Saturday, September 18, 2010

the book of your life is beautiful


35 comments:

rachel awes said...

OKAY!!!!!!!!!!
i didn't mean to post this yet!!
i was busy re-arranging some posts & dates
& waaaa laaaa, this one insisted on
SHOWING UP NOW.
(notice the intended post date is for 2011).
but i can't edit it out!!!
stay tuned for my post this MONDAY.
maybe it's all meant to be.

ABCcreativity said...

oh rachel i just love it.
i was noticing some gorgeous trees just like these on the weekend, and wishing i had a camera.
wish granted.
thank you.

Yael said...

It certainly is!!!
Beautiful photo!

chrissy said...

there are no mistakes dear one.
i love the unfurling of crispy bark pages
and
will wait patiently for the next chapter to unfold
from your heart.
xo
c

Anonymous said...

that's awesome! What a find and a beautiful creative imagination to go with it. I love trees.

--Nicole

Dee said...

Awesome!

Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner said...

Wow...there's something so cool about seeing that 2011 date over there. :-)

Found your blog through Liv. Love it and your art.

kelly@thebluemuse said...

gorgeous. love the visual metaphor!

Kim Mailhot said...

each page is something special...
Gorgeous, Beautiful One !

Anonymous said...

super dooper post. It was meant to be NOW!

gypsysticks said...

I have never seen anything like that. I'm really amazed. Forgive my ignorance, but does that really happen all by itself?

Kelly Berkey said...

i loved the photo and then your sweet face pops up under it!! brilliant! hugs to you lovely lady!

Jennifer Richardson said...

I LOVE the
scrolled back peek
into the next
chapter (2011)
....such a hopeful, hopeful
visual!
Now THAT'S a tree of a
different color.
Closer to the heartwood:)
-Jennifer

Susie Lubell said...

it's a tree trunk from the future.
whoa. heavy.
this is a beautiful image and sentiment, past present and future.

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

Nature is AWESOME! How fabulous! I wish you were closer too, but I feel the love Rachel. Thanks so much.
V

Kolleen said...

beautiful!!!!!!

no coincidences.....
there is a reason that chose to show up now....
that 2011 date!!!

we never know what is hiding underneath...do we?!?
unless we attempt to peal back the layers and find out!

xooxo
love you Rachel
k

Mary said...

hmmm, God must have wanted it posted now!! :)

can't wait to see what unfolds!! :)

Rachel, wanted to tell you I received your beautiful print. I am gonna have it matted and framed!!!

Lori said...

That is pretty cool that it needed to show up now. But all I can think of is that you are so far ahead in posts that you are into 2011? omg. You HAVE to tell me how you do that!

rachel awes said...

ohhhh, lori (& all!).
i'm not all posted up to 2011!
i was simply flipping a couple posts
to the next year...wanting to wait on them...
as i was thinking up a little change in structure here (see this coming mon's post).

& gyspysticks (& all!),
i just found the tree looking like this...
so i was thinking it happened on its' own...
hmmm.
xoxox!!

Lori said...

*phew!* I was going to say- In October I would like you to give a presentation on time management! lol

Looking forward to seeing your post on Monday...

HUGS to you!

Laura said...

exquisite...and it is true, the story of every person's life is filled with beautiful moments/pages.

Robin Norgren, M.A, R-YT, Spiritual Director said...

yes...absolutely...all things at just the right time (turn the page...)

Anonymous said...

very symbolic photo :)

Cathy Bueti said...

Rachel these pics are beautiful! I love how the layers are peeling away on the tree! Hmmmm.....

And as others have said there are no accidents! They wanted to be posted!

Looking forward to your monday post for the rest of the story!

Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog! I always look forward to your visits! :)

lori vliegen said...

ahhhh, yes.....here's to happy accidents, happy mis-postings.....and happy bark peeling back to reveal another beautiful chapter in our book of life!!! enjoy your weekend, sweetness!! xox, :))

ally pye said...

Beautiful! Nature is amazing, it never fails to renew my sense of hope!I just saw you are a psychologist, I am going through my last year of grad school to become a Marriage and Family Therapist. Do you use art in your practice? Also, reading that you are a "Harold and the Purple Crayon" fan made me smile BIG! Have a good day!

Carissa Paige said...

Oh yumm, delicious stories of a natural unfolding. The most perfect and true method.

LoVe
THIS
image !
(this reminder)
my
delicious
Unfolded
friend

<3
DSS
Fluffy chair dreaming
Carissa

Faith said...

Hello! I have always loved white birch trees, especially in the snowy winter time when you can see all of the subtle color in their bark. When I saw the post date I thought that it was something intentional with hidden meaning, the two trees standing as number 11 and the roll of bark reminding me of a scroll...as the book of your life. See. my mind was trying to make sense of it, and then you posted that it was a happy accident. I love that!! Wonderful blog and work too!! xo

Elizabeth Halt said...

Oh! It looks like a book!

Also, cool. We skipped the last quarter of 2010! ;)

naomi orana said...

I'm glad to see that someone else is technically challenged at times. They are beautiful images xo

Bella Sinclair said...

Well, I'm glad this posted anyway, because it's an awesome photo. Wow, I never knew it was so dark under that top layer. How fascinating, the way it's all peeled back!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Suz said...

Love it so much and love all your are doing. I hope Kat and I will meet you some day.

Suz from St. Paul
Now on vacation in Croatia

wandamarie.blogspot.com said...

so awesome and what you thought of...ya' kill me with your creativeness!!!! and talk about time management...you are one organized chicky! xo

ELK said...

you make me smile ..you know that this tree did not want to wait that long...blessings friend

aimee said...

hee hee... my little artsygirl just did the same thing with her freshly painted wall. i went to tuck her into bed a few nights ago and found a huge spot where she's chipped away at the pink and revealed the green underneath...