http://worldofdaisy.tumblr.com AGAIN !! :)

Well, I've decided to relocate my blog again. Back to the original spot on tumblr. Tumblr has evolved quite a bit since I was last using it - or it has just become more user-friendly for people like me that are clueless about writing code.

So!

It is quite a change; a very different look and feel. But, as I said a few weeks back, I was tired of this blog and trying to find something that better represented me. This is a start.

So here goes:

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Levi part dos

Remember this little guy? I last took his pictures when he was 3 weeks old. He's almost 4 months now! Jeesh.

So this is just a sneak peak .... these are supposed to be surprise Christmas pictures so I don't want to spoil anything ...

I will leave you with this quote, which I came across on artist Erin Darcy's blog .... I absolutely love it. I need this kind of encouragement, I am continually trying to talk myself down, I think I have some serious guilt about having success in my life. Working on that one. Okay so on to the quote....

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, talented, gorgeous, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles

My nephew Shawn napping ...

I haven't posted any pics of the little guy in my life lately ... so I jumped on the opportunity when he was sleeping ! heehee.....

Eisley

My friend Jen's little girl .... so beautiful !!

My Gram

She is resilient. She's been through more than I can fathom. Still she keeps on and gets more done in one day than I do in a week. When I was young and still living in the small town of Genoa, Nebraska, my grandparents' house was a haven to me. It felt safe, always welcoming, always warm. I could sit on the front porch for hours and it would feel as if no time had passed.

My grandfather passed away several years back - actually this past July marked 6 years ago. Traces of him are still everywhere, in the photos, in my dad's mannerisms, in the wedding band that Gram still wears. Yet I can see how strong of a person she is on her own. Never does a day pass that she isn't up at the crack of dawn, making coffee, doing laundry, getting the day started. I remember when she was moving into a new home in Omaha, she was right in there with the younger guys, trying to move furniture around.

I can only hope to be so brave.

I am ever so grateful that my grandmother posed for me last week in Nebraska. I will cherish this photo for years to come.

Love you Gram. It's an honor to take your photo.

Jen in black and white

Remember my lovely Jen pics from a few weeks back? I took some black and white film pics also, just now finally uploading them ...

Oh, I just love my yashicamat, and I love square format, and I love doing portraits of women that make them feel good about themselves. This picture makes me feel hopeful. :)

Special shout-out

I'd like to say thanks to Rico-rama for keeping me company today, while I get everything organized for the art sale.

He's so good at posing for photos :)

Sampling of images for art sale !!

I had promised some people I'd post a few images of work that would be available at the art sale - so here it is!

I'll include the details/info for the sale again at the bottom of this post...

Place: 2214 Edinburgh St / Arlington, TX 76018

Directions: 360 South past I-20, exit Green Oaks. Straight at light, Edinburgh will be the 4th street on the right.

Time: 10 AM to 3 PM

There will be margaritas and other various snacks that people are bringing! Feel free to chip in!! Hope to see you there. :)

I'm back :)

After a long drive up to middle America, I am now back in Texas. And busier than ever! Here's an image of Kim that I recently came across in processing my film - love it.

I hope to share more tomorrow, but it may be later in the week....

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mine was full of family and food :)

Garden variety

Today is a mish-mash of fun girly pics.....the first is digital, the rest are film.

I am heading to Nebraska to see my family for Thanksgiving, so this will be my last post until Monday. Wishing everyone a nice holiday with lots of food and naps.

(this one is kind of a joke, it was my first attempt to catch myself jumping...it makes me laugh....see that creased brow? I sure was concentrating hard...)

Colorful Meg and Vy

Had some fun at the playground this afternoon, the weather was just perfect. As I continue to work on my Girls just wanna have fun series, I'm finding it so fun to work with the unique personality of each woman and girl, and the unique outfits. Lovin it !! Meg is one of my bestest friends, and I just love the outfit she picked out when I explained what I was going for.

I was mostly working on some film stuff, which you'll continue to see as I get things processed and scanned ... but took a few digital snaps as well. I hope these images are a breath of fresh air after my last post :)



(I couldn't decide which of these two I liked better, so decided to go ahead and post both..)

Mas film ! (more film) And changes! mas change.

Ohhhh......

I am la la loving my color film pics from my ole trusty yashicamat.

Here's the lovely Stephanie...

So.

On another note.

Things I'm not loving so much lately: my cynicism, my anxiety, my lack of faith, my lack of confidence, my constant picking at my cuticles, my overall stick-in-the-mud attitude....

I've been reading the Secret, and trying to visualize lovely things happening in my life. I've been inspired by the idea of having a gracious mindset and giving thanks for everything, the moment I get out of bed.

The conversation in my head this morning went something like this:

Thank you, God, for giving me this day.

Oh, but I am so tired, always so tired.

But thank you! I am alive and well!

Oh, but I've already slept too late and I'm annoyed that I won't have enough time for my yoga...

BUT I'm grateful. Grateful I have my sight, my hearing, my ability to walk, my family....

Ohhh but....

Ack..

I want to really change. I really do. I know I've been saying this and saying this, but sometimes it seems I'm going in circles.

And I imagine that some of you have a different perspective of me - whether you only know my online presence, or you are a good friend of mine, even .... I am pretty good at clamming up my negativity and trying to keep from spreading it to others.

I discovered a new blog I like - a lovely artist named Erin Darcy - her entry for today seems to hit the nail on the head for me. She talks a lot about confidence and having gratitude. And I can just sense that in the way she writes, she is speaking from her heart. I'm not sure that I always do that. I think sometimes I'm speaking from somewhere that isn't even a part of me.

And I continue to be inspired by Boho Girl - her unwavering strength in sharing her emotions is so inspiring to me.

I want to be more open like that.

So perhaps that is a good start. Just being a bit more open on here. Being more of myself and not always editing, editing, trying to remember who might be reading this-or-that and catering to this person or that person. I want to just be me.

First things first - I am considering switching my blog back to tumblr. I've seen some more interesting tumblr themes online - FREE (imagine that!) - and I think if I just had a design that better reflected me....not the me I feel like I should be .... maybe that in itself would be a good start.

So here's to beginning a big change. (And to stop picking at my cuticles). (I might even post close-up photos of my hands so you can see. Maybe that would truly give me the kick in the pants that I need, out of pure embarrassment. Hmmm....who knows, I'll give it a shot). Do you like how I just put most of this paragraph in parentheses? haha...

See I'm feeling better already! Making jokes even!

So cheers to a happy weekend and happy Sunday - since it's almost Sunday. :)

Hope you enjoyed my photo, I'll be sharing more this week.

Lots o Love

Daisy

Lovely flower-like things

This video log intrigued me today ....

"First, I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose in life. Therefore, I demand of myself persistent continuous action towards its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action. Second, I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality. Therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 minutes upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture."

-Think and Grow Rich

YES!

I like it.

These words couldn't have come along at a more ideal time. This week I have made a new commitment to myself, to show up to my computer or camera or what-have-you every morning, just as I would for any other job. I think I'm finally taking myself a bit more seriously.

It's a nice feeling, really.

And the idea of re-training my thoughts again ... seems to be a persistent theme in my life lately. It's something I am finding to be a bit of a challenge. I am slowly changing. I am having to re-create my habits, my tendencies, my thought patterns.....

It is a lot of work. But it is good.

So. On that note, back to work. Here's a lovely flower-like thing to brighten your day :)

DISCOUNT ART SALE !!

I am hosting an art sale at mi casa, Saturday, December 5th, from 10 AM to 3 PM. woohoo!!

Feel free to come on down, and bring anyone you like. I will be selling various work, at discount prices (this is going to be yard-sale style, folks!), and there will be several other artists selling work as well.

Oh, and can you say MARGARITAS!

So come on already.

2214 Edinburgh St.

Arlington, TX 76018

Please leave a comment with your name if you'd like a reminder, or send me an email directly to: daisy@worldofdaisy.com. I will also post a reminder here the week of the sale.

Happy hump day!

Another old red dress image, this one is from March. I'm not sure what it is about this image that I like, but I keep coming back to it....

Megan eyes closed

Love this. (If you know her, you can tell she's trying not to laugh...heehee...)

Film !!!

I'm finally getting some of my film stuff scanned .... so excited to share !

This is from a photo shoot several weeks back ...

Happy Sunday

Art Show Dec. 5th !!!

Come one, come all, mark your calendars!

If you have facebook, click here to see the facebook event page. (You will have to log in after following this link).

But here are the details:

Collision 3

Start Time:	Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 7:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 12:00am
Location:	Rorschach Gallery
Street:	518 West Davis #7 Dallas, TX Clint Scism & Ange Fitzgerald present: COLLISION 3 When the Arts Collide Please join us on December 5th for an evening of Art, Music and good people as we help raise money for Arts Fighting Cancer (www.artsfightingcancer.org). Music by: The Happy Bullets and The Felons DJ: Miss Flowerette Featuring works by 30 local artists! Saturday December 5th 7pm-Midnight $5 suggested donation Rorschach Gallery 518 West Davis #7 near the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff across the street from Gloria's Restaurant Dallas, Texas We hope to see you there.

So many old red dress pics...

Here's another one I've dug out of the archives. Never before seen material, folks !!! hee hee...

With my new computer I have yet to figure out how to compress my images - they may appear fuzzy because its a larger file size being scrunched down to fit in this template. If you click on any of the images I've posted recently, you will see a better rendition. :)

On another note - I'm currently planning an Art Sale - it will be Saturday, Dec. 5th, starting at 10 AM. It will be sorta yard-sale style, so discount is the idea. If you would like to come, I'll be posting more details soon. It will be fun....there shall be margaritas....

Happy Friday !!!!!!!

New thoughts

Several years back, I read a book that made a light go off in my head. It talked about manifesting things in your life. About the law of attraction. I was intrigued. Like attracts like, it said. You are what you continually think about.

I took off running with new goals, new mantras, new lists of possibilities. I'm not sure if I truly believed it all, though. And I began to slip up, something-or-other wouldn't work out, this or that relationship would fail, opportunities seemed to slip through my hands. I definitely stopped believing. I set out to simply have a good attitude and remind myself of how fortunate I am, to simply appreciate what I do have. Even now, I am always prepared for failure or disappointment.

Which means my thoughts are focused on things being disappointing or not working out, increasing the likelihood of this happening.

I don't know if any of you have read The Secret, but this book came into my life again lastnight, and I think it's for a reason. I need to focus on changing my thoughts. I might be inspired and driven and hopeful for a fragment of my day, but there are so many moments when I'm caught up in negative thinking. I wrote down a few lines from the book that intrigued me. I hope they give you some motivation to be aware of your own thoughts. Powerful stuff.

"

Everything that's coming into your life you are attracting into your life. And it's attracted to you by the virtue of the images you're holding in your mind. It's what you're thinking. Whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting to you.

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If you are complaining, the law of attraction will powerfully bring into your life more situations for you to complain about. If you are listening to someone else complain and focusing on that, sympathizing with them, agreeing with them, in that moment, you are attracting more situations to yourself to complain about.

"

Some interesting things to ponder......

I'll leave you with an image from the playground - this image makes me happy. I want to stay with that happy feeling, and breed some positive thoughts in my head. Happy Thursday, friends.