...watercan shadow...

"Eagles we are not,

but we can still fly.

Our imaginations

become our wings.

The magnificent eagle

is

still

just

an

eagle

but we can soar

as high and as far

as

our

aspirations

take

us."

head over to Hey Harriet

for some wonderful talented shadow

taker pictures.

just BE.

robin.

one.still.frame

just BE

robin.

...tgif...

it

is

friday...

the weekend

is

here...

it

was

a

gorgeous

day

to

just BE

robin.

....ahh...clouds and ferns...

loving the multi-colors of these right now!!!

the

great

mind

knows

the

power

of

gentleness.

~robert browning

just BE.

robin.

...signs of spring...

flag-good

tent worms-bad

blossoms-good

tent worms-bad

blossoms-good

tent worms-bad

wind chimes-good

life

has

its

own

hidden

forces

which

you

can

only

discover

by

living.

~soren kierkegaard

just BE

robin.

Chris...very funny!! We actually spent last summer walking up and down the road stomping on the tent worms as they crossed the road...we'd start out keeping count but once we got past one hundred we usually lost count!! We had a good time...well as good a time as stomping worms can be...lots of laughs...Last year was bad for them...looks like they will be again this year!!! robin.

...kreativ blogger award...

today i was told by the lovely Jan of Awake is Good

that she was giving me this award. THANK YOU JAN!!!

for doing that i am to tell you 7 of my favorite things and pass on

the award to 7 creative bloggers.

i tend to draw close to simplistic things...this is my year to just BE. i wear that mantra around my neck every day as a reminder to myself...

1. one of my favorite sounds is running water...not into the sink...but at a creek or a fountain. it is a wonderful way to stop and listen and let the water carry your thoughts away.

2. i love photography...i have no lessons...i just love taking pictures...i don't know apertures and f stops...i just know that when i see something that speaks to my heart and soul...it is captured through my eyes and my lens. someday i will take classes...maybe.
3. one of my new favorite things is blogging. i have met sooooooooo many amazing people in blog world...and sometimes spend way to much time on here...but this is my reality tv i guess!!!
4. i love, love, LOVE coffee on the porch with my mom and dad!! i am blessed beyond words that we are able to share this time together...and NOW that our spring has decided to show itself...this will be a more regular occurrence.
5. i love to garden...without gloves...so that i can feel the dirt run through my fingers. you will see my garden as it matures this summer.
6. i love to read...i love to collect inspirational quotes and sayings and pass them on through my blog. i love putting a thought provoking saying with one still frame.
7. i love music...and most often i have the music selects of sweet repose playing when i'm blogging. music moves me...music is the universal language that makes the world go round...and lifts my spirit whenever i am down.

here are some of my favorite people that i am sending this award to...

Sharon at Sweet Repose
Deb at What's Deb doing
Karin at One Perfect Little Miracle
smith kaich jones at Emma Tree
Susan at Ilka's Attic
Misty at Misty Mawn
and even tho she too received this award from Jan...
Joanne Rose at breathe as me

there are Many more places i love...as you can see on the right side of my pages...

remember...
just BE.
robin.

...faithful gardeners...

help us to be

ever faithful gardeners

of the

spirit,

who know that

without darkness

nothing comes

to

birth,

and without light

nothing

flowers.

~mary sarton

toast of the day-

here's to the sense of sight and the sense of hearing and the world they permit us to see and hear.

~the awe-manac:a daily dose of wonder -jill badonsky

just BE.

robin.

...5.3.09...awaken

i am going to share today from The Awe-Manac: a daily dose of wonder by Jill Bandonsky

awaken in the right light at the right time
daily frequently! Become aware of the wonder of common
but extraordinary moments. Stop experiencing life in a
numb, half conscious state distracted by thoughts of your
retirement plan, what you said last fall to your relative, or
why you ate dessert when you told yourself you wouldn't.
Be present and win. Wake up!!!!
With a daily dose of those awareness-heightening ingredients
and small delight time-release radar-makers, not, only do you
fully awaken to moments of delight, but over time you also
feel more appreciative to them in a full body-mind-soul present
way versus a "Oh yea-that" kind of missing-the-point distracted
sleep-state.
Awe-Wakened Moment wipes out the build-up of indifference that
leads to taking life's best moments for granted.

the porch is

cleaned of

winter's sleepiness.

this is where we

spend our Sunday mornings.

fellowship with family and nature.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...hands of time...

seven words...

all

you

have

to

do

is

receive.

~christine mason miller

saturday + shadows =
Shadow Shot Sunday
at Hey Harriet

just BE.

robin.

...raindrops to sundrops...

and it did...the sun did come out. if only briefly...just long enough for me to go outside and catch some sundrops.

i changed my

calendar

at work today

and i found this...

we girls look at a

cloud

and say to ourselves.

"there's a rainbow coming in just a little while."

then we kick

off our shoes

and dance in

the puddles

until the sun comes out again.

and then i realized that

i had turned one

to many months...

this was for june.

BUT i am sharing

it anyway...

my wish for you is to

kick off your shoes and dance in the puddles!!!

just BE.

robin.