My Backyard

Me:   I really want to travel!

My Credit Card:   Like.... to the backyard??

I saw this and found it humorous

because lately it seems I spend most of my time

at home.  In my yard.

And really I'm OK with that!

Travel with Sadie is difficult, at best.

As I grow older, I find that my circle of travel

is smaller.  I don't see the need to be on the go

all the time.  When I was younger, had children,

it seemed I was going somewhere.

Every single day!

So having the freedom to choose to stay home

can be a joyous thing! 

What's in your backyard?

Just Me

“Body acceptance means, as much as possible,

approving of and loving your body, despite its

“imperfections”, real or perceived.

That means accepting that your body is fatter

than some others, or thinner than some others,

that your eyes are a little crooked, that you have

a disability that makes walking difficult,

that you have health concerns that you have to

deal with — but all of that doesn’t mean

you need to be ashamed of your body or

try to change it.  Body acceptance allows

for the fact that there is a diversity of bodies

in the world, and that there’s

no wrong way to have one.”

― Golda Poretsky

Being Shy

I'm not open to many people.

I'm usually quiet and

I don't really like attention.

So if I like you enough

to show you the real me ....

you must be very special!

“Deep rivers run quiet.” 

― Haruki Murakami

Another Monday

OK, Monday .....

let's do this! 

When you work retail, Monday could be any day

of the week.  For me, a "Monday" at work is the

first day back after being off  for a day.

Today was a true Monday on a Monday.

But because of scheduling issues, I worked on the

weekend, so today I was very busy, cramming

8 hours of work into a six hour work day.  

Really nice to be home from work by 1pm though :)

Wish I could say I'd done something constructive

to share ..... but because I love to write, I've taken

on the challenge of writing a family history.

Genealogy research has been a passion of mine for

many years; finding ancestors and relatives you

didn't know you had before is fun!  Adding family

stories and photos to the facts just makes it that

much more interesting to me.  Grandfather put his

wife in a mental hospital - no one knows the real reason.

Grandma wouldn't talk about her family history much,

she often said she thought she and her husband were

related.  My Great Aunt married her first cousin.

And large farming families were common, yet they

didn't get together on many occasions!

Just imagine how many stories have gone untold

for reasons we'll never know.....

Backyard

“Anyone can take
an adventure
even if it's only in
your own backyard.
Let your imagination
be your adventure
and see where it takes you.”
― Carmela Dutra







even chilly breezy days are beautiful in the backyard.
while i love to explore, get out and find other places,
some days, my own back yard is the best place to be!
i had one of those days today :)

Sit

It’s so much better

to close your eyes, sit in your study,

lower the curtains, sweep the floor,

burn incense.

It’s beautiful to listen to the wind,

listen to the rain,

take a walk when you feel energetic,

and when you’re tired go to sleep.”

― Yang Wanli






sometimes its a joy just to sit
and relax, watch the world go by.
and of course,
to have my ever-faithful Sadie
right here with me!   :)

Wind

I don't believe in fighting the wind.

You go and you fly with your wind.

Let everyone else catch

their own gusts of wind and

let them fly with their own gusts of wind,

and you go and you fly with yours.”

― C. JoyBell C.










late morning, early morning,
either way,
i think morning
is the best time of day!

Windows

Why do we have windows? 

Is it to let a glimpse of the world in? 

Or for us to see out?” 

if you peeked out my window

you might catch 

a glimpse of me

in my backyard

today it is "windsday" 

its just a bit breezy

here in the Valley of the Sun

but the sun warms my

bare skin that peeks 

through the front of my robe.