same old new day

a good day.  i had a feeling that i was going to go out and do fun stuff.  jordan invited me to hang out with his family at stanley park.  also i thought i might go to the beach and  see the fireworks. but what i did do was far more ordinary.  i edited photos.  i was totally in the zone.  i was in a good space.  as much as i have been in a bad editing space recently, today was a good space and i went with the flow of it. i looked out the window, felt the cool air stir and had deep thoughts, and prayers of the heart.  i listened to music.  eryn introduced me to kansas lee who i liked very much and after a lot of music time i felt the need for something else.  so i decided to listen to oprah's super soul conversations.  i listened to at least 5.  each one gave me something to think about.  i kept notes in my memo app so i wouldn't forget.

 sometimes i would get up and do some dishes, or grab some food to eat.  i had a watermelon and i felt reticent to cut it open.  upon examination i realized that i didn't want to cut it open because storing a partially eaten watermelon is such a pain and part of it always gets exposed to the air and goes yucky... you know that softish webby texture?  anywho to solve the watermelon reluctance i chopped the whole thing up in big chunks sans rind into a container with a lid.  and i've been enjoying the juicy pink flesh of it all day.  all my garment tops lately have watermelon drips down the front.  so ala mode!  other things i ate today: grilled cheese sandwiches and broccoli/brussel sprout slaw with thai tuna on top.  i splashed it with olive oil and apple cider vinegar and a little drizzle of pomegranate molasses. 

amazingly i finished the photos!  i mean it's not that amazing.  i gave her only 43, but still, i didn't expect to be done so fast and it's a good feeling to complete a set.  it's always a nice moment when i get to hand over the photos to the recipient.  tatiana asked me today to do a maternity shoot of her but asked me not to make her go in the ocean again.  i said yes and no promises.  after that i was thinking about how our family really keeps me busy with lots of projects and i had this moment where i saw what a blessing that is for me.  i've had invaluable experience doing shoots of all kinds of life events with people who love me and who i love.  i think it's best to photograph what you love.  and all this practice has, i hope, made me better and continues to give me purpose and new opportunities and many ways to connect with and be a part of special moments in people's lives.  that's a pretty big blessing.

i rounded off the night with the last episode of the colin firth pride and predjudice while i began the sorting process of natalie's grad photos.  a good day.  a day where i did many of the same things as other days but felt very much different inside than on other days.