Simplify

" Love is something like the clouds that were in the sky

before the sun came out." she replied.

" You cannot touch the clouds, you know;

but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers

and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day.

You cannot touch love either;

but you feel the sweetness that it pours into everything.

Without love you would not be happy or want to play."

~Miss Sullivan to Helen Keller~

practicing manual modes on the camera
just a shot...i did get sweet little Oliver in back resting his head on Scotty :)

I unearthed that quote as I was sorting and purging yesterday.

I have had the uncontrollable urge to weed out things the last 

couple of days-

clothes,

papers and books,

bad habits...

"stuff".

You know.

The non-essentials.

Things that aren't working for me anymore.

This morning I am deleting files...emails....pics.

It feels good to remove the clutter.

I did come across a letter I wrote to Gary [that i never gave to him]...,

this quote...

and a few other interesting artifacts.

Perhaps I will share some of those in future posts.

Some of it is pretty raw and personal.

Let me think about it.

I hope you all have a splendid weekend !!

good things...

bags of items to donate

finding old letters and journals

empty closets and shelves...open space

orange tulips on my white table

pushing a button on my *build a bear* cow...[goes way back]

 and hearing Brandon's little boy voice say... " I love you Mom"

tears...happy ones, sad ones, nostalgic ones...and cleansing ones.

finding/reading old lists [that I lost]

and old notes that I took

then ....putting them in the recycle bin.

a lunch date with a special friend 

simplifying 

XOXO