Zen, Karma and a 25% Off Coupon Code!

When I'm out walking in the woods, I'm always amazed at what I can find by just standing still and looking around.  I feel like it's natures "gifts" to me...things most people will never see.  My little "gift" yesterday was this gorgeous "Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth" that was resting on a stick.  

 And then I found this little guy today...his wings are so tattered and torn, I could hardly believe he was still flying...but that's what life is all about.  No matter how tattered and torn you become, you just have to keep on flying.  
 
I took this as a sign from my daddy...I always think of him when I see a black butterfly.  Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of his flight to the dark side of the moon, or so he believed...and one day, I'll join him.  

And who thinks Friday the 13th is unlucky?  Just look what I found yesterday!  It's all about Karma!  Doesn't have anything to do with "luck"...or so I believe.

I have a bunch of new "Zen" bracelets in the shop!  Check em out!  These are really awesome and fun to wear.  And since they are made with elastic, you can easily pop them on and off, or pair them up with other bracelets.  You'll love them, I promise!  But, if you are undecided about which one is your favorite [like I am], use coupon code KARMA25 and get 25% off of your entire purchase!  That's right, 25% OFF!!  Just some little Karma, from me to you.  Hurry though, this coupon will expire next Friday [June 20th]...at midnight...just like Cinderella's pumpkin!

 I just couldn't end this post without sharing some cuteness ~ :)

Happy Saturday!  Love and peace always ~ Kathy

"When a BIRD is alive, it eats ants...when the bird is dead, ants eat the bird! Time and circumstances can change at any time...Lets not devalue or hurt anyone or anything in Life...We may be powerful today...But remember, TIME is more powerful, one tree makes a million match sticks.. But when time comes....only one match stick is needed to burn a million trees...lets be good and do good earthlings." ~ Karmic Saying

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!!! I often wonder if I'm channeling spirits when I draw my journal people...it's just so strange what comes out of my head sometimes and how each one takes on it's own personality. I was a little surprised that this cute girl ended up with a star and heart tattoo on her chest and a mole! 

 

 Who knows what's hiding inside your mind...you just have to free it!

 Now I'm heading out to find some spotted newts ~ Life is good ~ Get out there!

love and peace always ~ Kathy

"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer.  But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."  ~ Henry David Thoreau

I wish I was more of an "outdoors" type of girl...

...sometimes I wish I would've grown up biking, hiking, and mountainside climbing, just because I think I would have really enjoyed it NOW.  Growing up in South Louisiana wasn't the best place to do any of those things.  Of course, I was always out on my bike when I was a kid, but that was way different than tearing down the side of a mountain and jumping tree roots and steams on a bicycle!  Those people are crazy!  

 

Or, more likely it's just second nature to them.  A lot of times I feel a little twinge of envy when somebody goes running past me on a trail, or flying past on a mountain bike with mud all over their backside...I kinda wish it were me, but it's not.  At least I finally discovered, even later in life, that I truly LOVE being outside, even if it's just looking out my window.

 I read an article yesterday on Yahoo about a family "living off the grid" and I thought, that would really be fun and then I think..if I were only younger...as I'm reading farther down in the article and looking at all the photos of the cute little family and their adorable little house and their animals and their garden...the whole time getting more and more envious...and then, I get to the photo of the mom, washing cloths "the old fashioned way" with a washboard and hanging them on the line and I think "hell no!"  And then "SNAP" ~ I'm back in my own little world and truly grateful that I live MY life the way I want to live because I wouldn't want it any other way!  I think life is just like that...everybody has their purpose and mine is NOT being an "outdoors" type.

But I do love hiking and walking through the woods with my camera!

life is good!  love and peace always ~ Kathy

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." ~ Henry David Thoreau