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#augustbreak2013 Day Three

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Yellow

When I checked the prompt for today, I knew exactly which picture I wanted to share. Last week, when I was visiting my aunt at Gleneden Beach on the Oregon Coast, we walked down to the ocean from her house and next to the beach access path, someone had left their bikes. The people were obviously somewhere down on the sand, and the bikes waited for them to return, resting on a splash of yellow flowers. Something about that scene stopped me, made me want a picture of it, captured so perfectly for me what summer is like.

Then this morning, as I was sitting at my desk writing, I paused and looked up, noticing all the yellow around me — the Sharpie highlighter I use to mark the date of each entry in my journal (it makes it easier to find a specific one when I’m searching for something), the yellow edge on the plastic bag containing the shells and agates I collected on that same walk on the beach last week, the gold of the inside of the cover of the Pema Chödrön book I’m reading, and the yellow sun my pen pal Kerilyn Russo doodled on the back of the letter she just sent me.

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August Break: Day One and Two

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augustbreaksusannahslogoThis year, I’m taking part in Susannah Conway’s August Break again. She describes it this way,

How it works: Each day, for the whole of August, take a photo and share it on your blog. You can add words if you want — or not. You can use any camera. You could share a series of photos, or miss a day out, or just post on weekends. There are no real rules, basically. This is all about being present and enjoying taking photos just for the hell of it. And perhaps reinvigorating your love for blogging, and/or taking a break from writing.

There are some regular posts I won’t be giving up in order to take part, like Something Good on Monday or Self-Compassion Saturday. Susannah has provided prompts for each day, and I am planning to use those.

susannahconway_theaugustbreak_2013_hashtag1I am only just now getting back home from a trip to Oregon, sifting through my email and dirty laundry, taking naps and going slow because I have a mild form of jet lag. The first two days, I posted my August Break pictures on Instagram, but I want to share here too, with a few words of explanation.

Day One: Breakfast

breakfastoneIt was my last morning at my parent’s house, and this was what I grabbed for breakfast, but then my mom asked if I wanted scrambled eggs and an english muffin, so I saved the banana and protein bar for the airport shuttle ride, having a second breakfast later like a good little Hobbit.

breakfasttwoAfter eating my breakfast, I was able to get a blurry picture through the window of the feral cat my dad’s been taming eating its breakfast.

Day Two: Circles

My aunt and godmother is an amazing quilter. This is one she made, a series of overlapping circles, one of my favorites. It hangs in my living room and reminds me of a kind of family crest.
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