an anniversary and a weekend wish...

<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been a bit mushy around here this week!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8nbLX6bkJdabxKTXb-YGVXBm6MZ0Yo5q56S4ChSZIAd5IqGhzUGZqPpW2e7x4GAiSOkd3vDHjJvrQX7X9QjH_W04SLwmZyROzHGozVL6nSnwP4j_tIGxYQsmUqFk1SwJzkOB1TsuS4yh/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+8.26.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8nbLX6bkJdabxKTXb-YGVXBm6MZ0Yo5q56S4ChSZIAd5IqGhzUGZqPpW2e7x4GAiSOkd3vDHjJvrQX7X9QjH_W04SLwmZyROzHGozVL6nSnwP4j_tIGxYQsmUqFk1SwJzkOB1TsuS4yh/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+8.26.17+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've celebrated our wedding anniversary.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Twelve years since we snuck off to the bahamas and made our vows.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it's gotten better each year, truly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love you, hon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzJ7l40ssXv5uHH4f6CuDiHpua9Sd52aD5CoiFIRZc8LnAPTFZblLVOrJGrP98YikUuEGu_P2Hj6HQ4DzD9VPxkfycDOpYTQkhGbeIqA4mNziduXqf9Bnb77LqTTyvByPcx36KXb20n1t/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+9.16.35+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzJ7l40ssXv5uHH4f6CuDiHpua9Sd52aD5CoiFIRZc8LnAPTFZblLVOrJGrP98YikUuEGu_P2Hj6HQ4DzD9VPxkfycDOpYTQkhGbeIqA4mNziduXqf9Bnb77LqTTyvByPcx36KXb20n1t/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+9.16.35+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">D. surprised me with an Aritzia sweater and Fossil watch I didn't even know he knew I wanted,</div><div style="text-align: center;">that clever man,</div><div style="text-align: center;">AND a huge stash of sugar-free dark chocolate - </div><div style="text-align: center;">**confession time** </div><div style="text-align: center;">I keep a desk drawer just for goodies!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Does anyone else have a candy stash??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwNgfj0Ey_0062emPni4v0M7-KGHvnrc1unCtXB_TltSLxvN_-0zM6yQ5cH-_JdT5XibtjA8I63UrKja3ojI8-omI8oPE0_47wntTHr6NmGkrdlFxm1yw_SgomqjarFkW545k5cwWrItD/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+8.51.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwNgfj0Ey_0062emPni4v0M7-KGHvnrc1unCtXB_TltSLxvN_-0zM6yQ5cH-_JdT5XibtjA8I63UrKja3ojI8-omI8oPE0_47wntTHr6NmGkrdlFxm1yw_SgomqjarFkW545k5cwWrItD/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-09+at+8.51.28+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since we married on his birthday (LONG story),</div><div style="text-align: center;"> he got his long-awaited projector from the darlings and I.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Truthfully, it's a bit of a sneaky present, </div><div style="text-align: center;">since I am as excited to remove the current giant black box from our family room</div><div style="text-align: center;"> as he is to watch 10 foot hi-def car chases!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope your weekend finds you with the ones you love - x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLDPh9-gk_zJWba2E5DwKexCufQJuHB9LXp627OfC_WgoVHvq8I2t-chpbYpCBm-2qZN0M8BUNB31F5fApclKWFCNmgp2JD4_etSMfuV4F9qw9ZVJldmnM6VFB6b0feNSSoNecaeXOBEn/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">ps..</div><div style="text-align: center;">you have to stop by on Monday - we've got a really, really gorgeous bit of eye candy coming from the latest crushing on color guest poster... it's fallicious!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">xo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

an anniversary and a weekend wish...

It's been a bit mushy around here this week! We've celebrated our wedding anniversary. Twelve years since we snuck off to the bahama...

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A Sunday Smile.. Poetry at the Beach

<div style="text-align: center;">These make me happy..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229353674494990082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAEu3oGkmq550UHF3WVLAb1oimdCZMWE9iJS6u3UlM7gUpl5T0lyP0_OwURSuSNDe4OJ1P1WLfj4DxQRINjeCvibKAoCrYO2hULeeyMtdzm89pdYudXrfsn74zekSIaWA6UjiY8NCKcHc/s640/DSC03048.JPG" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">part of a larger art installation at Crane Beach, Ipswich, Mass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the poem in it's entirety:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Align<br /><br />This beach has a history of habits.<br />the moon, a constant clock,<br />has always given rise to tides<br />wave by wave<br />the water wakes and sighs<br />shortens the sand<br />lengthens a swim.<br /><br />The wind<br />has always known<br />how to nudge<br />and urge<br />the sand into action,<br />setting a dune on<br />a blade of grass<br />a foothold for<br />more wind<br />tangling the memory of<br />a pitch pine’s roots.<br /><br />The sun signals<br />the terns<br />to journey,<br />a compromise<br />for more daylight.<br />the birds adjust, nest in our tracks,<br />because it makes,<br />for a fledgling,<br />a future.<br /><br />The lee of this chain<br />has been under the guidance<br />of the moon, the wind, and the sun<br />sage counsel to this,<br />our changing beach.<br />These are the habits<br />that a beach can honor.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Our habitat of habit is gilded<br />glossy and glaring,<br />we burn like the sun<br />assert like the wind<br />a pushy moon<br />sere and surge.<br /><br />Our wrack line seedless<br />our water, a faucet left on<br />a cumbersome coil<br />an indirect route<br />a spill.<br /><br />Our errands, bulked up<br />by consumer muscle,<br />not graceful and direct on legs<br />like the plover<br />nothing like the fleeting<br />shadow of wingspan.<br /><br />Our thirst sharper than salt,<br />we need, buy, sell, discard<br />more<br /><br />All<br />to get away<br />for a day like this<br />separate and splendid<br />from indoor life<br />to pretend proportion<br />and feel small against the sea.<br /><br />*<br /><br />To be small again,<br />let morning light illuminate you<br />wave water cleanse you<br />the breeze power you<br />and let your footsteps,<br />a simple shift<br />from sole to sand,<br />fall lighter on this earth.<br /><br />Find a second life<br />for all<br />that you own<br />bury nothing,<br />but let it tumble<br />in a new<br />and useful way<br />bring home only what you need<br />need less.<br /><br />Align with the sun, the wind and the moon<br />in their difficult work<br />to erase our footsteps<br />our surfeit<br />blend in like the plover<br />cast a shorter shadow<br />shift like the dune<br />adopt an inconvenience<br />so that we may keep<br />the sea<br />level.<br /><br />Colleen Michaels<br />April, 2008</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229353876422393170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYrwdzzPUK6sxDU0W0lW2_ikwlUvTYR-oeyDaXTZ3f48_TqZgd2hukEfeQBpRwfz2hTgtNjnztagi9EwlsJQiF3sjsvp86JlkTRXghsLiyfPfOAyuUfB1avIvCMyHlXCidZSPyIfnwIqj/s640/DSC03052.JPG" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Sunday, friends..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div>

A Sunday Smile.. Poetry at the Beach

These make me happy.. part of a larger art installation at Crane Beach, Ipswich, Mass. Here is the poem in it's entirety: Align This bea...

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