the beautiful Isabel in her garden

Hi everyone! As promised here are some photos of my beautiful mother in her garden. In case you missed the last post showing you the sign I painted for her and telling the story of how she made her way to Boulder, you can read it here.

I have been reading a lot of posts lately from fellow bloggers about their relationships ending, or how they are not sure they want to continue blogging after their children get older, or how people have been saying very hurtful things to them in comments. All this has got me thinking about my own internet presence and how it might evolve over time.

Right now it is easy to come here and share my life because for the most part it is really good right now. I have a loving and healthy family, a kind and respectful husband, and a safe home. Of course my life isn't perfect, but it's not hard for me to accept the bad with he good. I wonder if I would be so willing to document my everyday life if I wasn't essentially happy, I hope so.

Mostly I just wanted to say thank you to my readers. I have been hugely blessed with people who come to manzanita and leave the sweetest and most supportive comments, and I know that this can not always be the case. I am not sure how I would react to people leaving rude or mean comments. I hope that I will just accept that is something that comes with putting yourself out there. I don't really know where manzanita will go in the future, but right now it is a place for me to come and share my projects, my business, my photography, and any other thing that might inspire me. It means the world to me that some of my actions reach people who I have never met and might inspire them to try something new and creative. Thank you everyone for being so sweet!

besitos,
rebecca

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Comments

[Victoria / Justice Pirate]

She has a beautiful smile. What a lovely hobby she has!!!

[liz]

beautiful photos! i am so happy i found your blog. it is such a lovely place to visit ;)

as for negative comments, i will never understand those who leave them....

[TRC]

You have a hairy upper lip. It puts me off your photo's. Your short fringe is really not nice. You have a bad singing voice.

There you go! Finally, a rude comment! (or 2 or 3) :-)

[rae]

those are really beautiful photos.
i feel like so many blogs I read have been talking about those mean comments too. i don't know why people do that. if they don't like someone, it is so easy to just NOT read their blog. i'm glad you haven't gotten that.

[Sarah]

These photos are so lovely. :) My mom is really big into gardening so I can relate with seeing her in the garden too! My mom deals more with flowers but is expanding to veggies and fruits. I'll have to show her this post; she'll love it!

[Inge]

What a gorgeous garden! Makes me sad that I didn't plant anything this year. Your mother seems so sweet.
I know from experience that if you're not happy, it's very hard to blog. Blogging takes passion, energy and positivity, so you gotta have those to be able to blog.
As for mean comments (though I hope you'll never receive them), the thing that brings people to do such a thing is just their own unhappiness, insecurity or other issues. I mostly just feel sorry for them.
xo!

[Kristen from Try, Try Again]

Your blog really is great, I'm glad you do decide to use it! The pictures you take are beautiful and any DIYs you post are totally doable and useful, and honestly you seem like a compelling, kind person on and off the computer screen. I totally get what you're saying though, I guess blogs are kind of aspirational to a degree but you also don't want them to feel forced or fake if things aren't perfect, so I kind of wonder what that line would be like for someone going through a rougher spot. The course of life isn't perfect but hopefully we won't really have to find out :)

[Karen A.]

Both, your mother and her garden look so beautiful! What a great portrait! :)

[Amelia]

Oh Isabel is the best! I am so inlove with this. She looks so happy and really at home there. and what a beautiful home it is becoming! <3

[Mandy]

First of all, your mother is so beautiful and seems like a beautiful, down to earth and graceful person, just by looking at these photos! I love her garden too!

I can't imagine people being rude through blog comments, I just don't understand how anyone can think that is okay and even feel the urge to be ugly like that. I have hardly any readers at the moment but I will prepare myself for hate if it comes in the future, although I am very sensitive, I'll try to not let something like that ruin my day.

With ALL that being said, I adore you and your blog and I wish nothing but the best for you :)

xomando