Tag Archives: heart

Special Stops On The New Trails

Posted on June 21, 2021 by hernibs

A hole in the heart of a tree. But it healed, it grew around the wound and it made somethingunique and beautiful from what remained. Inspiring just to gaze on it.

Posted in Living Simply | Tagged cedar, healing, heart, inspiration, trail, tree | 2 Comments

Lap Quilt Almost Finished

Posted on March 14, 2021 by hernibs

Dresden Plate Lap Quilt for my mother for her 100th birthday in May. It’s almost finished. Eldest daughter did the sewing, youngest daughter sent some special memory buttons to add to it. Middle daughter handmade fused glass buttons and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged 100 years old, art, birthday gift, heart, hope, inspiration, Life, love, memories, mother, photograph, quilt, sewing | 5 Comments

Tell It

Posted on March 2, 2021 by hernibs

We have enough people who tell it like it is – now we could use a few who tell it like it can be. ~ Robert Orben

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, Beauty, freedom, happy place, heart, home, hope, inspiration, Life, light, photograph, Quote, remember, Robert Oben, seeing, thoughts, words | 2 Comments

Compassion

Posted on February 28, 2021 by hernibs

Like honesty, compassion may be expressed through verbal means but its basic form of communication is silence. ~ Clark E. Moustakas

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, Clark E. Moustakas, communication, compassion, forest, freedom, heart, honesty, hope, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, Quote, remember, share, silence, survival, thoughts, words | 2 Comments

Lap Quilt in Progress

Posted on February 9, 2021 by hernibs

Eldest daughter is working on this Dresden Plate lap quilt for her grandma’s 100th birthday in May. Still trying to choose the colours between the squares. It’s going to look beautiful when it’s finished and mom will love it.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, crafts, Dresden plate pattern, happy place, heart, home, inspiration, Life, love, photograph, quilt, sewing, share | 5 Comments

My Opus

Posted on January 27, 2021 by hernibs

Why am I doing this, all these binders, too much information. I started researching my family tree, then trying to fit pieces of my personal puzzle together from the years I’d lost when I was ill. It became a habit, … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged albums, binders, diaries, family, heart, history, inspiration, Life, memories, nature, opus, past, photograph, present, record, share, survival, thoughts, words, Writing | 2 Comments

Christmas Eve Covid Style

Posted on December 24, 2020 by hernibs

We’ll have a covid Christmas Eve alone, spending the day in our own home, hanging the stockings out in the shop, sharing the love that no virus can stop, as we open our gifts in our own living room watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged Christmas, freedom, happy place, heart, home, hope, inspiration, Life, light, love, memory, Peace, photograph, poem, share, survival, winter | 6 Comments

Anniversary Celebration During Covid (4 photographs)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by hernibs

Usually we celebrate our anniversary by going out for dinner or staying at our favourite hotel in the city or Harrison Hot Springs. But covid restrictions voided any of those plans this year. Hisnibs has been working on finishing our … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged anniversary, Beauty, cabin, Covid, family, flowers, happy place, heart, home, inspiration, Life, love, Peace, photograph, seeing, thanks, woods | 5 Comments

Wake Up

Posted on December 9, 2020 by hernibs

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” ~Carl Jung

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged awake, Beauty, Carl Jung, Dream, freedom, heart, hope, inspiration, Life, love, Peace, photograph, Quote, seeing, survival, thoughts | 2 Comments

The World Feels Like a Better Place Today

Posted on November 8, 2020 by hernibs

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ~Desmond Tutu

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, Desmond Tutu, heart, hope, inspiration, Life, light, morning, nature, Quote, seeing, sky, survival, thoughts | 1 Comment

What Colour Is Your Soul?

Posted on November 5, 2020 by hernibs

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts. ~Marcus Aurelius

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, colour, dyed, Fall, forest, heart, hope, inspiration, Life, Marcus Aurelius, nature, photograph, Quote, remember, soul | 2 Comments

Forward Thinking

Posted on September 9, 2020 by hernibs

Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right. ~Angie Thomas

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged Angie Thomas, bc, Beauty, cemetery, flowers, heart, hope, inspiration, k, Life, nature, photograph, Quote, remember, right, thoughts, wrong | 4 Comments

Creative Art

Posted on August 24, 2020 by hernibs

Sister-in-law does very creative pictures that evoke the soul of the scene. I love this one she sent me. She uses sand, twigs, stones, shells and silk plants and flowers, diamond dust and a glass moon. Go to Etsy to … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, artistic, Beauty, creative, Glass Moon, heart, inspiration, nature, photograph, seeing, sky, survival | 7 Comments

Patterns of Life

Posted on July 17, 2020 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, god, happy place, heart, hope, imperfections, inspiration, Life, nature, patterns, photograph, poem, rose, seeing, soul, thoughts, wonder | 2 Comments

Focus

Posted on June 19, 2020 by hernibs

At times we see life through wide-angled lens, complete and beautiful. But focus changes. Pain, disappointment, fear filter our perspective and the world never looks the same again. Rose coloured filters may help for awhile but more often we just … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged apertures, Beauty, clear, filter, focus, freedom, happy place, heart, hope, inspiration, lens, love, nature, Peace, photograph, poetry, remember, seeing, soul, survival, thoughts, view | 3 Comments