Friday I’m in Love… with earthy delights
Just a few of the good-for-the-soul things that filled my week:
♥ A light sweet smelling rain last night. I couldn’t resist going outside, in my bare feet, to throw my arms up to the sky while twirling around and embracing the mist upon my skin. So refreshing.
♥ Ink stained hands. Paint on my shirt. Gel medium on my fingernails. Yes, my friends, I am back in the studio. In fact, yesterday the creative outpouring was so intense, it actually brought tears to my eyes.
♥ Fresh blueberries and raspberries from the farmer’s market, courtesy of my aunt. To say that they are absolutely delicious is an understatement.
♥ A gathering of friends, then a night camping in the woods this past weekend. Once upon a time, before kids and marriage and the mortgage, my hubby and I spent many a night pitching a tent and roughing it in the woods with friends, but this was a first for our daughters. They loved it.
♥ Our busy backyard… flowers blooming, kids swimming, hummingbirds humming, woodpeckers pecking.
♥ Serendipity. As I was uploading the photo to the left, I noticed the perfect little heart-shaped leaf that made its way into the photo. Totally unplanned. How sweet is that?
I also just realized how many of my weekly joys are earthy delights. No doubt that Earth is the element with which I feel most connected.
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
What were some of your moments of bliss this week?
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:33 pm
I love your photos… that rough wood! And the heart shaped leaf!!! What kind of leaf???
I guess just being with my kids and also the early mornings at work when I water the trees were my moments of bliss… oh and the woodthrush in my backyard that greets me every morning, and writing and reading. :-)
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:34 pm
ps…. yay to gel medium on your hands…;-)
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
your joy iand delight s translated exquisitely through your words which i feel so much delight reading, i almost feel like i was there too, under the rain and smelling the sweetness (which i love to do), out in the tent with friends and the children…. thank you for transporting me iknto your world for a time. what a beautiful soul you are xox katie
August 9th, 2007 at 10:55 am
i really love that holding hands photo!!! :)
August 12th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Having paint on my hands/clothes/hair also brings me joy. What a lovely list of good things.