Focus On Life: Week 48 Giving Thanks

Thankful for everyone in my life; past, present & future.
Thankful to be here alive today.
So many things to be thankful for but I have to admit
I wish I had some family around to enjoy holiday's with
cuz
spending them alone SUCKS.
I spend almost every day of my life alone.  Not just holiday's.

I took this photo Thanksgiving morning 2013.

Week 47 - CENTERPIECE

I have a "centerpiece" on my dining room table. It's a lovely piece of pottery I grabbed when I was running through an airport somewhere, sometime.  It's filled with pine cones (which I dearly love) that I also gathered here, there and anywhere.

But I'm mostly centered when I'm being creative, whether it's making beads..

or some jewelry

or photography when I'm out and about hiking.  Whether it's wilderness here or in Alaska, that is when you'll find me most centered.

Deep in the Alaskan wilderness snowshoeing at minus 12*.

I was in my glory  :)

And staying centered on the road when I'm driving through 12 inches of fresh new snow.  Otherwise, I might slide right into the ocean (2nd pic)

But I really become centered in a place like this.  It's where I find my true north.

Or when I can pick up a piece of frozen glacial melt that is millennia years old.

I have to stay centered in these places.  My life and those around me depend on it.  There is no making mistakes in these kind of elements.

I love it. 

And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Week 46: REFLECT

This was a difficult week for me. Sally mentioned joy, peace and happiness in our lives. I can't really say I have any of those. Sad as it may sound, it's true.

Holiday's are very difficult for me as 99% of the time I spend them alone and I reflect on what I am missing out on. Christmas Eve I usually take my dogs for a walk around town, listening to the snow crunch underfoot and hearing the tinkle of church bells tolling in the distance while I peer into the windows of the houses I pass by wishing I had family gatherings and loving people surrounding me. Reality is, I don't.

Joy = opening my kiln each morning
Peace = no longer being in a abusive relationship
Happiness = waking up each morning

That about sums it up for me.

Week 45: Industrial Photography

I was a bit busy yesterday and didn't have time to do this until right now.  This was one of those weeks where I wished I lived in a big city and not the small town I  do.  There is nothing much here to photograph so I chose to grab a shot of my own equipment.

Have a great week everyone!

Focus on Life: Week 44~ Saints, Souls, Sugar Skulls and Scares

My pics this week aren't exactly saintly but I did take them earlier this week at a local pumpkin patch and some on Halloween.  So enjoy, it was fun...