cedar water ~

where eagles fly ~

thank-you -

alice munro ~

peace and the setting of the sun ~

this morning, sophie, and the snow ~

 

i hope that the human spirit will rise ~

" I hope that the human spirit will rise. I hope that human beings are not going to allow themselves to be swallowed by the forces of economic growth and the materialistic paradigm, because the human life is much more than high-rise buildings and motorcars and highways and airports and cyberspace. Human life needs relationships, love, compassion, caring friendships, generosity, time to read, time to study, time to meditate, time to go for walks, explore mountains and forests and rivers - to be rather than have and do. The human spirit needs to be fed as much as the human body needs to be fed. So my hope is the tide will turn and darkness will be extinguished by lighting many many candles around the world. That is my hope."

~ satish kumar

the love and the focus -

Josey Builds a Bakery! from Najeeb Tarazi on Vimeo.

earrings for sale! ~

 A while back I wrote a few posts about the wolf willow here and here...since then I have taken the process one step further and have handcrafted these earrings. Excepting the seeds, these earrings are made entirely from copper. The seeds came from the berries of the wolf willow. Of course, each seed is completely unique and beautiful in its own perfect way. It has been a wonderful process making these earrings from the wolf willow berries...magical to find such beautiful and useful materials in nature. The hooks were handcrafted by me also using recycled copper wire.  I  purchased the copper stems (with lovely copper drops at one end), which I wrapped around the top of the seeds. Here is the elegant wolf willow (beautiful photo ~ source unknown):

 

 

I am also making my copper spirals which are handcrafted from recycled copper wire. I handcraft the copper wire hooks for these earrings also.

If you have any mind to purchase these earrings for gifts or for yourself, either the wolf willow or the copper spirals, you can email me at julieshona@hotmail.com and place an order. The cost for each pair is $10 plus shipping (which I imagine will be quite inexpensive).

Each pair of earrings will arrive on a card backing exactly as shown below (burgundy coloured card backings are also available) and will also be protected in a reusable plastic jewellry bag:

taking a walk down memory lane ~

pansies ~

observing what has fallen at your feet ~

sophie and her dishes ~

bootleg series volume 10 ~

at the transfer station ~

just this moment ~

my elf ~

green grape juice ~

to the silence ~

cup song in gaelic ~

when light and leaf come together ~

the phenomenal world ~

my life is a river of light ~

the wish-fulfilling avalokitesvara mantra ~

grace and graced ~

sophie in the forest ~

offerings ~

mushroom ~

this mushroom looked to me as if it was made from clay, fired in the kiln even...pottery.

i know that it is october ~

after the equinox ~

har har mukanday -

claudia in cochrane ~

* from the archives.

grape juice ~

the mullein and the chickadees ~

I did not plant this mullein in my garden. It came on its own accord. Why are you leaving it there some people asked this summer. Hmmm, I was not sure. But as the mornings become chilly and fall is almost here, I watch the chickadees bicker over which of them gets to eat these mullein seeds. It got me thinking that leaving things as they are, and allowing life to unfold, can bring about unexpected gifts that in the beginning we are unable to see...not everything can be known at its inception, sometimes it makes sense only later.

the other person is you * ~

* yogi bhagan

last of the series...~