golden

golden, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Artist friends have converted their house so that it has a studio/gallery space in the front and the back and upstairs are the living area for their family.

We were there today for a showing of their work and along with buying a smaller painting and two prints of pencil drawings, I also took pictures of this wonderful little blue bathroom through an arched doorway.

The photograph itself makes me think of my friends, they are bright and warm and inviting.

found dino on tree fungus

found dino on tree fungus, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Dinosaurs and dragons are very important symbols for my oldest daughter.

This afternoon we were walking through a back alley, having an important conversation about life when she came across this small, rubber stegosaurus mixed in with gravel and dirt at our feet.

Finding it made her happy and it felt a little like a sign from the universe that she may be moving in the right direction.

We stopped in the vacant lot that we cross through each week and she kindly let me pose the new found dino on the fungus growing on a stump.

cg, pom, omd

cg, pod, omd, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Please visit Concrete Godmother over at Madeline's Child - they had to let their oldmandog go to relieve his pain and I want to somehow let CG and POM that they are being thought of during this hard, sad time.

book bug

IMG 4378, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

A mayfly (I think), landed on my knitting book at the park today.
Possibly coveting words?
Me too...
right now, I don't feel as though I have many to spare or share.

through the door

through the door, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Let the light and shadows speak for me.

tucked in

tucked in, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

The short walk from the pottery studio to the crunchy granola coffee shop takes us past expensive cars, popular bars and upscale boutiques.

Sometimes it also takes us past people, like this man, sleeping uncomfortably in a recessed doorway.

it is unsettling for me, how vulnerable I feel when I see another person so - unprotected...

starry eyed

starry eyed, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

In my drive to get in close enough to these tiny flowers, I ended up lying on my stomach, wriggling in the dirt and last year's dead plants -
forgetting I was wearing a dress until my next door neighbors noticed my bare legs poking out of the brown brush of my front garden.

Ah well, the flowers are worth it.