Athena Dreams Design

December Views .:. Day 15

Make your own fun.
Create your own moment in the middle of a day.
Amuse yourself all on your own steam.

Note to self: remember these things more often.

December Views .: Day 14

 

 

December Views .:. Day 10

 Outside .:. Inside

Far .:. Near

Cold .:. Warm

Put your right foot in .:. take your left foot out

yeah, and you know, you may as well shake it all about . . . 

just because you can.

 

 

December Views .:. Day 9

Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over the dunes . . .

. . . a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over a pond and a stand of pines.

 

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work.

Get a life in which you are generous. 

Look around at the azaleas making fuschia star bursts in spring; look at a full moon hanging silver in a black sky on a cold night. 

And realise that life is glorious, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around.

-from A Short Guide to a Happy LIfe by Anna Quindlen

December Views .:. Day 7

 

Frost in Marin on a Monday morning... a rare winter-y moment

 

 

December Views .:. Day 6

Enough

Enough. These few words are enough.
If not these words, this breath.
If not this breath, this sitting here.

This opening to the life
we have refused
again and again
until now.

Until now.

-David Whyte from Where Many Rivers Meet

 

December Views .:. Day 5

 

 

December Views .: Day 4

 

December Views .:. Day 3

Summing up the day in one photo . . . 

Holiday Special!

 

To celebrate the year end, I am running a special in my etsy shop until 15 December.  

Order a calendar - any of the 4 calendars in my shop - and receive a free 8.5" x 11" print of your choice.
 Please put in your message to me when you purchase a calendar which 8.5" x 11" you would like to receive to receive.

Find the calendars here, and the 8.5" x 11" prints here.

Each calendar month has a full colour illustration and an inspirational quote... I wanted to share with you, one of my favourite images from each of the calendars. Here is the June image from the Flower Silhouettes calendar:

 

Blessed are those who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. -Camille Pisarro
 

and the December image from the Whirls & Swirls calendar

 

Do not follow the ideas of others but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realise the unity of all things. -Dogen

I hope all of your holidays are full of shared warmth and love, and lots of walks in the winter air (if you are in my hemisphere), evenings by a crackling fire, hot tea, talking, laughing, singing, sharing dreams and being with the people you love and treasure! These shorter days are the time of year to count all our blessings, all the light in our lives, and all the joy we can hold in our hands and in our hearts.