Six day old wisdom
I have been thinking a lot about six-day-old wisdom this week (by the time I post this Ms. Izzy is 17 days old but 17 day old wisdom is probably more than my 17610 day old brain can fathom so
Welcome to the World
I met Isabelle Sian Bartlett the other day. Izzy. I met her at six days old brought, here by her parents who had taken a forty plus year circuitous journey to bring her here. There is much to be said
The known world
I thought a lot about us spinning away on our own little planet, in our own little country, in our own little towns, in our own little houses, with our own little beating hearts. How small we are how short
The Blue Marble vs the Pale Blue Dot
I heard an old interview not long ago with Carl Sagan. The interview was on the 20th anniversary of the most distant photo we have taken of the earth from space. Carl Sagan dubbed it “The Pale Blue Dot”. It
Three perfect, blue-speckled eggs
Like in the post a few weeks back about the life cycle of an apple tree I thought a lot about the persistence of nature this week. The strong desire of nature to fulfill its destiny, to lay hope in
Making a nest
Awhile back Doug, who works here at The Bishop’s Ranch, brought me this birds nest he found. The nest had probably been started when things were quiet here at The Ranch but abandoned when they found their chosen spot
Keeping the wheel spinning
Well there are lots of metaphorical images to be teased from Monday’s shadow of the wheel photo, I had a couple of great comments on Monday’s post that expanded the conversation and I encourage you to check them out.
Looking at the shadows
The other day in the late morning I passed by a bike parked on the pavement, the shadow it cast was very dark and bold against the gray pavement. The shadow was more visually interesting than the bike wheel itself,
Slow down you move too fast
Well, I have a confession to make, I stomp snails. There I've said it. I am generally pretty much a live and let live kind of gal but when it comes to snails I have a zero tolerance policy --
Wabi Sabi: a ladybug at rest among the thorns
On another walk today with my dog Lucky, I came upon the Yarrow patch that I posted a photo of a few weeks back. In the intervening days there has been an October heat wave, days of cool damp fog,