hello friends!

  it is me,

 erin.

remember me??

 blogging from my tiny lap top...i call it a half top...because it is so small...

it seems that, my big puter seems to be sick...errrrrr.

i have so many pictures and things to share with you...

but it is really difficult to do on this half top...

i just finished a huge project for my darling daughter , ashley.

she turns 30 this week.

(that must make me older than i think i am?)

happy birthday , ash!!

 i surprised her with a video of photos from her life...starting with a shot of me the day before she was born, until the present.

what a project!!  i had to go through 30 years of  her life...my life.... in photos (which were NOT organized...i have been meaning to get to that)

 choose which ones to include...i chose about 200!

  then scan and crop and photoshop all of them...... CHOOSE some great tunes to go with the photos...and then edit.

edit.

edit.

edit..

how does one edit ones life?

edit!!

edit.

fit the photos to the music

edit some more...

gotta tell ya....this was such a wrenching  and emotional project for me...to revisit all of these beautiful memories of my child's life...of MY LIFE...my smart girl friends told me to treat it as a business project and stay focused on getting it done, or i would have stopped to look at EVERY SINGLE PICTURE...

many that i had not seen in years.

i settled on about 120 photos.

(of the most beautiful little girl who was ever born...right?  isn't that what every mama thinks?  well, it is true)

and two songs...

van morrisson's "she's as sweet as tupelo honey"

and

jason mraz' "live high"

and when it was finally "in the can"

 and mr. dan and i viewed it for the first time on our big screen...

we just cried and cried.

not supposed to tell you that.

i sobbed actually..

it was like a huge release for me.

so, i am emotionally drained.

in a good way.

my puter is sick.

in a bad way.

and i feel like making a shift.

a shift towards making some art.

and i am excited by the thought of that.

art

 here i come.

so...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ASH

mama loves you.

so much!

glad you liked the video!

surprise!

gotcha.
he he

 

wwaaaaaaa.

good tears.

say hi to the beach for me.



just a corner.

 a little
corner
of my world.
in the living room.
i miss walking on the beach and playing in the waves every day.
franklin, tn. would be perfect, if we had a sea....
 Mr. dan and i have been exercising in our neighborhood pool.....as it remains way too hot to play outside, unless swimming.
it was certainly not fun to deal with the
 demise of our A/C this week.  oy.
yes, an unexpected big expense and a reminder of what it is like to live without this luxury.
we take so much for granted in this world!

i have been using this old washbasin as a side table this summer.
in the past, i have used it on my back deck, as a water feature with fishies swimming around....and it may end up outside again...some day....things seem to change around here.  good grief.

ah shells!  i heart the beach.

i love this white ceramic lantern, that i found while junkin around ......i yanked the old electric guts of it ......turned it upside down......and use it as a vase now.
i may have it rewired some day....it would look pretty lit from within and hanging from the ceiling.

big Kit-Ten wants to know...
who said,
 these were the
" dog days of summer"?

keep cool.my friends.

♥
erin


partying at...
http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/07/vintage-inspiration-98-talking-trash.html
and
http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2012/07/feathered-nest-friday_26.html

back....

beach brain
sand
 and all....
and quite bummed.
post vacation blues, i suppose.....
playing with photos and listening to dave matthews, with a cocktail
 helps.a little.

 being
 back
is
for the birds.

♥
erin

beach bound...

i'll be back...
beach brain and all.
♥
erin