...6.14.09...

a simple abundance

blessing...

starts

with

a

state

of

mind.

my family is all off

today

doing their own

things...

my blessings this morning.

pa.

tilda.

brother steve.

abbey.

blue.

gandalyn.

a good cup of coffee.

good conversation.

togetherness.

my family

will

all be together

this evening...

and the blessings will

continue.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...home...

i love this screen door.

tilda and i were at a primitive

show and i just had to have it.

it had been in my flower bed

at the RC house.

now it stands by the shed

next to the sign of

H. M. Compton. (my great-gramma)

the screen is falling out,

the black paint

is giving way

to green...(yeah)

it is comforting to think of

all the hands that have

touched this door.

all the people who passed

thru it's frame.

all the laughter it heard

and the sorrow it witnessed.

and all the people it comforted

because when they saw this

door they knew they were home.

i am home.

just BE.

robin.

if you enlarge my shadow picture

you will be able to see the lovely tent worms...

i laughed when i was downloading the pictures...

they are just everywhere!

and for more shadows...

head over to HEY HARRIET

...it's private...

here's

to

the

freedom

we

experience

in

our

private

world

of

dreams.

~from the toast of the day

the awe-manac

a daily dose of wonder~

thank

goodness

it's

friday...

just BE.

robin.

...wasted time...

think of all the

time

you

waste

when you don't know

where something is

when

you

need

it.

now reflect on

all the time

that you'll be

able

to

ransom

simply

because you do.

~borrowed from simple abundance

a daybook of comfort and joy.

just BE.

robin.

...smile because it was...

breathe in.

breathe out.

smile.

because.

it.

was.

just BE.

robin.

...rainy days on monday...

rainy days on monday...

i captured some raindrops.

we received about 1 1/2 - 2 inches of rain last night.

thunder, lightening and tornado warnings.

today started out gray, cold...

but this afternoon...

we have sun.

the daisies are growing out in the hay field,

i shall transplant some of them to my yard

before first cuttin'.

in solitude we

give

passionate

attention

to our lives,

to

our

memories,

to

the

details

around

us.

~virginia woolf

just BE.

robin.

...saturday revisited...

today is a gray, cold day...

so...

i want to go back and revisit my post from saturday.

by a show of hands...

how many people missed the white spider atop the tulip???

and that my "shadow shot" was of the spider's leg????

it's okay...you can tell me that you missed that!!!

happy monday!!

hoping that summer finds it way here soon!!!

just BE.

robin.

...6.7.09...

i

shut

my

eyes

in

order

to

see.

~paul gauguin

today was not

spent in meditation

on the homestead...

we were in mancelona

for a baseball tournament.

the alarm went off at 7:30,

the coach then came over to

our camper and said the

games were cancelled due to the rain.

we packed up our belongings

and headed home.

we arrived home to find dearest Tilda

under the birch tree squashing tent worms.

you gotta love your neighbor (mom)

who would come over and squash the worms.

she, however, loves the birch trees...

and would do anything for the poor things.

she removed probably 500 or so

from them...no kidding!!! you think

you've gotten them all...in turning around

to the spot you just were...there are more!!

in all reality tho, if these worms on the trees

are our worst troubles right now...

then we aren't doing too bad!!

life is all about perspective,

let us be grateful,

let us

close

our

eyes

to

see.

thank you Papa God for this day-

and all the people said AMEN.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to sunday afternoon.

just BE.

robin.

...be gentle...

i love the spider's little leg shadow...i thought it was cool to have caught that!!!

"remember to
be gentle
with yourself and others.
we are all children of chance,
and none can say
why some fields will blossom
and others lay
brown beneath the August
sun.
care for those around you.
look past your differences.
their dreams are no less than yours,
their choices in life no more easily made.
and give.
give in any way you can,
of whatever you possess.
to give is to love.
to withhold is to wither.
care less for your harvest
than how it is shared,
and your life
will
have
meaning
and
your
heart
will
have
peace."
~kent nerburn

thank you lovely joanne for this authors id.

it is another saturday in the usa...

but if you are a sss you know we post

today for shadows.

that being said...

check out HEY HARRIET

what will you give today?

just BE.

robin.

...marvelous...

creativity is

piercing

the

mundane

to find

the

marvelous.

~bill moyers

june 5-the awe-manac

a daily dose of wonder.

just BE.

robin.