Saturday 14 February 2015

you're still the one.......






19 years married babe.........and I'd do it all over again.

I love you
(and your awesome shirts!!)

xo

Happy Valentines Day!!

Friday 13 February 2015

l o v e t o y o u


what words come to mind when you think of LOVE?
these were some of mine....


happy 
valentines
day

enjoy the magic
however it shows itself
today.

x o 











images © copyright Melody Armstrong 2015

Friday 6 February 2015

8:00 am. in February

we wave to them.  my mom and I.
(she's spent the night and we get to share
this quiet, wintery morning together)

a few last hollers and grins
we've whooshed them out the front door
into frosty February

i think to myself how
everything
everywhere
is frozen into
glittering blankets of white
 & pale washes of grey

but then...
right there on the kitchen table
fiery, blazing sunlight turns petals into glowing embers



and here's me....surprised
amazed
reaching for the lens
(and mom chuckling at her daughter)
trying to capture
the magic
in a moment of warmth 
filling
a winter morning.



may you be warmed by such a moment today
--maybe even with someone you love.






Tuesday 3 February 2015

p u r i t y

photo credit: Brooklyn Armstrong

:: p u r i t y ::

bold
daring
outrageously-
breathtakingly-
beautiful

rare
courageous
bursting
with life
&
freedom
to be
full

purity
is not
a bonnet
or boredom
or buttons to the neck
not prudish
or Victorian
lace or fluff


purity is the stuff
of soul warriors
who keep
the
fight
let us join the ranks

pure heart
pure mind
pure lips
pure life!!


Psalm 51:1-2 (New Living Translation)
"Have mercy on me, O God,    because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion,    blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt.    Purify me from my sin."



words and images (unless otherwise cited) ©copyright Melody Armstrong 2013