happy mother’s day
to all who do the mothering, have been mothered, or are in the circus.
sometimes it’s one and the same.
May14
Tag Archives: family
Apr18
fruit of life.
aviary water ripples
butterfly lands
penguins free swim
ibises play
—
all on a sunday picnic at the zoo with the family.
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“color is the fruit of life.”
-guillaume apollinaire
Apr13
risk.
with a hundred possible self-serve drink combinations,
what could possibly go wrong?
all that we have to do is choose all of them.
—
“the risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.”
-maimonides
Apr10
one day, one mother, three daughters, three happenings.
had tea and morning meditation with one
surprised and had coffee with another
shared a friendly birthday dinner with yet another, at her in-laws’.
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it was a good day.
—
‘be happy for this moment. this moment is your life.”
-omar khayyam
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image credits: google images, pinterest
Apr5
always welcome.
the ponies and friends all came out for the dance party
this time is was a love fest and tea
everyone was welcome
all colors, sizes, shapes and species
they were in their finest fancy fashions
and ready to have fun.
one pony told them she didn’t want to come
because it looked like a boring party
they were kind of sad but then they thought
maybe some other ponies had been mean to her once
and she was just acting that way
because she didn’t want to get her feelings hurt again
so they invited her back and showed her how to be nice.
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“kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.”
-amelia barr
Mar28
wingspan.
at the nature center for grandie v’s 6th birthday celebration
the scientist helps us to measure our wingspans
before we take a stroll outside to find this beautiful bird
rescued and healing a broken wing
whose wingspan we hope will return one day
and we are grateful to have our wings.
“happiness makes up for height for what it lacks in length.”
-robert frost
Mar22
dock porters with heart.
my brother, scott
who never stops raising money for research and awareness
in honor of my nephew, hazen, gone way too soon
so that others may stay.
—
thank you to his mackinac island dock porter brothers from so many years ago.
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“say not in grief: “he is no more”, but live in thankfulness that he was.”
-hebrew proverb
Mar1
michigan.
porter’s front porch on a michigan weekend
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“i think michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs.
in michigan, i do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.”
– jeff daniels
Feb21
decisions.
grandies j & b make tough decisions.
in the end
it was
the magic collapsable cup and the fairies
that won them over.
both are helpful in emergencies
and
you never know when you will need them.
brilliant choices.
—
“you know, in life there are only three or four
fundamental decisions to make.
the rest is just luck.”
-raymond aubrac
Feb18
holdouts.
the last holdouts at the grandies’ slumber party at peaches’ (my) cottage.
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cousins, cartoons, baby golf, talking dogs, books,
made-up group stories, pizza, mac ‘n cheese, apple juice, suckers,
stuffed animals, laughing, whispers,
sleeping bags, pillows, pj’s, flashlights,
and not much sleep.
—
“no one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep.”
-author unknown
I didn't have my glasses on.... 