this moment

this moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Join in the fun here.

I resized this beautiful sunrise into a desktop background. Feel free to download and share.

this moment

this moment

breaking the rules with a few words today: It’s hard to tell in this photo, but my daughter has her sketchbook on her lap. She carried it around with her all morning, making notes about what she wanted to draw once she got home.

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Join in the fun here.

change is in the air

autumn leaves

There’s a tree in my neighborhood that’s starting to change colors. Slowly, branch by branch, its leaves are turning red. Most of the tree is still a brilliant, summery green, but you can tell change is slowly coming. My website feels a little bit like this tree today.

Over the weekend I merged julie-bird.com with this site. I’m guessing most of you wouldn’t have even noticed if the rss feed hadn’t sent out one of my posts from a few weeks ago. (Seems feedburner is easily confused by change.)

Like the big green tree outside my window, most of the site remains unchanged. However, there are a few exciting things to note:

  • There’s finally a navigation bar at the top!
  • Tutorials have their very own page (with photos to come soon)!
  • Images are bigger! Tutorial photos are easier to see!

You may notice little changes in the coming months. I’ll let you know if I add anything terribly exciting. Right now, I’m just happy to have a little more elbow room to organize my creative thoughts.

Are the leaves starting to change in your part of the world? Real or metaphorical, share in the comments!

this moment

this moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Join in the fun here.

Photo credit: The Daweshaus

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Posting my “Friday” ritual on a Sunday. And it’s a moment from a few weeks ago. And I didn’t even take the picture. Husband was out of town and I’ve been a little distracted the past few days.

I was also working on my annual September 11th post. It feels weird knowing that when I combine blogs, words like this will be mixed in with a t-shirt bike shorts pattern.

Yep! I found the the bike shorts pattern under a pile of my daughter’s artwork. Hope to get it posted this week.

Stay safe and hug your loved ones.

savoring the last days of summer

this moment

I find this time of year difficult. I love Autumn. I can’t wait for bright red and yellow leaves, crisp breezes, wool scarves and pumpkin soup. I have to stop and remind myself that the last few weeks of summer are also wonderful:

  • warm, sunny days without the oppressive heat
  • cool evenings with chirping crickets
  • long daylight hours, which are slowly getting shorter!
  • a three-day weekend with “daddy home!”

I’m noticing the soft grass between my toes, the lush green trees on the horizon and the brilliantly colored flowers that are still in bloom. I’m trying not to wish it all away in anticipation of the next season. It will be here soon enough.

I made a desktop background with my little mantra as a daily reminder. You are welcome to download it here.