~rainbow mondays~ Radiant Living & Learning Retreat

Oh, Loves ♥

I had an incredibly magical weekend of unschooling gathering + fall nature.

The Radiant Living & Learning Retreat was like an unschooling mini-conference at a campground (a state park). It was a fund-raiser toward a service dog for the host's son who has autism. It was a beautiful opportunity to gather and connect on unschooling and bask in the soul-deliciousness of camping.

It was created by this incredible lady here:

me & Christina

There was no wifi or phone service at the campground, so I didn't take as many pictures as I might have if I had been in the sharing mindset, but here is a peek into our soul-refreshing weekend.

Pink: for henna with glitter

Gorgeous: for transformative sessions in nature with beloved goddesses

Black: for nature silhouettes against a breathtaking sunset

White: for a full moon bathing us in her rays of grace and fullness ♥

  

Yellow: for my first sacred women's ceremonial circle. Wow.

(made possible by kids playing and watching movies in the screened shelter next to us - mama bliss) 

 

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green: for the incredible fall backdrop of our weekend

 

Pink: for the color of the inside of the bunkhouse where these girls (and several others) had dance parties, giggles, and sleepovers :))

 

Blue: (their buddy Stone not pictured) for boys romping through the wild together for 4 days

(**photo credit not mine)

 

Red: for love and a teenager's right-of-passage

 

Red & Black: for the cutest ponytail EVER :))

 

Brown: for OM henna ♥

 

~rainbow mondays~

 an opportunity to share some color from our week of travel and connection

inspired by our beloved mb

~rainbow mondays~ Sandy & Lily

Hello, my darling ♥

I hope you are really loving these rainbow mondays. It is such a treat to share juicy pieces (like pictures + colors) of this gypsy journey with you ♥

This last week, we have been enfolded into the beautiful loving home & life of our dearest Sandy and (her youngest daughter) Lily ♥

It has been so sweet to be here with them ♥ Sandy is absolutely incredible. We met a few weeks ago at the Goddess Harvest Meditation and Visioning that my sister, Osun, and I did. I knew she was a sweet treat then. We talked a bit about my road life, and she was so inspired, she went home and did her research, and then catapulted herself toward it!! It is so awesome to be here witnessing her fast-flowing journey of releasing her life as she knows it and her stuff, to embrace the simplicity and om of the road. She is so incredible, the way she just flows with it all.

We ♥ Sandy & 4-year-old Lily ♥

Jaja and Lily are little girls heaven and are IN little girls heaven. Thank goodness Noble has his toys and my laptop :))

So, without further adieu, our rainbow for the week...

Skin colors: for holding hands when they walk

 

Light & Dark: for hugs between new sisters

Pink & Purple: for sharing jammies and breakfast on the counter after a sleepover

 

Black & White: for kid-crafted wood race-cars

Purple & Black: for gymnastics together

Pink: for aerial silks in circus class

Red: for an impromptu puppet show

 

Pink & White/Black/Red: for movie dates in 3D

 

White: for Nanners, the sweetest doggie in the land

Red & Blue & Yellow & Green: for a good ol' fashioned game of Twister

~rainbow mondays~

 an opportunity to share some color from our week of travel and connection

inspired by our beloved mb

~rainbow mondays~ Kirby Creek Park

Hello, again, Darling ♥

So, as I consulted my calendar, I realized that I had missed a week of rainbow mondays, so this is our make up, from Kirby Creek Park the last week of October.

Purple: that face

 

Blue: for more silliness than this mama can handle sometimes :)))

 

Yellow: for that tiny flower Noble found when we were looking for something yellow

Orange: for our sweet spot (in this park, and in our life - these are my Gypsy Om)

White: for wishes 

 

Blue: for that crabwalk he has been perfecting

Purple: for cartwheels

 

Purple: for dancing

(since purple is my favorite color, I can do it 3 times in this post, right? I'm an unschooler - I am here to break rules lol)

 

Golden: for that boy I can't get enough of

 

Sunset: for poi

 

Pink + Green: for love

~rainbow mondays~

 an opportunity to share some color from our week of travel and connection

inspired by our beloved mb

~rainbow mondays~ Cedar Hill State Park

Hello, Love ♥

We are a little late to this party - I might need to just start calling it "rainbow days" LOL But this is our rainbow from the first week of November, at Cedar Hill State Park.

On a side note, camping is totally my zen. Oh, soul nourishment ♥

Brown: for those mud-covered hours-away-exploring zombies I found

 

  

Rainbows: for checklists for photo scavenger hunts (the kids pics will be posted soon)

 

Green: for the fresh grass that has been sprouting from all the rain

 

Yellow: for all the beautiful leaves falling

Orange: for all the leaves to fall

Violet: for tree-hugging beauties

 

Purple: for love

Aqua: for hats that make cool boys look even cooler

 

Bonus: just in case anyone was wanting to know how to look like a Texan,

Noble says, you need to walk around chewing on these weeds in your mouth.

 

This has been Texan 101. Stay tuned for your regularly scheduled program ;)

 

~rainbow mondays~

 an opportunity to share some color from our week of travel and connection

inspired by our beloved mb

~tribe tuesday~ Nina

When we lived in Encinitas, Cali, Tuesdays were our favorite day of the week.

It started with a volunteer at the food line that warmed out hearts and lit us up with his kindness and radiating love ♥ They also had REALLY good food that day. 

Then the library showed a movie on the big screen, and it was like going to the theater. 

And then the big magic happened. A huge community meal at our favorite park. The people who gathered for this meal, to serve or to be served, were exceptional. There was such a sense of community togetherness and love. Some of our dearest friends we met there. 

So, in honor of the Tuesdays we are ever aware of, even though the miles between us are many, I present to you...

Tribe Tuesdays. 

On ~tribe tuesdays~ I will be sharing a beloved member of our tribe. 

Our tribe makes our world go round, and I honor each of you here ♥

This week, I honor my sisterhood with Nina ♥

Can you tell we adore each other? :))

I met Nina at the Rethinking Everything Conference in August. It feels like a lifetime of knowing ♥

She and I share many soul-delicious ways of being. We are pirate sisters, taking charge of our lives and sailing the high seas. We are earth and spirit magic people. We are real, and we keep it that way. We are mamas to unschooling families. We share a drive to touch the lives of people, especially women, in ways that nourish and expand them. 

This woman rocks my socks, helps me unstick my stuckness, supports me in my rising, and accepts me in every state I find myself ♥

That is what my tribe is about ♥

~rainbow mondays~ Suezanne's house

Hello, Loves ♥

I'm doing it.

I finally found the perfect weekly ritual for my blog, that both honors our gypsy lifestyle and provides opportunities for keepsake journey photos.

~rainbow mondays~ was started by my beloved MB as a way to start the week off with a splash of color.

Our gypsy twist is to share photographs from where we find ourselves on Mondays.

So, today, we find ourselves at our darling Suezanne's house, in Grapevine, Texas (near Dallas).

And these are some special color symbols from our visit ♥

Black & White: that gorgeous couple (Suezanne's oldest daughter, Julian, who we adore, and her fiance)

Blue: that china we drink delicious exotic teas from daily

 Green: that cozy seat I love to work from

 

 

Yellow: that awesome owl art on the fence outside the window :)

 

 

Orange: that pumpkin she picked for its funky stem

 

 

Red: that delicious food she is always making me ♥

 

 

Pink: that art all over the walls

 

 

Purple: those sandals on that gorgeous hippy mama 

 

 

~rainbow mondays~

 an opportunity to share some color from our week of travel and connection

inspired by our beloved mb