I was so happy to see all the comments flowing in for my giveaway; so let me announce the winner (drum roll). The winner is Traci (better known as "Mrs. French") of bliss. Traci is an amazing photographer and a wonderful person. I got so excited with the giveaway that I decided to draw a second winner to win a couple of skeins of some wonderful sock yarn from Apple Laine made here in Canada; and the winner of the yarn is Rachel of the times we are living in. Rachel has the coolest job in the world; she is an elk biologist. So, if the two winners could email me their address information, I can parcel off the goodies and send them on their way.
Are any of you suffering from attention deficit lately? I can't focus on anything. It might be the jitters that stay with me after a busy day at work, or trying to do too many different things....I can't seem to settle down. I have 'busy brain' and I keep pondering, analyzing ... everything. Have you noticed that we are in the process of deconstructing our existence: food, the economy, our lifestyles. I wonder if it is because we are trying to understand the 'whole' , so we break it down into 'pieces' as we try to make sense of our lifestyles and our societal ethics. Yeah I know...I really should stop thinking for a bit here, this all sounds so hippie/dippy. I have tried to express the positive side of deconstruction in my photo above - I call it the deconstruction of a branch...you see the whole, which is so beautiful and then you notice the parts that contribute to the whole and realize how important they are.
And ending on a very happy note... here I was spreading some good karma and what do you think happened to me? Well.....I got chocolate in the mail...yes, chocolate (that has to make you all believers in something)! Raphaelle of au coeur d'artycho was kind enough to send me some Seeds of Change chocolate JUST because I raved about it in a comment under her post. Honestly people, leaving a comment on someones blog is a good thing :) The reason you see a wrapper in the photo below is because the chocolate was devoured in no time. I blame the Babe for that. Check out Raphaelle's amazing shop artycho boutique, your little ones will thank you.
Are any of you suffering from attention deficit lately? I can't focus on anything. It might be the jitters that stay with me after a busy day at work, or trying to do too many different things....I can't seem to settle down. I have 'busy brain' and I keep pondering, analyzing ... everything. Have you noticed that we are in the process of deconstructing our existence: food, the economy, our lifestyles. I wonder if it is because we are trying to understand the 'whole' , so we break it down into 'pieces' as we try to make sense of our lifestyles and our societal ethics. Yeah I know...I really should stop thinking for a bit here, this all sounds so hippie/dippy. I have tried to express the positive side of deconstruction in my photo above - I call it the deconstruction of a branch...you see the whole, which is so beautiful and then you notice the parts that contribute to the whole and realize how important they are.
And ending on a very happy note... here I was spreading some good karma and what do you think happened to me? Well.....I got chocolate in the mail...yes, chocolate (that has to make you all believers in something)! Raphaelle of au coeur d'artycho was kind enough to send me some Seeds of Change chocolate JUST because I raved about it in a comment under her post. Honestly people, leaving a comment on someones blog is a good thing :) The reason you see a wrapper in the photo below is because the chocolate was devoured in no time. I blame the Babe for that. Check out Raphaelle's amazing shop artycho boutique, your little ones will thank you.
Happy weekend everyone!
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Congrats everyone.
I do not even know if I have ever seen that chocolate before.
I know what you mean about all the distractions right now. This the time when I read and escape from it all.
Congratulations to your winners.
The picture at the top of the post is very beautiful, but so are the 'sum parts' underneath.
I get that 'twitchy brain' thing - it's infuriating.
x
Congratulations to both winners.
I would wish the real deconstruction were so beautifull as yours in those photos...but things will be no more like before, i think
congratulations to the winners!!!and yes,it is a distracting time...the change of seasons,I suppose
Mmmm, orange and fig in chocolate.
I have ADD so it's like that all.the.time. and going through menopause didn't help at all :^)
Congrats to the winners!
Beautiful photos of your deconstruction... something amiss with 'hippie-dippy'? I'm hoping more people have a sit down with themselves in regard to the issues facing us and just maybe get more 'real'.
Lovely post :^)
You are one of the first bloggers I found when I started blogging. I love reading what you have to say and seeing your photography. =)
Congratulations to the winners!
That chocolate sure looks yummy :)
oh those images are amazing- i understand the distracted mind and had one for quite a while...at least it can lead to amazing creative breakthroughs...happy week-end;)
x ashley
Well done to the winners. I hope they enjoy their little gifts. I think that we worry when we forget to live in the present and get caught up with the past or the future.
You've always been a Hippy ma, hahaha. At least you stopped trying to feed little brother and I vegetarian food. Some more great photos as well, have you gotten your new camera?
Congrats to the winners--very talented gals!! Love these photos...*SIGH* And I like Seeds of Change products...especially the chocolate...mmm... I know the feeling, I feel so scattered these days. I think it's the leaves blowing outside, it's affecting my brain--LOL! But I need to get focused here, focused... ;o) Happy weekend, Raina ((HUGS))
Congratulations to the winners!! :)
As for the deconstruction, it's time for some major changes me thinks..
Congrats to your winners!
We have been doing the 'deconstruction thing' for a while now - looking at where we are and how we live, and most importantly, where we want to be.
My attention is all over the place at the moment - I can't seem to concentrate on anything for very long!
Congratulations ladies!
I've been a little distracted lately, too. Although, I've been finishing lots of little projects, so maybe it's a good thing. lol
congrats to the winners. You lucky duck getting chocolate in the mail.
Gill
Chocolate sounds good to me! I can get like that with thoughts buzzing through my head too. Hope your week is fun and peaceful!!
Mary:)
my compliments to winners! wow absolutely wonderful thing finding some chocolate in the mail!!!!!!! i would it!
i found you on flickr , amazing pictures!!!
ohhh... congrats to traci... i'm so jealous! my brain has been all over the place lately to. i start way too many projects that i can't seem to wrap up. it might be the witching time of year...
wow! Mrs. French should play the lotto--she won one of my giveaways as well!!! Congratulations to both (I'm so jealous!!!)
What a wonderful giveaway!
Well done lucky winners! I think Rachels Elk job is amazing.
I read this quote on a blog the other day ...
To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich;
to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly;
to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart;
to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never.
In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony.
"My Symphony" by William Henry Channing
I love it.
dang it! i knew i was forgetting to comment.
i can relate. my brain is starting to burn out from all its little demands and worries. the chocolate photo gives me an idea...(scurries off for caffeine)
oh yay! congrats to the winners... let me tell you your photos look awesome!
Oh my, the photos at Artycho are magnificant -- those kids with the hats and rubber noses and nonchalant expressions, très amusant!
Hippie: "I'm feeling..."
You: "I'm analyzing..."
I think you still have a way to go before you break out in hippiness!
I love your leaf pictures. I, too, have been feeling very scattered lately. Work is nuts; I can't keep up; and there is far too little knitting time.
Congrats to the Rachel!
Gorgeous photos and congrats to Traci!!
an elk biologist?? so cool! i am suffering from some ADD for sure. i think it's a bit of a quarter-life crisis, haha. trying to figure out what i'm supposed to do for the rest of my life and how to manage my hobbies and activities...ACK!
eeeeeeeeeeeee! I am so thrilled! Thank you from the bottom of my very happy heart! xxoo
in keeping with the whole spirit of good karma, i'm pushing aside jealousy and saying congratulations! to the lucky giveaway winners :o)
we must all be feeding off each other and this whole atmosphere of mass hysteria about the election and the economy, 'cause i'm feeling loopy too!
That's a really interesting point you brought up. I also suffer from busy brain, but mine is focused towards creating. I always feel there are so many projects I want to do and so much to create, but no time...
Raina thank you so much for mentionning my boutique here! I am glad you enjoyed the chocolate...And an enormous thank for the batch of gorgeous cards I just got in my mail today! wow! I love them and will find very difficult to use them as postcards!
Close your eyes and consider this: picture yourself doing only one thing. No - it's not a joke. Now close your eyes. And think about what you would most enjoy doing at this very moment.
Picture yourself doing ONLY that one thing right now. And do it. Do ONLY one thing at a time. You'll find more contentment and satisfaction in the activity and its outcome.
This is what I have begun doing lately, to help tune out the chaos and noise that seem so disruptive at this time.
I hope this helps. It has made me a happier person lately.
Now, how to deconstruct marathon training, that's the question :) I am here in Calgary too and am so glad we've yet to hit winter weather. I'm not sure how I'll push myself out the door when it's minus some horrible number.
I did the Calgary marathon back in 2004 - I still wear my belt buckle (finisher's medal) proudly every stampede!
Love the deconstructed branch - so beautiful!
yummy! chocolate in the mail!
I'm discovering a lot of nice blogs through yours... :)
congratulations to the winners!
I'm definitely distracted by work stresses lately - need some rest for this poor little brain - when even the knitting slows down I know it's bad! Hope you've had a better week and thank you for the beautiful version of deconstruction! Glad to help out with the Primavera pattern.
MMmmmm chocolate in the post : )
congrats to the winners! sorry i missed this. :(
hello, hello again! it's good to 'hear' from you. i look forward to you visiting again soon. and, as usual, love your photos!
:D
such nice photos...i too feel like i have so many things going on at once in my brain, that i keep getting distracted easily...i keep making lists to keep it all straight. maybe i should just eat more chocolate?
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