December Studio

We're home.

 

Phew! We returned last Tuesday evening from an eight day whirlwind excursion up and down and around this gorgeous island we are so blessed to call home.

It went by too fast, and along with it, August seemed to disappear into thin air, but we had a wonderful time and really enjoyed all the places we stopped to explore.

I have lots of photos to share (as you can imagine) as well as some video footage (I decided to try my hand at video and got a neat app to edit together our trip in video and stills). But, since I had to hop right back into work after we got home I'm still trying to process and piece everything together before I post them for you.  The photo above is an iPhone shot that I snapped while we were on Hornby island, which by the way YOU MUST GO VISIT! It's amazing! 

This week we're on a mission to get back into a routine and get ready for the fall. School! Yikes. How does summer manage to speed by so incredibly fast? I guess we're too busy having fun to notice :).

That's pretty awesome in my books.

The past few days have seen the weather cool right down and threaten us with rain (which we desperately need but haven't seen too much of yet...it's ok, we get our fair share through fall and winter!). This kind of quick switch always gets me juiced for fall, though, and the routine, cozy sweaters, pots of homemade soup and warm fires to heat our home. All the things I love about the cooler temp seasons.

This summer was so busy for us. We played ALOT! It's been wonderful. However, my artwork has taken a small slide off the map. I've still been drawing everyday in my many, many different sketch books, and I've been having fun using different apps to design cool motifs, but mostly I've focused on photography these past eight weeks and its been nice to get back behind the lens.

I have some big ideas brewing for the direction things will be taking creatively for me over the remaining months of this year. First stop is a deep clean of my crazy messy studio and to finish some commission pieces. Next is to put to paper some solid plans for project ideas I have. Then to get messy with paint, pen and photoshop:).

I CAN'T WAIT!

For now, I'm just going to get ready for September, and enjoy the last few days of summer break.
Thanks for stopping in to take a gander! Tell me, what are your big plans for fall?

Have a wonderful day!

Love affair

I am in love with Instagram. I publish many more artistic and life photos here than any other social media platform. I am part of a sweet community of my choosing from around the world. Of course, most of the people I follow are photographers designers or artists which feeds my soul full. I love being there.
If you're on Instagram, come check me out if you like! @decemberstudio

Scroll down for a peek at some of my IG photos.

Have an awesome day, you lovely souls.

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

― Roald Dahl

It's a good time to be grateful for all the good things you've cultivated into your life. Today is a good day to think good thoughts.
Go forward into your week with thoughts that shine out your face. Happy Monday friends.

This is just a test.

August

August. Always a bittersweet month of the year for me. It's the half way mark to back-to-school, which takes my children away from me daily and turns time into a frantic pace of crazy. It's the time that the light begins to change. The month that the sun stokes itself into high heat--one final hurrah--before it begins to cast a different glow and slow down into autumn cool. It's the last chance to cram in more starlit evenings by the fire, more dips in the lake, more road trips with abandon. Just more.

Oh, I adore the heat, the long days, the easy flow of summer. I will miss you August when you're gone, but I will relish you while you're here. I will fill you fill of love and good times before I put you to bed dear August.

And I will set intentions to fill you up.

In August, I intend to

- participate in another photo-a-day challenge called #augustbreak2013. I will be posting on Instagram only so if you want to follow my photography adventures you can do so by looking up @decemberstudio on Instagram

-spend a week on a road trip vacation with my fam

-spend a day-into-evening in Victoria exploring parks and restaurants (no agenda)

-celebrate 6 years of marriage somewhere nice

-drink more water

-get up early enough most days to take a walk and enjoy the golden light of summer mornings

-spend time daily visualizing love and peace in my heart, and extending it out to all I know--even perceived enemies--to help me gain more inner peace

-continue to read work written by the Dalai Lama as well as other literature about opening intuition and mindfulness

-make a better effort with abstract paintings, line work, commission work

-challenge myself to a week without meat
(and blog about it)

-create a sacred space in my art studio

I'm sure there will be more, and I'm sure some of this will not happen, but I set the intention and I intend to make the most of this glorious month.

Peace, friends.