There's a stirring deep within me...
This is what I've been doing the last few days. I went to see my oldest grandson graduate from kindergarten. Then I brought the two darlings home with me so that we could spend some quality time together with Papa on the farm. So not much time for blogging. But then, these days are precious and not to be passed up. I know I will blink my eye and he will be wearing this cap for college. We did manage to get a little art going on the sidewalk. Even a neighborhood friend joined us.
He was so brilliantly beautiful in a macabre sort of way. I felt I had to record his death, and honor his graceful passing. My husband thought this photograph very strange and disturbing. I don't mind being odd chick, but I don't want to be strange and disturbing. So I leave it up to your comments about how this photograph affects your spirit. I feel stillness and peacefulness in the form in which he's fallen and that his current shining brilliance is only a vision of what his future holds. The Bible says that God knows when a sparrow falls so I know this death was recorded in the heavenlies.
okay, so i went into my poddy to tee-tee and this is what I saw.
Do you see the tree(s)? There is a pecan orchard out this window, but the glass made it so wonderfully art-FULL. I love finding unexpected treasures.
But you have to keep looking for them even when you tee-tee!
I collect dragonflies. I think I've loved them since I was a child. Flitting across my vision, they look like jewels that are just out of reach. They never stay still long enough for me to dwell on their fragile beauty. Their elusiveness can be quite intriguing. Did you know dragonflies live as larvae on the sides of tanks and lakes and water troughs for several months before they hatch out into their fantastic new clothes? They live the last part of their lives at their most beautiful. I want to go out like that . They never hurt another living creature throughout their whole life span - I can't say that about myself I'm afraid. I love that they have sex while doing cart-wheels in the air. Not going to attempt that one. They hav
e been around for 5000 years. They are an indicator species which means if you have a healthy habitat of water and greenery, you'll have dragonflies. I'm happy to report that Roswell has more different dragonfly species than anywhere else in the rest of the world as records go for now. I've been as far as Africa and all the way to Greece, and every culture has the dragonfly symbol. Though they are simple and have never gained the respect or the ideals of the butterfly, I think dragonflies should be noticed for their uniqueness and gentleness. They don't try to make themselves known, they just live out their lives in such a way that you should know them to enhance your own life. That's something else I would like to achieve with my own very precious life.
Have I mentioned that I have this beautiful little friend that has stayed by my side, literally, for 9 years. She is almost blind now from diabetes but she still follows me everywhere. This little minature Australian, I call "Annie" knows a huge vocabularly of English words and is constantly eavesdropping on my conversations so she can anticipate where I'm going and if she will be welcome. She also knows my shoes and whether they are conducive to her coming with me. She knows when I am sick and won't leave my side even to eat. She immediately defends me against all new dogs or strange people. Once I fainted and hit my head on a tile floor, I woke up to her licking my face. And she watches me like some small sphinx (or at least stares towards me, and listens to me)- constantly, when she's not asleep by my side. It can be unnerving sometimes but mostly it is very comforting. She is a very dear friend - I know no other way to describe her. We get each other and always have. I believe dogs will be with us in heaven because I believe we will go back to a garden setting where animals dwell peacefully with us. After all, that's what He intended all along before we messed it up.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." - Milan Kundera
My daughter and grandsons came to visit me and we painted. I got so much joy out of watching them choose color and become so engaged in their projects. I think they got a lot of joy from it too! 
Even their Mom, my sweet daughter, slowed down long enough to paint. I think she is very artistic. She just doesn't know it yet. She's in survival mode with 2 kids, a high-pressure job, and doing other things (besides being a good wife to my lucky son-in-law) like in the community, her church and the kids school that would appear to most to be another full-time job. I think this is a gift she will unwrap for herself when she's 40 or 50 so I want to help her dabble. Anyway, we got her to paint and collage. 
Isn't she cute???
