The word this week is MAGIC
Definition: the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.
My attempt to snap a picture of natures magic in an eclipse.
"But all magic I've ever known, I had to make myself."
Shel Silverstein
I really liked the British informal description of the word magic. Then I read Shel Silverstein's description of making the magic myself. And it all made sense.
I think we need to notice the magic nature presents to us daily.
That saying goes, "notice what you notice".
But also make a little magic in your life.
Every year I see those amazing pots of chrysanthemums at the market and I try to resist buying them. Why, I don't know. This year I bought one and it is like magic sitting right on my front step. I touch them when I walk by. I smell them. And the magic of their beauty just makes me smile daily. What more is there than a little magic to make us smile?
Now the squirrel must have wanted to leave a little magic too; so the oak leaves were left for me to notice and smile. Then of course, a pumpkin! What is it about pumpkins that make us happy in Autumn? Again, for me it is the magic of nature, the noticing, and maybe a little planning to have magic surrounding me.
Happy Monday, dear friends!
