Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts
Little Gifts
When I held
her close, I could feel her heartbeat.
Her hair smelled of wildflowers
and moss.
Show Up
Although this fiery autumn in Ontario has done its best to affect me, I
find myself somewhat immune to its urgings and in much need of reprieve. The
duality and duplicity of 2014 has wearied me. Also, Mercury is in
retrograde and that’s not good for anyone. Fact.
If things have taken on a dark and ominous slant, let me
encourage you with two things that garnered my attention today. The first is a
book that I came across called The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson (the author of Silent Spring). A spark for dying embers. She writes, “Those who
contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure
as long as life lasts.” Oh I hope so, Ms. Carson! Have you ever sadly pondered (to the point of panic) if your very essence is worthless? Then with perfect
timing from the cosmos encounter something that validates your heartfelt endeavours?
This intimate book with its natural photographs did that for me today. I love
it so much that I may just put it beneath my pillow tonight.
And lastly, a
rousing quotation by writer Isabel Allende posted by a local abstract artist that I admire:
“Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.” In other
words, don’t give up! Never give up. Keep doing what you love and have faith
that it’s right and good.
Hopeful Signs
Before you get all weirded out by the little dots on this
leaf, it’s useful to know that they are filled with refreshing lemon scent. All
you need to do is crush the leaves to release it. This plant is in my kitchen
window and its leaves look hopeful to me as temperatures here have been about
-20°C all week.
Something exciting happened yesterday morning. I drove through a rainbow. (Let that sink in for a moment.) It was around 8:30 a.m. and sunlight was refracting on ice crystals in the frigid air creating a sundog in the street where I was driving. Amazing! I drove around the block three times to experience it again and again. It’s like chasing fog though, as soon as you get close to it, it gets fainter. Still, as I got up close, I could actually see the light hitting the ice crystals causing them to sparkle and act as mini prisms. One of the benefits of extreme cold temperatures (in case you couldn’t think of one) and a magical way to start the day! As an added bonus, when I was coming home from my volunteer job today, Hope and I spotted another sundog (in the sky this time). Rainbows are definitely a good sign. What could it mean?
Something exciting happened yesterday morning. I drove through a rainbow. (Let that sink in for a moment.) It was around 8:30 a.m. and sunlight was refracting on ice crystals in the frigid air creating a sundog in the street where I was driving. Amazing! I drove around the block three times to experience it again and again. It’s like chasing fog though, as soon as you get close to it, it gets fainter. Still, as I got up close, I could actually see the light hitting the ice crystals causing them to sparkle and act as mini prisms. One of the benefits of extreme cold temperatures (in case you couldn’t think of one) and a magical way to start the day! As an added bonus, when I was coming home from my volunteer job today, Hope and I spotted another sundog (in the sky this time). Rainbows are definitely a good sign. What could it mean?
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