This Life >>>

this life.  abundant.  heavy.  exciting.  lonely.  light.  emotional.  carefree.  full.  comforting.  engaging.  disappointing.  magical.  grounding.  ethereal.  dark.  ever-changing.  breathing.  still.  ironic.  joyful.  meaningful.  teaching.  tragic.  resourceful.  loving.  growing.  painful.  free.  colorful.  
 
the list goes on and on.  this life is definitely full of dark and light and every shade of grey and color in between.  and its amazing how we can experience all of these in the circle of just one day.  amazing.  that is all.

PEACE,
Laura

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