My spring has begun

You can see the snow melting away. I can’t wait to get outside and start working on the yard!

Making my home
I love this picture! Trying to get a shot of my herbs growing and Quincy snuck in.

A summer day’s reflections

 Wow life is good. I’m constantly reminded of that yet it seems every new realization should be monumentalized in some way so as I never have an excuse to forget it. Driving home as the sun sets shooting golden rays over the mountains and pine trees that make up the landscape I just had to sigh and bask in my thankfulness. Does that sound cheesy? Perhaps.

But I have to wonder, who else has such an amazing existence as mine? My two days off from my ho hum job were well spent. I went to this beautiful spa the other day then today spent the afternoon on a little quite lake kayaking. Really? Who gets to spend days like that? Even when my days aren’t filled with events or whatever else, how many people in this world we share wake up and think “Hm I wonder what today will hold?” Not many I can assure you. I wake up and breathe in clean air and am surrounded by a gorgeous forest, there is food in the refrigerator and there is running water for whatever use I need. Amazing. I’ve spent some time in theDominican Republic, and realized many things through my travels one of them being the supreme materialistic advantage I have in my everyday life. Do you know how nice it is to be able to snack just cause? Or how refreshing a long shower is where you’re not collecting water in a cup to splash yourself. Man oh man do I, and I try not to forget it. But besides the simple pleasures of such comforts life is just beautiful in its own manner. Being in such a prosperous place just helps me to realize it more readily.  

I’m reminded often that life is just a series of moments. A moment of complete contentment breathing in mountain air can be followed by a dread filled experience or heartbreak. On and on I tumble through life, sometimes eyes aglow with wonder at the world other times eyes down cast struggling within myself with whatever it is we all struggle with. The key for me is to remember that each moment is followed by another. There is no rock bottom just as there is no sky high.

I find such fulfillment in those times where I can look beyond myself and self pity, boredom, exasperation etc and internalize how beautiful the blue sky is or realizing the value of conversation with a 7 year old or a “philosophical” debate with someone. If I could realize the value of all that surrounds me all the time, the people, the landscape, the air, the music. All of it so irreplaceable. I’m rambling. I hope there is some sort of sense to be found in this. I wish I could express myself clearer! I feel what I’m learning day to day is so valuable I just want to share it, ha! But what’s been learned by me probably holds less value for others. . . Well maybe that’s just another piece of this beautiful puzzle.