I am writing to you on New Years Day from the Serengeti Plains of Tanzania Africa, because when this email goes out Wednesday, I will be totally off the grid for a few days.
This trip has been a great way to set the Reset button for the New Year, and I am taking lots of photos that will bring inspiration for the rest of 2018. I am traveling with Natural Habitats, who also organize our Polar Bear tours. (If you call them for info, be sure to ask for our eQuilter specialist, Aly) I am writing this on the 3rd day of our photo safari, and every day our expectations have been exceeded. May all of your travels bring you such joy.
So far we’ve seen 3 leopards, 22 lions, 6 cheetahs, 18 elephants, 6 giraffes, and a long list of other species like ostriches and warthogs. The herds of wildebeests, zebras, and a huge variety of gazelles and antelope are making the Great Migration. The plains are vast and the skies are incomprehensibly huge being off-grid in such a wild and wide open space shifts something in one’s psyche. The migrating herds follow the dark rainstorms because that is where the grass will grow tomorrow. Many animals are heavily pregnant and so Nature has shown us her fertility in this endless cycle of renewal.
As a creative person, I am tapping into this limitless fertile potential to brainstorm on my own potential for 2018 and I am reminded that Nature follows her own cycles that I can ignore, or surf. The raw power of the changing seasons and the wisdom of animal instinct is a reminder that Nature in her infinite splendor has a divine perfection that plays out in an intricate detail, whether or not we are paying attention.
When I return home I will be sharing my photos and inspiration with you in many ways. My fellow travelers here (including eQuilter customers) share their daily illuminations over dinner each night, and that is part of this experience as well.
I wish you creativity in 2018, and a source of inspiration that grows as it is used. The source of creativity is limitless, if we open our heart and soul to the beauty around us every day.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana
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Event & Travel Calendar:
Dec 29 2017 – Jan 5 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour
Feb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
Feb 26 – Marty Ornish CQC workshop @ eQuilter Classroom
Mar 1 – May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother‘ Quilt Challenge
April 5-7 – SAQA Conference San Antonio TX
April 14-15 – Lisa Walton workshop @ eQuilter Classroom
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group
Nov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill!
