This one's for you, Frank.

"Where roses bloom so sweetly in the vale,
There shall you find the Christ Child, without fail."

from Hans Christian Andersen's, The Snow Queen

^{19 ...} God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

The peacefulness of a summer day - gentle breeze - one solitary bird chirps in the distance,
the rattling/ringing of crickets in the backdrop of sound.

I've finally decided to once again brave being on my porch, after my awful experience of being bitten by a yellow fly,
which left me fearful of returning to the out of doors.
It is so pleasant to once again experience what I have been missing.
Reading my book about P.L. Travers, creator of the Mary Poppins character and books.
I feel that I, like so many other writer's it seems, must feel things ten times more deeply than most folks do.

some quotes:

'Lyndon dwelt on the feelings of melancholy that washed over her at twilight, feelings that anticipated how an adult might feel at the frustration over a day lost, or much worse, a life wasted.'

'She suspected she was not her mother's favorite - Lyndon's role was to be the lover, not the loved. The loved, she knew, could "sit in the lap of time", while the lover had to watch and pray, and grind his own grain.'

 

Ahhh, I have been missing this.
In the presence of YHWH.

Now the chipping of a cardinal can be heard as dusk draws near,
noisier now as other birds join in the birdsong, as day draws to end.
A condor sailing overhead...
I love to watch how they soar and wish that it could be me up there,
sailing on currents of air.

Surprised to see today,
what my great grandmother would call,
a 'noisy jay'.  
She disliked the bluejays with a passion. I loved their pretty feathers.
Of course I heard mine long before I could find him, in the trees, with my binoculars.
I've never seen one here before.

"the cup of sorrow is never less than full.
For a grown-up it's a flagon,
for the child, it's a thimble,
but it's never less than full." - P.L. Travers

In other notes:
Ever watch a gathering storm?
It is fascinating.

After the storm:
'light always overcomes the dark'

I am surprised at how much our short storm cooled things off outside.
It was suffocatingly hot just before the storm.

Day of the dragonflies...
the dragonflies have come.
I have been waiting for the dragonflies.

Today's verse:

Psalm 126:5
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

How long must it take until the harvest?

I've just discovered that the little brown Thrasher
that visits my porch, likes to sleep here...
especially it seems, when it has been raining.
There's a little nook up in the corner,
where the fire sprinkler is, that he uses like a nest.

I complain about the humidity, but I have to say this...
it's the reason gardens flourish around here.
Last night the air was dripping with humidity as it gathered on my window panes.

Today...
I love seeing the sunlight on the tops of trees,
the glorious bright light reflecting off the tops of cottonball clouds,
the shimmer of the last remaining raindrops on blades of grass....

and the sound of thunder in the not too distant, distance.

What a day... non-stop thundering and rain...
a very interesting way to start the day and the week...

I think I have decided... I WANT to move... now it's just a matter of how to accomplish it. I have been looking to God and believe this is the way that He is leading me.

I am reminded today, by today's verse;
Jesus said,
‘Those who try to make their life secure will lose it,
but those who lose their life will keep it.’ (Luke 17:33 NRS)