Under a Red Roof

Fully

June 30, 2016 in Quoting by Colleen | Permalink

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.

Pema Chodron

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The Paint Mines

June 25, 2016 in Exploring, Gardening + Nature by Colleen | Permalink

Up early for an excursion to the Paint Mines. Forty five minutes and a world apart, Indians roamed here, fashioned pottery from the clay, hunted buffalo, lived well. My goodness, what perfection, the two of us, the birds and Pilar and Pedro’s cousins, hopping up a storm. Can you spot the second one in the photos?

We marveled at the earthly quiet, our hushed voices and birdsong, wind in the grass, blue sky. This is what our Western hearts missed out east, the prickle of cactus, gazing upon the vast plains, scorched rock and dust.

I returned, my heart full, of love for our home and inspiration for our garden. It will be like this, with bunnies hopping, flowers dancing and grasses waving, birds whistling and butterflies flitting, bees zooming and us sighing, happily. Absolutely yes.

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Stay

June 23, 2016 in Quoting by Colleen | Permalink

Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.

Rumi

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Vote for Pedro

June 20, 2016 in Exploring, Friendship by Colleen | Permalink

Hey there, ho there, hi!

Much of the random and sundry this Monday afternoon, list style:

Pilar, neighborhood rabbit. Thusly named by enforcing sexist stereotypes of size. Pilar is a small bunny. Her larger companions are named Pedro. They woo us daily with cuteness and by gobbling dandelion after dandelion.
Teeny-tiny cacti, no bigger than the smallest cornichon!
Cracked mud after a big rain.
Ever beautiful Palmer Park.
Evening walk – weeds and skateboarders.
Flying and posing with Megan at the Air Force Academy. Egads, we had a marvelous time!
Not pictured: If you value your time and sensible heart at ALL, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT see The Lobster. It is gruesome and horribly wicked and cruel. See Maggie’s Plan instead. It’s fun and silly and New York-y, plus Julianne Moore with an accent. I LOVE HER!!
Also not pictured: Holy crapper doodle, we have counter tops in the kitchen. No more plywood! No more splinters! Just plain awesome. Tile backsplash in t-minus nine days. Woot!
Also not pictured, part 2: We saw Saturn with the telescope! Saturn!