Happy May!
May came in with sunshine and cloud, wind, and a little bit of warmth. Enough wind and sunshine to do laundry, enough warmth to sit outside at the Big Dipper and savor our first ice cream cones of spring, and enough cloud to make lovely dappled shadows across the valley.
As you may have noticed, gentle reader, my Facebook hiatus is over. It has been good to catch up with the Facebook world, particularly when it comes to pictures of babies and yard projects and friends who are far away, but so much of what is there seems trivial--more obviously so than before. Not that trivialities are negative, but I am finding that they are not necessarily worth turning on my computer for on the weekend or in the evening. I feel that I have more control over my Facebook usage, which was one of the results for which I was hoping. Success! I hope it lasts.
I also successfully spent time each day (mostly in the morning) doing yoga, for the 47 days from Fat Tuesday to Easter. Unlike my Facebook hiatus, yoga is something I hope to continue to do even though Lent is over. On Easter Sunday, we went to the early service at 8:00, so I chose to do yoga after church. Last Saturday and Sunday were the first truly golden-green-and-blue days we've had all spring, so I took advantage of the warmth and sunshine to do yoga in the backyard, which was glorious. It was good to feel the unevenness of the earth beneath my mat, to hold up my arms to the sunshine, to have blue sky dazzle my eyes when I opened them after meditating. Insha'allah there will be more bluebird days and more outside yoga this spring and summer.
There are many things I've been pondering lately--Earth Day and earth care, use of non-renewable resources and the life changes that would make a difference, natural history lessons and experiences, work challenges--but I think I will save them for another post. I have more to say than I have time to write at the moment.
Instead, a brief listing of recent delights:
shooting stars & douglasia & phlox & yellowbells on Waterworks Hill
the first uncurling of the first tulip bud in our yard
buds swelling on blueberry bushes and kiwi vines, cherry tree and maples
holding a wild saw-whet owl in my hands in the hours just after midnight
the perfectly level line of snow on the mountains
buttercups. blue-eyed Marys. desert parsley. biscuitroot.
a flock of cedar waxwings trilling to each other in an ancient cottonwood tree
rows and rows and rows of glorious garlic
the promise of onions and broccoli, cabbage and kale, carrots and beets, tomatoes and cucumbers . . .
growing baby chicks
cuddly kitties
the fun of new recipes
eating bounty from last year: garlic and rhubarb and cherries and tomatoes
a new appreciation for sunshine
new life exploding around me despite a cloudy, cool, and rainy spring
May came in with sunshine and cloud, wind, and a little bit of warmth. Enough wind and sunshine to do laundry, enough warmth to sit outside at the Big Dipper and savor our first ice cream cones of spring, and enough cloud to make lovely dappled shadows across the valley.
As you may have noticed, gentle reader, my Facebook hiatus is over. It has been good to catch up with the Facebook world, particularly when it comes to pictures of babies and yard projects and friends who are far away, but so much of what is there seems trivial--more obviously so than before. Not that trivialities are negative, but I am finding that they are not necessarily worth turning on my computer for on the weekend or in the evening. I feel that I have more control over my Facebook usage, which was one of the results for which I was hoping. Success! I hope it lasts.
I also successfully spent time each day (mostly in the morning) doing yoga, for the 47 days from Fat Tuesday to Easter. Unlike my Facebook hiatus, yoga is something I hope to continue to do even though Lent is over. On Easter Sunday, we went to the early service at 8:00, so I chose to do yoga after church. Last Saturday and Sunday were the first truly golden-green-and-blue days we've had all spring, so I took advantage of the warmth and sunshine to do yoga in the backyard, which was glorious. It was good to feel the unevenness of the earth beneath my mat, to hold up my arms to the sunshine, to have blue sky dazzle my eyes when I opened them after meditating. Insha'allah there will be more bluebird days and more outside yoga this spring and summer.
There are many things I've been pondering lately--Earth Day and earth care, use of non-renewable resources and the life changes that would make a difference, natural history lessons and experiences, work challenges--but I think I will save them for another post. I have more to say than I have time to write at the moment.
Instead, a brief listing of recent delights:
shooting stars & douglasia & phlox & yellowbells on Waterworks Hill
the first uncurling of the first tulip bud in our yard
buds swelling on blueberry bushes and kiwi vines, cherry tree and maples
holding a wild saw-whet owl in my hands in the hours just after midnight
the perfectly level line of snow on the mountains
buttercups. blue-eyed Marys. desert parsley. biscuitroot.
a flock of cedar waxwings trilling to each other in an ancient cottonwood tree
rows and rows and rows of glorious garlic
the promise of onions and broccoli, cabbage and kale, carrots and beets, tomatoes and cucumbers . . .
growing baby chicks
cuddly kitties
the fun of new recipes
eating bounty from last year: garlic and rhubarb and cherries and tomatoes
a new appreciation for sunshine
new life exploding around me despite a cloudy, cool, and rainy spring
Pretty pictures. I've been pretty consistent with running and yoga myself. I may ask if I can teach a yoga elective next year...
ReplyDeleteOoh, that would be AWESOME. Good job with the running! I should be doing the same thing . . . :)
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