Color Carnival #35

is it summer yet?

the past 3 days I have literally vegged. doing so little. I'm longing for the summer. I long for the hiking which takes me on solitare adventures of a better kind. I've tried hiking this winter, but the weather is sporadic being beautiful one day, the ugly for the next several days. if the wind didn't blow, i could still hike. but when the wind blows it's that much more bitter cold chilling you to the bones never to warm up despite the movement. I've had enough of being indoors sittin' on my ass. February is just around the corner and usually it starts to warm. but winter has knot been usual, so I'm not expecting spring to be either. it's a gloomy day, gray and cloudy which reflects my mood as well. O sunshine please come again!'

sunset snow

outside my window

this was outside my window today...beautiful snow capped mountain. just enough snow to sprinkle it. it's been like this for a couple days. clouds covered it yesterday and i'll post one at sunset tomorrow.....the days are better. Life goes on. sittin' quietly in front of the groove tube muted watchin' the Australian Tennis Open Tournament tryin' knot to think. Life is complicated I finally realized but I'd love for it to be so simple. maybe it is and I've overlooked it....but the Good news for today is my son and family has arrived back stateside from Hawai'i-hooray! they arrived this morn while I was still sleepin. now in Kentucky and easier accessible. I'm happy to have them 'home'. knot sure when i'll get to see them, but hopefully by this summer. haven't seen my son in over 2 yrs, so we're way overdue. but he's closer now and a short plane ride down the road. as soon as I can after finishing class, I'm headed that way. it's only January and I'm all ready for it to be August so I can get there as well as being done with class plus exams. it'll go by fast, but right now it feels like a turtle's pace. anyways, Life is Good. it can only get better from this point froward. It's all good...

ode to a friend

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day a t a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that you will make all things right if I
surrender to your will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
And supremely happy with you forever in the next
-attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr

it has been a rough few days. it was the anniversary of Jesse's passing. then it was the closure of a friendship gone wrong. knot only did I lose a friend, but I lost my little hiking buddy as well. the trial and tribulations of relationships wears on me. time is healing my wounds. I know I will get thru it all. Life is about change but sometimes the change is painful and knot desired. I can only hope for better tomorrows in relationships. Lessons are learned. growth is expanded. it's all part of the journey....and today is another beginning.

Color Carnival #34

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Real McCoy's

(Self-baptism for the morning; to be recited while sprinkling water onthe head.)

O Waters, give us health, bestow on us
Vigor and strength, so shall I see enjoyment.
Rain down your dewy treasures o'er our path.
Like loving mothers, pour on us your blessing,
Make us partakers of your sacred essence.
We come to you for cleansing from all guilt,
Cause us to be productive, make us prosper.
-Rig-Veda X.9

The Real McCoy's now live here. or at least it's a gift shop. seems they have softened with flowers. or at least I thought the McCoy's were hard tough people. I really don't remember...
....anyways, thought I'd start adding my daily prayer I read in here should anyone else need a prayer for the day. they will be a mixture of different religions for the book I'm getting them from, Prayers for Healing 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World, edited by Maggie Oman covers just about everyone. this will help me to be consistent about reading them daily. and hey, I'll be journaling on a daily basis as well......anyways, all is well for now. time to go find more photos to shoot in between class. apparently we have hit a thick patch in our class with tons of reading. at the moment I'm in the midst of 140 pages of reading plus a paper to write. thankfully the paper is knot very long. but hey, I'm getting through this class. I am completing it despite wanting to quit numerous of time along the way. in the journey I'm learning what I'm made of. It's all Good.