back to reality...

 january 2011 full moon...

lots of snow as you can see...honey has been doing a lot of shoveling, and it looks like there will be more to do... today was a beautiful sunny day, one of those mild winter days where you actually see mosquitoes on your walk! yes, somehow, mosquitoes and snow don't seem like they should go together, but alas, they do here in the valley! 
i will be 30 weeks come this monday and i feel really good... lots of ideas about what the future has in store... i want to open an online business selling my crafts, and i really hope that this dream can become a reality... it is a tough market to get into since there are a billion of other online businesses, but then again, there is only one secondhand store here in town, and well, it is s.l.o.w.  i just don't think it is for me in the long run anyway... so much to think about... i also want to set up a bettter work/sewing/painting/crafting space, but the yurt is so small... yup, dreaming of things i don't have, and knowing to stay in the present and appreciate everything i do have... like love, a cozy home, atleast a tiny bit of money coming in (better than none), and a beautiful soul soon to bless our lives...

harvest and mischief...

 harvest in a box

waiting at the front door

zen mischief...

nature shots 2010...

 deer crossing in backyard

 a beautiful day

 the garden

 view of the river

 riverside

 rainbow mountain

 rainbow teepee

taking a dip at the beach

me and honey 2010...

 5th anniversary!

 beach time hangout

 honey's 37th birth day dip

 solstice antics

 29th birthday hike

 is that a tree?

 raw diet begins

at the store

who is furrier?

reflections...

officially the third trimester...

okay, now it is officially 7 months, the third trimester! and i puffed out the belly to show a better tummy shot... i am feeling it a lot more now, the tummy... also realizing slowly that i won't be up to the same things as i am usually am up to, not only because my mind is starting to focus more on baby and less on other things, but also because i am just more tired and have more tummy to take care of... i guess this is preparation for the baby, since life will definitely change, and i might as well start to realize that now... it is an adventure, which my whole life has been, so i am excited for that... if it means my usual day changes, well, bring it on! change is good, it gives a whole new freshness to life... feeling good all around:)

7 months...

well, there is a couple more days until 7 months "officially", but i had a major freak-out yesturday, feeling strongly that something was wrong... now it seems like an out-of-body experience looking back, but i had such an intuituve force saying that the baby didn't feel right, especially since i hadn't felt it move in a while and i just felt that something was different... well, honey rushed me off to the midwives, who found a strong heart beat, and then i went to the hospital to get a non-stress test to see if the placenta was working well and it was, so i could finally feel relieved, but still feeling strange for having such a strong feeling in the morning... i don't know what it was, but of course i am just happy all is really well, and it just renewed my sense of awe at how fragile being born is.  i also got some more blood tests for iron levels and for diabetes, and i preregistered the birth as well, whew! what a day!
honey was wonderful through it all, and later we made our birth power sculptures out of clay (projects from "birthing from within") and had each a footbath... he is the most wonderful, and i am so happy to be so loved...

chilly chillums...

minus twelve degrees out this morning...ice on the "window" with the sun peaking through... turned out to be a beautiful day... had a yummy breakfast, meditated, went for a walk, did yoga, and then did a huge clean up of the yurt while listening to ravi shankar's ragas (gets you moving!)... just now sitting down to rest... a truly magical landscape these days even with the chill... thank goodness for the woodstove!

2011 here we come...

no, we don't really celebrate new year's eve or day, we do most of the soul work on winter solstice, but it is a day off work, a day to relax.  new years day pancakes from honey, very yummy indeed!  and it is very cold these days with lots of snow... thinking of how long winter is... hoping baby is happy and healthy... asking the universe for a prosperous new year, and hopefully we can settle into our own land, if it is meant to be... ah, dreams... love for 2011...