~~~Gratitude~~~

Photo from the 1st Blog

Today I am grateful for this blogging experience. It has been just about 5 months since I started.  5 is one of my favorite numbers (there is a story there I will tell you someday~~~3 is my other favorite number and that is because my family is a total of 3 and 3 is the holy trinity...a sacred # for many traditions..including Reiki) But it is YOU..YOU are the reason I am grateful for blogging.  All that I am sharing with YOU is stuff that I think and see.  But because of YOU I write and and photograph.  There is a depth that is created with the sharing.  I don't need to know YOU or hear from YOU.  Just knowing that some folks are taking the time to share in my small joys humbles me and fills me with Gratitude.  So thanks!  Thanks for the contentedness! 

Snow Sparkles~~~YOU give me Sparkles!

Early Morning Walk

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Albert Schweitzer 

It is my intention, each Sunday, to share something that fills me with Gratitude. 

I write ~~~Gratitude~~~ with the wavy lines to represent the gratitude ENERGY~~~~~! 

I hope you will join me and share your gratitude moments. 

~~~Amen, Blessed Be, Namaste'~~~

Den of Distractions

 Hi~I am here ~ Now! (probably still am...)  This is where it "all" happens.  My little biosphere of blogging.  My Etsy listing nest.  My den of distractions.  I spend more time in front of a screen than I would like to admit. But, living with a teen that has to have at least 2 screens during all waking hours in front of his face gives me the illusion of balance.  My  distractions are not all screen related though.  You can see the big wall of books..they are not just for show..these are pretty comfortable chairs...so I do lose my self at times... 

(should be on the computer working but reading instead...not a problem for the younger generation)   

There is this nice window for mindless gazing.  If it is night and there is a snow storm with the outside lights on~~~total snow globe effect~~~all my work goes out the window!! (pun intended)

Then there is my little loom.  Oh, how I love this machine.  It is my first loom and we have been together for around 30 years!  Her name is Kyra and she is made out of cherry wood.  She has been to many classrooms letting kids have a crack at cloth making.  I weave mostly scarves on her.  This is weaving meditation.  When I  have been sitting too long and my neck is stiff I stand and weave.  The weaving is simple so I only need to be aware of my selvedge edges.  Just enough awareness that I can not think of any thing else. Just...shuttle in the shed, switch, & beat....over and over and over.  So what next...list my 3 finished scarves on Etsy or weave a little first...gaze a bit...hmm a poem might be nice right about now...put my feet up and read idioms from The Dictionary of Idioms???

Life IS Good!