Sunday Muse

"Wandering in the winter light
The wind can act the same
They're witness to salvation
And life starts over again"

~ from 'Winter Light' lyrics by Eric Kaz, Antoni Preisner, Linda Ronstadt
  'The Secret Garden' 1993 film (beautiful video here) 

Sunday Muse

"Angels are visible to those who accept the light
 and break the pact made with darkness."
"The Valkyries" ~ Paul Coehlo

Welcome Summer!

the picnic table beckons

the evening light

softening memories

of loved ones

who will be missed

as we gather

for another summer

around her... worn and warped

but filled with

the light and love

of family

wishing you a simply wonderful summer

Friday's Fences

While our world is covered with snow at the moment, a sunny weekend provided a beautiful view of light, shadow and of course... fence.  Happy Fence Friday.

joining Life According to Jan and Jer for Friday's Fences

moment{s}

{this moment} - holiday moments 

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week*.

A simple, special, extraordinary moment.

A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

*participating with SouleMama... enjoying permission to break the rules

Hoping your holiday continues to be filled with the joy of family, the wonder of childhood and the peace of a few quiet moments of reflection.

Sunday Muse

"All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me"

~ Mister Rogers

Solstice to Solstice :: Light

Be a light unto the world, and hurt it not. Seek to build not destroy.

Bring My people home.

How?

By your shining example. Seek only Godliness. Speak only in truthfulness. Act only in love.

Live the Law of Love now and forever more. Give everything require nothing.
Avoid the mundane.
Do not accept the unacceptable.
Teach all who seek to learn of Me.
Make every moment of your life an outpouring of love.
Use every moment to think the highest thought, say the highest word, do the highest deed. In this, glorify your Holy Self, and thus too, glorify Me.
Bring peace to the Earth by bringing peace to all those whose lives you touch. Be peace. Feel and express in every moment your Divine Connection with the All, and with every person, place, and thing.
Embrace every circumstance, own every fault, share every joy, contemplate every mystery, walk in every man’s shoes, forgive every offense (including your own), heal every heart, honor every person’s truth, adore every person’s God, protect every person’s rights, preserve every person’s dignity, promote every person’s interests, provide every person’s needs, presume every person’s holiness, present every person’s greatest gifts, produce every person’s blessing, pronounce every person’s future secure in the assured love of God.
Be a living, breathing example of the Highest Truth that resides within you. Speak humbly of yourself, lest someone mistake your Highest Truth for boast. Speak softly, lest someone think you are merely calling for attention. Speak gently, that all might know of Love. Speak openly, lest someone think you have something to hide. Speak candidly, so you cannot be mistaken. Speak often, so that your word may truly go forth. Speak respectfully, that no one be dishonored. Speak lovingly, that every syllable may heal. Speak of Me with every utterance. Make of your life a gift. Remember always, you are the gift!
Be a gift to everyone who enters your life, and to everyone whose life you enter. Be careful not to enter another’s life if you cannot be a gift. (You can always be a gift, because you always are the gift—yet sometimes you don’t let yourself know that.) When someone enters your life unexpectedly, look for the gift that person has come to receive from you…I HAVE SENT YOU NOTHING BUT ANGELS.

~ from Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Vol. 2 by Neale Donald Walsch
joining urban.prairie.forest for week thirteen of the thirteen weeks of autumn, the solstice to solstice project

Light and Color

"How beautifully leaves grow old.  How full of light and color are their last days."

~ John Burroughs

Out and About

Finding ART in... Light... Shadow...

Old... New... Polish... Rust...

Setting sail... Adventure... Following the path...

Spots of Color... Celebration.. Everyday

solstice to solstice :: light

"Sometimes just looking up and seing the light is enough."

~ Terri Guillemets

response for week eight of the thirteen weeks of summer

the solstice to solstice project with urban.prairie.forest

solstice to solstice :: light

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

week eight of spring in the solstice to solstice project with urban.prairie.forest
please visit the flickr pool for more wonderful contributions

solstice to solstice :: light

light

this is the light of our childhood winter nights

electric service was unreliable especially in the winter
many times we were without electricity for hours or even days
this light is a witness to countless jigsaw puzzles and books read aloud;
games played and stories told

this light is a connection to those that came before us
to our grandparents, great grandparents and great, great grandparents
little did they know when they carefully packed it to move in 1890
that this light would touch the lives of six generations of our farm family

the original chimney has been replaced
it has a small hole in the top of the fount that has been filled with lead a couple generations back; but to us, this oil lamp is a treasure
this is the light of winter

response to week eight of the solstice to solstice project
at urban.prairie.forest
please visit all the wonderful responses in the flickr pool

Following the Freezing Fog

from the soft pink reflections of dawn to the first light of sunrise striking the mountains

and the graceful birch tree branches

from the tops of the hard rime frosted mountains to the soft rime covered teasel in the old barnyard

from the tree tops in the brilliant blue sky to every tall blade of grass and small seed head

We were blessed with a Sunday that was a spectacular, sun-filled, sparkling winter wonderland.

It was just what we needed to renew our spirits.

(click on pictures to enlarge)