y -e -l -l -o-w (You -Expect- Loud -Lovely- Outrageous -Whimsy)

 

Is it not the most unexpected color?

It surprises me with its loud and yet lovely happiness. 

How dare these flowers be so happy?

It is outrageous whimsy!

Even the yellow/lemony flip flops show their confidence.  

Oh to be a yellow color.

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!

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!

rain sprinkle and B & W

Rain came yesterday, for a short time, and I thank you for that.

I know more will come again at some point this spring.

 It was so much greener and fresh in our yard, I thought

changing photos as black and white would be fun.,  Flowers, not so much,.

They need to show their beautiful colours.

We can't imagine an acreage without a tractor and it's front end loader,

 and a snow blower, picking up bales,  harrowing the garden,

weed control with a sprayer.  Nope! Just can't imagine life out here without
these pieces of equipment. 

snow blower and harrower attachments

Sprayer

front end bucket

Attachments to tractor sit back of the barn shed as we do not have a Quonset or covered

area.  Our rain water system is attached to the barn eavestrough into a white tank

then spills into large black water tub.

Colour!

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Pink Geranium

Those paddles we were not using.  We criss crossed them and stood them up here in our

back deck flower bed.

Our South view from the back deck

The garden is planted!

I prefer coloured photos but it was fun to change them.

cool pix (literally) on Victoria Day

Excited to pick up just a few petunias

to toughen up until planting weather. 

 Strength, power, vulnerability, beauty as only nature can start popping out for show.

 We want warmth but

we still have nature in its harshness.
 Instant promises of colour to contrast the green of spring

working hard to come through for us.  

so many shades of green for all of our companions

Rocky is aging at 23 years old.   The sway back is very prominent now.
You can see the shades of green in this landscape,

I'm excited!

winter lovely get away thoughts

A human life needs some colour;

 so the colour in my life are - people. 

A peaceful heavenly soft place

can be found anywhere when the sun is out!

When away from home and your own country
 you will see new wonders to take back home with you!

Staying cozy is nice for me, after awhile,  it is like

framing one-self inside all winter;

a nudge outside your coziness can sometimes be a renewal!

so many quotes and amazing statements

here is one I came up with

"always have your own space to ponder"

I woke up thinking

I woke up thinking the work was done

I would not have to practice today

how naive to think healing was that easy

when there is no end point

no finish line to cross

healing is everyday work

- rupi kaur

the sun and her flowers

if you like purple (just sayin')

I over purchased petunias and pansies this year

and I am loving that I did that now.  Purple in our garden and

in the flower beds.

this might be too much for some of you..(hee hee)

The End