“In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your intuition and follow your feeling even at the risk of going wrong.”
-Carl Jung
Happy 1st Day of Spring – 2013
March, 2012, Atchison, KS
This beginning of spring in Kansas is a far cry from last year when at this time of the year, all the trees were flowering, the grass was green, we were all wearing shorts and t-shirts. Yesterday I drove home from Kansas City in moderate snow with snow expected over the weekend as well. But my daffodils are close to blooming, I’ve got my bird feeders all stocked (and being visited as I type), and the sun is shining. I’m ready for some warm air.
“All your life an unattainable ecstasy has hovered just beyond the grasp of your consciousness. The day is coming when you will wake to find, beyond all hope, that you have attained it, or else, that it was within your reach and you have lost it forever.”
? C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (currently reading – here’s my Goodreads.com profile: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16130295-angie)
Rainy Saturday
I just walked by my deck door and caught this neighbor peeping in my window, sheltering himself from the rain with his tail.. So I cleared some old flowerpots from a dry space on the deck and left him some seeds, since I’m pretty sure that’s what he (she?) was hoping for.
Other Saturday things:
* Lunch buffet at India Palace in Lawrence (I wish I had the capacity to eat more than one plate — so good…)
* Catching up on Jorma Kaukonen’s blog “Cracks In the Finish” — always optimistic and inspiring, full of integrity, and written with a good heart.
* Major couch time listening to rain and thunder (while nursing a sore throat with hot coffee & Kahlua).
* Recollecting last night’s performance of Mummenschanz at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas — simple and brilliant puppetry and silent theater. Take a look at them here: http://mummenschanz.com/en/
* Thinking about getting some work done… Thinking about it…
“I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.” -Hermann Hesse, Demian
(I just finished reading Hesse’s “Demian” last week — adding it to my list of favorite books of all time. It was pretty amazing.)
Photos from last Sunday’s nature hike
Wings
I spent the better part of Sunday afternoon hiking around a friend’s and her neighbor’s wooded property out in the country. This bird flying above caught my attention. More photos to come.. but first, must finish printing, matting, getting ready for art fair, etc.
More Photos from Feb. 2, 2013 — Bean Lake Area, Rushville, MO
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Bald Eagles
I think I died and went to eagle heaven today. It was reported that there were more than 100 bald eagles roosting at Bean Lake in Rushville, MO, and in somewhat disbelief, I headed over there.. and it was true. These three I was able to walk right up to the trees that they were sitting in. Pretty amazing. More photos to come..
Weather Report
Today was a far cry from Monday in terms of the weather.. I love it either way. It’s winter — I’ll take all the snow I can get. This squirrel was braving the freezing wind while waiting for me to lay out some sunflower seeds. Animals are so much better equipped for the weather than us humans.