retinal perspectives

the view from my window

let's just say that it is a very rainy week.

on the bright side, i have discovered the tv show "lie to me" and am somewhat addicted, so do not mind an excuse to stay indoors. the show is a little intense for me, but it is so fascinating that i am watching it anyway and calming myself down with lots of salty tortilla chips. the main characters use micro-expressions to tell whether people are lying. if you see me in real life and i appear to be staring, please let me know. i won't mean to be staring but my brain is really trying to work out how they do it.

you're not a real dog, says atlas

you can't fool me!

and i most certainly will not pose for a picture with you.

sheesh.

the veil between the visible and invisible

there is a veil between the visible and the invisible.

sometimes, if you look closely, or if you don't look at all, the veil slips a little, and you can see into the world of mystery and magic.

green as a leaf, blue as the dew

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

- Rabindranath Tagore

the dawning of the light, volume 12

{a photo project honoring radiance, one of my words for 2012 :: 52 photos that represent radiance, 52 photos that represent luminosity.}

today, i offer up a thought on radiance from my journal.

i wonder what it would feel like to radiate the essence of me and of love for me/others. mmmmmm. there is a sense of a sweet steady grounded happiness.

the importance of noticing

today, i am thinking about noticing.

i am thinking about how, when your eyes are more softly focused, you do notice things that are important. in addition, you see those things in relation to the whole, instead of in isolation.

this feels important somehow.

a reminder that the birthday celebration sale ends on the 25th

there is a post about the peculiar shame of loneliness and my related need for connection wandering around my mind, but it needs to percolate for a day or two.

in the meantime, i am popping in to remind you that the birthday celebration sale in my etsy shop will end on march 25th. enter the coupon code ATLASIS9 at checkout for 18% off your entire purchase. once the celebration ends, the shop will close for most of april.

if you are wanting or needing a dose of beauty, or have had your eye on something in my shop for a while now, do go visit!

coffee and shopping and signs

at the moment, i have two favorite coffee places: the dragonfly coffee house (in the alphabet district, on thurman and 24th) and barista (on alberta, between 17th and 18th).

i was driving to the dragonfly on saturday to meet a friend. traffic was slow around and through the tunnel so, to amuse myself, i decided to look at the license plates to see if they held a sign for me.

the car next to me had the letters DAT. the car in front of that car had the letters BUY. when i read them back to myself, i realized they said BUY DAT.

we were planning to visit anthropologie after coffee, so you can imagine my delight at my sign!

the dawning of the light, volume 11

{a photo project honoring radiance, one of my words for 2012 :: 52 photos that represent radiance, 52 photos that represent luminosity.}

another picture that makes me think of both radiance and luminosity.

p.s. i was closing registration for the secret garden earlier today, when i decided that i loved the card set for the circle of aqua so much that i wanted more people to have it. so, just for fun, i am leaving registration for the circle of aqua open through monday. if you were interested in it, there are a few more spaces available, and you have a few extra days to decide. maybe you want your year to be full of happy surprise, delight, and gleeful anticipation too!

it's happy atlas day!

today, atlas is 9, so i am wishing a happy birthday to my dear little puppy.

i love him more than the sun, moon, and stars.

i love him times a million and forty seven and thirty three. (that's today's number. i make up a new number for him every day.)

he is the best four-legged friend a girl could have, and i am grateful for every single day i get to spend with him.

(insert a pause as i get up from my chair and give him a kiss on the nose, because he is watching me with an eagle eye as i sniffle away while typing.)

today, i am full of love for atlas, and i am full of love for all dogs. our world really is better because they are in it.