a clover + one bee

to make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,

— one clover, and a bee,  and revery.

the revery alone will do  if bees are few.

-emily dickinson

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top o the morning

happy St. Patrick's day

xo

hello rain

i walk the dirt road to the mailboxes, stretch and take off.
the sun is down for the night. i got out the door late.. oh well. 
i pull my hat down and put one foot in front of the other
until i am nice and toasty and my breath and blood are pumping
slowly i tune in with the rain,
the rain that just a handful of minutes ago
i watched fall from inside my house as i was cooking and bathing children
and tying my shoelaces
now out in it, i begin to appreciate it on my cheeks and in my braid
i begin to appreciate
the fresh mountain air
slow country roads
and my own yearning that gets me there
i tune in with my heart and lungs and muscles
i feel tired from the day
but at the same time feel my body shift
and slowly wake up
a new energy sings from one cell to the other
as i come alive to this new pace
i wipe the rain from my cheek
catching the lingering scent of lavender from washing babies
i smile and feel full of love 
it reminds me of my treasures waiting at home
i run with the wind
strong
big deep breaths
i feel my ribcage
and lungs expanding and contracting
something i love about my body
my generous lungs
my chest rises
and falls
with each breath in and out
i run fast
i am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister...
but out here it is just me
me and the rain and wind tonight
me and my heart and God
just me and the darkening mountains
me and the big grey sky
running
and thankful for the way it makes me feel
i stay in tune
what i found out there
i take inside
my heart and my home

things i like lately

smoked salmon

.. and in between, is you and me.. just purchased this song last night & now waiting for the album

{via madi} 

this one too.

mae taking her mule for a walk after school

starting the day with fresh lemon juice

the sun staying up later & later each evening.  tonight 7:40 p.m.  yes!  summer is on the way 

the way spring winds make the kids hair smell sweet

finding bare footed children outside

these were so cool when i was a kid  friendship bracelets .. and still are.  i am totally making my cousin katie one.

this pattern  & discovering that many different shirts & dresses can be created from it.  it is a pattern that is seemingly impossible to find though.  thanks to my sister-in-law because she (awesome) had a copy and let me borrow it.

ever - so - slowly painting.  one bathroom down, one more to go.  fresh white.

eating up The Last American Cowboy series on netflix in the evenings

ava's birthday breakfast : cinnamon sugar pull apart bread

the color blue when i look out at the mountains

watching otto get the wood stove going all by himself. 

paper, log cabin kindling stack & matches. 

boy he is proud of his fires.  me too!

the thing i like the most about lately:  that each day i practice more and more the art of being right in the moment that i am in.  for me anxiety is a robber of time and thought.  it has taken me about a year to recognize and understand the obstacle of anxiety, and to map a path to overcome it naturally.  it is nice to be on the other side of it, and to fully understand it.

all in a day

 morning

 noon

night

The day’s all yours, it’s waiting now…
See what you can do.

-Cynthia Rylant

All In A Day

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