Hey, have you seen the month of July? I seem to have misplaced it. I know it is somewhere around here, in between two weeks of vacation and a new job at work and a “To Do” list a mile long. I just wish I could find July before it’s August. I don’t like losing time like this, discovering the summer days are getting shorter all of a sudden. On my hikes, I’m now out before the sun hits the hillsides and I watch it slowly illuminate the trees. It won’t be too much longer before I’m leaving the house in the dark. I’m not ready for that.
Unfortunately, I recognize July is a lost month at this point, and it’s driving me nuts. I have this feeling of time rushing by without accomplishing anything for July. That’s not really true, of course. I’ve done a lot in July, I just haven’t had a lot of time to create new images of the type I want to create. And so I feel I haven’t accomplished anything. Silly, isn’t it, to measure myself against ONE aspect, when real life includes so many different aspects that come and go, ebb and flow.
So I’m trying to remember that as July slips away. And to figure out how to not lose August too!
A few bits and pieces to update you on…
Registration is open for Find Your Eye: Journey of Fascination. It will run this fall from September 8 through October 11. I asked which Find Your Eye journey you wanted, and the most recent course, Journey of Fascination, was the overwhelming response. If you want to take an Instructor Led Find Your Eye course, don’t miss this opportunity. With my shift to On Demand courses, it may be a while before this one is offered as Instructor Led again. Register here.
The Smartphone Art workshop here in Corvallis is coming up soon on August 10. I’m so excited about this workshop! The course materials are coming together wonderfully and we are going to have a good time. My only worry is that there is too much material for the one day course, and making sure I fit in the important bits to get everyone to where they can enjoy this fun process. The course is filling up, but there are still a few spaces available. Register here.
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The July Photo-Heart Connection link up is opening in just two days on August 1. Be sure to plan some time to participate this month. Knowing this is coming up is contributing to my feeling of lost time… I haven’t even had a chance to visit last month’s participants, so how can it be time again? But I’m hopeful a review of July’s photos will help me put my creative accomplishments in a different light. See you Thursday!
See, I tell myself, you have done a lot in July!
Everything is relative really. Time, or so it seems, always goes at the same speed! Yet when there are a lot of things happening – or sometimes when we’re on holiday, time seems to go faster.
July here has been very hot, so in some ways it seemed as if time was going slower than usual… when my main occupation was keeping cool and trying to do things that were rather static!
You do well to get out for early morning walks before the sun comes up! the morning golden hour is one of the best!
Enjoy August!
Funny how our perception speeds up or slows down time! I hope things cool down for you soon.
I know what you mean! June seemed nice and long – I savored and experienced every minute. July went by in the wink of an eye! But it turns out I was having fun – I was just looking through my photographs for PHC and found many great memories there.
I love your forests today . . . a bit broader perspective than many of your works.
Rinda
Thanks for your comment! I hadn’t thought about the broader perspective in my photo. Maybe it’s my desire to get a bigger picture view to see July! 🙂
I know, it’s crazy isn’t it? Although I’m hurtling towards summer- so that’s something to look forward to.
Oh yes, I love that headlong rush toward summer. It’s like hurtling down a sand dune to get to the ocean – such anticipation!!
Oh my… I soooooo know what you mean. I too misplaced July and somehow have skipped right ahead to August. But, I have travelled and spent time with my tribe and have lots of experiences under my belt for it. All are good and I wouldn’t trade them. Yet, I feel I don’t have anything to show for it from a creative standpoint. Its interesting for me to say that I now measure time by what I accomplish creatively- yet, I think that’s where MY heart is and it has become a measure for me. I am so very hopeful that maybe, just maybe August will linger a bit and allow for some quality creative time in addition to all the other wonder that summer brings. It still summer yet, and I don’t want to miss it.
Love your forest photo – and not to worry – we still have many summer evenings in which to linger and relish in the joy and inspiration that it offers.
Marji..x
We are on the same path I think, Marji. It’s interesting to hear that you also measure yourself by what you accomplish creatively, and to know that I’m not alone in this. It is a fine balance, sharing our time between living life richly and deeply, and creating. We can’t really have one without the other, can we?
You sound a lot like me in that the month of July seems to be nothing but a blurr. With a reno taking all summer in our basement I’ve had little or no time to get out with the camera. Let’s hope that August goes very slowly!
I think we’re going to have to focus a bit on every day in August to make it go slowly. I’m going to try!