Geometric Cloud for Beth

A random face in the clouds ...
But if you look closely ...
One eye is SQUARE.
The other is a HEART.

Made me think of my sissie!

A Walk in the Forest with Sissie

A trillium ... cuddled by the big leaf maple leaf it grew through.

A beautiful conch, covered with moss and backlit by the late afternoon sun.

The big leaf maple is putting out it's aromatic flowers.

The woods is magic this time of year.
Just ask sissie.

A Trillium for Sissie!

Sissie! They're here!!!

The first trilliums of Spring.

Neener neener neener!

Independence Gate

Isn't this fence/gate adorable? I found it in Independence, Oregon ... where my sister lives in an old historical house which I adore.

I can't wait for my next visit to Beth's town -- to go for another long walk and discover more treasures like this. Love ya, sissie!

Don't Wok the Frog!

My sister and I were sorting through a pile of metal.
Look what we found watching us!
I hope his new home is just as comfortable and safe
As the bottom of this old frying pan.

Weddings and Things

The past few weeks have been wonderful. And awful. My little sissie, AKA "Honey" got married. She is so beautiful, it was wonderful.

My parents are getting ready to come home after their accident, and that will be wonderful as well.

Still, so much needs to be done so that they can be safe and comfortable in this old house. I sometimes despair that it will all get done. How could one house collect so much dirt ... cobwebs ... junk? Fifty plus years of living ... raising children ... memories ... here. So much stuff. Every nook and cranny jammed full of stuff. "I might need that someday". It's a curse we have. Something I am trying to break through myself.

It's hard to let go of the stuff of life isn't it? When I had meningitis 14 years ago I lost a lot of memories. To me, "stuff" helps jog those memories and old feelings out from the fog they are stuck in. I am afraid I will lose them forever. But I can't keep all this stuff.

Staying busy is not an issue now. Finding a moment alone and at peace is what I crave. I don't know when this will happen, if ever.

And the stuff? I guess I need to learn to concentrate on the words of my recently-married-little-sister ... "Sometimes you just gotta close your eyes and throw it away".

Peterson Rock Gardens, Redmond, Oregon

I found this old picture in amongst my old papers I was going through. I was in high school when my sister and I, and our very good friend Annette took a "ROAD TRIP" to central Oregon. We had so much fun!

We stopped at a small town in central Oregon, and found a tiny, privately owned rock garden, put together by the Peterson family of Redmond. I remember rock paths, rock fountains, rock bridges over ponds lined with rocks ... and teaming with huge goldfish and beautiful waterlilies.

Now look closely at the picture. Do you see something that is NOT a rock? Did you notice it at first? Quack! Quack!

Spring Creeps Closer!

Yesterday my sister Beth and I went tramping through the woods -- we get to do this rarely, sometimes once a month ... sometimes once a year. We found so many cool things! Faces in trees, unusual mosses and mushrooms, delicate springtime flowers. Most of all, we found peace and serenity and enjoyment in each others' presence. And lots of humor! At one point we were taking pictures of mushrooms at the same time, crouched down on the damp forest floor, bums in the air ... and laughing hysterically at the picture it would have made. It was a wonderful day.

This Heart's For You

I've seen this old log hundreds of times ... nothing special, just an old log turned into a makeshift chair near the old trailer. Today, with the rain ending and the sun trying to break through the clouds, the light was just right as I walked by and saw it -- A HEART FOR BETH! Yeah, this one's for you, sissie-kins! Hope you enjoy it!