Red...A Spring Walk

Big News!  My husband won the photography contest at the local library for a black and white version of a photo very similar to this...he is a talented and humble guy with a great visual eye.  I am encouraging him to really celebrate this affirmation of his skills as a photographer!

And also....I won the adult poetry contest for this gem....read and enjoy!!!  What a thrill and one step in the direction of the creative life....and my family was there when the awards were handed out.  A great moment!

Red

 

It stopped

My heart

Your breath

 

The line in the sidewalk

Crooked, red, dripping

Paralyzed and enshrined

 

 Things moved in slow motion

No one knew what to do

There was looking, followed by looking away

 

It was supposed to be a rush

An immediate adrenaline filled push

Emergent precision, everything counting

 

I’m screaming now

This is not the end

This is not the beginning

 

I want the meantime back

The in-between, the waiting to,

The uneventful

 

The red line is still moving

Flowing, while you are still

A hurricane of the unacceptable

 

I am free falling

Watching the red become shielded in white

Begging for movement

 

Move

Move

Move

A time for thanks

Its the little (BIG) things......

1.  A hot cup of coffee shared with a friend in leisure
2.  A hot cup of tea drank without hurry in silence
3.  "Mommy..I love you"
4.  Snuggling next to my beautiful daughter(s) first thing in the morning
5.  The whole family reading on the big bed
6.  Quiet
7.  A hot meal - with pie!
8.  A long run with crisp air and dynamically coloured leaves
9.  Sitting by the fireplace
10.  A clean home

A nature walk, on a long weekend, with your healthy (relatively) happy family, excitement over the awesome amount of leaves, caterpillars, and giant trees.  Exploring it all together....

The Apples are Calling

Listen

If you are quiet you can just barely hear it

Quieter

Quieter

That's it

Hear that....

The gentle whispers, the soft sound

the wind, the leaves...

The trees are talking

 

The apples are calling

Big and bright

Small and juicy

This is the time

The apples are calling

 

Climb the tree

Reach for the sky

pull

Ahhhhh

The jewel is yours

Red and green

 

Crunch, Snap, Yum

Feel your smile spread easily

Your mouth dance

Your heart lift

Your tummy alive

The apples are calling

 

Run in the fields

with reckless joy

See the corn

Feel the stalks

Get lost and find your way home

The apples are calling

Travel Near and Far

Certainly, travel is more than seeing of the sights, it is a change that goes on,

deep and permanent, in the ideas of living

- Miriam Beard

 

 

From our family vacation.....to the capital of our great country....this was a lesson in history, philosophy and living.  Time together as a family, just us, no dishes to wash, home repairs to complete, laundry to do, birthday parties to attend.  I love this time when there is no distractions from connecting with each other.  I feel so grateful for this time to just be with each other, learning and loving together.

I also love exploring a new place, the history, how our world is so big and small, different yet so very familiar.  I loved walking hand in hand with my darlings taking it all in, learning about how and why, when and where.  Learning with them, and at times, being the teacher.  These memories will hopefully carry me through the next transition - back to school - ahhhh! 

Here is to travelling near and far with those you love the most....

 

 

 

 

Try the Tri...

Getting ready

Swim Baby Swim

Ride like the wind

Well, this is a new adventure...the 'try a tri' or the 'give it a tri'....the beginner triathlon experience.  I needed a new adventure, something to take me out of the everyday, shake things up, and luckily I was able to do it with friends, where the focus really was on having fun, completing your own race, and being in it together.  This was a totally new experience for me and I was not nervous until the morning of the race when I went to register and looked around and realized...I was really going to do this! 

I loved that this was done with friends, for fun, and that everyone after enjoyed their achievements and still swam with the kids in the lake after all was said and done.  I love that these pictures represent a zest for life, a passion for something outside work, sleep, etc....

So would I do it again...stay tuned....

Run Baby Run...

This awesome photo taken by my talented husband is of me and the darlings on the airport runway during a 5k charity race.  The runway is shut down for all to come and enjoy a sneak peak into the behind the scenes of the airport.  The three of us are pretending to be airplanes...I love this picture...there is so much right about it...the light attitude of it (we are having fun people!), the family connectedness...the sense of unity...being outdoors together...and being active....so much right about it.  Also, I was so proud of my daughters for run/walking the entire 5k course.  They seem to listen to their body, run when they could, walk when they needed, and crossed the finish line running and smiling to receive a very cool drink of water and eyes of love and pride from their mamma!

Everyday they teach me so much....feel free to enjoy more of my husbands photography by visiting his blog...http://images720.blogspot.ca/

The List

The bookstore...and beyond...climb up

Art...Creation..Explore



Beauty...Beauty....Breathe it all in...

 

Thinks I am thinking about lately..

 

1.  Imagining a world where political leaders were ethical, moral, responsive and interested in leadership for the great good

 

2. The ever-changing weather...first it's spring...then it's fall...then its summer....all in one day, and one week!

 

3.  The desire to live the creative life...what would a studio I could design look like.?

 

4.  Training for another half-marathon...could I do it..what would it feel like the second time around

 

5.  What does it feel like to live and be in a house that is totally clean and organized?

 

6.  Flowers are amazing, how did we get so lucky as to have them as part of our being? our world?

 

7.  Getting older, the upsides and the journey, what can I learn from it all right now....

 

8.  How strange, scary, energizing and beautiful life can be sometimes...

 

9.  My oldest daughter wants to add that she is thinking about cake and summer break...all things to look forward too

 

10.  My youngest says (in song) ....summer!!

 

11.  Sleeping in really is the ultimate gift

 

12.  Being thankful my body is capable of some much...being impatient it does not do more

 

13.  My first upcoming triathlon experience

 

14.  Why love really does shape your soul

 

15.   Add your own in here!!!