Fall Equinox

The long awaited day....Autumnal Equinox in Southern California and it is such a surprise. The sky blue and full of clouds after our first rain of the season. It is cool and crisp and I am totally in tune with the energy of nature with my new 12 mega pixel in hand.
My best rainy day subject is my Wilson. I used an overlay from the photo mats first edition, mat #3 by Lori Giles to make this photo look like an Heirloom, which it will be one day.

My beautiful sister came by unannounced today to bring me some home made sweet rolls that she really should be selling, they are so good. She did this on a day when she was in pain due to an upcoming surgery and I realize I am loved......how lucky I am.

I am dreaming on this day of feminine energies, of the time when I can live off of the money I make with my creativity and spend all of my time working on something that is who I really am. If I need to win the lottery or how ever the money wants to come....my doors are open and so is my bank account.

Years ago, my home would fill with like minded travelers and we would have drumming ceremonies and celebrate the changing of the season. I miss those times, but I would not go back to them because my heart is filled with the now.....with the true passing of moments as they come and go and the peace that being here now brings most of the time. I miss Gene and Adam, Carole and Lonnie......I am learning to find the beauty in the unexpected and I would not trade being able to be who I am for any relationship with a man. Now, I could really have a friend who was also a man.....or not. That is not my focus now. I think of all the years that having a relationship was the driving force of life, and they seem far away now. I'm glad I had them, but I am wide awake now and it is Autumn.

Family Tree

Here is the latest collaboration kit that I did with Lori Giles. This is such an honor for me to design a kit with her. She is one of the best designers out there in my opinion. She has a huge body of beautiful work which is what got me addicted to digital scraping in the first place.....her kits! Now here I am part of her design team and sharing the creation of a kit with her.

She did all of the papers and many of the elements and the alphas. Her papers and color scheme are so perfect for a heritage collection.

I contributed elements from my own family tree so this is a very special honor for me.

The Whitman's tin with the design by Alphonse Mucha was my Grandmothers treasure box. No one knew she had it until she passed, and mom found it in her dresser drawer. She kept the things that were important to her tucked away in there. I also used my grandpa's pocket watch and my great grandmothers pocket watch, and old frames that started off containing photos of my elders. The hourglass has been with me for many years and the silver pen was a special gift. One of the keys is to my grandfathers old desk and one is my logo for my photo resoration site. This kit is special to me in many ways and I hope that you love it and enjoy using it.

Don't forget that is FREE with any $8 purchase at http://www.digitalscrapn.com/ for the month of September. You can also purchase this kit at http://www.ndisb.com/. Be sure to check out Lori's blog at http://www.digitalscrapn.blogspot.com/ for more previews of her amazing work.

Thank you Lori, for giving me the chance to do a collab kit with you! I hope there are more in our future.