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I found this quote about driftwood and it stuck with me - driftwood to me is timeless and a symbol of going with the flow. 

"I imagined your stick, washing in the waves for hundreds of years, turning to driftwood, smooth and hard like stone. I imagined a little girl finding it on a beach so many years later. Saving it on her shelf, where she put the things that made her feel like the world was magical." - Author: Ava Dellaira

Driftwood as a talisman for the magic of the world!  I love it.  

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The ocean expanse, so full of life and perhaps adventure too? 

"Doesn't it seem to you that the mind moves more freely in the presence of that boundless expanse, that the sight of it elevates the soul and gives rise to thoughts of the infinite and the ideal? " ~ Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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Life is full of twists and turns.  Some are served up to us from some unknown perverse plan that the universe has for us.  And some are of our own making. Have you ever made a U-turn in your life?  Done something that was completely unexpected (and perhaps unplanned)?

I have done that once or twice in my life.  The big one for me was about 15 years ago, quitting a perfectly stable and suitable job to teach yoga and sell jewelry.  And while that didn't quite work out the way I envisioned, I wouldn't trade the experiences I gained. 

We can never know, really, what will happen in the future; best to live in the moment and learn from our past actions.

By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.

~Jack Canfield

Or more accurately, I want to go on a touring bike trip.  My friends and I have completed a number of trips over the last 15 or so years.  

We have ridden along the Great Lakes in Ontario and Quebec and here on the west coast, down into Washington State and around the US San Juan Islands and the Canadian Gulf Islands.  Not quite laughing all the way, but laughing every day for sure! 

But of course this year, no such trip will happen.  Since I miss my cycling peeps,  while I was on staycation, I sent off some cards made by my friend Deb.  And I am dreaming about next year...

PS:  No travel means channelling my energy into my art - I am working on new designs.  If you want to be first to shop these new one of a kind and limited edition pieces, then you had better sign up to my email list!

I am just coming off a week of stay-cation.  As I was hanging around home, doing not too much of anything (COVID lethargy anyone??), I got to wondering why I wasn't really wearing my jewelry.  Was this some hang over from jewelry being a "dress up" thing?  

Or was I just not bothering with it?  And if that was so, why not?  Why WASN'T I wearing jewelry around home?  Don't I deserve to wear my jewelry whenever I feel like it???

YES!  I can wear my jewelry, JUST FOR ME, when no one is watching. 

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What happens when you change your focus?  Do you focus on something else?  

Or do you see something different in what you have been examining? Perhaps you expand your focus to take in the whole picture, when before you only saw a tiny piece?

All of these have been happening for me since I took a step back and saw a bigger view of my art, how it fits in my life and how I want it to fit in my life.  

This creates subtle shifts in how I am doing things, including creating my art and is very exciting.  

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Have you ever had a change of perspective?  One that made you wonder and gave you hope?  I was talking about choice and decisions in my last post.  My modus operandi being "take charge" to follow my path, and also allowing whims to take centre stage in my choices.  

This week, I had a different experience.  Instead of looking for a way to muscle my way through, because I *think* I have to, I have taken a bit of step backwards to consider where I AM. 

To consider how being where I am works in my favour, instead of against me.  Instead of struggling to the "next" thing because I am "supposed" to want it, do it, be it (who the heck decided that anyway!?!), I am settling in to the flow.  

So much easier than trying to swim upstream.  

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It occurred to me this weekend that my notion of "going to the beach" may not be the same as yours...

While I have spent time on tropical, sandy beaches, I am not really a sit-on-the-beach-and-tan kind of person.  While I adore the soothing aspect of being on the beach, I am much more active on it.  I prefer to walk and beach comb and take in sound of the waves, the smell of salt.  I might swim, depending on the location and temperature of the sea.  I get bored if I am just sitting there.  

If I am going to sit, then I prefer a porch on a cottage or a big ol' beach chair, maybe with arms wide enough that I can write on or comfy enough to curl up with a book.  

What's your favourite way to experience the beach?  

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Someone made this awesome driftwood swing at the bead. 

Swinging is one of those activities that can transport you to another time and place.  Perhaps a carefree moment of childhood.  Or in my case, our summer lake cabin.  Makes me smile and relax all at the same time. 

I thought my Martinique necklace was a perfect match for this swing.  You can let it transport you away...

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Did you know that darkness is one of the components that enable you to get a good night's sleep? 

Sometimes, it can be hard to get that total darkness.  There are lights on all appliances these days.  Where I live, sundown isn't until after 9pm, which means it's light out after I got to bed during the work week.  If you live in the city, you could have street or other lights shining in your window.  

I had heard about black out blinds and even rigged up some blankets to make my bedroom dark.  Then I found this mask!  It's silk and breathable and soft on my face. I am sleeping much better now - and that means I can dream up new creations just for you! 

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Do you mask up?  I recently received an order of locally made masks from Evercoast Handmade and have begun wearing them in stores and on the bus.

Here, we created bubbles around us and now I feel some days that "my" space is being encroached upon.  So I choose to mask up when I am in situations where the bubble cannot be maintained because you just don't know with this virus. 

But, I do still wear my earrings and I take the mask on and off.  How do you do that with earrings?  Here's how:

Now you can earring up too!

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I was tidying up this weekend and came upon my poor succulent plant pot.  

It's a lovely little pot and I had to decorate it up a bit, considering I killed off the succulents that were the previous inhabitants.  

I kinda like the beads, shells and glass as decoration.  

But I think it's time to get some more succulents and return the pot to it's rightful existence.  

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