This Artsy Life

This Artsy Life: Weekend 9 [ Artsy & Mr. Forager Slow Down ]

Mr. Forager and I are in the midst of taking a bit of a sabbatical from wandering hither and yon on our weekends.  This was our second weekend in a row in which we just stayed put here in Joshua Tree.  These quiet, slower weekends bring opportunities for slowing down and really engaging with each other and just enjoying the normality of routine that we really miss when we’re exploring and adventuring.  These weekends are helping us enjoy our last two months here in Southern California.  The Northwest has our heart, but when the light hits the mountains here, just before the sun begins to set, we are content with where we are in that fleeting moment.  I hope you’ll forgive these more mundane installations of This Artsy Life.  But sometimes, the slow down brings the rush around into focus, you know?

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[ new mural in “downtown” Joshua Tree ]**

 

[ first bloom spotted on our Joshua Tree ]

[ subliminal messages from beer? ]

[ warm SoCal weather was perfect for grilling ]

[ Sunday bottling ]

I hope perhaps you enjoyed a “slowed down” weekend, too!  I wish I could say some painting was done this weekend.. more on that in a new Finding My Own Artsy later this week.

**Mural by Larger Than Life Murals, including an enlargement of a painting by Marcia Geiger.

All images by Artsy Forager.

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  • Janis Commentz
    March 4, 2013 at 1:30 PM

    Great to see you are near Joshua Tree. I saw this Saturday morning also – and took a photo! Be sure to give Linda Shrader and daughter Echo of Larger Than Life Murals http://www.largerthanlifemurals.com/credit – and Marcia Geiger -www.geigarts.com –who’s rabbit painting is being enlarged!

    • Lesley
      March 4, 2013 at 2:07 PM

      Thanks so much for providing that information, Janis!

  • Sandra
    March 4, 2013 at 6:59 PM

    Pre-daughter the man and I did a two week trip through the southwest and ended up in Joshua Tree for a few days. Hiking, photography, journal writing – it was wonderful.

    • Lesley
      March 4, 2013 at 7:46 PM

      We’ve enjoyed our time here, but the Northwest is calling us back! 😉