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Thomas and Camilla March 2017 Date Day

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March 13 2017:

Field trip turned into Thomas and Camilla March 2017 Date Day.

First stop was for Thomas to say goodbye to Meg and Buttercup before they leave for their next adventure. Thank you Barbara Richmond Chastain for having us over for one last rendezvous.

It was sooo good seeing you Fran Melino!! Thanks for the hugs! And, wonderful seeing you too Melinda Bourke Blackwell!!! Can’t wait to visit your property! Thanks for your hugs too! Part 1

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Second stop: Little Washoe Lake –

We stayed for nearly an hour as Thomas foraged for large sticks and limbs to launch. Yes. You can get in the water Thomas. Pants and all. Have FUN!

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Finding a piece of lime green beach glass in the sand is just like finding a four leaf clover, isn’t it?

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Last stop: Vegan root beer float with coconut bliss ice cream. Thanks Great Full Gardens South Meadows Reno for such yummy love filled treats.

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A Lost Art to We by Camilla Downs

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March 11 2017:

Pink Fuzzy Tree Bloom 2017

“The one supporting the many,
The many supporting the one,
This interdependent relationship you share
A lost art to we.

It’s clear to see,
The disconnect coming forth,
When the wild is taken from you,
Mirrored in the forests
Of the society of we.

Oh Mother, what a sweet
And beautiful teacher you Be.”

~2016 Camilla Downs – Author, Lessons from Nature

Happy Birthday to Camilla

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February 26, 2017 … Happy Birthday Camilla!!

Happy Birthday to me! Team TLC enjoyed a late breakfast.

Courageous Cappuccino and Vegan Hash for me. Breakfast sandwich for Thomas and Liege Waffle for Lillian. And for desert for all of us …… Raw and Vegan Triple Chocolate cake …. So incredibly delicious!

Thank you Great Full Gardens South Meadows Reno for the birthday discount, the amazing, loving environment, and delicious food! Love does indeed live here!

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“How do you freeze a bubble?” –Thomas … He still continues to ask some amazing questions. I have no idea the answer to this one!!

He sang “Happy Birthday” to me first thing this morning. He also created a huge hidden happy face and happy-birthday-playing-notes on mine craft!

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Birthday dinner! Baked potato medallions, sautéed portobello mushrooms with sweet onion, and arugula, beet, and cucumber salad. And for dessert … fresh mango! Yum!! xoxo

Birthday Dinner 2.26.17

Beautiful animated birthday message Lillian made for me using Scratch programming. Look at that beautiful blue and green cake!!! Aqua is my favorite color. Followed by any variations of blue and green. xoxo

Birthday Present from Lillian 2.26.17

Happy Birthday to Baby Camilla! WoW! I’ve lived so many lives since these pictures!! I began my love affair with chocolate at a very early age!

All the adventures, experiences, joy, love, laughter, sadness, hurt, and uncomfortable moments ….. Lifetimes of LEARNING!! ….. Learning and heading back Home …

Here’s to the beginning of the 47th year of learning. I’m all in. I’m not turning back. This is the year of The Shift … xoxo

Momma and Me Camilla Collage as Baby

Book Review: Love Thyself – The Message from Water III

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February 11 2017:

Love Thyself – The Message from Water III

“To love yourself is to love and thank all of existence …. ”

Such a beautiful book. We all LOVE this one!

… from the book … “First you must shine with positive, high-spirited vibrations, and be full of love. In order to do that, I think it’s important to love, thank, and respect yourself. If that’s the case then each of those vibrations will be sent out into the world and the cosmos, and the great symphony of that harmonic vibration will wrap our planet in waves of love … ”

Love Thyself - The Message from Water III Book

Unexpected Side Effect and Rancho San Rafael and Wilbur May Center

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February 6 2017:

An unexpected and wonderful side effect of Thomas’ book, Biggest Little Photographer, is renewed interest in my book published in 2012, D iz for Different. It was a great day to mail one to California. YaY!!!

Mailing D iz for Different 2.6.17

February 8 2017:

Got a new order of books! Now’s the time to get your copy if you’ve been meaning to order!

…. Plus, Biggest Little Photographer coming soon to The Wilbur May Center Gift Shop …. The order was placed this morning to coincide with the awesome Biggest Little Photographer exhibit currently being created for the Rancho San Rafael Visitor Center.

The Visitor Center will also host Thomas and I for a few public discussions about the book as the exhibit will run through April 2017. Plus, plus a private discussion about the book for children at The Children’s Cabinet. And perhaps planning a way for books to be donated to Children’s Cabinet too! Wonderful and heartwarming ….. xoxo

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February 8 2017:

Biggest Little Photographer is on his way to the capitol building in Carson City!! I was contacted last week and the gift store manager wants to see the book. Yay! Hope she likes it!!! xoxo

Biggest Little Book to Capitol Gift Shop 2.8.17

Do You Row Your Own Boat

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**THROWBACK POST**

February 13 2013:

Wherever you go, Whatever you have … There YOU are.

True and lasting happyness is yours when you understand that:

being happy or not being happy comes from the thoughts you are thinking about a situation or person,

when you accept and be at peace with where you are, love yourself,

know you have a purpose here,

release that which you cannot control,

and row your OWN boat gently down the stream ….

You Are Here in Sand 2.13.13

Why I Journal Write and Meditate

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Meditating and Asking

This morning during meditation and prayer, I expressed that I was ready to release certain aspects of my life. As I was ready to face whatever needed to arise and be embraced.

During journal writing, I asked, “What am I to focus my attention on today?” Basically, the answer that came forth was to focus on being present in each moment. [ 598 more words ]

Why I Meditate and Journal Write

 

Which Teacher Most Influenced You

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February 26 2016 (Camilla’s Birthday 2016):

Thomas gave me a sweet hug. Lillian gave me a wonderful card that she hand made. I received a beautiful birthday card and birthday money yesterday from Mom n Frank. I’m receiving all of your brilliant birthday wishes! (Thomas took this picture of me on one of our Fall 2015 Date Days – Bartley Ranch Loop, Reno, NV)

On the way back from dropping Thomas at school I heard Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”, Duran Duran’s “Rio”, and then Stevie Nicks’, “Edge of Seventeen”. I was absolutely floating. Rio caused me to think of junior high at Oaklawn Jr. High and the awesome friendships made there. I love all y’all!! Then that caused me to think of Ms. Eschete (I am not spelling her name correctly!), my homeroom teacher and also the drill team facilitator/sponsor.

I’ve never known how to answer, “Which teacher most influenced you?” It would be her. She believed in me. She believed in an awkward, inexperienced, tall, and lanky girl who tried out for the drill team …. and did a horrible job! She still chose me and it was the most wonderful experience.

I have wanted to be a dancer since being a young girl. In fact, I AM a dancer. I just don’t do it in front of an audience. I become the music. I can feel it in my soul. Nothing else exists in that moment. I become one with it. So, THANK YOU amazing teacher for believing in me!!

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to Magnificent ME!! Oceans of love to all y’all! xoxo ….. I’m going to go for a walk today and write, write, write!!

Camilla Bartley Ranch Fall 2015

How I Let Go by Camilla Downs

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February 12 2016:

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

Latest blog post published today … ” ….. Neither one of these “Letting Go” practices are fun. Although the purging can have an “excitement and anticipation for the new” feeling and we can choose to approach this with curiosity. Yet, the benefits are that we are not held …. ”

The Tao of Letting Go

Tree in Virginia City