Shining and willing
April 6, 2004
The trees in my backyard are in full bloom.
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“All my life — so far — I have loved best how the flowers rise and open, how the pink lungs of their bodies enter the fore of the world and stand there shining and willing…” –Mary Oliver |
I'm Christine, and this is a slice of my life—a sweet, rich, wildly indulgent slice that would taste really good with a scoop of Breyers vanilla bean ice cream. Read more >>
I run a darling, friendly, little graphic design studio.
I look on the bright side.
I take photos. Lots of photos.
I wish on stars and on websites.
I built my first web site 7 years ago and got 15 seconds of fame. (It changed my life.)
I launched, then relaunched, an online magazine.
I admitted to several embarrassing crushes.
I consumed more bacon than any human should and lived to tell the tales.
So beautiful! The new illustration and the flower. Ah, spring.
so pretty! what a perfect flower.
“woah! aaahhhh!” {smile}
that was me a second ago, when your new image loaded! yeah spring! {sigh… LA is ahead of brooklyn… it’s still cold and windy here… but sunny!}
Wow! Beautiful flower! I love spring. Nice illustration, too.
oh girl your flowers are as lovely as the ones in the backyard. may this spring be as wonderful as your imagination!
isn’t spring wonderful! a time of rebirth! i wish there was a “smell here” button on your website so i could get a taste of the fragance of spring.
Oh, what a lovely new illustration!
Oh Spring, the flowers are blooming again!
Wish it would feel Spring-y here in the cold wet Netherlands. The wind had been enjoying its big full blows lately.
The layout is cute. ^_^
i love the new watercolor. such wonderful colors! gorgeous!
i love the new watercolor. such wonderful colors! gorgeous!
holy mackeral! the new tree is gorgeous. so is your short, short hair.
Great new illustration! Spring must have really sprung. Yeah Spring! :)
Thats absolutely beautiful!
all this newness and beauty of life is so encouraging and makes my heart mega ultra happy. i thank you a million times over.
Woah, did you know that you and Matthew Haughey had practically the same picture posted within two days of each other? It’s spring everywhere!
oh, such a pretty new layout… and the flower…
I love your new layout. You are so lucky to have spring right now. Where I live in Eastern Canada, the snow is still falling. But the smell of spring is slowly creeping in. I love your site.
I love the new illustration & I’m so glad spring is finally here. :)
Yum! In your backyard?!! La vache!
thank g-d for spring. without it, i don’t know if i could make it through another depressing winter. you rock the party that rocks the party, christine.
it just keeps getting sweeter and sweeter around here dollface.
Oooh, I love the new painting!
Wow, I love the quote. Flowers have always seemed so vulnerable to me.
i love the flower coz it means so much to me. i just made a wish and hope that it might come true
the new illustration is lovely and brings in spring right off the computer. beautiful.