Waiting like the forest

“Can’t see the forest for the trees” is a common statement during a time of feeling overwhelmed. 

Winter time in a beautiful national park is more beautiful than the other seasons.   Why?  It gives hope for better times ahead. The forest waits patiently. 

 

January bulb

 Pretty much what January brings at times.  The dark blues and wanting warm sun, no snow, and green grass to come sooner.   This Christmas light bulb is a favorite as the color is richer when the lights are not on during the day. 

The Merry Christmas

If Christmas is a big family gathering that you look forward to each year that is a good thing!

  It has been cold this Christmas and it has kept our small family indoors. 

The twinkle tour is a yearly outing. It is created at our regional park just out of the city.  Lots of hard work to get this up each year. 

Christmas is going well. I had to stop and take a selfie just to get grounded. It helps. 

My son is an artist. He is building Sonic the hedgehog with paper  mache.  Checkout his you tube channel named Tommy’s Puppet Lab.  He brought his paper mache puppet to craft while visiting us.

The crib games are always on.

 I love making pita chips (and eating them).  Recipe is:

just pita bread sliced into triangles and put olive oil parsley garlic salt oregano pepper on top bake in oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 7 minutes.

Merry Holidays and Happy new Year!

Are u listening?

It is hard to listen to someone.   I mean really checking in with what they are saying.  It’s a good practice.  However,  it’s a good practice if you want to be a better listener   To me, it’s a “art”  not many are gifted at.

To be heard and acknowledged after you have spoken is so kind and people just want to be heard.  

.I look right at them and it helps me to listen better. 

Doodle watercolour angel

This angel is my first doodle with watercolour paints. 

How does she make you feel?   

She is expressing that there is sweetness in this life. 

A boot plan

At this “high expectations”  month of  December I am practicing cultivating connections with KINDNESS then LOVE then BOUNDARIES.

it’s hard to not be a people pleaser BECAUSE it is Christmas 🎄.   I can please people if I implement my personal boundaries.  

For example I boot out what does not fit or feel correct for me.

I plan and prepare what I want and grind in firmly with my boots.

It is now easier to be kind and please.  

 spider sparkle

I feel like a spider as I am crawling back to this blog I created in 2008.  I am happy to be here and posting again.  

I am reverting back to the simpler times when I posted about what happened on our acreage.  We still have 5 horses and ride 3 of them.   I am 69  years mature and my partner is 71.

This Christmas spider ornament reminds me that we can sparkle throughout our life and things change significantly as we age.  I am putting the sparkle by sharing my thoughts and ideas.

daring beauty

I dare this Peony to bloom.

Oh to be an Iris!  They are not afraid of taking over and standing tall and

beautiful.  I remember I was given an Iris back in Swift Current.    I didn't get to planting that Iris for a while and it sat on our driveway for a week at least in a plastic bag.

 When I finally picked it up hoping I could still salvage it, the roots had grown.  It proudly thrived on our driveway .

We might learn something from this kind of strength!

We all must just continue to show up and continue on, take a rest, and get up
and show up just like these flowers do every year.  I love these strong beauties!

biggest accomplishment

I know that my biggest accomplishment

is my 39 year marriage to this man I am dancing with

below here.

and 

I still have my dress and I have NOT accomplished fitting

into this said dress. (sigh)

So yes here we are above dancing around the floor at the

Langenburg Hall

it was a simple wedding and I had 2 bridesmaids

and 2 groomsmen

Next year when we hit our 40th wedding anniversary; oh and we will, if I don't 

leave him before then (just joking).  Marriage is HARD! yes or no?

The years have been hard and lots of grief along with lots of horse adventures to get us through.

We both maintained good solid careers. 

 We do not struggle much financially,

mind you

it depends which one of us you ask! (snicker)


Happy 39th to us!

hello to slowing down

I am feeling lost in this space the last week

I am ridiculously working hard to slow down...

working hard to slow down?

why is that hard?

I must keep my body moving and eat healthy

always a walk, or gym session to participate 

activities and horse riding

the grocery store is a regular stomping ground

when eating fresh fruits and vegetables, especially

that darn green salad.

The garden will help with that

soon

but then I can't keep up to the lettuce and it goes awry

Living takes work

I have type 2 diabetes and it causes some problems

if not regularly tended to

I have lab work done every 3 months and a doctor

visit to check my stats!  

anticipating the passing blood work number 

This is not a poem

about living as a Gnome

so keeping this more interesting

is only participating

in the thinking brain

I would like more soft subtler intelligent

words to put here

I don't have that gift

 I write in my MPS (morning pages)

most mornings

A mystery or two to read

A new author to check out

searching for a great read always

It feels like I am in touch with the simpler pages

of my day

 fresh paint on our walls

only select few pictures are now hung back up

having space is important now

keep the clutter extinct

my left foot is painful

I went to the doctor

arthritis? stress fracture?

metatarsal inflammation?

I'm okay but it is difficult practicing keeping it

real

my life to stay authentic

watching nature

is a genuine feeling of

"real"

taking breaths out as if blowing candles out on

a cake

reminder

Brian's 65th birthday on Thursday!

I have foot up to rest it several times a day

taking Magnesium Glycinate at bedtime to

calm the system and support healthy muscle function

Now off to the hospital for blood work

Gym training session this afternoon

loving my body 

my spirit lives in

A room to breathe

not taking on other peoples negativity

A Robin

Fuel Station

Petunia!

 Irises are so fantastic when they bloom!

Orange-you-glad you stopped in

June has been event-ful.  With a horse clinic and art gallery and shows and nature showing up

in orange this year.

We have Orioles feeding at our place!

We were in Swift Current visiting our blessing, Tom.

See below pics of his yard.  He has beautiful evergreens.  He also has some

different "accents" placed around the place.

I see face with a downward smile and the arm reaching up.

He must be doing something with this Mask -
I think he said he is making a body for it.
  It's a bit spooky sitting out in the sun room.

An old shed came with his property.  The shed is pretty decent inside with work bench and space for storage.  

The basketball net came from our acreage outside

Swift Current.  

South West Art Gallery June 8, 2019

Tom's Pokemon Puppets

He also has his FNAF and marionette puppets (14 total)

on display at The Lyric Theatre in Swift  Current until the end of August.

Here's a couple of Iphone videos.

Tommy's Puppet Lab

As a developing Artist, my son is quite excited right now!


Grace at Horse Clinic....

A horsemanship clinic at Springside was on June 1, 2; so who participated in this?  Not me this year.
 The only horse we had that really needed to be around other horses and a new situation was Grace.  Brian rode her and I watched Friday night.  We learned that this mare is a highly sensitive horse and she needs to be treated with very light reins and subtle consistent cues. She was the only mare at this clinic so she was busy flirting and being distracted on the last day.  So thankful Brian went with her this year.

John Tilley (Tilleys Custom Colts & Horsemanship)


June is a wonderful month!