out breath
AAAAAAhhhhh. Feel the nice cool water on your feet. Quiet lake. Monday in summer. Hunter and Lynn are here and life is good. They arrived yesterday in time to overlap with Samsun and friends and the talk was lively in the short overlap. So when someone asked the question, what do you do? and I […]
what happened?
This is my pup. Normally he is up and at it, bossing me around, insisting on whatever is next in his routine. But not lately. Lately, he’s like this. If he could talk, I might know more. Meantime, the vet took x-rays and suggested that his “knees” were so sore from torn ACLs over the […]
dragonflies
Anytime we stepped outside yesterday, Ariella and I were surrounded by dragonflies. Can you see them? There were thousands of them. Their specialty is eating mosquitos so we are only too happy to see so many. For them, we post a “like”. Or better, a “love”. See how handy I am(not)? I don’t even know […]
not knotweed
This is knotweed. Very small right now, very easy to break off from the knot, the root. From any tiny fragment, it can grow a new plant. These plants grow to – 6 -10 (more?) feet tall and its roots go as deep. Once it’s established, spreading in thick stands, it’s extremely difficult to eliminate. […]
beguiling
Sunset last night: beguilingly calm. Is it the full moon today? Inside, I’m just moving in so many directions at once. Feelings about this, feelings about that. And all these are part of making my art. It’s not just the light that is disappearing at sunset, or, in the case of my art, appearing at […]
20 somethings
This pretty much sums up how I feel today. In words: “Where am I? What was I planning to do today/tomorrow/ with my life? What’s happenin’?” So, yes, I am both rejoicing and, well, dealing with the spontaneity of life with “20 somethings”, as I now wrongly call my children. First of all the “thing” […]
balance
I’ve struggled mightily with the balance to strike between the sweet smell of roses and the addictive rush of achievement. ~Neil Hanson. Who doesn’t share that sentiment? I’ve been quite sidetracked by the “roses” lately, although I’m not sure it’s smelling them as much as tending. And not always just roses. Dear friends. Wonderful family. […]
red everywhere
This is the color that greeted me this morning. The photo is much dimmer than the reality. It was pinker/redder. And, I thought, “Red in the morning, sailors take warning.” Two days of rain ahead. Quick, get the garden ready. I needed some marigolds – to guard my tiny new tomatoes – but ended up […]
full on
The slightest movement, what might seem like a small decision one day, magnifies over time. Like an arrow whose direction is ever so slightly adjusted, the new path follows that course. Slight move, different outcome. Last was it August? September? I joined an online artist group run my Martin Stellar. He was launching the group. […]
redbud … red bud?
This is the redbud tree that stands next to my house. I always thought it was misnamed. The buds did not look red to me. So, this year, I decided to focus in close to see if I could see the red in the bud. Do you? Just now I was sorting through this rather […]
