nothing makes me happier than when i’m taking pictures. nothing makes my soul shine brighter and vibrate higher than when i have a camera in my hand. i am at my absolute best when i am capturing the world around me, through these eyes, through fotography. creating memorable images is what i do best. i am in love with fotography, and it is in love with me.
fotography is my absolute passion in life.
snow, however – is not. but we are working on establishing a healthy symbiotic relationship…
😉
sunrise – snowmass village, colorado © audrey michelle 2013
it really has been a very very eventful year! personally, i’m kind of glad to be saying good-bye to 2013. i always say you can start over ANY time in your life, you don’t need an event like new year’s eve to make resolutions, start fresh, or even kiss a stranger 😉 but i’m still looking forward to wrapping up one year and starting a new one… i have been releasing a lot of old “stuff” over the last month… and i’m ready to welcome in the new!
i just really feel good about bringing in 2014 this year… things feel a little more peaceful in general, and that is great!
it’s been exactly 3 weeks
however, since my entire life changed in one single {terrifying} moment… i completely survived my car rolling twice on the icy highway roads on monday, december 2nd. not a single person was harmed nor animal or lamppost involved… no semi-truck in the way, no major abrasions, pain, trauma, or overall inconvenience other than losing my awesome car, shelby the subaru. but like everyone said, “you can replace a car, you can’t replace YOU!”
i’m still shaking my head at how it even happened and most of all HOW i survived… walking away totally unscathed and mostly just in shock. the bizarre twist to all of this is that i have found many blessings come out on the other side of it all. i’m even going to write about the event, as it really did change my life. any event like that shakes up a person’s whole being… and when it’s “over”, it’s kind of impossible to claim to be the same person afterward. Continue reading
wishing you all the love and happiness this season brings… now and always.
xxoo
am
i have lots of animal energy surrounding me… i mean, we all do… we just have to pay attention and keep our hearts open. i believe it’s one of the ways the universe speaks to us – through animal energy. i’m one to notice patterns, almost obsessively, and therefore i can usually recognize when there is a message trying to reach me.
i saw dragonflies quite often during my meditations when i lived in denver. dragonfly’s message is about transformation and seeing through life’s illusions… which was so fitting for what i was experiencing at the time.
lately i’ve been seeing lots of spiders. i’ve always had spiders around me… which used to totally freak me out. *quiver* who likes spiders?! anyway – over the years i kept seeing them and i found myself actually photographing them quite a bit. i’m fascinated by their intricate webs and their stillness. and spider’s message is one of creativity – to weave our own web of destiny… and to be patient during the process 🙂
harry the spider
hey friends. how was your weekend? i took a long one, and spent some time in denver visiting a few loved ones. my goodness was it a rich weekend. i am so blessed to have some truly amazing people in my life. they are generous and giving and never turn their back on me. i am blessed to have such loving friends!
i had every intent to write “mercury monday” as promised yesterday, but i just ran out of time. i start a new job today and had to tie up loose ends in other ways and just get mentally prepared for the day. i’ll be working in glorious aspen… it is going to be a great season!
so here we are, in the final week of mercury retrograde. how have you been feeling over the last couple of weeks? personally, it’s been an emotional rollercoaster. i mean, i know i mentioned that mercury retrograde periods are when i feel most alive and articulate, and that is very true and still applies {hence the reason i have started journaling more and even started writing a book, finally!} – however, that doesn’t mean i am immune entirely to the energies that come along with it. Continue reading
artsy-fartsy cute little fibonacci cabbage
i always buy the “unusual” looking produce, just ask anyone i used to work with. usually it’s so i can fotograph it 😉
i found this tiny little cabbage one day and nabbed it up. it was about the size of a softball, maybe smaller… so cute.
yep, pretty tiny and cute. Continue reading
“your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ~rumi
i love love love this quote!
as i was looking for a foto to post today, i thought about reflections… and how as individuals, we are all reflections – of each other. any time you like something in another person, you are really liking or honouring something within yourself – a quality you possess, albeit possibly dormant. and likewise, if there is something you do NOT like within another, it is often something you really don’t like within yourself… think about it.
so i say – let’s just try to focus on the things we love about ourselves and each other – since we are basically mirrors anyway, why not work to be the most benevolent mirror ever – so that when someone is in your presence, the only thing that will be reflected back to them…
…is LOVE.
🙂
nothin’ like a little fire-dancin’ to appreciate summer and welcome autumn… light-painting is COOL!!! 😀
{most of these images were taken with a 10-second exposure… fun stuff!}
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spiral!
hearts and crescents.
infinity. Continue reading
…for colorado, please.
we are on fire… again.
i hear it’s getting better, but a major downpour from the gods would be much welcomed at this point!!
hi friends. i’ve missed you…
i don’t really have an amazing story to explain my absence as of late… sometimes i randomly take a little time off from blogging to adjust to the ever-changing events life can throw at us… i hope you are enjoying the sun and had a nice kick-off to summer — grilled up some BBQ, got in the pool, graduated, and/or all of the above!
anyway, i’ve been “metaphorically” shedding layers and such for a few months now… going through a lot of change in A LOT of ways!… but when i started seeing little balls of wadded up hair begin to overtake my carpet, i knew something had to be done…
i love my kitty, callee… she is beautiful.
and sweet and squishy and a plethora of other things… and i’m fairly certain she is a norwegian forest cat… i’m not totally sure because she is a rescue and was abandoned {so sad!} and so the pound did not know much about her… but the point is, she has a LOT of hair!! and it’s that time of year when they begin to shed like crazy – thus the hairballs all over the carpet…
i decided to give my cutie callee a brushing the other day… check it out : Continue reading
i’ve decided to start something new – a “feature” on my blog. i’m going to call it “messages from manhattan” and it will showcase fotos of various sayings or quotes or the like that i noticed and fotographed all over the city during the time i lived there…
here’s one of my all time favs :
wake up! and have a great weekend.
{oNeLoVe}
i mean, i don’t miss waking up for them, per se… but i miss their beauty, their diversity, their colours, their peace…
every morning for about 4 months i got up and fotographed the sunrise. my schedule at work began to change so i stopped doing it… i’m sort of missing them right now because colorado has some of the coolest skies!
it’s artichoke season!!!
and thank goodness for that!!!! i wrote a blog or two about them last spring… i just love these beautiful babies. although they do take an awful lot of work to prepare for such a little amount of actual flesh… it’s SO worth it – the scrumptiousness waiting inside doesn’t quite compare to any other…
it got me thinking about how artichokes are kind of like us, like humans…
i know you may be chuckling thinking how the heck can i be like a green pokey vegetable?! well… the way i see it –
an artichoke looks like a flower.
just like us 🙂 Continue reading
i am earnestly trying to keep my heart open these days…and, when i do – this keeps happening :
seriously though – whatever.
i mean, i have so much to catch you all up on. not only delicious food and drinks but also photos and updates on practically everything. my entire life has shifted and there is an abundant amount of change occurring in every corner… not only in my own life, but in everything i see around me.
i moved recently. totally different environment. it just happened so fast, everything is happening so fast… it’s for the best, and i’m just going to trust my heart on this one… still in the transitional period, but am integrating well…
my diet is changing more and more every day. i cleansed for a few weeks prior to 12/21 – and i’m sure that effected my body. i’ve noticed now that i can’t tolerate certain foods anymore… i literally spit out a piece of ham over the holidays. i’m not one for eating much meat anyway, but i like to savour it as a treat on special occasions. i couldn’t eat it. i don’t know if it was the salt or if my body is just that smart but i was like, “okay, i can’t eat pork anymore, ever.” i also have been eating less wheat. even though it’s not prevalent in my diet, i can’t stomach it much anymore… it’s hard for me to digest. i recognize this and so i just listen to what my body is telling me… dairy. ohhh – damn you, dairy! i haven’t really been one to drink a lot of milk or eat a lot of ice cream {i’m kind of lying on that one} but i do loves me some cheese. mm mm, but ohhhhh no i can’t do it anymore. some are better than others – parmesan and feta aren’t so bad. i’m pretty much down to a vegan diet lately. and i don’t like soy products or highly processed foods, so that basically keeps me down to eating almost a raw organic diet. and i guess i’m mentioning this because it could greatly shift what this blog is all about. it’s a new year, and mine has been off to a start full of change and i’m free-flowing in the wind… a blank canvas.
what else?! so i moved, i’m vegan… oh, my meditations are getting better. i had a lull for a bit, but i feel like i’m back on track and in a good practice again. and there is something happening in my life in the field of love – and it’s powerful. my heart is transforming, that’s all i can say for now…
i began writing a book. mostly about my life… particularly, what i went through shortly before, during, and after the shift of the calendar day december 21, 2012… the end of the mayan calendar… my life hasn’t been the same since…. it’s gonna be a good one! 🙂
my grandmother passed away. i’m flying back east to be with my family for a few days – that is the blessing in disguise about these things… it’s always nice to see family, but it’s a lousy reason to get together… it’s okay, i’m at peace about it, no doubt.
so… i’ll be back next week and i hope to use the new moon energy from friday to catapult me into the next phase. i’m keeping my heart wide open, and making decisions only from that place… because it FEELS RIGHT.
still seeing these everywhere i go…
well – for me, it seems to be EVERYWHERE i look lately — even my toilet paper has a heart-pattern on it.
the truth is – i’m changing, and therefore – so is the world i {we} live in.
LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
{kind of looks like “evolve” in there, eh?!}
LOVE this scarf… i just might have to wear it every day 😉
🙂
everywhere… Continue reading
“you always buy the unique-looking produce… the ones no one else wants, the oddballs, the misfits!” — a coworker said to me.
it’s true.
i like anything out of the ordinary. because me?! – i’m out of the ordinary…… i mean we are all unique, just like everyone else, right?!
but i’m a very old soul… and i’ve seen a LOT in my some 10 thousand years… and in my current waking life, i often feel like some of the fruits and vegetables i buy – discarded, overlooked, passed-by, out-casted, and just plain weird. but dude, i’m totally still edible – and you know – some things get better with age… 😉
well… i found this potato particularly interesting because it kind of represented me. not only was it heart-shaped, as i obviously am, and which i find a lot of random things that find their way into my visual path are, but it is also kind of two different colours. it almost looks as if a garnet yam and a jewel yam are intertwined. it got me thinking about how i believe we all have a duality to us. i was having a conversation with a friend about all the changes going on in the world right now – the talk of 2012 doomsday, or the hope of a 2012 arising – in love and light, and consciousness, perhaps? and we were discussing how we all have a “dark side” — and some of us publicly show it with acts of violence or utter projection as to inflict sheer pain on the person receiving it, and some of us albeit perhaps not as violent, still keep it very much hidden, which can take a TON of conscious effort. Continue reading
i was trying to quickly figure out what to blog about this morning. i have a fun day lined up but i also don’t have a ton of creative time left this morning. so – as i was scrolling through images, i found this one. it totally describes how i feel lately, so i found it perfect for today’s post. i have found myself being a little extra nit-picky lately. kind of pointing out things i don’t like about certain other people and kind of complaining a lot lately. no good. when i saw this image it was like a reminder :
i need to be still like the water and reflect – because whatever i DON’T LIKE in that person, is something i don’t like within myself. it is a reflection, we ALL represent that mirror for each other, and when i noticed my repetitive thoughts about this situation or person i didn’t like, it was a HUGE red flag for me to slow down and reflect… and meditate and let go 😉
have a great weekend, everyone! share a little love
a sweet message from my morning yogi tea – “let your heart guide you” — and this is why i drink yogi tea… it tastes amazing, they use organic ingredients, AND – they leave you little reminders for your spirit.
i am especially grateful for my morning tea today… and for all the love the universe showers me with. sometimes it’s hard to hear/feel your heart clearly speak to you amidst all the noise of every day life. but if you quiet the mind, and {as my spiritual guru would say} crack that chest open and inhale – it’s amazing how much love will flow right through you. i’m not saying it’s easy, i’m saying it takes lots of practice. the heart is the 4th chakra, right smack in the middle. it is the most neutral of our chakras. it is neutral because it has no opinion, it just is. the heart is the center, and it only knows love – and love has no opposite, it just IS. it accepts, it forgives, it doesn’t hold on, and it is free. so be good to you heart, and listen to it more – tell the brain to take the backseat… your heart got this!
and i – i believe in the power of love.
and ya’ll should, too! because… we ARE love.
oNeLoVe
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