Tag: nature

• Groundhog Day and a Home Library Day of Surprises

  

  🐱This groundhog does not do ‘tricks’ like show you a season out of his shadow, but if he wants to, he will, and then he will take your treat after. Today, I gave 4 books away today because I’d wanted to 😊💕📚. It was not great though overall: windy, cold, and the wind kept blowing […]

  02/02/2023 4:13 pm

  art, birthdays, drawing, england, fun, gifts, gratitude, jane austen, lovingkindness, massachusetts, memoir stories, morningtime, music, my home library, my photography, nature, novels, ocean, peeko, positivity, reading, relaxation, retreat, secret, susan cooper, therapeutic, uplifting, vacation time

• A Room: What a Turn of the Chair May Do and More Relaxation

  

  🐱Peeko shows you… It’s made such an improvement to move this chair in toward the room away from the back wall, tilt toward the bed with a view of the window. —🐱💕Peeko Yoga: The yoga night class was great. I first noticed the incense was very therapeutic with plenty of circulation in the room, along […]

  02/01/2023 7:47 pm

  artists, audio, audio poetry, gratitude, gustav klimt, healing, home, interior design, love, lovingkindness, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, nature, night, peeko, vacation time, yoga

• Pocket Jane

  

  January 25, 2023 I had picked out this particular Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and added it to my Wishlist, which I just bought and it arrived yesterday. Fall 2021, I’d found a print copy of this popular title (I have a few other books by her that I’ve enjoyed). I was happy to […]

  01/25/2023 4:32 pm

  books, classics, fashion, home library, jane austen, memoir stories, my photography, nature, novels, pressed flowers, self portraits

• Self Portrait Yoga in the Sun

  

  01/25/2023 10:40 am

  inspiring, love, lovingkindness, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, philosophy, relaxation, self portraits, self reflection, sun, wellness, yoga

• A Pocket Blank Page Journal: for Leaves and Flowers I May Discover and Press

  

  Set up with it all ready. Tea first, and then the little treasures I’d found (which are hidden in the photo for now.) Don’t worry; I am not drinking the glue. I bought this blank journal and it arrived yesterday, in which this morning I’ve placed flowers or leaves that I’d find and press in […]

  01/25/2023 9:39 am

  antique, art, art crafts, boston, fairies, gifts, gratitude, handmade, handwritten, home, lovingkindness, massachusetts, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, pressed flowers, teatime, therapeutic

• “If the Stars Were Not Out”

  by Jade Nicole Beals A whispered line overheard in the night as I slept from through the open window that overlooks mostly unpopulated woods: I considered, half-dreaming, The line has been spoken protectively, ‘though I am safe, and I fell back to sleep. I think, in any case, you would still have come. A surgeon […]

  01/24/2023 6:03 am

  beauty, dialogue, dreams, flowers, free verse, gratitude, grief poetry, healing, literary salon we keep, love, lovingkindness, lyrical poetry, my poetry, nature, night, peace, poetry, poets, sadness, secrets, silence, sky, spirituality, supportive, therapeutic, writers

• Sun Shower

  

  My latest painting is complete! “Sun Shower” by Jade Nicole Beals, January 17, 2023, 18 x 24 acrylic on wrapped canvas, can display directly on wall or in a frame, shown close up in natural light.

  01/20/2023 1:19 pm

  abstract, abstract expressionism, abstract landscape, art, beauty, home, interior design, literary salon we keep, lovingkindness, morningtime, my art, my photography, nature, positivity, spirituality, sun, supportive, uplifting, water

• My 4 Simple New Year’s Resolutions

  

  So this is a kind of hands off theme! Do you have any new year’s resolutions?

  01/01/2023 2:47 pm

  beauty, holidays, home, massachusetts, memoir stories, my photography, nature, peeko, self portraits, self-care, supportive, wellness

• A Leaf Composition

  

  a sketch from imagination, arranging leaves for abstract practice, pocket book December 29, 2022. 💕—Jade

  12/29/2022 7:09 pm

  abstract, art, art supplies, beauty, longing, love, lovingkindness, my sketch, nature, night, relaxation, sadness, sketchbooks, sketches

• Wild Sumac: Look, Don’t Touch, and Definitely Don’t Eat

  

  This is a sketch of the wild sumac growing outside my window. In North America, this plant is poisonous, but in the Middle East you can eat them and may find the berries made into dressing in certain classic dishes. I sketched the sumac quickly as an art lesson I’d found that looking at shapes […]

  12/29/2022 7:49 am

  abstract, art, art education, art supplies, garden, melancholic, my sketch, nature, poetic, sketch, sketchbooks

• Newflash

  Updates started on December 26th, ‘22 The triple lines on the top of this blog pulls out into a menu that includes About, My Books (my poetry collections I’d written), poems (a selection), paintings (I feel another abstract going to be painted like a poem itself), and drawings. It had also been long that I […]

  12/26/2022 11:47 am

  birthdays, dj khaled, faith, handwritten, love, lovingkindness, my first novel, my photography, nature, poetry, relaxation, self portraits, self-reflection, sensual, short stories, wellness, writing process

• “Note”

  poem read aloud for your listen Note by Jade Nicole Beals The dark does not hide what I would like to see A still star is still prettier than a shooting star, despite the rarities in science. Fireworks in the sky as a display are not a thing I’ve sought out after, but there is […]

  12/20/2022 6:03 am

  audio, audio poetry, beauty, free verse, fun, letters, love, love poetry, my audio poetry, my poetry, nature, night, ode, philosophy, poetic, poetry, positivity, sensual, short poetry, supportive, uplifting, verse poetry, verse poetry manuscript, wish

• In the Midst of Christmas Lights

  

  🎄Christmas lights are set up at La Salette in Massachusetts.✨✨The whole place is decorated this way and with art made by hand; it is beautiful to walk through at night, and the display returns each year.🎄✨💕It’s the kind of place you can go to again in a season and appreciate different things you may have […]

  12/15/2022 11:40 am

  catholic, fashion, fun, holidays, local events, massachusetts, meditative, memoir, nature, night, night photo series, photo series, portraits, retreat, spirituality, uplifting, vacation

• Mountain Peak

  

  “Mountain Peak” by Jade Nicole Beals, original abstract acrylic painting on 20 x 24 canvas, December 12, 2022.

  12/12/2022 12:49 pm

  21st century, abstract, abstract expressionism, art, artists, beauty, healing, heavenly, landscape, lovingkindness, my art, nature, positivity, therapeutic, uplifting, wisdom

• An Idea for Pressed Flowers and Nature Collectors

  

  November 27, 2022 I was spending the end of the day and night in heavenly company, when I was doing yoga on the wall, with breaks in between to read Jane Eyre, I found a little tree bark, preserved, oh my guest 🙂 may have noted these pressed flowers or leaves with a hint of […]

  11/27/2022 8:09 pm

  angelic, charlotte bronte, fairies, fun, garden, heavenly, memoir, memoir stories, my mystical experiences, my photography, narrative, nature, night, preservation, pressed flowers, pressed leaf, sketchbooks, uplifting, yoga

• pocket verse: haiku and tanka

  Each are separate poems all written in the same couple of days —Jade Nicole Beals * 1 I’ve changed all the locks I still love you 2 my cat naps he snores like soft weeping my tears, but l don’t know our reason 3 the soft, plush vacuumed rug I notice so much more in […]

  11/17/2022 8:47 am

  beauty, dreams, food, free write, fruits, haiku, home, love poetry, massachusetts, morningtime, my poetry, narrative, nature, night, poetry, short verse, sky, tanka

• think of how

  rinse my face with cool almond milk think of how I’ve been thinking you are so pretty

  11/16/2022 1:21 pm

  beauty, fun, haiku, lovingkindness, nature, ode, spa, supportive, therapeutic, therapist, uplifting

• tending

  if there’s too much algae in this lake my hands will tend to that to pull out what is not in one’s heart, not possible, thankfully in love, we move afloat in a dance anyway

  11/15/2022 9:48 am

  faith, literary salon we keep, lovingkindness, morningtime, nature, philosophy, poetry, spirituality, supportive

• change

  love me less and expect nothing the volcano says it’s not going to erupt, and so it doesn’t the great lake shrinks into a paper cup yeah right; the lake still thrives from here Jade

  11/15/2022 9:27 am

  beauty, literary salon we keep, love, morningtime, nature, philosophy, poetry, spirituality, tanka

• a short selection of short verse

  I wrote these today; I knew I was desiring to write poetry and hadn’t remembered the form ‘til recently when I found a book I’d already had Haiku Mind while arranging my books anew. Today, 5 haiku and 1 tanka: 1 I’ve changed all the locks I still love you * 2 My cat naps […]

  11/14/2022 2:30 pm

  autumn, beauty, haiku, home, love, lovingkindness, melancholy, mindfulness, nature, poetry, tanka, winter

• Living Room Lamp, Lounge

  

  💕—Peeko

  11/14/2022 11:09 am

  art, beach, fun, home, interior design, love, morningtime, my photography, nature, peeko, uplifting

• Tea Party

  

  “Tea Party” graphite pencils on paper, Nov. 7, 2022 by Jade Nicole Beals, signed dated on back.

  11/07/2022 6:12 pm

  art, fun, garden, heavenly, holidays, lovingkindness, morningtime, my drawings, nature, poetic, relaxation, spirituality, sun, surrealism, teatime, uplifting

• The Pearls: a fantasy fiction Novel, and a Cat with a Very Fluffy Belly, not to Touch

  

  My cat Peeko has been so interested in expanding his skillset since he started schooling with me, and was a little disappointed in himself just a moment ago when he was interested in green grapes, and wanted to eat one, but also instinct didn’t; he licked his mouth as he glanced away. I told him […]

  11/06/2022 7:58 pm

  fantasy, fruits, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, nature, night, novels, peeko

• Morningtime My New Place to Pray, to be Shown

  

  I sit bedside to pray on my cushion this Sunday morning; it’s I love you if you want it transcribed; the rest, a caress of my body and mind. Jade

  11/06/2022 10:07 am

  amethyst, catholic, home, interior design, line, love, lovingkindness, meditation, morningtime, my photography, nature, poetic, poets, pressed leaf, prose poetry, silence, spirituality

• NaNoWriMo…Which Fiction’s A Go?

  NaNoWrimo stands for national novel writing month which takes place in November. Writers can choose to write short stories, essays, a novel, or poetry for the month. Apart from the official guidelines, I will “win” no matter the word count but will check word count a little further along, am mainly using the site to […]

  11/05/2022 1:43 pm

  home, library, massachusetts, moon, my novel, nature, writer events, writers, writing process

• An Autumn Leaf Found and Pressed, A Gift for Myself

  

  I forgot this was ready yesterday. This leaf is taken out of my book…and it’s preserved, such an art! Thank you. 🍁🌳🙏 Jade

  11/05/2022 10:36 am

  art, beauty, gratitude, my photography, nature, preservation, spirituality

• Berries on the Spot

  

  Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Green, Green, Green; Not sure what they are, by default, Don’t eat them. 🙂 Jade

  10/19/2022 6:20 pm

  autumn, garden, my photography, nature, poetic, rhyme

• The Culprit

  

  I took this photo trying to figure out why I’ve felt so restless and like I can’t just enjoy looking at these trees in my window from my home or stretching as I’d like without a camera capturing me in this moment of plank pose with the colors of trees that have very high goals, […]

  10/14/2022 11:18 am

  fun, home, massachusetts, memoir stories, my photography, nature, philosophy, poetic, prose poetry, secrets

• A Pleasant Surprise, Meeting My Penpal Bethany

  

  It was really nice to meet my penpal Bethany from Virginia today when she came to visit on her way from Western, MA. We met writing blogs 12 yrs ago: a photo.

  10/13/2022 2:25 pm

  friendship, handwritten, handwritten letters, home, massachusetts, nature

• Bunnies

  

  Friday afternoon …Bunnies! :)…Hide and Seek. May I play too? Sits with camera. Bunny in front: Okay. But Just This One Time. 🙂

  10/08/2022 9:43 pm

  dialogue, fictional, fun, massachusetts, my photography, nature, photo series, silence

• A Little Butterfly

  

  Friday afternoon She saw me struggling to get a portrait so she flew nearer, as if to say: ‘Here, photo me like this, my dear’ and after that, she skipped to another flower nearer, and flew away toward me, as I was still kneeling to stand again, she brushed my face lightly with her wing, […]

  10/07/2022 2:38 pm

  beauty, dialogue, fictional, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, nature, photo series, poetic, silence

• May Ziadeh’s ‘Green Hut’ in the Wood, Her Preface to a Favorite Book I Came Across

  * These words just held me…I didn’t realize the book, translated as Smiles and Tears by May Ziadeh that I was reading in PDF form today was the book titled Memories or German Love, by F. Max Muller that I’d seen cited as a book she’d translated; I’ve read the book in English. And I […]

  10/07/2022 8:00 am

  20th century, arabic, art, beauty, book review, comforting, english literature, f. max muller, german, handwritten, lebanon, love, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, nature, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poets, secrets, soulmates, translations, unity, uplifting, writings by may ziadeh

• Flowers These Keepsakes

  

  It is a very dim, cool Monday morning, but these flowers are all ready, each with a little story, flowers from the summer… The first I’d gotten is the little white daisy with the bright gold center that Dan gave to me on a very hot, refreshing daytime walk at a park near where we […]

  10/03/2022 11:41 am

  flowers, lovingkindness, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, nature, preservation, relaxation, short stories, silence, thich nhat hanh, wellness, writing process, yoga

• Because I’d Been Wishing for Your Happiness and Love

  

  On September 26, 2021, I wished through faith for your all your past pain and any present, to be sent into the earth and be transformed into something beautiful, so it wouldn’t burden you anymore. I felt this place near home welcomed me, a place in nature I’d not been so near before, as I […]

  10/03/2022 7:10 am

  heavenly, lovingkindness, meditative, memoir stories, my photography, nature, photo series, poetic, prose poetry, self portraits, sky, sun, yoga

• New England Garden: Dahlia Day and Fairy Forest

  

  It was Dahlia Day at the garden my husband Dan and I went to for the day. This New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is in North Western MA. It is nice too that libraries around MA offer passes that discount the admission price greatly, and one pass covers two people for the day. […]

  09/18/2022 11:08 am

  art, fairies, flowers, fun, garden, massachusetts, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, my sketch, nature, poetic, relaxation

• Inspiring Spaces: An Amethyst Heart and Other Photos

  

  On this blog, I may share a photo of a new arrangement or design in my home. It can refresh your mind to have things set nicely, and often it doesn’t require much addition, but making some space or arranging, for artists working at home or anyone. I tilted the amethyst gem crystal an upright […]

  09/14/2022 3:54 pm

  art, books, creative process, egypt, garden, home, interior design, literary salon we keep, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, peeko, short story books, wellness

• A Little Treasure I Found

  

  I found this stuffed toy at a gift shop at a rest stop in Western Massachusetts as we were arriving. My husband noticed the shop looked like it had nice things and we looked around. 🙂 This was the same trip (post: last section) when I lost my favorite pajamas. I saw a small display […]

  09/13/2022 7:37 pm

  gratitude, handmade, home, massachusetts, memoir stories, nature, uplifting