Sunny Winter Day

 

Rose Hips

Gorgeous LP

Cold and Sunny

where are we again???

hello you!

Hope for more of the same....

grate·ful

ˈgrātfəl/

adjective

adjective: grateful

1.

feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.

"I'm very grateful to you for all your help"

 

 

Today I was filled with gratitude, and not in a woo woo way, or forced and contrived. In a real honest and scrappy way. I was driving (YAY!) on my way to meet my sister for a beloved activity, and feeling the best I ve felt in over 2 months. I am not great, I am not 100% healed, but MAN I feel better. I feel human, I feel hopeful. I feel GRATEFUL.

I am grateful that I could do what I wanted today, that I had the ability, energy, and the resources to do so. It has not always been this way.

I feel grateful that I was not in Chemo, or in a hospital, or with someone in either of those places. I am grateful that I am getting BETTER not worse, and that recovery is coming, not far off.

I am grateful for HOPE!!! It feels like sun after a grim Northwest winter. So YAY me!
And YAY Seahawks. Truly, I am not much of a football fan, I think its violent, and silly and overrated. BUT people have been so happy here, and HOPEFUL and dang it, its pretty dark here in the winter, we could use a little cheer! SO I ll be a part of this madness, I suppose.. .I am grateful that I can....

 

Fauntleroy Fall, it's just how we roll.

Chewie!

Cindy at Lincoln Park

Why Nature trumps art.

God talking

Guardian of the park

Yum?

natural decor.

COLOR TEXTURE PATTERN AND SHINE

When I was little, i liked to pretend that fairies lived in these

mama sage

Ruby

Foxglove from seed!

Ruby not amused.

Halloweens over, Y'all

Card of the Day Post- Healer

 I have not done a Card of the Day post in a realllllllly long time. So today I thought it is time.

Today's card is HEALER, from the Magical Unicorns Deck
It says:
You have the power to help and heal others

So true! For me this card seems pertinent lately. 
Of course, you have most power to heal yourself. This is the most difficult but most rewarding challenge for each of us. A friend of mine told me the other day that to heal ourselves activates at kind of grace that heals our children. I love this, and I hope she is right because I don't really have a back up plan for them.
Self healing in all its forms takes the focus off others and back to ourselves. It seems selfish, but its the opposite. We can ONLY heal ourselves and then be an example and light the way for others.

Sometimes this task feels too overwhelming, like there is too much wrong with me, to even begin.
This must be where grace arrives, so I can be gentle and kind and move over to let it in.

Today, do something healing for yourself, and leave someone else alone!

Happy Monday

Belated Mother's Day and Duck Meds Post.....

Happy Mother's Day to my mom. She passed away over 2 years ago and I miss her terribly every day still. I wish I could talk to her, see her and hug her. I want her back. But not the illness that took her. I love this picture of her, though I didn't know her then, she looks so happy and weird with that hat. I am sure that there is a story here. The thing about mothers is, that you get what you get. Even though she didn't always give me what I wanted, and sometimes was unable to, she was still Mom. Happy Mother's Day, mom. I love you.

This duck at L Park started with 9 ducklings a few weeks ago. I have been watching her as the numbers dwindle. Yesterday there were 3. She is doing very very duck best to watch over and guide them, she is a great mama. I just wish I had some duck xanax to give her, she looks so nervous. Happy Mom's day, Mama Mallard. It is hard to raise babies in a dangerous place.

Now for some misc musings....foxglove, the heart

first poppy of the season here

what can I say about this? Was at the PCC parking lot the other day, a sunny one here in Seattle, had to capture this.

my new baby

Chewie.