Monday's Quotes

Logic will take you from A to B;

Imagination will take you everywhere.

~Einstein

While I was away yesterday sipping tea with friends

 the littlest in the family decided there would 

be a tea party for the fairies.

While no one was looking he found my fairy tea set 

and off he went right here to serve tea to the fairy people.

There were teacups sitting on the ground and a donut

on the roof.  Now two desserts must certainly

have been nibbled by those fairies for they are no

where to be found.  What a tea party that must

have been. 

Oh the places imagination can take us!

Goodnight Sleeptight

The Blue Moon on July 31st.

Did your mother ever say:

Good night, Sleep tight

Don't let the bed bugs bite

If they do, bite them in two.
That's the way the monkey's do.

My mother always said that, such fond memories of words spoken.

I live near the Columbia River, so it wasn't much of a journey to venture
out on a full moon evening in summer to take photos of the moon.
Walking back to my car I snapped this photo and actually ended up
liking it better than the moon.
Would you like spending your nights under the light of the moon
in a houseboat on the river?
I wonder if the gentle lap of the water nearby would lull us to sleep.
Would it be a gentle ride or wild on a stormy night?
Sometimes I dream of nights such as these floating on the river.

But for now I will say, have a dear, sweet night of sleep.
Good night and Sleep tight.

Happy weekend, dear friends.
 

Outdoor Bathing

Under the moonlight, I dream!

Sitting in a tub warmed by the fire, I soak.

Bubbles surround me.

Stars delight me.

The scent of roses from the garden enchant me.

The silence of the night soothes my soul.

I am a water girl.

I dream of such an experience in a tub such as this.

What could be more perfect than sitting

in a tub full of warm water and the sounds and scents of the night.

Do you hear the crickets nearby?

Are there frogs croaking out a song for you?

Can you imagine the warmth of the night?

Dream a little dream with me.

Tea by the Sea

 Twin Rocks, Oregon

If I haven't been to the sea by this time of year,

I begin dreaming of just such an adventure.

Taking my tea, I will go to the sea.

I will savor the roar of the waves

as I sit there in silence.

The warmth that surrounds me

will envelop me with peace.

There will be a smile on my lips

as I sip tea by the sea.

Monday's Quotes

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, 

like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue.

 Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not 

be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. 

Live the questions now.

 Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, 

live along some distant day into the answer." 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

PS - Sending my Monday quote early as I will be away on Monday.
Have a good day!

Plums from the Garden

 Up the ladder I go.

 The plum tree is loaded this year.

 Not sure what I will do with all of them.

 Plum chutney was made just yesterday.

It is a new recipe, so I won't share until I know it is good.

The chutney recipe says to let it age for a month.

Today the dehydrator will be loaded to make prunes.

Oh the delights of harvest time.

Soon I will be totally buried in plums.

Then tomatoes are coming,

but many of those I have been putting out for neighbors.

Maybe the plums will go there too, that is if I run

out of ideas.

There is still a plum tart and plum jam to make,

plus we can always use alot of prunes.

How much fun it is to be able to pick from our garden.

Happy weekend, dear friends.

Healing in our Planet World

Sitting here this morning over my cup of tea and toast,

enjoying the words written of a young girl growing up in India.

The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley, a book worth reading.

A different time, a different world.

My heart was in prayer for those in different parts of the world.

Tears came to my eyes as I prayed for hurts, illness, and strife.

I was reminded to also pray for our past president, Jimmy Carter.

So many suffer from cancer, an illness that must be cured.

Cancer also is like hatred that eats away at so many.

My prayer today is that what ever form of cancer, may it be an

illness or of hatred, be healed from our planet world.

Please join me over your cup of tea to pray for

 our planet world and healing.