okay. a few more things.
one. our summer camp craziness officially began at three today. that, in turn, means blogging will be even fewer and further between. that's my guess anyway, so i hope to continue to share photos over on flickr and keep in contact through that and email. please don't forget about me, even if i don't post a single photo all summer, you in my touchable life and blogging cyber life mean a great deal to me and i would be so sad to loose that over the next 12 weeks. so please: email, flickr mail, call, or snail mail with me....your friendship is so very valuable. [and i apologize for not being able to write you from previous comments on this blog....sometimes life gets busy].....again....so very valuable is your friendship.
two. i decided NOT to start and etsy shop at this time. i made a goal of starting one by today about 20 days ago. i made sunhats and little zipper bags to sell but i just couldn't stop myself from giving them away. i love to give things i make away, at this point i just can't help that. the joy it can bring to give something away is too precious and i can't separate that right now. have you ever read the children's book called the quiltmakers gift? read it. then, if you don't already, i think you will understand.
three. do you think if you eat chocolate everyday and then stop you could get a withdrawl headache from not having the dark brown goodness....i'm thinking slight caffine? i wonder. I don't want to try it, i'm just wondering, and tomorrow i am going to buy a good dark bar and see how long i can make it last.
four. remember how i set that goal to be able to touch my head to the floor by the time i turned 33? and remember how i accomplished it so fast? well, i lost it already. now i need to start fresh and get bending again....33 is just around the corner and i don't doubt my girls will remember and then laugh and say something like, “ i told you so mom!”
five. when a good friend speaks kind words to you about how much they love you and how glad they are that “the universe brought you to them” it feels nice. it also reminds me to appreciate my friends with words more.
six. we have polly wogs as pets right now on our kitchen table. coconut is drinking their water each night and it's getting pretty low. tomorrow we better refill it. we hope to have them until they become frogs. having a pond near our house is fun.
seven. elli was sick for quite a few days. i think she ate something weird and then it led into an emotional sickness manifested physically. she literally was out for three days. poor thing just wasn't feeling ready for our camp craziness and many other little transitions in our life and just wanted undivided momma attention. she got it. it was nice for both of us. [though i did get a little bit of cabin fever myself].
eight. two hummingbirds perched outside elli's window one morning and the next day two chestnut backed chickadee's came for a visit. we have a new book called bird songs: 250 north american birds in song and it's amazing. our bird identification just went up a notch. love it.
nine. just when i feel confident that i don't need to wear pants to bed incase of an earthquake, our forest starts to flame and we pray the wind doesn't move it too close and i start wearing pants to bed.
ten. I ran today with a body that felt like a bag of bricks. No flickr photo, but i did it.....about one and a half mile run, about a mile walk, and 72 push ups.
eleven.we just got our car back this week after having it break down on the girls and i in the end of may. it's nice to have her back but having her gone kept us from too much driving. i am hoping the less driving mindset sticks. not that we'll really have anytime to drive anywhere during the summer, but still. being mindful is good.
twelve. a favorite quote:
"no child on earth was ever meant to be ordinary, and you can see it in them, and they know it, too, but then the times get to them, and they wear out their brains learning what folks expect, and spend their strength trying to rise over those same folks." ~annie dillard
thirteen. life is short. live it with all your heart.

peace... over and out.