besotted...

1. isle of palms

2. acme lowcountry kitchen, lobster eggs benedict, grits, mimosas and marley playing overhead

3. holy city and it’s multiplicity of venerable churches

4. cooper river bridge

5. historic pineapple fountains

6. aiken-rhett house

7. middleton place

8. iron fences, antique doors and enamored number plaques that uniquely identify dwellings… narrow passageways and the innermost charm of Charleston

9. old sheldon church

10. drayton hall

old sheldon church ruins

old sheldon church ruins

cooper river bridge

middleton place

drayton hall

hiraeth…

Hiraeth, Kimberley Bruce Abstract Art

1. amethyst quartz

2. wetsuit clad, running the sandy bottom floor… in shoulder-high lake michigan waters… in november

3. chimney rock, mt. mitchell, crowders mountain, grandfather mountain, blowing rock… north carolina

4. biltmore estate

5. forbidden caverns, native american heritage habitats and reminiscence of moonshine makers past

6. tiny, authentic, native american medicine pouches

7. bridge to prosperity

8. shadow of the bear… cashiers, nc

9. abstract art

10. losing myself in a work of art… a painting... a photograph... a place... a person...

chimney rock formations, photos ©jmarshon 

can you see the faces? 

exclamation point 

hickory nut falls 

opera box

chimney rock 

the devil's head, chimney rock 

hickory nut falls 

solstice...

1. antique mason jars

2. glass marbles

3. bluebirds and catbirds that came to take residence this summer in the pine trees that adorn our yard

4. mr. tree frog that lives inside the pool fence

5. tig-tom… our sweet (and fiercely protective) tom cat who roams and protects the seidelman farm and accompanying acreage

6. miss peeks… her pissy, prissy attitude… love… loyalty… and brilliantly bright white whiskers!!!

7. giving the gift of time… on summertime saturdays… to volunteer…

8. hold-the-sun 

9. the amazing stillness and silence experienced while drifting through the air, among the birds, in a hot-air-balloon

10. skydiving... free falling above the sleeping bear dunes... experiencing a touch of God...

light...

1. finding a handwritten note from my grandmother… in a book she gave me 28 years ago… the words popping off the page as if she were there, reading the words right beside me…
2. “c'est la vie”
3. anthony hopkins… actor, composer, painter
4. the angel wings on my puppy dawg’s chest :)
5. movies in lieu of television…
6. jackalopes
7. jumbo chocolate chip cookies… a little melted from the sun…
8. summer rain falling on a tin roof... open doors... swirling warm air... and the occasional soft kiss of a low clouds' spring mist...
9. tootsie’s tiny front stage… singing and sharing it with my sis janel & bff jenny
10. secret passageways… especially those found in old houses and churches

 

breezy...

1. riding bike through a canopy tunnel of trees along a winding, curvy, country dirt road… 

2. harley davidson boots

3. socks adorned with kitties and lace that i still wear...  since the 7^th grade :)

4. spectrum health aero med

5. ted baker silky, beautiful, brilliantly colored scarves… and how I feel when they catch the wind and take flight alongside my shoulder…

6. tulum, mexico

7. lazy susan cupboards

8. ground floor of the grand canyon

9. seeing the painting of the picture of dorian gray in person... FREAKYYY!!!

10. dorian gray ;)

captivate...

1. tree tire swings
2. the white tigers and dolphins at the mirage, las vegas, nv
3. my mom’s love/hate relationship with adopting stray barn cats venturing off the cow farms down the road :)
4. waiting in traffic… seeing a little hand reaching up from the back seat of the car in front of me… watching the little hand swaying and frolicking freely in transfixed joy
5. garbage pickup day
6. sleeping in on saturdays
7. funky colored fur coats
8. not acting my age
9. scuffed up cowboy boots
10. eric church

affection...

1. sweet, pretty, feminine, small white cotton eyelet blouses
2. my mom’s laughter
3. billy idol
4. my dad’s work ethic
5. skipper barbie (my fav childhood doll)
6. black lace
7. the perfect froth on top of a beautifully bold and delicious cappuccino
8. angel wings
9. norman reedus (and his cat) :)*
10. whimsical anything!!!