Summer Solstice ~~~Gratitude~~~

I have been in this neck of the woods since 1986.  Over the years I have become a part of a wonderful community.  There are the usual get togethers around the expected events in folks lives but, I have had the Extra Ordinary experience of being a part of a group of women that celebrate and share our most intimate dreams and thoughts.  The group has been fluid over the years meeting often or occasionally.  The "members" evolve as well, some new and some I have known since 1986.  Busy lives and possibly growth has had the group evolve to meeting twice a year on the winter and summer solstices.  Our most common custom is to share a meal and spend the night around a campfire.  But this year we had a very special gathering out on a boat in Belfast harbor!

Someone in the group followed her dream big time!  She got a boat!  We were invited!  It was amazing, wonderful, and a wee bit adventurous!  It took two launch rides to get us all out to the outer edge of the moorings.  It was a perfect night!  

I am inclined to spend much time alone.  I actually hadn't been to one of these gatherings in a few years.  But I could not resist the the lure of the sea!  I am so glad I went and not just for the great venue and delicious food.  I am grateful to be a part of these women's lives.  I am grateful to be growing old together with them.  I am grateful for a place that confidences, dreams, sorrows, and joys can be shared.  

I am a lucky gal!  Thanks ~YOU~ know whos!

A beautiful evening spent with beautiful friends on the beautiful waters of Belfast, Maine.  

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It is my intention, each week, 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'~~~

☼ Forest & Field Happenings ☼

Summer is here!  There is heat and  growth is everywhere.  The spring frenzy has dissipated and now it it is time to keep up with the gardens, creating for Etsy, and have some summer fun......!?

30 pounds of storage potatoes planted.

Trying a later planting to have my potatoes ready when it is a good time put them in the cold room...like when it is cold.  Also, I have been told by a friend that her later planting missed the potato beetle!

But far from the late potatoes I planted early potatoes, Augusta Variety.  They are coming on very nicely....can't wait!

Cukes are up & need thinning...

Summer carrots are up and need thinning & weeding!

Summer Squash!

Beans need thinning.....

Pie cherry tree is loaded...hope I can beat the birds!

Bumbles are busy in the Blueberries!

New growth on the spring planted trees.

Winter rye needs to be cut for potato mulch....

♥♥♥ Still time to pause & reflect on the beauty around me ♥♥♥

~~~Gratitude~~~

Hello!  Maybe, you were wondering where I have been?  Or Not...I have been OVER occupied these days.  Also, my computer mouse broke and even though I come from a time before mice...It is much harder to do things on a computer without that handy device!  So I had to wait until I could get to a town that sold mice   ...they don't sell them at Freedom General....imagine that!  

Lately, life has been requiring a good bit of patience, which I am blessed with an abundance!  So this week I am grateful for my patient nature that helps me flow through the many tasks that I have before me.  

Here are some of the 'things" that are happening around here...

Remember a post back in February about the space that I compute from, Den of Distractions ???  Well, guess it was getting a bit too distracting for my guy to have in the living room.  So earlier this week when it was raining and I had no mouse, I started a rearranging project.  I recently, came to a realization that computing from a standing position is much easier on my body.  So I fashioned various boxes and what not to give it a try.  With in 24 hours my wrist pain had nearly disappeared!  So this space is now... 

THIS! 

With the added benefit of my Baby Wolf Loom being unfolded...probably won't get too cluttery since I don't weave like a used too...but can't weave on an folded loom for sure!  Being a weaver has shown me that my patience is very deep.  There is no part of weaving that does not require a slow and steady attitude.  

So where am I computing from?  NOW!

HERE!  But needs a bit more work...patience...

Rainy weather was replaced by super hot heat!

Time to hit the dirt again and WEED!  

Today I weeded the Garlic

Runa taking it easy in the shade & the duckies curious about what I might unearth.

Just for the heck of it, some duck photos!  

So much to do ~~~ so little time...?

I tend not to look forward with anxiousness  about what needs doing.

Instead I look back with satisfaction at what has been done...over my 50+ years of life.

the TIME is NOW ~~~the TIME is HERE

A nice little patience poem...

Patience

  by Kay Ryan

Patience is
wider than one
once envisioned,
with ribbons
of rivers
and distant 
ranges and 
tasks undertaken
and finished
with modest 
relish by
natives in their 
native dress.
Who would 
have guessed
it possible 
that waiting
is sustainable—
a place with 
its own harvests.
Or that in 
time's fullness
the diamonds 
of patience
couldn't be 
distinguished
from the genuine 
in brilliance
or hardness.

www.poets.org

 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'~~~