“to make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
one clover, and a bee, and revery.
the revery alone will do, If bees are few.”
-emily dickinson
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in honor of world bee day
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image credit: prairie honey
May21
Monthly Archives: May 2019
May20
garage sale.
loved visiting the grandies
and their friends from the neighborhood
at their very own garage sale for kids.
they made signs
waved to cars
took turns being the dj in the garage
keeping the music going
and offering specials
(like the ‘wear two things on your head and get one free discount’)
every few minutes.
reminds me of me when i was a kid
though I usually ended up spending my profits
buying my friends’ stuff
and they often did the same with mine.
sometimes I even ended up
with more stuff than I had started with.
a pretty fun time for all
and some things are timeless.
—
I remember going with my mom
to a random garage sale as a kid and thinking
what a cool treasure hunt that the whole world was.
only to transition as an adult to think,
‘what a gross place that really is.’
– will ferrell
May19
art is community.
‘los trompos,’ (spanish for spinning tops)
a giant spinning top art installation,
visits detroit’s beacon park from mexico city
the eight giant, colorful tops, designed by *héctor esrawe and ignacio cadena, are large enough for multiple people to sit or stand inside them, and visitors are welcome to take a spin. they were designed to facilitate play, celebrate culture, and bring people together to interact and connect. Los Trompos is an interactive piece that comes to life when people engage with it. the tops are based on the construction of the actual toy and reflect the work of mexican artisans, as well as mexican culture, art, and architecture.
community comes together to dance in the park
—
so fun to be here
as all kinds of people stopped by
just to play and connect with each other.
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“simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.”
-karolina ku
May18
team.
so fun
to watch grandie j
and his team
just at the beginning
of learning skills and strategies
but they all try really hard
accept each other just as they are
and have such a light-hearted team spirit.
—
“with an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.”
-tahir shah
May17
in every way.
kinder take a closer look at the wooly sheep’s children
before they come over
to feel the human childrens’ gentle touch.
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“any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own
and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.”
– john muir
May16
apricity.
I love that feeling
of getting in the car
after a long day
closing the door
absorbing the warmth of the sun
slowly relaxing and melting into the seat.
—
apricity – the warmth of the sun in the winter.
this term comes from the latin meaning “to bask in the sun.”
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source: google images
May15
spaces.
stop filling all the spaces.
—
as you simplify,
let the extra spaces
in your home,
on your calendar
and in your mind
be empty for awhile.
the emptiness may be uncomfortable at first,
but that’s where the answers lie.
soon you’ll have room for what you really want.
—
source: be more with less.
May14
seven.
seven
years ago today
I published my first blog post
thank you to all
who have made the time
to stop by for a visit
and sit for a moment.
—
“all human actions have one or more of these seven causes:
chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.”
-aristotle
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painting by: bruce nutting – seven birds of blue
May13
content.
while spending the better part of a morning
at the salon
and at the having my hair washed stage
a woman I’ve never met
hair in foil for highlights
wrapped in a black robe
walked up
and stood before me pointing
then proclaiming,
to the entire salon:
“now here is a woman who is contented and relaxed,
taking 10 minutes, all for herself!”
something about my demeanor
must have given me away
for she was spot on.
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“contentment is the only real wealth”
― albert nobel
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image credit: google images
May12
mothers.
“being a mother gave me a better sense of what life is.”
-ruth bader ginsburg
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image credit: google images (vintage)
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