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if i could use one word to describe my life SERENDIPITY seems to fit the space... i stumbled upon my husband during a time i shouldn't have and my story goes on from there... constantly falling or stumbling upon remarkable gifts and people who bring fortune to our lives... when we fall we learn and strive toward the next step.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

more computer problems~


i will be lucky if this goes through
i have been trying and trying

do you know how i thought
i fixed our computer
well NOT SO MUCH
temp fix
which now has caused more problems
whoopsie
so i have not gone a~wall
just trying to be patient
while we figure out what to do next

i hope all is well with you

and 

YES

i am taking pictures of
strawberries


have i lost my mind

maybe a little


i just couldn't resist

it looked like a little ice village



i have never seen ice crystals 
 like this before

so yes i was quite fascinated

and i was not alone



there were
other curious eyes starring at this sight


a magical thing happened in our freezer

months and months have gone by


i guess they got a little bit of bling

while waiting to be taken out

 

 

Friday, April 23, 2010

Breaking News!!~


To
the POWER of PEOPLE
coming
 TOGETHER



UPDATE
on ISLAAM (JANES SON)
post below

Stop the Press!
They are transferring my son to a Great School

He will start Monday!!

Will make a new Post when I return.

Thank You everyone.

The final count was 132 Emails!!!!
 
 

Thursday, April 22, 2010

the giving tree~



 one of my all time favorite books is

~The Giving Tree~

a reminder
of how selfish we as humans can be

we want and take everything we can
and soon there is nothing much left
and then
it is in that moment we are aware of our actions
that our own selfish acts
did not truly fill our hearts with joy
or benefit the world around us

Is that really how we should live?



The Giving Tree is a tale about a relationship between a young boy and a tree in a forest.

The tree always provides the boy with what he wants:

branches on which to swing, shade in which to sit, apples to eat, branches with which to build a home. As the boy grows older he requires more and more of the tree.



The tree loves the boy very much and gives him anything he asks for. In the ultimate act of self-sacrifice, the tree lets the boy cut her down so the boy can build a boat in which he can sail.

The boy leaves the tree, now a stump.

Many years later, the boy, now an old man, returns and the tree says, "I have nothing left to give you."

 The boy replies, " I do not need much now, just a quiet place to sit and rest."

 The tree then says, "Good! A tree stump is a great place to do just that! Come boy, sit down and be happy."

The boy obliged and the tree was happy.



words to ponder~




“The earth is
what we all have in common.”
Wendell Barry
 
josephine wall



Wednesday, April 21, 2010

don't forget~


i wanted to remind you

don't forget

the Lyrids meteor shower is

on April 21.
The Moon is just past first quarter,
 so it sets around 3 or 4 a.m.,
providing
several hours of meteor watching
 before dawn

~can you wish upon a star~

i know we are going to


Wishcasting Wednesday~

http://jamieridlerstudios.ca/wishcasting-wednesday-what-do-you-wish-to-dare


“Too many times
 we stand aside
and
 let the waters slip away,
till what we put off till tomorrow
 has now become today.
 So don't you sit upon the shoreline
 and
say you're satisfied.
Choose to chance the rapids
 and
dare to dance the tide.”
unknown


~What do you wish to dare?~


i think before i act

i think before i speak

i observe before i participate

i ponder before i decide

i hold back because of the title i carry

i am responsible for each of my actions
for there are little eyes always watching


i dare to be me

i dare
to come out and play
to release all my inhabitions
and
simply just be me

are you going to

Choose to chance the rapids
and
dare to dance the tide

~i am~
 

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

more beauty from the maple~



~Maple Wood~


Maple
has both
 Feminine and Masculine
energy.


Libra and Virgo
consider this tree to be
 sacred.


Associated with
the elements of
Spirit and Water.


 The great horned owl
 is the sacred bird
of this tree.

how i wish we had a little visit from
the great horned owl


Magical Properties:

Some cultures primarily use
 Maple wands
for spiritual healing.


Maple is a traveler's wood.

It enhances
 intellectual pursuits,
acquiring knowledge,
and
communication.


Spells concerning
art, beauty, binding,
and
 abundance
should consider using this wood.


The gypsies
 believe
 Maple brings gold
and
 that eating the seeds
draws love.
http://www.dragonoak.com/Magical-Wood-Properties.html


The old gypsy magics, born in Masalla,
are a subtle, gentle way of influencing the world,
though their powers are not to be ignored.
 Sometimes their spells can succeed
where even the most powerful
of modern magics fails.


Many of their diverse magics
 are strongly earth-based,
and
 utilize plants, stones, or the elements
 in their pure forms.

One of these forms of magic
 is gypsy tree magic.


From the time a
 gypsy child is very young,
they
 learn to listen to the trees.
 
In fact,
Wind Whispering
is probably the first magic a young gypsy learns.
 
 
 simply lie beneath a tree
with a question in your head.
 
Let yourself drift into a quiet wondering,
 the question always in your mind,
and then
focus on the wind moving through the tree’s leaves.
 
After a time
 it is said
that the stirrings will resolve themselves
 into softly spoken words,
 and the answer to your question
will be made clear.
 

Another simple tree spell

 is to sit with your back against a strong tree
when you’re tired out or are feeling ill.
You sit until the bark pressing into your back
 no longer feels like pain,
and you feel yourself sinking back into the tree’s flesh.
 Then feel the power of the earth
 being drawn up through the tree’s roots,
 nourishing not only the tree,
 but filling your body as well.
Soon you’ll feel a powerful vitality
 flooding through you,
 and when you rise to your feet again,
you’ll find that you’re ready to conquer anything!


Finally,
 you’ll sometimes see gypsy children
standing upon the stump of a felled tree.

 They’re not casting a spell
so much as playing a game,
 but it’s a game
that teaches them to feel
the movements of the World’s powers.

They put their arms out
as if they are branches
 and pretend they are trees,

noticing all the animals and plants,
the touch of the wind and sun,
 and the cycles of the forest.

 In this manner
 they become attuned to the natural world,
 and learn to see things
 from the pure perspective of the tree
http://www.caradorian.com/library/treatises/arcane/gypsytreemagic.html



~do you hear the wind whispering~


 

Sunday, April 18, 2010

two fortunes~



friends gathered with us last night
no one felt like cooking
so chinese take~out it was


 me...how i l♥ve to read my fortunes
opened my cookie
and found
two
back to back
waiting to be read

can't help but wonder with those words written

~shall i open the door today?~


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Six Word Saturday~

http://www.showmyface.com/2010/04/six-word-saturday_17.html


photo~ bert hardy~getty

this is mine
this is on my fridge
this sums up my relationship
at the moment with my youngest
is this a good thing
still haven't decided
but for now

~i will keep embracing that smile~


Friday, April 16, 2010

i'm ready for this~


in the fall
a friend and i
took our children
on a little adventure
a hop skip and a jump away
from where we live
yet once you drive off the ferry
onto this quaint island
you are taken to a different far away land
where all feels
calm and peaceful

we drove without
 purpose or plan
and
blessed were we
to have stumbled upon
the cutest road side stands
all based on thee

honor system

a system of conduct
in which participants are trusted not to take unfair advantage of others;

A system, policy or understanding
based on trust in the honesty, honor,
 or integrity of others

 trust

have confidence or faith in

believe: be confident about something

hope: expect and wish

confidence: a trustful relationship

giving all a fair chance
 to do good by them
for all their hardwork

“The shortest and surest way to live with honor
 in the world is to be in reality
what we would appear to be;
all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves
by the practice and experience of them.”
Socrates
























 ~is there somewhere you'd like to be today~


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SERENDIPITY~
is the effect by which
one accidentally stumbles upon something fortunate,
especially while looking for something entirely unrelated...


"not all those who wander are lost." j.r.r. tolkien

beauty lies in the eye of the beholder
CURRENT MOON

beneath the water lies the souls of our past

“real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” albert camus

grow old along with me the best is yet to be

those who stumble along~


ones HEART never the same unique all in its own just as love is forever changing sometimes smooth warm perfect other moments left feeling rough jagged cold...faerwillow
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