photography design fashion music food words and other things Fine Art Portraiture and Wedding PhotographyTumblr (3.0; @laruche)http://larucheblog.com/“The highest spiritual experience is to do the thing right in front of you. Do the dishes, take a walk, eat a carrot. Can you get that spiritual?”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Byron Katie</strong></em>http://larucheblog.com/post/17960366826http://larucheblog.com/post/17960366826Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:22:24 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk6roILVz1qc7an3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m loving sewing right now! I just finished this blanket and burp cloth gift set for a friend’s baby shower.</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/17786316261http://larucheblog.com/post/17786316261Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:35:48 -0800DIYbabyhomesewing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgdervxzm1qc7an3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just sent a postcard</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/15477502070http://larucheblog.com/post/15477502070Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:01:39 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxg2jtsq5L1qc7an3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Breakfast!</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/15465546773http://larucheblog.com/post/15465546773Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:07:05 -0800<p>Who am I?</p> <p>When I divorced my first husband I set out to “find myself”. I asked the question so many women ask: Who am I besides a mother and wife?</p> <p>I walked this journey of “self discovery” with my two best friends. We got drunk together, broke down in messy pieces together, we asked each other the hard questions, we went through the “wrong men” together, we parented our children together, learned music, cooked messy meals together, and laughed until we cried on a regular basis; we discovered who we are not together… we Became.</p> <p>Now, we are settled and all three of us are with the “right man”. We are engaged again, and two of us are carrying babies over a decade after birthing our last children. We are apparently women who now know who we are. Yet, I find myself wondering again as I approach marriage and motherhood for the second time around: Who am I?</p> <p>I am not “just” a mother. I give life! I am a woman who gets to experience God creating Life… and it happens inside of my body. How I, as a young woman, thought that wasn’t somehow “being enough” is beyond me. The gift we have as Life Givers is immeasurable, it is Being in the truest sense of the word.</p> <p>I am not “just” a wife. I inspire Love! When my partner looks at me he sees his world. He would do anything to make me smile, he would die for me and my children. He is flawed, yes… and so am I. Yet, he has no desire to change me, no need for me to be other than I am. He adores me when I am at my lowest, he strives to give me the world. What an honor to be the wife of this man, what a gift to be Loved with such depth.</p> <p>Who am I? This is a question I will happily answer from now on…</p> <p>I am a Woman. I am Life. I am Love.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwby48WYN1qbhuj3.jpg"/></p>http://larucheblog.com/post/13924646319http://larucheblog.com/post/13924646319Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:40:00 -0800lovelifewomanbirthdivorceself discovery<iframe src="http://www.nowness.com/media/embedvideo?itemid=1521&issueid=1591" width="500px" height="315px" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>365 layers of makeup in one day.</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/10523007206http://larucheblog.com/post/10523007206Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:28:00 -0700modelmakeupfilm365<iframe src="http://www.nowness.com/media/embedvideo?itemid=1533&issueid=1602" width="500px" height="315px" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I love this. I need more bowls so I can trap all my distractions.</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/9374064723http://larucheblog.com/post/9374064723Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:41:53 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_1eqA681el4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>ooooh… Elephant Micah!</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/6733822588http://larucheblog.com/post/6733822588Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:14:06 -0700folkmusicElephantElephant Micah“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”<br/><br/> - <em>~Author Unknown</em>http://larucheblog.com/post/6558236219http://larucheblog.com/post/6558236219Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:25:37 -0700Loveweird<p>This is love: <br/> to fly toward a secret sky, <br/> to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. <br/> First, to let go of life. <br/> In the end, to take a step without feet; <br/> to regard this world as invisible, <br/> and to disregard what appears to be the self. <br/><br/> Heart, I said, what a gift it has been <br/> to enter this circle of lovers, <br/> to see beyond seeing itself, <br/> to reach and feel within the breast.</p> <p>From:<br/> The Divani Shamsi Tabriz, XII</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/6325631523http://larucheblog.com/post/6325631523Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:12:59 -0700RumiLoveLove Poems<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/6252689286/tumblr_lmdoxrPFPA1qc7an3&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>I’ve had this Deb Talan song stuck in my head for a few days now… it’s so great, thought I’d share! </p>http://larucheblog.com/post/6252689286http://larucheblog.com/post/6252689286Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:08:15 -0700Deb TalanAmelia Earhartmusic<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/biHImZGkEXc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://larucheblog.com/post/6043934051http://larucheblog.com/post/6043934051Tue, 31 May 2011 12:17:05 -0700tracy chapmansing for youmusic video<iframe frameborder="0" height="410px" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inspire-musical/inspire-a-mobile-musical-circus-co-created-by-you/widget/video.html" width="480px"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Be INSPIRED to support this amazing project!</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/5643226465http://larucheblog.com/post/5643226465Thu, 19 May 2011 11:55:03 -0700circuskickstartermusicinspire“This morning the sun is blazing forth, trumpeting “Live!” in a clear blue sky. The buds on the trees are unfurling un-weathered green into the world. Spring: undeterred and irresistible life, newness from the decayed ruins of the old, fresh starts and impossible hope.”<br/><br/> - <em>Oriah Mountain Dreamer</em>http://larucheblog.com/post/5640300661http://larucheblog.com/post/5640300661Thu, 19 May 2011 09:40:27 -0700oriah mountain dreamerspringhope<iframe width="400" height="325" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EjAoBKagWQA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>All is full of love… an oldie, but goodie!</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/5613015544http://larucheblog.com/post/5613015544Wed, 18 May 2011 12:41:34 -0700bjorkall is full of loverobots<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llcpbvXTFd1qc7an3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://larucheblog.com/post/5580177606http://larucheblog.com/post/5580177606Tue, 17 May 2011 10:45:30 -0700truthlovewomanpoem<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LUnXgucl748?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://larucheblog.com/post/5531097784http://larucheblog.com/post/5531097784Sun, 15 May 2011 18:29:13 -0700AlexanderEdward Sharpe &amp; The Magnetic Zeros<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ekoeQodrVoM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I can’t wait to see this!</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/5145023703http://larucheblog.com/post/5145023703Mon, 02 May 2011 16:32:49 -0700beesqueen of the sun<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/depk09Jqsaw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Natalie Merchant</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/4934718017http://larucheblog.com/post/4934718017Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:08:56 -0700natalie merchant<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7peycr2o1qc7an3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What a cute face to see pop out from under the covers!</p>http://larucheblog.com/post/4927051506http://larucheblog.com/post/4927051506Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:25:41 -0700