thankful for all that is..... and more importantly.... all that is good.

Earth day.... such a special day for our home....

I have a dear childhood friend who I met at an evening church gathering... she with girl scouts and a "dumpy" pony neclace.... me with my church group and interest in her "dumpy neclace." Her name is "Cally Apple" and she changed my life. From instant friendship, sleepovers, bike and pony rides, movies, malls, cookie baking and marshmallow jars at her house, oats and honey at mine. We have been friends for 35 years.
The connections we make because of image in life are amazing. In our case, a small simple child's neclace became the beginning to a significant friendship. One that has weathered life's moments, time in her pool in the Beluga whale club, ponies, Dumpy, Roscoe, Redstar, and Ching.... schools, boyfriends, husbands, children, and families....
Dearest Cally....
Happy Birthday....
In your honor I will pick up pieces of the unnatural in my beachside world and think of you in your southern city world. I will love you from afar as you are a star forever in my world.
Happy Earth Day everyone...
I try to make the world a better place in my small footprint everyday. I hope you will to.

April showers....

mid april....
daffodils popping...
hyacinths and violets too...
warm coffee and sleeping critters Blue and Macy ....sharing love and space...
love the days ahead to be filled with departure from the mundane,
kids leaving the nest and expanding horizons.
love spending time with long time friends.
quiet reflection leading the steps towards our futures.
intertwined like threads of a sailor's line. Gabrielle on her way towards new experiences.
ra.... ma..... da.... sa.....
sa..... se.... so.... hung.....
planes and autos and busses and metro....museums and celebrations of life and collecting to share.
all things leading to our futures.
feathers
steps,
runs,
jumps,
Nessies handsprings and flips...
strength and wisdom.
sharing this lovely and work filled life.

the birds are singing at the sunshine...
beautiful day....
an osprey above floating on the waves of wind... grey green bark warming in the sun
spring looks to be finally here...
happy day

coldness seeping in from a sunlit day.
Wind from the ocean winds through the trees it encounters when it arrives at land....
piles of leaves....
pikes of sticks....
piles to burn for oportunity of regrowth...
like a phoenix the land is ready to shed the decaying compost and emerge from within.

walking forward...
learning the blog steps.
living this incredible life.
loving all moments.
thankful for the Universe,
for my molecules,
for the dust that makes me.
for love, for children,
for this opportunity to live...

and spring has arrived.
sunshine pours over the world...
sprouts shooting up green,
yellow and purple buds emerging and fighting for sun.
cold air nips at fingers, cheeks, and toes....
skin touches sand,
chill travels up,
salt spray on Gabrielle's sailing face...
sunburn and wind burn from the ocean outings...
Ness. skating, jumping, stretching, building brain power and muscle....
days are longer...
outdoor shower starts to sound good...
workouts coming.