You might already have guessed that my camera is one of my devotional tools. Its how to I love to capture beauty, the lens is literally how I see life, sometimes its a form of meditation. My camera is the lens through which I express my PP. Its also a tool for joy. I love seeing my camera, I love the weight and feel of holding a camera (particularly vs an iphone), its textural and weighty, but also delicate so I need to hold it with tender hands.

At the age I’m at, which we can call mid to late 50’s I’ve had enough life experience, enough time in the field, to know that once you have formulated an view on something, once you’ve put your name behind something, that there will be people that will challenge you, disagree with you, question you, tell you what they think of your offerings (yes, even if you haven’t asked) and the more you go on and create and do, the more there will be of that.

These books have lifted my heart and given me so much courage, they have encouraged me and I’m on a roll of complete optimism, a bit starry eyed. I tote them around, moving from my dining table to my bedside table, I’m underlying and making notes and feel like I’ve found a genre that is totally me.

Because it’s a word that doesn’t insist on a complete overhaul. It great, as it likes what already exists. You and I already have things that work, people we love, rituals we adore (rose tea anyone?). I feel like reinvigoration asks:

What if we gave a little more life to what we already love?

I want to be inspired about getting older. I want to read about ladies ahead of me, their sometimes whimsical ideas, poems that cherish this getting older business.

Each months release will include a photograph I’ve taken, that I feel inspired by accompanied by an inspiring theme, prompt or meditation. For example a sweet curve in a doorway makes me think of softening when life throws curveballs, a pink home reminds me to infuse my life with colours that bring me joy (as I currently cant paint my home pink!), so get creative with what you can do!

Lately, I’ve been gathering a little mental (and physical) collection of the things that are speaking to me — and I thought I’d share them here, not as a checklist, but as a kind of reflection, a record of what’s resonating. A window into the life I’m quietly creating.