..on my journey

Hi...feels like it's been forever since I put a new post up....way behind in some things I wanted to share...so I'm just going to give a quick snapshot of the past month....

My camp mates during the Liquid Matrix 3 day dance event...so much fun...

Daughters Erin, Jillian and friend, and beautiful spirit, Bettina...we had just finished putting up our altar..

We had a copy of The Upanishads...Goddess statues, a couple of Dia de los Muertos Spirit Figures..and this framed...

"Look to this day..for yesterday is already a dream

and tomorrow is only a vision;

but today, well loved makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

And every tomorrow a vision of hope

Look well, therefore to this day."

Such is the Salutation of the Dawn

We decided to move Camp Cute as we were dubbed...

.not so hard to move two tents without breaking down.

jilly giving us a little hoop demo...and staying warm at the same time...

It was sooo cold at night and in the early morning hours...had to dance or get into my sleeping bag. Jillian will be giving a hoop workshop...creative hooping..dancing....

beautiful and fun and make a waistline happen...yes!

A beautiful spirit spending a little time at our altar...

Ok, I admit it...I'm crazy for fiber...and so when I saw this young man in his amazing floor length vest of many colors, I had to ask him where he got it...and to my surprise he said he made it...

We chatted a bit. I told him about my Spirit Figures and he shared his fabric sources in Los Angeles...

I gave him some mom advice to create, create, create...honor his creativity..

Thanked him...we hugged and that was that...

Until about 3 hours later. I was dancing...hanging out with Bettina all of a sudden this young man is standing in front of me with an offering of cloth from his vest...a 10" x 8" piece!!!

What a joy! What a beautiful gesture!

It might have been cold at Liquid Matrix at night but it was HOT during the day!

Our goal on the ride home was to find a swimming hole along the Feather River...

My babies at play!!

and this? this was my studio 2 days before Sierra Art Trails open studio event...

I have no idea how I got it ready for company but I did....and it was helpful that at the Opening Reception I heard a collector of mine tell a woman she need to go to my studio just to see it...not the art...but the studio and how I have boxes and baskets and piles of bones, feathers,, skulls, twigs, fabric, etc. everywhere...and I thought I'd hid all the messy stuff in the past....some of it never to be found again.

But after hearing him say what he said I felt pretty good about not cleaning up all my little messes.....

so I didn't!

This Spirit Figure, "In Your Dreams", found a home the Monday after Art Trails...

This photo doesn't show you how big the plastic tub is but it's big, and it's filled with feathers my friend Bettina has gathered for me over the last several month from her chickens, and from her neighbors exotic birds, and from going out on walks with finding feathers in mind...

They make me feel rich...feathers for figures..

and gifts....friends brought me gifts...beautiful fabric, flicker feathers, buttons, a paw and a bit of of a racoon's tail, beads and ribbon...all for my Spirit Figures..

These girls are still on the wall...waiting for homes.,,they are part of my 'dancing' series...

Dancing in the Garden at Midnite & Dancing for Change...

This is Peace Seeds

Unity 'Shared Dreams"

Dream Weaver

Lakshmi

We are Lightbabies. Golden Grace.
Wings, meant to fly.
We are delicate and pregnant
with goodness.
We are each made of such a quiet
that the entire Universe
can hear us. ...Em Claire

My baby, Maia....getting grey...

a sitting place near my studio

A home for this gorgeous lady...