“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”
- Loren Eiseley
We head to Canada for the day to check out Harrison Lake. We walk the tiny streets and ponder a trip overnight in the fall. The lake takes my breath away and I yearn for the lakes of Northern Idaho.
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I thought of my dad, and how he taught me to enjoy the birds. He gave me a book, of PNW birds, but I am not a very good student and can’t always identify them. But, they all bring me joy, even when they are fighting over food, or giving me the “side eye”. On a side note, I found a box of salmon filets (eight to be exact) in the bottom of the freezer today. What a gift that is!
a few shots from our trip to the border of Canada
Lately I have been aching for quiet. I do my best to slow down, take a few deep breaths and maybe even sit for a bit with a book in my lap. I fret over so many decisions, and yearn for simplicity. I start by cleaning out my passwords, deleting the ones I don’t need or even know why they are there. It is a silly start, but somehow makes me feel better, less cluttered.
When you tell them it really isn’t warm enough to play in the sprinkler, and they find a way around it.
"What we must do is start viewing every cow, pig, chicken, monkey, rabbit, mouse , and pigeon as our family members."
- Gary Yourofsky
things I did with Percy yesterday::
took a long walk
built a ball maze out of magnet tiles
swapped some of my strawberries for some of his watermelon at lunch
got the very best hug. . . ever
played youngest (him) and oldest (me) veterinarians and patched up all the wounded dinosaurs
blew kisses goodbye, until he was out of sight …
(photos from the pier at the border a few day back)