Lisa Leonard Designs Jewelry GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Lisa Leonard Designs Jewelry GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Check this out - I guess I'm in "win" mode today...these are just so cute!

Bloom where you're planted

So...this blog post is really for me :) but I hope it serves as an encouragement to you, too. This is a portion of what I've been processing and pondering that has left my blog a little desolate save a few photos here and there!

'Bloom where you're planted' isn't a new phrase. For me, and for many of my friends, it's a new experience. I've bloomed where I've been watered, repotted, showcased and lovingly protected at times. To be honest I kind of prefer that :) - which probably speaks to a level of immaturity in me but as for today that is the truth of my emotion. Yet in my heart I know that to grow where I am, bring life where I am, be a blessing wherever I find myself, is the ultimate thing of beauty.

Anything can grow in the right temperature, with the right soil, a little miracle grow and constant tending but finding a thing of beauty in an unlikely place...now that is something to behold.

There is solace in knowing that I am digging roots in a place that never changes and will never go away either this side of eternity or the other.

And now...back to homework :) Thanks for taking a moment with me to pause and reflect!! More to come!!

Welcome Autumn!

I am a non-blogger lately...this usually happens when I'm pensive and unable to "bloggingly share" my thoughts. :)

So, I'm sharing some simple pleasures that come with the current season...I looove fall and the older I get the more I welcome its coming. The season so full or orange - pumpkins, pumpkin spice lattes, orange candles that smell like "home", hearths covered in leaves and berries and wreaths on front doors... there's something about warm lighting that fills houses during the season when it gets dark early and the snow limits sunlight that makes it feel warmer and more inviting...in a different way from the fun and carefree outdoors enjoyment of summer.


Welcome fall!! It's so nice to greet you! :)