Our first full day in Scotland
&
Celebrating My Birthday
Life is Good!
Our first view of Urquhart Castle as we take the boat across Loch Ness.
Located on the shores of Loch Ness,
Urquhart Castle has views to be admired.
Category: Author Julie Stephens
Travel / Our Scotland Adventure
It’s good to travel and learn and to broaden one’s perspective…
There’s a famous quote by Saint Augustine:
‘The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
In 2016 and earlier Bruce did all the legwork for our travels.
Love Letter to October
Nature amazes and delights me!
The ‘simple’ act of the migrating birds flying in formation…
My husband and I LOVE the autumn where we live.
The summer crowds and their noises start fading.
All the reasons we love living in nature
are allowed to begin to exist again.
Finding Joy
I feel deeply
good and bad
I am so tenderhearted that my body has physical aches
…as fellow human beings are treated as less than.
I also feel joy deeply.
The late September days have been rainy and chilly.
Birthdays
I gave birth to my daughter on my brother’s 25th birthday.
Danny, “A niece! Just what I wanted for my birthday!”
Through the years they enjoyed their joint birthday.
Happy heavenly birthday Danny.
I have wondered if you would like this:
Orange Crush was your favorite soda.
True Love Never Ends
These Precious Days
Every moment spent with someone is a piece of life shared.
Physical Activity Boosts Brain Health
https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity/features/boost-brain-health.html
Walking is man’s best medicine – Hippocrates
“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits,
unless I spend four hours a day at least
—and it is commonly more than that—
sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields,
absolutely free from all worldly engagements.”
We’re born to help people
There’s a beautiful quote from the Dalai Lama where he said that we’re born to help people
and if we can’t help them let’s at least not hurt them.
Make a wish…
I wish that everyone felt that way (in the above quote)
I want change for a better country / world.
What’s good going on?!
Color!
These petunias make me think of the night sky
And they were for a fund raiser for the senior’s activities
These blue flowers (corn flowers?) always make me think
of our deceased neighbor Chris, who gave me
some of his when I commented on the pretty color.
Joy
Joy:
the little moments that call out to us
this is the first wild iris of the season
Dogs!
Dogs are synonymous with joy
Playing fetch is a silly-serious game!
the softer bits of life
an intense moment of color
making the time to be grateful
for this minute
a good snack
my husband planting pansies
in the container my son gave me
and protecting the flowers from the deer
an interaction with another person –
Matt and Bliss are gentle with each other
Joy is this moment in time as my friend,
who is in treatment for breast cancer is texting me that she is
on her way for chemo and so ‘very thankful
she has my letter to read during it.’