elevator

(please click on the image to make larger if that adds ease to the reading). xo

just you, just me

my heart

overflows

when i take in

how we

find

& care for

one another.

sending love

to just you,

from just me. xo

such blooms

here's a flower i scribbled out as an adult

& here's some i did from childhood. i share such blooms with you as i celebrate another year of my life.

i am so thankful for what's in all our gardens & how IN IT ALL, we rise, rise, rise. xox

blessings are real

i made this for someone

who blessed me

with kindness & dearness

greatly.

i was moved

by the realness in it.

xox

space for your words

the post below

has no space

for your

comments...

ironically,

it's a

mailbox!

so here's

an

additional

post

for

comments.

oopsa

daisy.

xox

adding some color

it's been so fun

to add color

to our white mailbox

& to the feet of the

guys in this house!

*

wishing whooshes of crayola

to your door. xox

i am not alone

this picture is a scene

from one of my dreams.

how i love this wolf.

happy may.
(etsy added w/love)

xox

a change of scenery

sometimes a little change of scenery

helps to thaw my winter bones

& spring into creativity.

(photos from last weekend).

love to you all. xox

added a bunch

i just wanted to share

that i've added a bunch to my etsy shop

(50 items!).

pleeeease come visit me! xo

http://rachelawes.etsy.com

magical carpet

this was inspired by hearing

of a child who

dressed up as a

magic carpet for halloween.

i heard this while knitting/being/chatting

with lovely women at a retreat.

ohhhh, the magic of needles clicking

& imaginations traveling.

xox

(& congratulations to kristina/winner of greeting cards)

card giveaway

as a fun way to reach 400 followers,

if you become a NEW follower

(between #393 & 400)

one name will be randomly chosen (1/7 chance)

to win three free greeting cards. please come play! xo

spring

to celebrate spring, i am re-posting this quote from our son abe,

who said this as he walked in the door after school about a year ago.

i loooove spring both inside & outside!

xox

climb toward the light

"and how do the roots know

they must climb toward the light?

and then greet the air

with so many flowers and colors?"

pablo neruda/the book of questions.

*****

spring love to you. xo

still life

____________________________________________________

a couple versions of still life.

prettiest peace wishes to yours. xo

***

(& congratulations to the winner of the giveaway: mary ann from "firstborn"!)

giveaway

please look through drawings i've posted on this blog over time

& peek at my etsy shop http://rachelawes.etsy.com/

& let me know your favorite

& enter to win a free print!

**entries**

one entry by sharing your fav via a comment here

additional entries by:

following my blog

following me on facebook

writing about the giveaway on your facebook page

following me on twitter

(3 entries if purchase something from my etsy shop)

entries will be closed march 27 & winner will be announced march 28/

w/name pulled out of a hat by our children!

please include your email address.

thank you for playing with me.

your encouragement is a dream come true for me every single time.

xoxox

i twist my wavy hair

feels so good

yesyesyes to all your aliveness!

***

& i want to share with you that

out of increasing self-care & re-distributing where i place

my creative time, i will be changing my posts to once a week.

your encouraging/kind/gorgeous words you share here

with me & others will simply hold double the joy-wow for me.

oh how i thank you each so.

xox!

what running feels like

i began running for the first time last summer/fall

& have stopped for the winter (w/a plan to resume again in spring).

i found running to also be metaphorical/a live journal of sorts.

love to each of your depths. xo

nourish & flourish

i was recently asked if i would draw something

about learning to love ourselves...

& because it seems

we are all in this same soup

together,

i lept forward with

a bounty of !yes!

xox

a candle-lit table

here is a vision that recently whispered itself into my heart

as i spoke of my dream to begin another book...

i am deep sea grateful for such a table.

i will go out of town this weekend

for a bit of solitude & pull up a chair.

i now reach out my heart & hand

to reflect the same affirmation to you...

xox