Misty Mawn

a weekend in photos

{a huge thank you to my part time photographer, 

jennifer    aka dj j-dawg} ;) 

randomness...

my mom opened an etsy shop, hope you will check it out. 

  i love this version of come together so freakin' much!  & then there is this little bobby mcferrin piece of genius! 

i just discovered this site & love it!  yum! i made this friday night, perfect with corn on the cob. 

wishing you a happy week! 

here we go again?

pony girl

a sweet rain parade

looking out from inside

 i love these of my mom!

love this photo,

 but i never want to ride a spinny ride ever again!  

{a random collection of photo from our time back home}

i wanted to stop in and share a glimpse into our last days of summer vacation.  

  o' pensive sigh,  how quickly it all changes... 

 however, i absolutely love this time of year, when summer starts to fade just a little and the warm summer air merges with the cooler winds of autumn.  the cicadas sing all day and into the night, the sunsets a little earlier, everything seems to slow down just a tiny, tiny bit, and my alarm clock is no longer my children jumping on top of me to get me up, but a blaring awful noise that tells me it's 7 am and time to get my kiddies off to school.  yesterday was the first day of school,   my heart ached the whole night before and then again the next morning, as i watched my little boy with his new backpack, new shoes & outfit, and new stance head into his classroom.  i can still picture him as a little toddler, stumbling down the hall as i took my girl to her first days of kindergarten.  i love these memories that are still with me, i hope i can hold on to them forever.   i made it out of the classroom before the tears came,  when i really just wanted to tuck myself away in his classroom, just for one day?,  but i knew i couldn't, i came back to a very, very quiet house, and tried to find my way back into a work routine, anything to keep myself busy.  i know i will enjoy the time to work on art and get back into creating daily, but my favorite part of the day will always be seeing their happy faces after school.  

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no sp today...maybe later, if i get the house cleaned... a friend is coming to visit this weekend.   ;)

hope you are well and enjoying your days!  

sp

yesterday, after a dear friend and her sweet girls left my parent's house, after my mom and the kids ran off to the cinema to see a movie, after my dad retreated to his favorite place to rest, and after many hours of grumbling skies....... a warm summer rain finally came pouring down.   it was the kind of rain that as a child i would have been outside as soon as the first drop hit the earth,  dancing in the fresh puddles, and hoping it would never end.  if my children would have been here surely they would have been outside doing just that, but it was just me, left to my own devices, what was i to do, play in the rain alone?   of course!   i felt like i was ten again, stomping & splashing around in the same place i played 20+ years ago, how sweet it was.... until i fell and had to go inside to be sure the mud wouldn't stain my favorite pants.  :)  (if only i had gotten a picture of that  ;)

i love it when it rains.

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rain falls & the sky shudders

along the way

there

&

here

   

from the mountains to the lake, a hop, skip flat tire, & a jump to get home.  home to do a little night swimming, star gazing, stick collecting, sun bathing, beach roaming, papa & mema hugging,  feather chasing,  & still more days to soak it all up. 

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i am not sure how long it will take me to get enough of moby's latest collection of songs, if you are a fb user you can listen to the entire album here!   if i had to pick a favorite song from this collection it would have to be this ....or maybe this.

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one more excerpt from ruth gendler's book of qualities.   i so love her writing!  

pleasure

"pleasure is wild & sweet.  she likes purple flowers.  she loves the sun & the wind & the night sky.  she carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight.  she has cat named midnight with stars on his paws.  

many people mistrust pleasure, & even more misunderstand her.  for a long time i could hardly stand to be in the same room with her.  i went to sleep early to avoid her.  i thought she was a gossip and a flirt and she drank too much.  in school we learned that she was dangerous and i was sure that she would distract me from my work.  i didn't realize she could nurture me.  

as i have changed, pleasure has changed.  i have learned to value her friendship."  

sp

 

i find all of these photos to be a self portrait.

 they pull at my heart & i feel an obvious connection to what i take & save with my camera...  from the people i know and love, the places that have welcomed me, a favorite cup of tea in the afternoon, treasures given by the earth, to the feet of a beloved friend.  in them i can hear the laughter lingering from the night before, remember they way it felt to walk among the weary august flowers in the field,  and hear the songs playing in the background, sometimes the same one over & over.  all of these things that surround me that i try one way or another to capture, they make me happy, bring comfort, & make me feel sturdy in this wobbly world.  

     it's these things that slow me down, nourish me, 

and make me realize just how necessary it is to do what we love & love what we do! :)  

 

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 today we made duct tape {for the love of nature} bracelets. 

pieces of ribbon, beads, button, & collections of paper would be great for this project, too! 

so pretty & so simple.  

{wrap duct tape around your wrist with the sticky side out (or any really sticky tape) 

and stick bits of nature to it.} 

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 theArtfest 2010  site is up...

i am so excited & grateful to be listed again as one of the instructors,  i hope you will check it out!

   

besides the song of the cicada, i have a heap of cd's that i am listening to & loving, thank you  jennifer  & ashely ~ right now the new moby, followed by regina spektor, and this sweet song/video.   have you heard music from a tree?  or seen this photographer?  way too cool!