PHOTOSCHMOOZER: Garden Flowers for My Friends!!

BE STILL...and SEE Photography

Reflecting on who I am...what is important to me...and the gifts I offer the world, I have reorganized this PhotoSchmoozer blog into separate pages for your viewing. I am about so much...people - relationships - drums and rhythms and especially photography...and I realize that although separate, they are all so INTEGRATED into the Whole of who I am!! It's a very peaceful thought and I am thankful for the intuitive gift to see the connections and the relationships. Enjoy the journey through the blog...and WELCOME.
Contemplative photography is about being totally present and seeing exactly what is before you, without filters or judgment. It is about seeing with your heart.Doesn't everyone see what is before them? Not really. You may see a candle on a table. Do you also see the shadows it creates? Or the reflections that the light casts on it? Or it's underlying shape and form?

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Garden Flowers for My Friends!!

In a few short days, I am to fly out to the mid-West for my summer vacation?!? Well, it is not the shore or the mountains and why am I going? It started out to see Ivy's bedroom - my friend Heather's daughter in Nebraska. Since I am to be so close to Iowa, well, I just had to spend time with my other friend , Beth and have the chance to meet her grandson, Clarence Pete. He just turned 1 last week and I sent him a drum for his birthday.

So why the flowers?? I picked this bouquet from our garden for my friends. Knowing that they would not last on the plane flight, the next best thing was a photo op. Hey, isn't it wonderful how many more friends can enjoy the spectacular colors that Bill grows for me to pick?!?? Enjoy every gorgeous bloom and the amazing array of colors. You wouldn't think they 'go together', yet with Mother Nature, a mixture is the order of the day!! One last word about the cactus. A few years back, I volunteered to visit with a hospice patient, Phyllis. Before she moved to Florida, I asked for a piece of the cactus to remember her by. Ever summer, she is back with me, gifting me with gorgeous yellow blooms.

2 comments:

Unknown said...: Thanks Martie, The flowers are beautiful!; July 29, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks Martie, The flowers are beautiful!; July 29, 2010 at 5:55 PM

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What fun to make Homemade Drums!

In September, 2010, I attended the Remo drum company's HealthRHYTHMS training. It was a fantastic 2 1/2 day event - learning about hand drumming and drum circles and the variety of ways that these activities are beneficial to people. Dr. Barry Bittman shared some of the exciting research that he has done that provides evidence of the benefits to participants - team building, stress reduction, FUN, spirit, communication and... Christine Stevens was our co-facilitator - an open free spirit who guided us in drum circle facilitation and then Alyssa Janney shared all of the ins and outs of the business/marketing piece for Certified HealthRHYHTMS facilitators. That I am after the training and fun...and meaningful it is. Call me to talk about scheduling a training event or a series for your friends, co-workers or community: 856-256-8380.
At the training, I talked with Roy and he shared how he had made drums (so had Julie...and a few others) They sent us info about sonotubes and how to make drums. The rest has been persistent exploration from my curious husband (with my helping hands) and then my sense of fun in decorating them!! People are beginning to ask to buy them. Why not?!?