whispering ancient wisdom ...

how did you know what I needed to hear?

whispering ancient wisdom into my ear.

how did you sense my need to learn more?

everyday I have a longing to know more than the day before.

thank you,

dear one,

for entrusting in me 🙏🏻...

for always opening my ears & my eyes to the beauty 🍃🌿

helping me

to hear and to see.

reminding this crone

she is never alone ✨

~deb dunn~

one walk through the woods

fills my head {and heart}

with images & words ...

and while Mr .Crow may have been my only companion as I walked

his beauty and presence was enough to stir my imagination x 

stepping stones ...

The weather has been so unseasonably mild & I have been taking advantage of warm mornings and afternoons with meditative walks along the lake gathering stones as I walk.

Some have lovely shapes and often I can imagine an image fitting in just perfectly.

Like resting deer ...

or a bird loving woodland girl ...

"One of the secrets of life

is to make stepping stones

out of 

stumbling blocks"

~Jack Penn~

~Happy December~

x d

for the secret of the sea ...

"Till my soul is full of longing

for the secret of the sea.

And the heart of the great Ocean

sends a thrilling pulse

through me"

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

***

I think my heart skips a beat when I find heart shaped sea glass ... it is like stumbling upon a love note washed up and waiting for you to find xo

Walking along the lake this past weekend, gathering sea glass as I walked and thought, this came to me ... Each piece of sea glass makes me think ... 

What man has discarded, nature heals and returns. It may take years and many ebbs and flows,  but when it returns, it is more beautiful than ever!

Reading Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindberg again.

One of my favourite books.

"Patience, patience, patience

is what the sea teaches.

Patience and faith.

One should lie

empty, open, choiceless as a beach -

waiting for a gift from the sea"

~Anne Morrow Lindbergh~

"Because there's nothing more beautiful

than the way the ocean

refuses to stop kissing the shoreline,

no matter how many times

it's sent away"

~Sarah Kay~

*the black blotch in the photos is my lovely lab Archer's head ... my Velcro dog & beach walking partner  ... I could have edited the photos, but I think he adds to the lovely~ness * xo

~hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday~

lake Ontario love ♥ ...

"She had the Spirit

of the Sun

the Moods

of the Moon

the Will

of the Wind"

~Julie Cantrell~

I am forever grateful to live in such a beautiful corner of the world ♥

daily walks along lake Ontario fill my heart and soul

with serenity and gratitude

watching the boats

the waves ... they were crashing this morning...

the salty scent from the water and the sound of waves raising

as I walked absorbing her energy & giving her mine

seeing "images" in driftwood

and watching the blades of grass sway

wild flowers

reaching for the sun

they know what to do

sweet sitting {meditation} spot

flocks of geese

carved paths luring me towards the sand ... time for some

barefoot walking :-D

"Make your heart

like a lake,

 with a calm, still surface,

and great depths of kindness"

~Lao Tzu~