true...

1. owning a sunset worthy condo on lake michigan/mouth of the grand river, grand haven, mi
2. winning awards in recognition of my professional career work http://www.spectrumhealthbeat.org | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillseidelman
3. snowboarding heavenly, lake tahoe
4. flying over and into the grand canyon via helicopter
5. las vegas and all it's magnificent glory, glitz and glamour
6. bermuda, flying through the bermuda triangle
7. visiting chicago on st. patrick's day and seeing the river turn green for a day
8. losing 15 lbs during the holidays!!! (thank you hot yoga & palates)
9. purging/donating 75% of my personal belongings... minimalist... simplifying life
10. realizing i am capable of loving and falling in love with someone again... even if, for only a moment...

#2015 #bucketlist | https://www.instagram.com/jillseidelman/

longevity...

1. the young girl who helps her elderly grandmother to walk toward, and sit at the restaurant table...
2. the guy/girl who gives the homeless man a dollar, spare change, a nod, a smile...
3. the elderly couple walking along the sidewalk... the woman taking his arm to help him stable himself... #love
4. be here now... ray lamontagne
5. tea forte
6. self-taught pianist
7. talking (or at least, trying to talk) in native tongue while visiting other countries... ;)
8. a newly repaired car
9. the car wash
10. new tires

winsomeness...

playa de coson ©jill seidelman ©jmarshon

1. breaking a guinness world record... for a great cause... bonus!!!
2. painting a beach scene... as a captured memory of a perfect beach adventure...
3. driftwood
4. ghost in the machine, the police
5. nick drake
6. the most interesting man in the world ;)*
7. pink sand beaches
8. crystal caves and grotto
9. the perfect pub burger on a lazy afternoon...
10. oysters on the half shell

coltish...

1. the green toy soldier i received in college... not exactly sure why... it was in my dresser drawer for years???... still, a cute reminder of good times past...
2. john denver
3. john polley, md at spectrum health helen devos children's hospital... special work he does there! very blessed to have him on the sh staff...
4. re-purposed spiral staircases from old houses
5. re-purposed bar counters from old beautiful pubs
6. spaghetti & meatballs
7. the mask, jim carey
8. abba
9. masquerade masks
10. halloween, dia de los muertos, all hallows eve, shamhain...

alluvium...

1. heart-shaped bowls
2. wooden cheese boxes
3. grilled cheese sandwiches
4. my baby bracelet from the hospital... the sweet little beads that spell my name :)
5. chanel fortissimo nail color
6. leather moto jackets... in unique colors... periwinkle, hunter green... and of course... ever-classic black
7. dream dresses ;) yep, i'm a girl...
8. cats at play w/catnip
9. new spices from spice merchant
10. the simplistic joy holding a whimsical espresso cup... and the fun coordinating saucer

early bright...

1. vietri bowls, dishes, espresso cups
2. mud-pie kitchen goodies
3. himalayan salt cooking bowls/blocks
4. topaz... my grandmother's birthstone
5. "super fun"
6. when chico gives me the "head tilt"
7. three little birds
8. spy and honey-crisp apples
9. the memory of running with my cross country teammates on a late afternoon... stopping half way to pick spy apples... running and eating the apples during the final 3 mile trek back to the hs
10. smelly-fresh clean clothes

abdication...

1. the camo pattern of a sycamore tree's bark
2. caramel apples w/pecans
3. tumbleweeds that litter my mom & dad's farm... which my mom loathes... but i find them enchanting and delicate
4. the rooster that doubles as an alarm clock
5. free-range chickens along the side of a busy road... completely unfathomed by the busy hustle of cars passing by
6. violent femmes
7. leather fringe jackets, handbags, shoes... love!
8. when the clouds in the sky look like mountains in the distance
9. sun rays... believing that is God's way of showing us someone is going to heaven :)
10. capturing a photo at 'the perfect moment' of 'a perfect reflection' in a pair of onlooking sunglasses

deft...

1. veggie pizza w/artichokes... ny-style
2. cotton candy... how it melts on your tongue... sweet and delightful
3. popcorn at the movies... butter... salted only on the bucket's side-seam
4. star wars... my first "movie theater" movie
5. old theaters... old dressing rooms, huge mirrors, hot light bulbs, costume racks and old costume storage... the nostalgia... being backstage... the beautiful wood floors, huge velvet curtains, gigantic ropes, spot lights... the awe of it all... when you are the only one there standing amidst it all in pure silence...
6. collecting silly and clever greeting cards... giving them to an especially, well-deserved recipient at the most opportunistic moment
7. my pink rhythmic gymnastics ribbon... the memory of performing with it... free and flowy... tricky at times too...
8. dome ceilings
9. opera boxes
10. crazy, bonkers, beautiful dreams @;)*

 'I dream my painting and I paint my dream.' - Vincent Willem van Gogh

dexterous...

1. the velveteen rabbit
2. piglet #love
3. wes craven
4. scratch-off lotto tickets... a winning scratch-off lotto ticket... the special one i received on the day i adopted my Chico ;) #love #love #love
5. sandwiches... crusts cut off
6. the green cloth/color of a classic pool table
7. red velvet couches
8. simple, beautiful, spur-of-the-moment hand-sketches
9. iced cafe con miel... the hint of honey... so delicious!
10. my ambidextrous traits... must be my right-brain/left-brain equal lateralization :)

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. 

"Pooh!" he whispered.

"Yes, Piglet?"

"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.” 

― A.A. Milne

endeavor...

1. french country decor

2. simple, urban, minimalist-chic decor
3. realizing our time on earth is limited... life is fragile... taking inventory and adjusting the course...
4. anthony michael hall... sixteen candles, breakfast club, weird science... you name it!
5. gardetto snack mix
6. eagle emblem above the door of old houses
7. paper lanterns
8. the silly things in my glove compartment... redneck horn, boogie wipes, chicken poop lip balm :) hehehe... #thelittlethings
9. "never say never" ;)*
10. love, above all else...

provenance...

1. pixie sticks

2. french toast sprinkled with dusting of sweet powdered sugar, topped with fresh homemade whipped cream, dipped in locally made maple syrup

3. where do we come from / who are we / where are we going / paul gauguin / 1897

4. a giant soft pretzel... for dinner ;)

5. lorina strawberry sparkling french soda

6. stuffed mushrooms with chicken, pesto, cheese...

7. giant soaking tubs

8. my grandfather's old metal childhood toy truck

9. the beautiful, old, bright-yellow chevy i pass each morning... parked off yonder... in the middle of a brilliant field of wildflowers

10. baz luhrmann

phantasm...

1. silly printed socks... just because... adorned w/kitties or sculls, etc... a must-have!!!
2. radiohead
3. natural angel wing shapes
4. the memory of my sister nellie and I as angels in the church nativity... then having to sing "the first noel" ... all the while trying to not completely loose it laughing out loud... fighting back tears of laughter and trying to not look at each other for certain failure in front of the congregation... all due to our silly shenanigans practicing the night prior... #peaceontheearth #montypython
5. monty python
6. a ghostly-encounter... or two...
7. old, broken-in birkenstocks
8. peep-tow heels... with shiny bright red underbelly soles!!!
9. kitch iti kipi springs up, mi
10. a detroit tiger emblem adorning a baseball cap... sun-kissed and well worn by beach, sand and salty sea ~~_/)

profundity...

1. the b-52s
2. the memory of dancing and singing along to the b-52s at band camp in high school... hehe!!!
3. nostalgic school supplies... pencil box that doubles as a calculator and pencil sharpener... bic multi-color ink pens :) love those!!!
4. creating a piece of jewelry... molding the metal, shaping the design... placing the stone...
5. tube socks
6. star wars lunch boxes
7. trapper keepers
8. not being "too big for my britches" ;)*
9. old boston vacuum mount pencil sharpeners
10. watching jeopardy w/my dad :)

nomadic...

1. walking in the same footsteps as my great great grandfather... in the lighthouse he lived and served 130 years ago

2. 02 bob flynn, semi-pro stock car racer... sitting in his super hot car following the races when I was a kid... still having him repair family cars all these years later

3. checkered flags

4. a street and pier named after my family

5. the joy of family

6. a final destination resting place along a picturesque setting on beautiful lake huron 

7. charms collected from special places... adding them to my bracelet

8. apricots

9. thomas edison and henry ford winter estates, fort meyers, fl and their summer cottages in harbor beach, mi

10. no excuses

nimble...

1. new smooth blacktop roads

2. pull & peel twizzlers 

3. angel wing tattoos

4. healthy premature babies... going home from the hospital... soooooo sweet... and those little toes and feet!!! amazing!

5. national geographic photography... the memory of pouring over the magazines as a kid... dreamy!!!

6. "soupy eggs" ... how I asked for eggs over easy as a kid ;)

7. black cowboy hats

8. absolute closure

9. don't stop believing 🎶

10. getting caught in a downpour... laughing it off without complaint

inhere...

1. the lord's prayer 

2. clarkston union... old church converted to amazing food/restaurant

3. mini plastic pools... passing by and seeing a dad at play with his kids in one in their yard

4. siri

5. old bazooka joe comics

6. being somewhere beautiful... with no cell reception

7. gummy vitamins

8. lobster mac & cheese

9. haters... because then at least you know you're doing something right

10. old polaroid photographs

moony...

jet-setting j3 #love

1. 15 minutes of fame

2. surviving... and bouncing back to reality following those 15 minutes ;)

3. bouncy exercise ball in lieu of my office chair

4. essie nail polish... double breasted jacket... pink-ish-ly painted toes :)

5. when little kids walk past my window at work... point, play and giggle at my daryl dixon pop figurine looking out at them... #hehe

6. my daryl dixon pop figurine(s)

7. "elephant roars" with janel & jenny when we would holler out loud in maximum frustration... aaaahhhhhhh ... and then laugh our butts off!!! hehe...

8. the saying "laughing our butts off" 

9. the yawning sound my mom makes when she is dirt tired, watching tv late at night... i've cleverly and lovingly referenced it as "chewabacca"

10. shakespeare sonnets

felicity...

1. billy bob teeth... and the fun times with janel & jenny en route nashville, tn smiling at traffic bystanders ;)
2. wall drug store, sd
3. brookfield zoo
4. greektown, detroit
5. nailing a triple full somersault off the springboard
6. twirling fire and lighted batons
7. simon & garfunkel
8. raising a white dove as a kid... #love
9. calligraphy
10. love at first sight

azurite...

1. finding love on the internet... :) adopted 2 siamese cats and my sweet min pin chico!
2. charity events #greatergood
3. army surplus stores
4. fun, silly, happy kitchen utensils #nessie
5. picasso
6. the blue period
7. the old guitarist... seeing it up close, in person!!!
8. your blue room, u2/eno
9. walking the original gangplank of the historic, sv legacy windjammer... for a dip in the deep blue caribbean sea
10. hopping a big apple tour bus staffed w/a quirky driver/tourista talker filled with off-the-wall/off-the-beaten-path factoids :)

bokeh...

1. new guitar strings
2. northface down filled puffy vests... so soft!
3. 70s inspired patio furniture
4. david bowie
5. flight of the conchords... "david bowie told me to do it in a dream" hehehe!!!
6. camera lenses
7. pocahontas... the memory of my and my fav niece watching it when she was a kid... they way she would reenact the diving from the waterfall scene in the pool all summer long... precious!!!
8. the 28th... my birthday, my mom's, brother's, uncle's, niece's, nephew's... and the list goes on... it's a great day!!!
9. go pro cameras
10. snowboarding tahoe with my go pro taping me wipe out!!! :) no guts, no glory!

lithe...

©j. marshon

1. shipwreck sites, treasure maps and pirate folklore
2. sailing the windjammer sv legacy
3. 90 degrees and not a cloud in the sky
4. sun bum spf :)
5. pirate flags
6. turquoise waters
7. the pool in the basement of the biltmore estate (and the societal hoopla that accompanied)
8. gargoyles that adorn the exterior of biltmore estate
9. gravedigger
10. north carolina sunrises

 

heliocentric...

 

1. super moons
2. south carolina crescent moons
3. carrot cake with swirly vanilla cream cheese frosting
4. finding a penny... good luck all day long :)
5. hay bales
6. high pitch c - the voice of God
7. lavender soda...
8. neon museum, las vegas, nv... at night
9. sky wheel, myrtle beach, sc
10. pluto... the planet... disney place mats of pluto from the 70s

 

 

benign...

saint nicholas abbey © j. marshon

 

1. the original grand staircase of the don cesar, hidden underneath, behind the kitchen of the lower level ice cream shop... and the fascinating history of this place!!!
2. waterfalls... walking behind one... driving under/behind one... standing underneath one on a hot summer day... beautiful!
3. swimming with sea turtles
4. doing handstands and cartwheels on old wooden planks protruding from the sand dunes of lake michigan... remnants of boat docks past...
5. sunshine skyway bridge, st. petersburg, fl
6. saint nicholas abbey
7. soup bowl, atlantic ocean, barbados
8. cherry tree hill, barbados
9. old windmills
10.coral... coral churches... coral islands :)

© j. marshon

 © j. marshon

 

cherry tree hill, barbados © j. marshon

coral church, holetown, barbados © j. marshon

soup bowl © j. marshon

desmayo...

three hearts, jim dine

1. pictured rocks national lakeshore
2. when someone genuinely compliments my work
3. designing infographics... en espanol... and my co-worker... who does not want to completely punch me in the face when i blurt out spanish terms as i create my masterpiece... ;)
4. monkey bars
5. planning a trip to bermuda ~~_/)
6. unlimited wine & dining... delmonico's, nyc
7. pelicans swooping in and flying alongside you en route sanibel island
8. red balloons
9. sky hotel, aspen, co... skiing 4 mountains, 4 days... @:)
10. a day at the beach... white bikini, white tank, old cutoff bluejeans, tan bare feet, messy beach-tousled hair, hot cheeks, big smile on my face, peace in my heart... a nap in the hammock

quietude...

1. convertible down... in the morning... on the way to work
2. bird's berry farm... fresh, sunkissed blueberries
3. detours... that take me down a dirt road, forcing me to be nice, take a self-check, and slow down inside and out
4. old decrepit barns... the wood and planks... and how they appear they are about to fall
5. old farm plantations... the cobblestone fences that align the fields, the beautiful old house with the wrap-around porch... the sweet accompanying red barn and silo... so peaceful and serene... nestled among 100 year old oak trees, shrubbery and tall grass...
6. the creek that slowly, steadily runs along the back forty
7. brant point lighthouse... peaceful, early morning... before the stir and clatter... nantucket, ma
8. white strappy sandals
9. maya angelou
10. romans 3:23

being...

©j. marshon

1. the bean - chitown
2. celebrating st patricks day in chitown... #greenriver
3. ferris wheel, navy pier
4. elton john
5. zta creed... and zta moto, "zeta love!"
6. ionia free fair - memories of my family and the honey booth, floral building, entering my artworks in the art exhibit building... and... oh... the best... entering our honey recipes in the honey booth baking contests... mostly the memory of my mom, completely frazzled the night before entering them... making them with my siblings so we all could enter something... guessing substitutions of honey in place of sugar proportions... the crazy when some of the baked goods just flopped and having to do them all over again... #hehe #precious
7. the purple ribbon - honey blueberry bread :)
8. when people laugh really hard and loud... that it makes you look around at them... and all you can do is smile along with!!! love that!!!
9. flute lessons... or lack there of... i hated flute lessons... used to stress out... so i quit... still made first chair in symphonic band ;)* ... do still enjoy the memory of doing gymnastics in the large, hilly back yard of our flute teacher's house, after my lesson, while waiting for my sister to finish her lesson... :)
10. honeydew smoothies :)

ornate...

1. summa cum laude, msu 2003
2. o'neill beach clothes
3. blueberry soda
4. seared ahi tuna and avocado tartare
5. morse code
6. ralph waldo emerson
7. jimi hendrix... purple haze
8. the graceful simplicity of a white crepe dress
9. time capsules
10. chandelier earrings

write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year... 

~ rwe

when i look to the sky...

... my love will fly to you each night on angel wings ~~_/)

1. spirit
2. boobie
3. spirit in the sky
4. angel
5. turkey-time
6. kitty-popcorn-feet
7. little man
8. honey-doll
9. love
10. the sun, the moon, and all the stars...

electricity...

1. horseback riding
2. colonial pillars
3. my little brown umbrella... my mini little brown umbrella... bloomingdales :)
4. chicken mexi-melts from taco bell
5. eggs benedict w/mango salsa, topped w/gouda cheese... and mimosas... delightful!
6. photograph by nickleback (guilty pleasure) ;/ #iknow #yikes
7. purple rain lp... prince #love
8. the purplish color of a crimson king maple tree
9. a herd of cows crowded together standing in a large puddle... #what
10. crazy lightening that flickers like a strobe light for hours... sends me into a deep sleep with incredible enlightening dreams that awaken me with clarity... a friend of mine is an indifferent acquaintance i no longer need in my life, my sister is a queen, my dog is my angel, my crush is a beautiful mess...i adore him!!!