Nourishment for my soul >>>

 Just some randomness from my days...  Miss Violet has been a dirty pup from the rain.  She is so darn cute.  She is enjoying the cool breeze on the porch this morning.

 I have been smitten with the robin's this year.  They have just covered our backyard.  Its been hard to snap good pics of them but I got a few kind of decent ones.  They are beckoning the beautiful spring on.  

 One of my favorite simple breakfast feasts is this below... some grapes (or other fruit), peanut butter toast, and my liquid vitamins in juice.  Just right.  Yum.

 The other day before I did my crazy yard work, I spent a bit of time welcoming the spirit of all that was around me in.  And did some releasing as well before that.  Its hard to tell just how big this sage bundle is from the pics, but its HUGE.  I lit the end of it, and totally over estimated this bad girl.  She began smoking so much it looked like my backyard was on fire, ha ha.  It was hilarious!

 I love this feather wand, it was my mom's.  In due time, Ill be making my own for my one of my Soulodge crafts.  Im going to use one of the large turkey feathers my mom collected forever ago.  I have a few that I have carefully preserved, just as she did for most of my life.  Im so very behind on working through the lodge, but I have decided to just take it at my own pace regardless.  I must not force these things.

Yesterday James and I watched The Shift by Wayne Dyer.  It was very uplifting and insightful, and explained so much of what has been going on inside of me over these last few months.  And pointed on so much of the things Ive been reading in his books as well.  Sometimes its easier for me to understand when its spoken to me as opposed to reading it.  Im so glad James loved it too.  We even had discussions from it before bed.  I love that we have been able to open up together in these ways even though we are both on very different parts of our path.  Its been a beautiful thing for our marriage.  We both have different spiritual outlooks, but we hold respect for each other in them and never push or banter the other in those ways.  I think we are both going through our own shifts right now, for sure.

PEACE,

Laura

Guest Posts >>>

Today I am guest post blogging on two very lovely blogs! 

On The Flowerchild Dwelling I shared a few of my favorites from my Pinterest board.  You can see a few posts back on Kelly Ann's blog where she tagged me as one of her favorites to follow on pinterest, which of course made my heart beam b/c her taste is pretty much flawless.  Love that girl!

For those of you who are just starting out with your business or are well under way but would still like a bit of advice on branding, I spoke about the identity of your business over on Just Lovely Things.  She is doing a month long series on business, so you might want to keep checking in with her thoughout the month for more lovely guest bloggers on the subject.  I think I kind of just rambled in this post, but you may gather at least one little helpful clue. 

Im honored to be sharing on these lovely ladies blogs today.  Take some time to pop over and check out their sites, and send them some little comments of love while you are there.

PEACE,

Laura

Preparing my Earth for Spring >>>

 Yesterday before the show, I spent some quality time outside in my backyard, and broke my first sweat of the season!  It felt so good to play in the earth.  I went rock hunting outside my fence for garden border rocks.  I pulled a million spiky dandelions (not the wonderful kind you can eat), I rearranged my pots and prepared spots for spring gardening.  By the time I was done I was drenched in sweat and had dirt on me from my face to my toes.  I didnt want to shower, but I had to... ha ha.  And of course Bella and Violet helped me along the way.  I definitely felt more grounded after spending this time with the earth. 

PEACE,

Laura

Date Night at Antone's >>>

Last night was such a grand night.  We drove up to austin to see some of our favorite musicians play at Antone's.  The only sad part was our 3 friends who were suppose to go with us couldnt make it b/c they were sick.  We missed them so much!!!  But James and I still had a stellar time!  Im not going to show the whole outfit post I had planned b/c last minute ( I mean 30 seconds before walking out the door) I changed.  Its that crazy time of the month all of us girls have when nothing seems to feel right, ya know?  So I had a last minute change of heart.  So this adorable shirt you see below that my boy made, did not go to austin last night :)  But I DID still wear all of those freakin amazing bracelets you see below!  Spiral Drift, Moorea Seal and Flourish Leather outfitted my wrists to the nines!  Im so in love with my new one from Spiral Drift, the moon and sun carved one.  You can get one just like it here.

Back to the show.  The lead singers from 5 of our favorite bands did a solo acoustic set at Antone's last night.  It was an amazing intimate laid back show.  Pretty much ones of the best shows Ive been to.  These are all bands that James and I mutually share a deep love for, which was awesome.   Evan from Into It. Over It., Chris from Saves The Day, Ace from The Early November, Anthony from Bayside and Matt from The Get Up Kids.  We didnt realize Matt was on the tour, so it was an added bonus.  Weve seen Saves The Day several times, but I always love the small time acoustic sets the best, and he played lots of oldies that were special songs when James and I started dating.  I was mostly excited to see Bayside, a band James introduced me to, and I fell way more in love with than he.  I listen to their acoustic album allll the time.  I felt like a giddy little teenager when I got him to sign my cd, ha ha.  Like I thought my heart was going to pound out of my neck!  So silly.  James was very excited to see Ace Enders acoustic, he has seen him with the band, but this was sooo different.  He told awesome stories.  We missed the first part of Evan's set which made us sad, but what we heard was awesome and he seems super sweet.  I listen to a huge Into It. Over It. mix that James made me all the time as well.  Matt Pryor was good solo, weve seen before with the band, but its always nice to be close enough to see the sweat drip into their eyes :) Oh and we got some yummy food cart pizza after the show.  Always nice to be able to walk out of a place at almost midnight and be able to grab some food.  You do NOT see that where we live.  It was the first time going a long distance in my car, with no ac & no music player.  James talked the entire way home like he always does, ha ha.  My phone pics came out so bad, so Ill spare you and just post two, Chris and Ace.

PEACE,

Laura