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One swallowtail hunkered down in the lawn, bobbing up and down as the wind went sweeping down the plain. Another I followed into the tall amber waves of grain in the back field, and located it two-thirds of the way down a stem, gripping on for dear life as each stem waved and whipped past its gossamer wings. I tried to take notes on how to ride out the turbulence. . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ being ok 
There have been mercies this year, and because they’ve emerged amid wrecked fields of disappointments and loss, they shine like singular, luminous wildflowers. . . . → Read More: burning on the inside 
“Your blood is the sea continued in your veins.” ~Timothy Findley . . . → Read More: ~black and white wednesday~ heart 
“I will not be a pawn for the prince of darkness any longer.” . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ of the sun 
I was grateful for this little reminder of the butterfly effect of gratitude, grateful also for the visual reminder that we may be tattered and beat up, but we should keep going, that there is still beauty in our surviving, that there is still sweetness to drink in. . . . → Read More: ~summer shorts~ butterfly shadows 
uplift . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ uplift 
I gotta get out of bed and get a hammer and a nail Learn how to use my hands, not just my head I think myself into jail Now I know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose ~Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls) . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ raining roses  One comment  abundance, gratitude, natural world, rainbow mondays  abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, bubbles, butterflies, crab, dragonflies, flowers, gardening, gratitude, hiking, lifelong learning, light, love, nature, ocean, outside, parenting, photography, plants, poppies, rainbow mondays, roses, tidepooling 
“I move through my days lighthearted and carefree knowing all is well,” is good for me to repeat. Also cathartic is my walk around the rainy yard sacrificing slugs. I’m grateful for balance. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ take care 
They might just be three little birds, but they remind me that every little thing is gonna be alright. That doesn’t mean it will be easy or that there won’t be fearful things. It means this too shall pass. . . . → Read More: ~thankful thursday~ three little birds One comment abundance, gratitude, natural world, parenting, thankful thursday abundance, back yard, being a mama, birds, bravery, butterflies, courage, eggs, fledging, gardening, gratitude, hatchlings, hummingbirds, integrity, love, math, nature, one unbroken line, outside, robins, thankful thursday 
Patricia Ann, Anna Hilda, Hilda Louise, Anna Louise, but beyond my great great grandmother even names fade out of memory. I repeat their names today, as I began to do on my first mother’s day as a mama. . . . → Read More: mother hands |
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