janissima
photographic obsessions
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Heals. Pulls. Cleans
Lean back, close your eyes. Listen to the hum of the cars roar like waves crashing against the shore. Gently rock back and forth, still your mind, your self. Breathe in slow, steady. Let the waves...
July, 31 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Lost!
So far we can't find the key to the file cabinet (handed to me in the middle of chaos), the screws to put the shelves together (necessary to unpack boxes) and a whole host of other things. What we...
July, 23 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Minneapolis gardens
I grew up in South Minneapolis, just a few blocks from where I am now. I ended up in St. Paul because it was close to St. Kate's. Don't get me wrong, it is a beautiful city and there are good things...
July, 21 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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A Great Adventure
Moving is a wonderful thing. If you are young and strong. Or, if you have young and strong friends. A new home is wide open with opportunity. The walls are bare, waiting for your touch. The rooms...
July, 20 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Summer storms
One minute the sky was sunny. The next minute there was thunder and a lot of rain. Ten minutes later the rain stopped and it was a little cooler. Five minutes after that the heat index put the temp...
July, 14 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Pain and joy holding hands...
We all neeed to understand that experience is agony and ecstasy at the same time. Pain and joy holding hands. And pain is not suffering, but part of the Good Fight we must fight in the name of our dreams...
July, 13 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Monday morning light
Even the early morning day-becoming light is lazy and peaceful today. It's Monday, a new week with a fresh new start. Summer mornings beg you to wander in the garden, seduce you into pulling one more...
July, 12 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Rainy days on Sundays
Lovely thunderstorm blew through here fast and hard this afternoon. While some flowers were beaten down, others said, "bring it on!" Ruby said, "That's enough, crazy lady, this walk isn't a walk...
July, 11 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Sunday morning came down in a most delightful way
It's a wonderful overcast day here. I always knew I loved gray rainy days, but I didn't realize until now that its because flowers photograph so beautifully those days. In the gardens I stalk are some...
July, 11 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
We all work too hard and do not take enough breaks in our days or in our lives. 
