road trip: day three

no road today,

(which is great)

and still no snow.

even brown leaves

are shocking in lieu of

what we left just two days ago.

snapped these playing in the yard

while the kids darted here and there.

oh how i can miss what is buried

so deeply under the

drifts at home.

my oldest and her cousin

cozied into the couch

to knit tonight.

such fun.

love seeing them

starting up-

so intent, so new.

i was (almost) exactly

their age when i first knit.

taught them today to

add beads w/dental floss.

what a breath of fresh air

as i watched them

with the endless

possibilites

spinning

around

inside their

young heads.

‘seeing’ taken from 15:31 in matthew.

sts away from home: played with openwork in berroco ‘remix’. kitchenered ‘tamarisk’.

on my mind

since yesterday.

birds.

how they converse happily with the sun so very early in the morning.

their songs at dusk.

the ones who built a nest to hatch their babies right on my parent’s front porch.

and

then i recalled

this older project.

it’s really straightforward.

my oldest and i stuffed this one with

dried lima beans to give it the ability to stand

(because of the shifting bean bag like weightiness)

on it’s head,

leaned forward like it’s waiting for just the right worm,

leaned backward as if contemplating the sky

and just when to soar through it…

simple fun is often the best

around here.

‘simple’ taken from 20:10 in second kings.