It's Worth It!

What are you doing in your life that is WORTH IT! That is something I have been thinking about as I transition to eating a whole foods diet. The washing and the chopping and the trail of dishes. It's worth it. I feel better. I'm inspired by all the colors that I am eating. And things taste so much better??

Feeding the horse I befriended.
Always have a couple carrots up your sleeve. Wander the neighborhood looking for glory- one can find it in creatures great and small.



Getting rid of the plastics in my pantry. Aren't jars just a little more romantic anyway?

Sewing is also worth it. It takes times like these when you can't quite make it into the sewing mood to realize that one should just go for it. The trail will end, forge one that is ever changing and full of new possibilities. If you aren't doing anything new/different/consistent, then it's just not that fun. Breathe in the mountain air, pet the smooth silken horses nose tip while he wiggles for the last of the local carrot; clear out what doesn't work in your life and make room for beautiful new volumes of words, phrases, and delights.
Tell the sun goodnight as if you'd never see it again. Follow the moonbeams out your window and observe the fields before they are cut.
Wander into your weekend alive and ready to alter on an instance.

Meaning of Life

Baker Lake was blissful, the sun was warm, the breeze gentle yet strong. And in a place such as this one wonders, looking at the forgotten tree stumps, the remnants of fires, just what is the meaning of life?

A little frog jumped up on a rock beside the water, and I hope that is a sign of good luck. I wondered if he questioned why he was here. And so I make my point that sometimes maybe life has no meaning/purpose but just existing as the little frog sitting just on the edge of where the water lapped upon him.

Pause Awhile

In modern day life it is so very easy to loose touch with things that are alive. This week I found myself planting some new houseplants and searching for the neighborhood cat I named shadow. She is a grey stunted tailed feline that likes to drool and rub against your ankles, but she only likes to visit briefly. The deer family was quite adventurous and though not pictured, the young fawn briefly nibbled in the yard. I love to watch them, but roses are their chocolate, so they also incite worry. So far only a couple roses met their death through untimely munches by the neighborhood animals.

I am making shopping bags for the grocery store so that I might save a tree or an oil well. They will be far more elegant loaded in the back of my small SUV. Sorry, no hybrids for me. I serged and re-in forced stitched then so they will be strong. However I decided to make them small enough so that I can carry them.

lay out cut up bag & add seam allowance pin back together cut out pieces serge and then reinforce stich with heavy thread

At quilt group today I sewed the back for a quilt we are going to donate to charitable auction, and I am pleased with the quilt that my donation produced. It sure will be nice to have it bless someone else, rather than have it another project waiting in the que in my sewing room.

I finished a natural root beer, and I have a contented tiredness on this Friday evening. Sure there are things that I would like to do, and yet sometimes one requires time not really doing much it order to be renewed for creative activities. I have been focusing a lot on making changes in my life this year. I started with exercise, and now I am holding my own with three times a week doing water aerobics. I have moved on to whole foods, and have eliminated process foods from my diet. I never really thought of my self as able to make a transition to a whole food way of eating, but I did it, and so could you. I have evolved to the point where I am using foods for their medicinal properties. I keep asking my friends about what they are changing in their lives, and they keep laughing at me and not saying much and it leads me to wonder how are they improving???
I don't watch T.V. Yes, that's right. I don't watch it, and it was one improvement that has made my life more tangible. With T.V. there is nothing to show for one's time at the end of the hour. I tuned into life, and it has brought immense satisfaction and reward.