It all depends on your point of view

As with everything, it all depends on your point of view.

Though she is talking more and more everyday, and I am charmed by the hour by her new revelations....

I wish I could read her little mind.  They are probably not new at all.  She is just now able to share them with me.

She seems to have such a fun point of view on life.

I hope it is something that will stick with her beyond her mere 2 years.

So what's she looking at?  "Moosy MOOSE?"

The flowers on the rug?  "red!  Yellow!"

Maybe she originally was reaching for that toy stuck under the ottoman.  

But saw so much else to look at.

"shine on mommy!"

Yes Lily.  Shine on indeed.

Aloha!

We got this fun package in the mail last night from Hawaii.

I think this cat is adorable.  

Another gift for my 2 year old that makes ME smile.

It reminds me of my childhood days in Hawaii.

Aloha!

Max Moose

I just love this MOOSE.

"Happy cows come from California"

Cheesy.  But I love this one.

It came in the mail from my brother and his wife in California 

as a birthday gift to my 2 year old.

I just love it right down to its sweet little wooden utters.

Couldn't resist a photo of this adorable wooden cow that makes me smile.

yep.  It makes me smile. This is a happy cow.

(365 photo day 46)

My Valentine

The Hawk

I could hear my dog Max outside barking his head off.  He was looking up in the tree.  There was this gorgeous bird.  A hawk?  I can hardly describe it.  He just radiated knowledge? Truth? As he sat on his branch watching me.  He ignored Max's barks completely.  I stood there looking up at him for several minutes and he watched me. I wondered if I could maybe take his picture. I hurried in the house for my camera, and he waited.  Then I aimed.  It was if he said NO.  He disappeared as I heard the click .   There is no evidence of him in my camera.  Like it never even happened.  Even though it sounds strange, it felt like those moments had meaning.  I felt like it wanted my attention desperately.  I just don't know WHAT it means.  Who was that bird watching me?

Maybe it is that very little bit of  American Indian I have in my blood.

Maybe it is my heavy recent readings of the Twilight Saga.

But this is true: I could not stop thinking about that bird.  So I decided to look up a hawks symbolism.

I can't help but think it was sort of kismet?  When I found this....I have almost said these exact words on this very blog.  Weird huh?

Hawk:

It's message to you is to be open to hope and new ideas, to extend the vision of your life.

The hawk teaches you to be observant and take a close look at your surroundings.  It soars with the power to overcome difficult situations.  It soars in circles over the life of the earth, asking you to circle over your own life and view it from a higher perspective.

Project 365: January

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Girl

TOO TOO FAST.

Perfection

I did it.  When I started this whole idea of 365 I said I was doing it to LIVE life. STOP the car to capture something that calls to me.  THIS had been calling to me every time I passed it.  The light hit it so perfectly sometimes. {Maybe it was subliminally.  I realize now that the word "perfection" is right on the building}  It's been there for so long it looked almost antique.  I parked and ran over to the train tracks to quickly snap this.  No special effects, no photoshop, no real planning.  It turned out exactly how I imagined it would.  Rock on project 365!  LIVE life!