it’s the perfect time of year for walking at the huntington gardens.
mostly i walk around in stunned silence. but as you can see i stop frequently to take photos and send marco polo (app) videos to my sisters.
i sometimes think the frequent stops are interfering in my ability to just be in the present moment. but if i leave my phone behind i can’t listen to music while i stroll. which lately is pieter de graaf (dew drops and prologue being 2 of my favorites) CLICK HERE if you want to listen to Dew Drops 
oh the perils of the modern world and our devices.
how to find a balance…
to sink into the moments of being rapturously alive without being pulled back out again.
i struggle with it.
i had the deep pleasure of spending the last 2 weekends in carpinteria with my dears – joyce and sharron.
here is PROLOGUE if you want to have a listen…
a friend of mine and i are enjoying our study of eckhart tolle talks and conversations via videos and podcasts. we enjoy comparing notes and having good laughs about the foibles of our big human egos and all the nonsense we and other homo sapiens get up to.
the sunsets over the last 2 weekends were cinematic.
on this past friday as i drove up the coast to meet sharron for sunset on the beach, i took this photo out of my car window.
oh that changing sky. it’s the best show on earth. maybe in all of the universe.
glossy wet sand.
copper clouds
you almost can’t absorb it all. but we try.
we plunked ourselves down on a driftwood tree trunk. perfectly placed for our comfort.
hope you’re well. content in your far-off galaxy. keep me posted. xo
Those photos of the beach are just so soothing right now. Thank you.
OMG! Mary Ann…LOVE your photos always, thanks for allowing me to travel along! Karen
Beautiful pictures. I love how you capture the world through your camera and art. That journal looks devine.
Jane
i so enjoy all the wonderful drawings/paintings as well as the beautiful pictures you take.
do you use a camera or your phone to take pics?
blessings, mary
just my phone for the last few years…
Omg! Amazing photos! Beautiful post, as ever! Thank you.
Gardens, beach, journals!…. life is good xox
WOW….stunning photos, Mary Ann! Thank you for sharing your beautiful corner of the world with us.
The colors are begging me to pull out that watercolor palette!!
it would be quite a bit of fun to paint some swatches of those sky/water colors!
thanks for the music to view your escapades. your back yard is looking very welcoming too.
hey thanks stacey, i like sitting out there
Hello MaryAnn,
I just wondered where you keep all of your journals, could you post a photo please?
Many thanks
Sally-Ann
bookcases right behind living room desk. will post soon
GORGEOUS PIX!!!! I SO miss living on the CC coast!
thanks bobbie. i understand how you must feel. i would miss it terribly.
The photos are drop dead gorgeous! I dream vicariously though you, to be able to walk those beaches one day. Love, love, love the journal work!
every time i am surrounded by all that color and light by the shore i have a fervent wish that ALL can experience it. i hope you get there!
Those photos are crazy-good! Love your journal work, as always. Xo
thank you dear lisa xo