Distancing

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. ~William J.H. Boetcker

Always Be Kind

Primrose still blooming in November

Be kind whenever possible.
 It is always possible.
~ Tenzin Gyatso


Be Kind, Be Safe, Be Well

In the bigger scheme of things, the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that’s a whole different thing.

~Lucille Clifton

Point of View

“What most encourages theft?” asked a teacher.
“Hunger” replied one pupil.
“Envy” said another,
“Extravagance,” said a third.
But a fourth student answered best. “Those who buy stolen goods.”
~ Leo Rosten

Raindrops Keep Falling

Rain water system on Eldest Daughter’s Studio

Breaking the Rules

Standing too close

Homemade Wood 2

Another Wall Boarded.  Looking good.

Between Me and We

I have never agreed with my other self wholly.
The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.
~Kahlil Gibran

On A Board Walk

Eldest daughter and Bonus daughter gleaning boards from the mill scraps.

Fairy Steps

Fairy steps

Our Road

Property down the hill from us has been sold and the new owner is building an access road to it.       The very steep, rough lane is being transformed into a wide road.

 

 

 

 

Homemade Wood Siding

What was a rotting cedar log in the woods for ten years, is now beautiful board and batten siding on our cabin.  First boards up. 

Change of Plans

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
~Joseph Campbell

Human Stories

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
~ Willa Cather (1873 – 1947) American Writer

Mocha Stalking a Squirrel

then watching it as it runs up the fir tree. It’s a game they play. When Mocha is out in her catio, the squirrel runs over the top, back and forth, to annoy her. Mocha chatters at it as if swearing at its audacity.