A friend shared these photos recently in an email.  They are such fun I had to share them with you – brings a whole new perspective to farming don’t you think?

What farm boys do when they get bored!!!

Hay Henge – Awesome!!!

This satellite dish is just amazing – I mean who would have ever thought of doing that with hay bales?  Certainly not me!!  I am constantly astounded by other peoples creativity.

Who would have thought that one could be soooo creative with hay bales. Some of these are just amazing.

and last but not least…..

I apologize for no Pix credits as I don’t know where they came from originally.

The more I understand the nature of change, the more I realize that all we have is NOW.  Further more, the quality of my NOW  is my life and also influences what I’m creating in the future.

When you are in touch with your creative flow you are always in the NOW.

Time doesn’t exist or becomes irrelevant. I find that many of my students often experience this, with the ending of the class seeming to creep up on them almost unawares! Their reactions lead me to believe that for many of them this is the first time in their lives they have had this experience of timeless connection to their creative source.

When we love what we are doing we are connected to our highest flow and source of well being.  Things happen effortlessly and life is good. How might you bring more of this grace and ease into your own life this week? What is one thing you can do to find your perfect now?

Today I want to share some really amazing photos I’ve come across…

Exquisite. Reblogged from Looking For Rainbows In The Moonlight

I love the way the boat is full of tree.  Autumn River, Sara Bernal

This is one of my all time favourites.  Beautifully photographed….squash blossoms.   Reblogged from Wishflowers

Reblogged from Le Petit Poulailler . Simply beautiful – love the colours and the delicacy of this image.

Creativity And Self Sabotage.  It is amazing how many ways we can find to slay our creative spark.

Let’s look at two different things we sometimes do that can be creativity slayers.

I am driven to write about self sabotage this week, because I saw it in action with one of my students recently, who I may add was completely unaware of what was transpiring at that moment.  I recognize this particular moment because I have been there myself in the past.  One reason that we come to this moment is from our desire for another’s approval of what we are doing.  We are not even  necessarily seeking praise for the quality of our work, but perhaps rather,  appreciation of our effort.

The big trap here is that,  particularly in our beginning efforts at anything, what we have done may just not measure up to someone else’s idea of good, acceptable, wonderful or whatever.  What our significant others cannot see is the effort we have put in, either the struggle or the challenges, emotional, mental or physical. So when we proudly show our fledgling efforts and don’t get an enthusiastic response we can be very easily crushed.

DON’T DO THIS TO YOURSELF!!!

Not only that – the second  and absolutely  WORST thing you can do is show them something when it is only half finished. Because – it really is not going to ‘do it ‘ for them.  Yes it can sometimes be a long time in the making, several weeks even, however you do no service to either yourself or your creation by presenting it for appraisal before it is complete. Just as we have to put a cake in the oven for a certain period of time to cook or it will just be a runny mess, so too must we allow our creations time to ‘bake’ to perfection. We don’t take the cake out when it’s half cooked and start handing around slices for people to try.

Another Form Of Self Sabotage