Follow your heart. Your mind will thank you later.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Blowing in the Wind

(Photo Heather Williams- Front Yard, Indianapolis, IN)

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, it's blowing in the wind....

Blackwater Woods

(Photo Heather Williams-Fort Ben State Park, Indianapolis, IN)

In Blackwater Woods

Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies...
into pillars

of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,

the long tapers
of cattails
are bursting and floating away over
the blue shoulders

of the ponds,
and every pond,
no matter what its
name is, is

nameless now.
Every year
everything
I have ever learned

in my lifetime
leads back to this: the fires
and the black river of loss
whose other side

is salvation,
whose meaning
none of us will ever know.
To live in this world

you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go
~Mary Oliver

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Wandering Wondering Soul

Monday, September 15, 2014

Flower Love

I have loved flowers since as early as I can remember (I guess my name is fitting). My mom has always had beautiful gardens that were wild and free. In high school I remember spending time just drifting through the gardens; taking in the colors, patterns, textures, and scents. I would arrange bouquets just for the fun of it. Using them as gifts for friends or taking them to the bed and breakfast that I worked at.

Flowers are happy. Flowers are such an easy way to bring a bit of light into someone's life.

My friend Amanda asked me to do all of the flower arrangements for her wedding this summer. She knew that I had a plethora of flowers in my yard and my aesthetic/style would fit perfect with her outdoor/rustic/farm wedding. I was able to use most of the flowers from my yard to create Amanda's vision. We used recycled bottles and spray painted them various shades of blue for all of the vases. I loved every second of listening and collaborating with Amanda to understand her vision to the actual realization of the idea on the wedding day!

I hope you enjoy the pictures and they bring a bright spot to your day!