happy birthday, mom and dad!

happy birthday, mom and dad!
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

"Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again." -- Menachem Mendel Schneerson

*for mom and dad
<3

almostnotpurple

almostnotpurple
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

"purple is mad... because it can be warm and cold at the same time." -- words and thoughts in RGB

chasing the afternoon light

chasing the afternoon light
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.” --Joseph Campbell

new page

new page
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

for continuing and beginning...
for running, swimming and flying...
for hellos and smiles and hugs...
for the planned and the unplanned...
for silver, gold, purple and aubergine...
for red, yellow and blue and green...
for you and your wish and for me and my dream...

*/''' '' '

bl
Originally uploaded by woodcum

something i found at flickr today.

i <3.

:)

*thank you woodcum for sharing.

'it is I...'

'it is I...'
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

sitting quiet at Your threshold/ waiting for an entourage/ heart all smiling/ each happy beat grateful/ the wind as joyful/ blowing in all directions/ a week’s worth of blessings/ in this new year of Yours/ still reeling from the newness/ grasping for some sense/ still gathering memories/ still putting pieces together/ am channeling and recharging/ You hit pause with my thinking/ old lessons/ new classrooms/ old subjects/ new teachers/ You let me look up and down/ take a peek at the big picture/ my flickr eye open/ all signs hopeful/ and now here in brave wait/ reaching out to hold Your hand/ steps still faltering/ steady me/ pressing forward/ i be

~jdt/ 01082011

hello, twenty eleven!

hello, twenty eleven!
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

shot taken at exactly 00:00 1/1/11 ...

cool!

i <3.

shabba!

:)

hello, twenty eleven!

hello, twenty eleven!
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

shot at exactly 00:00 1/1/11 ... cool!

i <3.

shabba!

shabba new year!

shabba new year!
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

blessed beyond belief.