day 236...365 project.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 235....365 project.

carpet....

what the floor of a forest is covered with.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 234...365 project.

our shadow...

my son and i went for a walk late yesterday afternoon.  we decided to take a picture of our shadow while standing on the dock.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 232....365 project.

lake pepin, lake city, minnesota

the yacht club marina...

i was needing water last weekend and ended up here.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 231....365 project.

a little love someone left for others on a sidewalk....

in beauty,

Pamela

old photos, playing...and a project.

i think i am working on a project.

i'm not quite sure yet what it is...but maybe...just maybe it might be a

bliss book.

for those of you who have been around for the past 3+ years...

you know me by my bliss e-mails.

you know...the ones i used to send out on a near daily basis with photos and words of inspiration.

the ones i stopped sending out because i wasn't FEELing it any more because of life circumstances.

i so did not want to send something out that i wasn't FEELing mySelf.

i made the decision it would have been

an untruth to send them.

so i stopped.

~*~

anyway....

in the past couple of days something VERY exciting happened.

i was contacted by a feng shui artist/decorator asking for some of my images she had seen and was interested in using.

so...i had to dig DEEP DEEP into my photo archieves to find them.

in the end...she was unable to use them for sizing reasons.

but...WHAT AN EXCELLENT LEARNING PROCESS it has been...and i am so grateful someone wished to use them....whether she could or couldn't...the EXPERIENCE was part of the journey.

~*~

but...wow!

i found some fabulous photos i wanted to share with YOU.

they have been patiently waiting to be seen.

and

i

started

playing with them.

~*~

this one i am going to send out as a postcard to a pen pal.

(more on that in another post)

kind of 1960's ish

~*~

and this one....

mmmmmmm....i love the tones.

~*~

and...

i don't know why i like this....

but

i

just

do.

as i am going thru the photos...i am thinking...i would like to have a small little book of them with words to look at.

something pretty to pick up and look thru

when i need to remember

beauty and the journey i am on.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 230...365 project.

dr seuss...

i took a little trip to the minneapolis art institute yesterday with my long time friend diane.

her daughter was there for an art course.  diane and i meandered around and we were both fascinated by this fabulous HUGE glass globe/art/light. 

the institute is connected to the minneapolis children's theatre and the current production is  dr seuss.

this was hanging in the lobby.

mesmerizing

fascinating

beautiful

and

very

cool.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 227....365 project.

aztec dancer...

i went to an expo a shaman friend was hosting and putting on last saturday morning in burnsville.

there was aztec dancing in the parking lot.

~*~

~*~

drumming....

~*~

this dancer was absolutely beautiful in her costume.

~*~

i was mesmerized by her...

~*~

this gentleman was fascinating.

he spoke of the reasoning for dancing...

of honoring nature in all her forms....and of spirit and ONENESS no matter what your religeous beliefs are.

hmmmm....

that is right up my alley.

~*~

i loved his ankle decorations....i believe they are some form of shells with seeds inside that rattle when he dances.

~*~

in beauty,

Pamela

day 224....365 project.

sara and sam...

my sister and her husband.

~*~

they are such an attractive couple.

~*~

married for 4 or 5 years.

i can never remember exactly.

does it really matter?

~*~

i can't wait to see and hold their babies someday.

in beauty,

Pamela

introducing....

introducing...

confessions of a traveling gypsee blog.

http://travelinggypsee.blogspot.com/

or

the link on the right under where you can find me.

it is a place for me to document the more mystical side of my travels...

and

of course

along with

my photographs

i take

along

the

journey.

in beauty,

Pamela

chantix...

remember these???

yep...they returned at the beginning of the summer.

BIG

time.

they were my best friend all summer long...

20 best friends a day.

sometimes more

sometimes less

but

honestly

more.

ummmm....

a little hard to bring more light into the body

when

you

have

20+

best friends a day.

so...

chantix

is

my

new

best friend.

i have to be honest...i really did not want to put a medication into my body.  i was determined to quit on my own.

it didn't work.

time to accept...i needed help.

so i

did the research....

talked with my shaman friend

(carolyn dunow @ http://www.energyhealingcoach.com/ ... she is a remarkable woman!)

and decided this was my best option.

~*~

1 a day the 1st 3 days...

then 2 for awhile.

i had concerns.

but love that chantix is non~mood altering.

side effect:  weird dreams.

well...

how could i make that work FOR me rather than against???

again...

spoke with my shaman friend

and we came up with a plan.

so

happy weird dreaming to me for awhile.

and i would just like to apologize ahead of time

just

in

case

i fall out of my space of inner peace, harmony and tranquility.

be well.

i

am.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 223...365 project.

wedding day...

day 222...365 project.

cowboy boots....

~*~

i'm not quite sure why

they catch

my

eye.

they

just

do.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 221....365 project.

ella....

my neice enJOYing the pool.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 220...365 project.

country road....

in beauty,

Pamela

day 219...project 365.

a cowboy and his gear...

sam...my friend's son...at his high school rodeo event yesterday.

he is a saddle bronch rider.

~*~

he was packing up his gear after his ride.

~*~

i loved watching him do it.

his intensity, focus and passion for being a cowboy shows.

he doesn't realize

he already

is

it.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 217....365 project.

my parents...

day 216....project 365.

at the base of devil's tower.

i was fond of the tree shadows, pinecones and needles.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 215...365 project.

shark...

my neice emma....loved the expression in her eyes and on her face.  she looked like she was "up to something"...i thought to myself....shark :)

in beauty,

Pamela

sisters....and a vacation.

i have 3 beautiful younger sisters...

shelly, kim and sara.

they are so

cute

and

personable.

here i am (the far right) with them at my sister kim's wedding a week and a 1/2 ago.

i am the oldest...and i felt it that evening.

my baby sister sara is on the far left...the blonde.  she is so cute i can hardly stand it.

my sister kim...obviously in the wedding dress..was a lovely bride and has more courage than anyone i know....not to mention a definate mind of her own...which i love.  she is the 2nd youngest.

and shelly...in between kim and sara...shelly is shelly ;)  18 months younger than myself.  she has a personality that is contageous.

~*~

i adore all 3.

thank you kim for marrying in atlanta.

it gave me and my boys a fabulous opportunity for a vacation.

we are so excited for you.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 214...365 project.

craziness...

the bugs made me smile and think chaos...perhaps organized chaos for them.

1st day of school for my children.

my oldest is a junior and my baby started high school.

perhaps we will have a bit of organized chaos for the next couple of days until they settle in to a structured schedule again.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 213...project 365.

prairie...

~*~

i have been house~sitting for 4 nights and 5 days

in the

prairie...

~*~

isolated for the first 2 days...

then

my 2 dear friends decided to join me in my peaceful prairie.

~*~

the prairie

is

beautiful

quiet

and the

stars

at night

are

amazing.

but when i reached the minneapolis metro...

i could have stopped

the car

and

kissed the 3-lane

pavement.

very happy to be

home

after a nearly

2 1/2 week

gypsee

adventure.

did i mention one important note???

i

love

the big

city!

in beauty,

Pamela

day 212...365 project.

lucas and his skateboard friends at the state fair.

~*~

my eye caught the skateboards lined up.

in beauty,

Pamela

day 211...365 project.

i almost sat on this guy/girl yesterday while photographing in a vegetable garden.

in beauty,

Pamela