Seeing RED

Ok, there's seeing RED

and then there's 

SEEING RED!

Not sure what happened here

Been looking like an eye stroke victim for about 5 days now

Doesn't hurt

A bit tired feelin' by the end of the day

But Really???????

Is this type of nonsense necessary?

Gross!

Eye-YI-YI!!

DO NOT!!

DO NOT! 

Do not enter! 

There always seems to be indication of the places we should not go, always something to let us know ... we do not belong here, this is not ours, do not touch...anything.

Well I do not know about the rest of you and choose not to speak for anyone else but...

I AM A HANDS ON KIND OF GIRL!

Curious as a cat but, seldom quiet as a mouse.

Do not?

Yep, probably gonna do it. 

Stay out? Definitely goin in.

Do not touch? Well...is it textural?

Never put that in your mouth? What does it taste like? 

HOT! OK but, how hot? (yes I have been burned.).

We learn a lot from other peoples experiences it is true...but lets face it...those ARE other peoples experiences.

Do not?

I must say...I DO!

~amy

Uplifting

The image is not new

It's from June 2008

Take a look at Sedona, AZ from the seat of a biplane

For my birthday Dave bought us both a seat in this incredible machine

How's that for a birthday treat!?

Occasionally, but not often enough

I dream of flying

and I DO

High and gracefully

looping

diving

soaring

unencumbered by earth's boundaries

or gravity

I take special delight when ground bound folk see me

stare, mouths agape

with wonder

disbelief

astonishment

Rather naughty of me I know

But ..... ya' know ;-)

I think the biplane must have been invented with someone who had the same dream

And couldn't bear to wake up

So he (or she) brought the dream to "this side"

Thank goodness for dreamers who are also doers!!

And thank goodness for having a man in my life who knows what to do when my world seems a little to small 

And the need to "fly" becomes overwhelming

Airplanes

Motorcycles

Quads

Ah yes

Life truly IS a ride ...

If you're really lucky

You meet someone who will ride beside you

Not in front of you

Not behind you

But

Beside you

Ride On!!!

Rest

A Happy Crystal Pier Plant

Today is a day I must Rest

My physical and spiritual Self is saying

STOP!!!!

SLOW DOWN!!

Weariness has crept up on me

A cold has been trying to tackle me for a month now

My left eye is a pool of bloody hemorrhage

(sounds brutal, looks disgusting..don't know how it happened but more importantly it doesn't hurt)

I surrender

My "paying work" is abundant

and I am thankful

But a few days must be saved

to save me

Balance in all things sometimes means walking away

for a day

or two

and I do! 

In a perfect world I would sit on the beach and listen to the waves today

But alas, perfection is just beyond my grasp ;-)

So I shall share a photo of a very happy plant 

growing in a very happy pot

in a very happy spot

on Crystal Pier, San Diego

Tackle chores that require no brain power

Sit a bit

Write a bit

Perhaps take a nap

Take an early afternoon quad ride

Or not

The work will still be there when I return

Thank goodness!

If I don't take this day

It feels like it will take me

And there ain't no day that's the boss of me!!  ;-)

Pure Comfort

Give US This Day Our Daily Bread....

THE REST OF MY LIFE...

Well, there it is.

Everything I am going to need to make decisions on what to do with the rest of my life.

The coffee is to keep me going. The alcohol is to help me think I am smart enough. Ya know...kind of like playin pool, the more you drink the better you get...ya right!

The phone is really for all my friends so they can call and say "you can do this", and hopefully, maybe, bring me food and calorie filled pastries.

School. 

Scary.

Long commitments.

Transfers.

Holy shit!

What your looking at...?

Interests tests, classes of certification, licences, lists of B.A.'s available here, lists from 3 others schools and one sheet possessing one full semester of transferable credits in green.

The greatest decisions I will ever make...right there.

Follow the dream or stay inside the box?

The final curtain opening for one last scene, one last bow, one last applause.

If I don't do it now, will I wish I had in another 4 years?

I will be 50 when I graduate, a young 50 of course, but still 50. 

The rest of my class...half that.

I hate it when I have rational thought...

~amy

Ode to Mr. Marson

Took the Jeep high into the mountains today

To enjoy the warm day and play

Explore what once was Alexandria, AZ

A long gone mining town

Dave's mountain driving skills were at their best as we wound up and down steep narrow guardrail-less trails

Found a flat open area to park....and did just that

And directly in front of the Jeep was this...

A grave

Some local organization had recently placed an engraved plaque at its head

and it said

"Mr Marson"

1877

Slipped and fell on a bloodied knife used to kill beef

First death in the Peck District

Alexandria, AZ

I can't imagine what life was like up here in 1877

What I do know is that only the hardiest survied

And sometimes even they didn't make it

If they slipped in the wrong place...at the wrong time

on a bloodied knife ... used to kill beef

The next time you think YOU'RE having a bad day

Think of good 'ole Mr Marson

Then re-think your day......

A HOPI PRAYER FOR OUR WORLD....

Today I choose to do something different.

Something to evoke the depth of the place I am right now, between the spaces of past, present and future.

Still feeling the immense connection to the places I have been of recent, where it is I wish to go.

Continually understanding what it is we are being taught by those hundreds and thousands of years before us...they had the foresight to see where our world would take us and to know where it is we should be...

~amy