It’s been a little stormy in my life the past week.

First the snow came, in earnest.  We went for a couple more runs when the sidewalks were clear enough, but the last snowstorm pushed us to the point where it would just be dangerous.  So snow shoveling and vacuuming have made up the sum of my physical exercise.  That never helps.

There’s progress on the business front, but it’s still far from a sure thing, and the uncertainty is continually wearing on me.

It’s certainly an exciting time in my life.  I am living the way I believe is right – trying to make a difference in the world because I love it and believe it can be a better place.  I’m making real progress in achieving my dreams.

It’s just so hard to see it from the middle of it all when you’re the kind of person who gets completely absorbed in her work.   I am slowly learning how to keep perspective, and the importance of doing so.

I’m realizing that life and the memories that are made don’t stop being made when it gets stressful.  It’s our lack of paying attention to the passing moments in pursuit of the future that eats up our time.

I remember looking at photo albums of my parents while listening to their stories and always wanting to have something like that to look back on in my own life.  That’s really my primary motivation for blogging at present, I think.  I used to think I wanted to fill my blog with tons of fun tutorials and educational posts, and that still might happen in the future as things calm down.

For now I want to just keep perspective by telling my story a bit. In order to keep things interesting I’ll be digging through some of my thousands of digital photos to share some of my favorites with you. All of the above photos were taken by me in the summer of 2010 during another stormy period in my life right before we moved here.

Photography isn’t the only pursuit I’ll be sharing – I’m sure some knitting, spinning and weaving posts will be plentiful as well.

While I am lacking in the oomph necessary  to attempt a big project,  finding inspiration and celebrating some of the past accomplishments I have achieved should remind myself of what I am capable of when I’m not under this amount of stress.  And as I get a little more energy and time I’ll add tutorials and some technical spinning articles and fiber breed sampling, gluten and dairy free recipes, thrift shop finds and all of the other things I can’t wait to have the energy to do.

I hope you’ll join me when you can.

~Molly

I do need to figure out how to add a link giving Ravelry credit, but that will have to wait for later. I have a sick boyfriend to take care of, dishes to do, and laundry up to my eyeballs! This website and Ravelring (what else do you call spending time on Ravelry?) have been all consuming lately.

For now, I leave you with a couple of pictures I took of some of our neighbors’ chickens’ eggs. I had lots of fun playing with Jesse’s new camera and taking pictures of them for the Yarnographers group – you guessed it! – on Ravelry.