Category: Life in Photos

Life in Photos

LIFE IN PHOTOS :: A little roundup from Instagram

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

Gilmore Girls, Babycakes NYC cupcakes, and the Lumineers CD
A few very lovely things.

Fedora-wearing toddler coloring
And then she took the donut box (she calls it a “birthday box”) for her crayons.

On my desk
My desk.

New dress
It’s February, but it’s also the tropics.

Valentine's flowers and artwork by Maia Chavez Larkin - The Voyagers
Anouk on a Cold Day by Maia Larkin, available here.

Fedora-wearing toddler making art projects
“S’ar stickers.”

Metallic silver and black Converse All Stars
New Converse for the little girl, a 1951 map of Central Europe, and nail polish I thought was black (it wasn’t).

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I’m not always sure if I should post Instagram photos here or not. They don’t seem strictly “blog-worthy”, but I want to share more snapshots of personal life on the blog this year, and I don’t always have my camera with me.

Life in Photos, Poetry & Words

LIFE IN PHOTOS :: The Way Bodega Bay Makes Me Feel

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

Urban Outfitter Floral Denim

January 2013 - Aveline and I at Bodega Bay in California

January 2013 - Aveline eats a picnic lunch on the beach in winter

Gina taking photos at Bodega Bay at sunset

The California coast always makes my heart soar.

There’s something so special about
those cliffs and
that icy water and
the way the sky changes color every minute.

Liz, who blogs beautifully at Yellow Finch, was kind enough to post more of my words about the way Bodega Bay makes me feel.

Life in Photos, Poetry & Words

LIFE IN PHOTOS :: It’s all (mostly) black and white

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

Aveline - January 2013 - Aveline on couch in black and white - Photo via Oaxacaborn dot com

Top of the bookshelf - photo via Oaxacaborn dot com

Colander, calendar, and stars on white kitchen wall - photo via Oaxaacborn dot com

Inside the closet, with a paper star and a painting - photo via Oaxacaborn dot com

Black and white Kawaii Panda Bear plate - photo via Oaxacaborn dot com

Aveline - January 2013 - Aveline reclining on couch in black and white - Photo via Oaxacaborn dot com

“In returning and rest shall you be saved;
in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.” (Isaiah 30:15)

These words keep coming back to me. In the midst of frantically getting this and that done, in the midst of the bowl of macaroni & cheese dumped on the carpet, in the midst of the screaming fits which two-year-olds are wont to do from time to time, in the midst of lists and laundry…in the midst of it all, these words echo.

And I know I need to stop, and truly listen.

In rest. In quietness. In confidence — a kind of calm assurance, free from anxiety.

This same Lord also whispers in my ear,
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden,
and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)

How foolish I am to refuse!

Life in Photos

LIFE IN PHOTOS :: Letters and Numbers

Gina @ Oaxacaborn

Aveline - January 2013 - Aveline's attempt to make 8's - Photo via Oaxacaborn dot com

Aveline - January 2013 - Coloring on Worksheets - Photo via Oaxacaborn dot com

We’re both sitting here this morning working on letters (well, she’s working on numbers, too.) I push little square plastic buttons on the keyboard and the letters appear, black and sans-serif, perfectly aligned; yet still I rearrange them endlessly.

She chooses from among sixty-four colors like marigold and cerulean and orchid, and fills in the centers of her O’s and 8’s and sings her version of the alphabet, which currently sounds like “O-O-B-O-E-E-E-O.”

I open another blank document; she runs to the printer for another worksheet.

We’re not that different, she and I.

(Thanks to Marie of A Sea Apart for the link to these great printable worksheets.)