picture me using it right now. I love yellow, it is such a happy color...Thanks for bringing a bit of sunshine in to my day. take care.

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  10. it's the little things that fill my basket of life the fullest, too....

    to the point that I want to put that basket on the front of my bike and ride around town with a big smile on my face :)

    thanks for the flower inspiration...they're beautiful...

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  11. I second everything you said, especially the coffee ;)

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  12. I love the weepies too and I do love southern lit. My family could definitely be in a southern lit book. I always love hearing from you and hope you are having a wonderful week.

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  13. The sun! Where is the sun?

    I think flowers make everybody happy. At least I hope so. Because if they didn't love them I would be very suspicious...

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  14. I agree, it is the simple things that make life good!

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  15. I truly wish you could have seen the bluebirds in my yard today. You would have smiled even wider.
    Brenda

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  16. Sometimes I tell my coffee that I love it. "I love you, coffee", I say. And it rewards me by tasting oh so very good.
    Cheers to you, my friend. We both love many of the exact same things. They are all itty bitty things that together make life a happier place.

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  17. It is good for us to stop, relax, reflect and think of the simple little things that make us happy.
    Makes us appreciate them!

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  18. Gorgeous shot! It definitely makes me happy!

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  19. Very lovely lists. Thanks for the smiles, Char. X)

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  20. Oh, lacy branches against a blue sky...! I was just laying on the grass in our backyard two days ago (we had a couple of spring-like, sunny, beautiful days here...) and I looked up and noticed the delicately bare dogwood branches against that clear sky. That made me smile and filled me with joy. And you just reminded me of that feeling on this cold, wet, dreary day. Thank you, dear.

    xo,
    -maria

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  21. I think my favorite on that list was baby toes. They make me giggle just thinking about them.

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  22. Mmmm yes, coffee. And every other thing you mentioned! Hope you had a wonderful day!

    xo Mary Jo

    p.s. They told me they're mailing your soaps out tomorrow!! Yay!

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  23. Some time I wonder if big things even exist? every thing can be broken down it small bits and it is those small bits we need to appreciate. Live the moment. The bigger picture is put into place once we acknowledge the beauty of the smaller things in life.

    up you ISO all the way to 800, girl!

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  24. kitty paws and kitty noses i think are at the top of my list.

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  25. So I'm going to copy you and buy some flowers today!

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  26. I love that you have an art journal. That your art journal is full of words is even better. And, oh yes, I am now longing for my own iso button.

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i feel as if each comment was between us as we sat and sipped something warm....i love to hear what you're thinking.