celebrating womanhood

some enjoying the bounty of the potluck

 and the ability to create life!


last friday family and friends gathered to eat and connect and ultimately acknowledge my wonderful new hugeness.
there was a new baby in attendance, as well as two other growing glowing ladies! the mood was happy and loving and i am so excited to have shared the evening in such a pleasant, conscious manner. 

ahem, my two true bff's. mackenzie and diana. thank you for being there for me!

the women each took a turn introducing themselves and their woman heritage via tea light. :)

good laughs were shared, women beading the necklace and explaining their thoughts behind the beads they chose.

don't i look so happy?

natalie is an artist

humans of all ages welcome, of course.

i hope patsy doesn't mind me posting this; ladies getting artistic with henna that teddy and i prepared the day before

julia, diana, natalie, grizzly. so glad you were there!

i asked my guests to bring a bead that symbolized their feelings about motherhood/womanhood. i love this necklace. i don't think i could ever find a more beautiful or unique piece of jewelry, as it was composed by many different lovely people.  it's interesting to me that the majority of the beads are blue. it's open to interpretation. :) one even came in the mail from my dear sister in law angie!

having a handful of my sisters there made it all the more wonderful!

i grow strong from these ladies. every human that walks this planet came from a woman, and i like that. motherhood means life. xoxoxo

happiness is a green winter..

 an art museum fav: tiny ceramic pots. i used my wedding ring as a size reference.

 aka: the gratuitous photo post.

diana representing the gang at the crocker art museum. mlk jr day, live gospel choirs. it was wonderful.

 the mexican grandmother i never had, teaching me how to make tamales.

mushroom hunts in the rainy woods.

me and teddy's suburban foraged bounty for the day. we rescue our favorite earth worm friends from rainy street gutters and lovingly throw them into the compost bin.

see that cradle? my dad built it, and 11 of my siblings slept in it. it'll be our bed's side sleeper for a bit.

 teddy's pants, his choice. i'm on foot these days. i also like to pretend that the suburban plantings are a natural forest.

another day: diana helps me make paper for my blessing invites. she once sat upon and sewed up her dog's wound with floss, so yeah, she's pretty independent.

 george castanza's head, as well as tyler's. i just love our xtra long 2nd hand couch.

yes, there are two cockatiels in my kitchen. ask tyler about that one. (amusement is a cheap form of happiness.)

received these second hand... the shoes are in good condition but that mouse has gotta go. i think i'll replace the patches with a simple pine tree or something.

granola, with extra almonds and pumpkin seeds. baking keeps the kitchen warm. ;)

teddy assists me in my maternal fashion jumpsuit shots.

 another yes, these baby blue eyes are blooming near the street, and they make me so happy.

not to mention the CALIFORNIA POPPIES! sunshine in my heart. we walk a bit just to go and visit them.

green grass underneath the palest purple grey.

we flush out jack rabbits and squeaking pheasants, our nearest wild friends among the sprawl.

my favorite person. thinking about seeing his face as he holds our new born son for the first time.

teddy helping me turn old moldy art papers into envelopes.

catching teddy "reading" quietly away from the "crowd," (me and tyler.)

once upon a time, early in my pregnancy, kale and i stopped getting along. we have yet to reconcile, so this batch will be baked into non-kale-like kale chips. that tyler will end up eating.

dang stinkin' handsome in the february sun.

wearing these humpty dumpty bad boys while reading my friend's blog about stretchy pants. here.

   this is how we do it.

trees not knowing that winter is really coming sometime in march, and their blossoming beauty will be short lived...unless climate change is for real this year, and then no, it won't get cold.

beardilocks, and sunset walks...even with a pronounced waddle. he doesn't waddle.

i dont think i really need a caption for this one, other than: home made fudge sheet cake. completely gone. scraped pan.

today: free sac museum day. we graced the one that had airplanes. teddy then told me he was going to be a train driver when he got big. okay teddy.

soon: blogs about nature and place of birth, the birthday boy (28!), and sisters. hopefully.