2014 is dawning...........

The new year is dawning ............... last couple of days I've been a little aware of not soooo healthy patterns of thinking and behaviour. I've reflected on what an amazing year 2013 was been.....I mean amazing...I chose a word for last year and art journalled around it a little it was 'incubate' and whilst I did this I was pretty amazed and grateful at the amount of good energy and energetic experiences I had whilst doing this! I have a little notebook I've been writing in and using the New Years Revolution Tool Kit to examine what and where to place my intention next year....Choosing a word seems important again and I'm torn between 'mindfulness' and 'balance'........... I'd like to feel grateful, content, peaceful and motivated... I know I will be practising more yoga and meditation to bring about balance and I would love to be in a mindset to simplify, de-clutter, break through recurring patterns and overcome triggers for stress, I'd like to plan for more change in work or even early retirement and more importantly is to remain healthy, spending a balanced amount of time with other and alone and walking in nature and getting away to the seaside...putting my sons 21st year feels important to me and I will be reminiscing on 2013 holiday adventures abroad rather than planning nay new ones for this year although I would really like to participate in a u.k. yoga retreat ........2014 will be a year of doing what I love and enables me to feel good continue to be grateful and kind............lots of art journalling in progress and all my creating for others is complete for now so some arty playtime over the next couple of days to compliment those lovely walks with Chel are how I choose to start 2014.........

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.....Winter walks n passtimes ...

...gosh have drafted posts but not actually posted for a while.....lots of life to live and am soooo looking forward to some fresh air yoga n grounding over the next couple of weeks....Celebrating Winter Solstice and reflecting on simple things that bring me joy.....my day off being the greatest of these ....

pages in progress........

.....needing some colour .....dusting off my pastels and conte crayons my fave 'colouring sticks'.xxxx

art journalling intention......

gosh havent arted for a couple of weeks.....busy preparing two albums for november december time n having a wee crafty get together with pals this saturday...lots of pretty paperbag albums made for etsy.....but my soul is aching for a little simple art journalling..yep need some slow flow time away from the overworked hustle bustle of daily working life ...balance and tlc 'needed' as my health is dipping again but spirits still strong! so in between some worrying about the sinister grip the most recent virus seems to have and have triggered in my sensitive wee body life is pretty sweet...and so the albums created i will post a photo later...just some finishing touches to add.

....I love being anywhere with you ....

...I was sooo privileged to get the opportunity to travel to Italy.... it has been somewhere Chel has wanted to start to explore for a few years now. We spent a few days in Rome... and then a few days on the hillsides of Amalfi ...a little adventure for us .....thankyou Chel my lovely it was fab .

My Life is soooo Blessed....

I have had the most amazing two months.....words can not express the gratitude, positivity,balance and resilience generated....as the season turns I am reminded to 'slow down' continue to breathe deeply in order that my connection to that loving wave continues.. I am surfing ! I am soaking up and feeling so grateful for the joy and serendipitous happennings coming my way courtesy of
the universe....gratitude is over flowing x