There is an Underground River

I've always taken pride in being positive in my blog...it's a place I go that I feel that cozy feeling.  Let's just say, today I should be incredibly energized...FIRST DAY OF SUMMER BREAK...my son is now officially a JUNIOR.  {again, should be thrilled, but want to just cry....didn't he just have a piece of cake at his Kindergarten celebration that had Class of 2014 on it?}

'Once that great underground river finds its estuaries and branches in our psyches, our creative lives fill and empty, rise and fall in seasons just like a wild river. These cycles cause things to be made, fed, fall back, and dies away, all in their own right time, and over and over again.' - out of Woman ho Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.  explaining the Wild Woman Archetype!

 There are myths and stories in that book, but for one thing...amazing how other cultures answer to some things woman go through in different stages of our lives.... yet leaves me thinking....'our culture' doesn't really foster a woman's stages..  I think many of the woman I know as blog friends are on this creative level and try to live their lives with wonderful things surrounding them, but why...why am I left with the feeling our 'organization of world/government/even churches...' are missing the boat? Just heavy thoughts today.

BUT.....I think I see the pot of gold! Would it be odd to say...THIS is what I want to do!!!!

On the Plains

 There are still places like this in America !! (facing East)

 Wonderful country roads

 Almost there! Going to a friends house 15 miles east of where I live in Colorado Springs. I joked with her- if I had seen the Kansas sign, then I would have KNOWN I had gone too far!

 BUT LOOK WHAT WAS WAITING!!!

THIS has been my  Therapy for the past two months-PET therapy is the BEST!  She has three miniature horses and two 'regular' horses as well...brushing horses is a wonderful thing as well!

It was a special day that day... I had been in this state off and on since 1976 and never have seen the Colorado State Bird- Lark Bunting! ...along the way a flock flew to her fencing! Check out your state!

{Friday Fill In}

no kidding...from the time I took this picture...there are three houses being built (looking North)! It's like Sims City...and HOW long have I been here?  Two months....WHOA...I've ONLY been here two months..ahhhh...simply amazing the phases I've been through in that short time!

SO, very very late....but I haven't read anyone else, so I thought I could get away with it!

And...here we go!

1. When we didn't have computers!
2. You lose heat through your head, so wear a hat.
3. It'll be very nice.
4. Grand Canyon is a place I always wanted to visit, but haven't yet.
5. When I'm sad I try to focus on the positive; when I'm happy I tend love to eat.
6. I'm happy about my community.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my son being with his friend that is moving next week :(, tomorrow my plans include having lunch with a friend and Sunday, I want to (friend stayed over)!

I'll try to be more prompt next time!!!

Nothing to Say

Found another bowl that fits nicely with another baby that ZippiKnits had given me before I left San Diego (nice contrast to the succulents' color I thought)...then my Mother's Day gift from my DD (Dear Daughter) ...if you look real close Mr. Fisherman has a fish out of the real section of the 'lake'...

I have nothing in particular to say tonight....and oh, how good that feels. Days are coming together..however small the task, it's huge in reference to 'going through my stuff'. Simplifying is such a simple word for it...it's more than that.
.... peace, get just right, comfort, sounds, absorption, wisdom, feelings, consistency, outlines, shadows of feelings, light....I don't have 'nothing' to say- I have EVERYTHING to say!