life in technicolor

rafters embrace my body of wood

I am free

look up

floating among sparkle who

else can claim this but

cosmos 

or the moon

an entrance to Oz

chandelier that spreads magic

details in Anado's and Richard's home

Anado, showing us the grounds

siesta in polka dots

I'll start from the beginning, though my brain doesn't work that way.  When my friend Lorena (http://www.lorenaangulo.com/) found out I was in SMA, she quickly told me that I had to visit Anado.( http://www.madebyanado.com/) So I did, and I am forever grateful to Lorena because I was able to witness something magnificent.  A place on earth where my pupils felt dilated, there was too much to gasp over; so much color and creativity in a backdrop of dirt, donkeys and trees that looked dead (or from Sleepy Hollow).  

Anado, showed us around and talked about his creations. The place he created (with his partner Richard Schultz) tells the story of his childhood, where he's been, who he loves; what he loves.  But to me it was a place that reminded me that I can make my life exactly the way I have always dreamed.   "Dream big" has a whole new meaning to me because I'm the kind of person who likes proof and well, there it was.  This place grabbed me and shook me and flipped me upside down!

When it was time to leave, I floated to the town center (which is a big white church) and waited on the bus to take me back to San Miguel de Allende.  On the 45 minute ride I stared out the window as the dust encircled us.  I watched people come from behind patches of cactus to catch the bus to the city.  We all have a journey, all equally beautiful. Yes, I left seeing the world through rose colored glasses.

Twelve hundred miles

Our new Subaru finally got to show off over the holiday. We drove her over 1200 miles to LA, Palm Springs, Joshua Tree and The Salton Sea. I felt like I could stay on the road forever. I will write more later, I am using my iphone for this post (testing out a new mobile blogging app). Here are some photos.


Joshua Tree aka heaven


Cholla garden at sunset


Salton Sea


Salton Sea - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Litte Things

Yesterday, I spent hours looking at hundreds of photos.  Photos that show me a glimpse of my life in the last year. What I discovered--little things are big things; the big moments of my life.  Holidays are great, weekends are great, birthdays are great.  But what my photos say to me--life is great.  All the little moments, make my life.  Here are some little moments that I'd like to share.

this shadow lasted about a minute, luckily I had my camera in hand

things I picked up on my walk

my reflection on a pond

My new job title

I decided that I should make a resume for myself with the job title "looker/seer".  And the job description would say--I see, look, document, and show evidence; proof. 

Let me start at the beginning. I was walking on the beach today and I was "looking" and thinking of how magnificent everything around me was.  The sky with the perfect puffy clouds, the water rushing back and forth, the sand stepped in, the dogs pouncing, the long grass swaying. The air seemingly from heaven.  I took it all in and thought--this must be heaven. So at that moment, I thought why can't this be my job. I would travel around the world and see things.  HA! Why didn't I think of this before. Now, I have to find someone to hire me.

Here are some photos of the things that I saw.

a book about trees?

tree in Arizona

tree in San Francisco

tree in Portland

I take pictures of trees.  I greet trees, I admire trees.   Now I am reading a book about trees.  When I picked it up I didn't think it would be some great novel. I picked it up on instinct--it was staring at me, so I brought it home. What I've learned so far...I love trees even more than I originally thought.  And, I'm only a quarter of the way through the book.  Why they fascinate me? I only know that it's feeling I get when I'm around them.  But I do think this quote by Gloria Steinem sums it pretty nice and concise--"Read Jean Shinoda Bolen's Like a Tree, and you will never again see one without knowing it has a novel inside, it's supporting your life, and it's more spiritual than any church, temple or mosque. Like a Tree is the rare book that not only informs, but offers a larger consciousness of life itself." 

The trees are calling me, I want to visit some of the oldest and tallest trees on the planet--just to say hi and of course to take their picture.

If you know of any great tree books, please share.  Have you read The Giving Tree? That's another great.