roll with it

a bit of swelling to the right ~ 08.24.07

There are days when unexpected things happen and, generally, we roll with it. Today I literally rolled with it (and so did my ankle) when I stepped in a hidden hole (grass was covering it). A pop and a crack preceeded my fall, ouch. As I type, my foot is elevated on the back of the couch. Ice, compression, elevation and rest are on my agenda for this lovely Friday evening.

sky beautiful

06:54PM ~ 08.21.07

07:11PM ~08.21.07

mossy

a snacking squirrel ~ idylwood park ~ 08.22.07

what the world needs ...

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~ Dr. Howard Thurman

summer clouds

07:31PM ~ 08.16.07

1:45PM ~ 08.17.07

1:55PM ~ 08.17.07

"Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives." ~Mary Ann Brussant

"Idealists, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds, have advanced mankind and have enriched the world." ~Emma Goldman

right now

clouds posing with a backlit hot air balloon ~ 08.12.07

"Right now a moment of time is passing by ... we must become that moment" ~Paul Cezanne

furry friends

three of the sweetest kitties, napping outside our window ~ 08.03.07

love

"We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness." ~Ellen Goodman

"Our love, or our lack of it... will in the end be an expression of ourselves: of who we think we are, of what we want to be, of what we think we are here for." ~Thomas Merton

"We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh." ~Agnes Repplier

enjoy growth

"What one relishes, nourishes." ~Benjamin Franklin

"There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less." ~ Kurt Hahn

"Is the life I'm living the life that wants to live in me?" ~Parker Palmer

connection

unravel ~ 07.28.07

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

"Do all the good you can
To all the people you can
In all the ways you can
For as long as you can." ~D.K. Moody

"In the American marketplace today, 70 percent of the people who leave their jobs do so because they do not feel valued." ~John C. Maxwell - There's No Such Thing As Business Ethics; There's Only One Rule For Making Decisions

p.o.v.

I happened upon a documentary on PBS tonight. "P.O.V. : The Chances of the World Changing", is something to see. It's about writer turned conservationist, Richard Ogust, and his quest to save several hundred turtles from extinction. But there's something more to see here, this man puts himself out there -in the rawest of ways. His passion pours out of the very fiber of his being, more of us should be like him. If you have the opportunity to see it, this film is worth your time.

"I think the film is really about a man whose compassion is so enormous that it leads him into a strange phase of his life, where he's really struggling to figure out how to contain what he feels like he should do about this crisis that he's discovered." ~ Eric Daniel Metzgar (filmmaker, The Chances of the World Changing)

yard art

Foliage with a lovely flower atop ~ 07.17.07

Snapdragon hugging the house ~ 07.17.07

Out of focus grass, abstract art ~ 07.17.07

"Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." ~ Goethe

photo thursdays @ cac

This month I'm hosting Photo Thursdays over at Create a Connection. I posted this week's challenge late last evening, and already Catherine from New Zealand has posted some really beautiful and interesting weather photos. I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with.

catching up

rain moving in ~ 06.25.07

moving at a snail's pace ~ 05.25.07

point of view

"Don't serve the time. Let the time serve you." ~Paris Hilton

This is remarkable. Anyone who has looked through my blog knows that I love quotes. Though I never imagined I would be collecting such a profound quote by Miss Hilton. She is, of course, referring to her time in jail. Though the words actually could relate to many circumstances, depending on the point of view - as always. Ebb and flow, clearly she's on a journey - like the rest of us.

made my day

Such a wonderful, beautiful, round box! ~ 05.23.07

This beautiful, round box - filled with goodies - came in the mail today as part of the Box Swap over at CAC. (thanks nyjlm! I love it.)

"Just living is not enough said the butterfly. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson

reaching

portrait of a mini rose ~ 05.18.07

"Ethics is about how we meet the challenge of doing the right thing when that will cost more than we want to pay." ~The Josephson Institute of Ethics

journey

Mama & babies ~ Monroe, WA ~ 05.17.07

4PM today: I'm sitting in my car, waiting. A field of long grass and weeds in front of me, in a way it is beautiful. Out of the corner of my eye, I see something moving along the edge of the parking lot. A mother duck and her three babies waddling along in the long grass. Mama ducking her head, seemingly trying to make the group less visible. She was sneaking. The babies, heads bobbing, weren't following suit - just bobbing along behind her.

I grabbed my point & shoot digicam and followed them, but kept my distance. The mother seemed to be trying to loose me, so I didn't follow them long. I wanted to though. I wanted to follow them all evening, to find out where they were headed.

Still now, hours later, I wonder where they ended up. And if they crossed a nearby road safely. I can't think of any water near where they were, or in the direction they were going. I've managed to convince myself that they will be fine, but I still wonder where they were going and where they had been.

"There's harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction regardless of fashion or trend." ~Ted Koppel

h2o

water in a bottle ~ 05.15.07

remember

"It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen." ~Frances Burnett