52 Photos Project- Week 19

I have so many flowers photos, so it is hard to narrow it down to just a couple.

Having Fun Pulling Photos from My Archives for My Mojojewel on Tumblr

Joy Pockets

I had a very busy week doing what I call my healthcare which includes, a visit to my chiropractic doctor, 3 visits to my hydrotherapist, 2 Ionic foot baths and my pedicure. I had lots of moments of joy.

I sat in the park and sunned my cute toes

found a wonderful family owned Olive Oil shop that was set up like a wine tasting shop. It was filled with more than a hundred vats of speciality olive oils and vinegar and wonderful vinaigrette dressings like a mango dressing that is beyond

eliminated a rodent problem, yucky, and now Miss Thang, my cat, can sleep in peace, thanks to no help from her

got my weekly massage

started watching the Matrix trilogy again because it is helping me with an art piece I am working on

found a great new antique/thrift shop to explore and purchased a wood wall unit

ate at a wonderful new Indian restaurant

didn't do much cooking this week

my oldest son got a fabulous contracting job to build websites for a big company

Youngest son started his second year of college, this is the make or break crucial year

Have a wonder filled weekend

I Love Doing My Art with Frida Looking Over My Shoulder

52 Photos Project- Week 18

I am still a dancer at heart even though I haven't taken a class for almost a year but I am always dancing around my home and I love to go to performances.

This is my granddaughter and she is waiting for her tap class.

Joy Pockets

My son let me borrow his zoom lens and I am having fun practicing

went to two famous Berkeley bookstores with my daughter and grandchildren, Moe's and Shakespeare and Company

I taught my granddaughter to read and now it is a joy to see her loving it.

I was invited along with 24 other big spenders to a VIP event in one of my new favorite stores and was served sparkling water and hors d'oeuvres while watching a fashion show, I just had to do it at least once in my life, I felt like one of the women on the Housewives shows which I do not watch any more!

the jacaranda has finally dropped its last flower on my car

I finally washed my car and it has stayed clean all week

painted and glued things

met a beautiful older woman named Rabi'a who was wearing 4 inch red wedge platforms and her hair was tied in a lovely blue floral scarf She told me she was named after the famous sufi poet Rabi'a.

I bought a book of Rabi'as poetry

I enjoyed reading the life adventures of my new blogger friends, Kat, Monica, urban muser and Amanda

It is Super Cool to Have a Bohemian Pen Pal that Sends You a Beautiful Skirt Just Because

52 Photos Project- Week 17

Black and White

I know that this isn't exactly black and white but this is the main one I want to share.

These are all shot with film.

Joy Pockets

There were a couple of hairy moments this week but the joyous moments far out weighed the opposite side.

We rented two cottages for our first annual family retreat

the gardens where beautiful at the retreat

lots of comfortable outdoor chairs to lounge in

spent an hour in a craft store buying trinkets and bobbles for my mixed media piece

on day 192 of my 365 day meditation challenge

painted

practiced my guitar lessons

went to the zoo with my daughter and grandchildren

bought new bangles and an awesome necklace

participated in some fun photo prompts

These are Two of My Cooler Work Areas

Although we have several computers, there is nothing cooler than a typewriter and I love my manual typewriter because it is the real deal, my electric typewriter is cool but it is a modern concoction and they just do not know how to do it quite right so I am going to request that santa bring me a vintage electric typewriter, please.

Joy Pockets

This week was a rather mellow slow week spent mostly along and I was great with that. I love spending time in Hummingbird cottage, the name I gave my home which is located in the suburbs but there is magic in names so I renamed all of my rooms and I always wanted a cottage so I gave this fitting name to my home and she grew into it.

I started writing my answers to the questions from the interviewer after not being able to do so last week due to my toe and tooth

I started painting this week for the first time in almost three years and it is all due to my blog, http://achallengingmonth.blogspot.com/ because of this blog I am able to move myself ahead on my path

I listened to jazz, Coltrane and Bird to be exact!

I went to a really cool hat store in Berkeley, Ca. with my sweetie(husband of 32 years)

drove to the coast and had a cup of hot chocolate at Mezza luna cafe

watered my sunflowers which are growing near my side door that I used to use as my entrance and exit but now that the sunflowers are towering over me and the spiders seem to love attaching their webs to the wall and then to the flowers, I have gone back to using my front door! Spiders freak me out!

the first annual family retreat is coming up and I have my cameras ready

my chiropractic doctor was able to crack my neck producing a big rippling sound, wow that felt good and released a lot of blocked energy

I visited my mother and brother's memorial sites for the first in a decade and it was healing

Nature Keeps Me Balanced

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