A Cherry Good Idea

Lately I have been missing out on the blogging stuff.  So many beautiful scenes all around me and I have just had to enjoy it from the car window on my daily commute.  But, when I saw this little spot in bloom with all these glorious snowy wildflowers, I turned to Mr. Bleu (sometimes we get to carpool) and said, I reeeeally want to make some time to get a few photos here this week before the flowers are gone.

Carving out time wasn't nearly as difficult as rallying myself to actually go out and do it.  Very often our free days together are spent running errands from the time we wake up until the time we go to sleep.  But, on this particular day we decided to just stay home and get things done around the house.  I so enjoy the slower pace of my stay-at-home days that I never want to leave.

I'm always very productive and yet I still somehow manage to take walks and naps, cook hearty meals, and read a few chapters of whatever book is holding my interest.  It's kind of amazing when I think of the frenzy the rest of the week is, to look at these days and see a slower sort of living that actually yields more productivity and contentment.

I guess when we love what we're doing, that's plenty of motivation to do it well.  And when we feel content in one area, it leads to contentment in many others.  And when something really matters to us, we'll find both the time and the energy to make it happen.

So, I rallied myself, took off the apron, grabbed a couple of Retrolicious dresses, tried to wrangle the increasingly-wirey-as-it-grays hair into something pleasant and waded through the muck and a little poison ivy to get to this dreamy spot at sunset to capture the most beautiful wildflower garden that nature grows in my neck of the woods.  And, as much as I didn't want to leave, I'm glad I could capture this beautiful moment.

Outfit Info:  Cherry Good Vintage Dress from Retrolicious, Cherry Pie bag from Betsey Johnson.