2011 in pictures...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
~Robert Louis Stevenson



Nola's little robin



Thank you cards



peekaboo



“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields...Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”
~ Mary Oliver




The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
~Basho



...peace whispers in the flowers and prays in the rustling branches




beauty is in the free, simple green places



reflecting in the silences and pauses



this is the journey...



Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
~Basho



being




discovering





climbing



freedom



from roots to branches



heaven to earth



chasing sunbeams



closeness



holding close and letting go



colour and story



character's that grow and make you grow



wordless, perfect



gifts fashioned from love



Being held right where we are.
Wrapped in grace.



Real friendship is that way, to be real and loved as we are.
In it we become the truth that God made us to be in the light of an unconditional love.



happiness dwells in the smallest, humblest places.



cradle it gently.



in womb warmth.



joy!!!



birthdays



magical little pixies



love



a peaceful soul



garden blooms in cups, jars and glasses



snuggles, cuddles,



meaningful work



snippets of art in the ordinary



music



exciting and unexpected detours



the wind in your hair



drawing close



light and...



greeness, fresh shoots peeping through...



eyes that seek wonder



fragility



handprints



and the impressions we leave behind on the fabric of our lives...



ephemeral moments that pass so fast yet hold such preciousness



weaving fragments into a good warm beautiful cloth



"Holy" enough to allow the starlight to shine through the clay.



And those stories we create that build the ladders between bodies and souls, heaven and earth.



Watering, feeding, nurturing...



Memories are the poetry of our lives. They infuse the ordinary with a sacred light.



If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
~Dag Hammarskjold


Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.
~Lao Tzu

...onwards into the New Year dear friends.
Wishing you deep peace and warm love along the path...