man what a week. i just want it to be over so i can move on! i feel so overwhelmed and heavy with my emotions. my poor family is moving in a very tip-toey circle around me…giving me space and trying to save themselves from being sucked into the dark vortex that is my mind.
deep breath.
thankfully, there is always something to smile about! always something to lift your spirits. you just have to search them out sometimes. that is why i surround myself with things that make me happy. why my photos and my scrapbook pages are geared towards that same thing-something for me to see to make me smile. why i buy things for my house – i want to be able to look around and see things that i love. things that inspire me to want to keep smiling.
my favorite flower:
yes i really do have this sign on my downstairs bathroom (got it at staples) DEF makes me smile:
a note from nate post it’d onto my computer:
above my kitchen sink (flowers from anna spilling out of my tiny vases):
a little girls imagination:
if you are having a rough day, week, month, year…take a step outside of yourself and look around you. find something to make you smile. and hold onto it until eventually you dont have to look so hard.
love the photos.
What is the name of those flowers, i love them too, they are so fun and fresh looking. i know i’ve seen them before, but can’t recall the name.
I needed to hear your message today. Despite it being mother’s day I’ve been feeling down and very lonely lately. I need to get out my camera and look around me now. Focus on the good things despite my “funk”.
your photos ALWAYS make me happy :)
love you and i plan to suck you out of the black hole this week with indian food and excessive diet coke drinkage.
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Totally identify with how you are feeling. Just thought I’d add that your blog always cheers me up:) Cool to get a glimpse of your family space too.
Hugs to you. I hope that you feel happier soon.
ok this is totally random but did you post a cute little site that has g-strings with a little saying on the back, so that when someone bends over you can see the saying.. It is so funny and a perfect silly gift idea for my brother’s girlfriend(who i absolutely love)if so can you post the site again, thanks
Love you and your work! Hoping for peace and happiness for you.
Can’t even read the article on your last post – too close to home, I have cousins that something similar happened – four of their kids were waiting for the bus in the morning, and a drunk driver ran into them and killed them, their fifth child was home sick by chance, the father almost beat the drunk to death, the rest of family saw it through the living room window. I can barely type it, my hands are shaking, and this happened many years ago, whenever I see my cousin, my heart clenches, and I hold my children just a little bit tighter. It is very hard to relax and just enjoy without the extra worry that tragedy brings, just remember to cherish everyday.
Hi Tara, I too saw the crash, as that is the exit I take every day to go to school (I teach up in Ladera) Absolutely heartbreaking but heartWARMING to see the response of that wonderful community…we have pink/blue ribbons all over our school!
Unrelated, have you found out the name of that grass? Is it Mexican feather grass or Texas needle grass?
Hey Tara,
Remember my sister Bobbi Gill? She has been living in Mission Viejo for a few months now and she asked me to get you her e-mail and phone number, but my computer crashed and I lost all my e-mail addys. So, if you could, please e-mail me and I’ll get you her info, or ask your mom to e-mail me, she has my e-mail addy as well.
Hope you’re feeling some calm! Hope you had a wonderful mother’s day!
(hugs) it sounds like one of my “tormented artist” moods. things can only get better!
Thank you for articulating a coping mechanism that I try and use everyday. It really does seem to make a difference (and justify buying things for my house!). A camera is a perfect excuse to look around for all the little important things. Feel better and go ranunculus!
Love all the little peeks into your home!
It was so cool to see some of the photo displays around your house. Can you take some more pics of how you display photos in your home (tabletop as well as wall)?
Yo’ve been to the flower fields down my way right? xoxo
what a great great idea. i love ur house!