An ongoing series of Monday snapshots and quiet reflections. Sometimes Mondays look like a last hurrah. *** P.S. Did you sign up for Gratitude Week yet?!
Tag: nature
Gratitude Week 2015 :: Sunday
One special week of practicing daily gratitudes...with you. For the birch trees out back and the way they move in the breeze. For Nature and the way she makes me gasp time and time again. For our pup and the way she loves. For second (and third) cups of tea and/or coffee. For the people [...]
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:: Sometimes Mondays ::
An ongoing series of Monday snapshots and quiet reflections. Sometimes Mondays look like a last hurrah.
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king arthur and the sedum
the autumn sedum {do you remember?} has turned. dusty. rusty. pink. i wait for this each year. something about this plant and its turning at this time of year gets to me. in the very best of ways. outside playing with the kids or sitting at my desk and looking out the window, my eyes [...]
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the thistle
it's easy to love summer's thistle with her showy purple flower easy to look past the prickly green leaves surrounding when the summer months move into those of fall and early winter i walk past thistle patches wild along the road long gone are the violet hues now there is earth tone everywhere and still [...]
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yesterday in the garden
we were out in the newly-weeded {thank you very much} garden yesterday getting seeds in the ground. mixed greens, mustard greens, arugula, chard. summer squashes, carrots, cucumbers. i will never get over the miracle of these itty bitty things transforming into food that will nourish our bodies. pure magic, i tell you. i also opened [...]
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the gift of a moment
a field close to our home...a gift from myself {committing to getting there}, a gift from my children {tagging along}, a gift from nature {sharing her splendor}. sending a little love your way, m
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rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. - john lubbock i'll be taking one week's break from this space. in [...]
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a gentle dance
these blooms, these petals...are fleeting. but i am so enjoying their beauty right now. all winter long, i have savored the bare branches against the winter sky. and now i am reveling in the beautiful colors against our spring sky. the leaves are beginning to push their way through, and hues will shift from whites, [...]
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{noticing the moments}
taking some time to reflect upon my week... :: foggy mornings all week long that lent themselves to quiet beginnings :: a maple syrup festival with my kids, a hike which included scrambling on boulders, the satisfaction of being in the woods and feeling life :: playing with old friends and new friends :: curry [...]
