There’s a dreary rain falling
on one of my favorite events of the season..
The Durham Fair.
candy apples! fried dough! The Lions club Corndogs!
craft tents! The tractor pulls! (um, no not really)
The chickens, cows, goats!
Last year REO Speedwagon, tonight KC & the Sunshine band!!
Do I curse the rain?
Or do I get out there and dance in it…
Every single one of us knows
life will toss you lemons now and then.
And maybe even rocks. Big ones.
How we deal with those lemons and rocks..
says a lot about who we are…
Changes our life experience, even.
When faced with the metaphorical rainy day
do you still look for the beauty?
It’s there in the simplest of things….
So how about you….
are you taking the time to notice…
or are you just forging ahead,
making your way through.
I’ve noticed lately
that I’m doing too much forging,
not enough noticing.
It’s one of the things we do have the power to change…
our view.
And what a difference it can make.
yep, you have found the secret to surviving the rainy day.. I know them well as I live in the PNW (pacific northwest). look under a rock, fascinating things are under there! You'll never look at rocks in the rain in the same way again.
i like to think i "notice" all the time….
but life has a way of pushing us, or making us push ourselves which ultimately, unfortunately, makes us miss many of the things we should be seeing……
xo
I am much more of a detail person than a big picture person…it is the simple things I love….
That being said I don't think I could handle a country fair in the rain anymore…just not fun:(
Such original subjects. You made lovely images out of quite drab toadstools.
very well said. i do hope you get out there and dance… 🙂
I hope we are both dancing…it's pretty dreary here and we are having the graduation party outdoors.
Your pictures are just amazing!!
XO,
Jane
Normally I dance in the rain, but it's been gray here almost all month now. Not sure I feel like dancing today. Just want a bit of sunshine, even if only for one day.
Great post. I love all the pics. I think most of the time I dance. Need to do that more. Hugs, Marty
I'm dancing in the rain and forging while I'm noticing. It just all seems to come together that way.
It's that full plate syndrome that keeps us from noticing the little stuff. Do you ever notice Mother Nature puts pretty things in hard to find places sometimes?
My motto lately..you just said it!
Thanks for this. Every where I turn I find things re-enforcing what I am learning to live by!
xo, misha
I notice things when they are in front of me, but I rarely forge. More like muddle.
Well, I think you know I do — I pretty much have to, cuz I don't really go nowhere! 🙂
Lovely, lovely photos Karen. Enjoy REO and flick a Bic for me. 🙂
That's right, Karen…I've always called it "attitude" but it is totally controlled by what lives within! I can't wait to go to the Durham Fair again!!!…:)JP
Yes to savoring…like I'm savoring your photographs! Fabulous!! xo
Ahh, great message, and I must admit, I am noticing 🙂 Its all there in the tiniest moments and I do my best to not miss much of it. And you captured what could be gloomy, in a really refreshing way!
You can forge? My blacksmith would like that. 🙂
PS I thought at first you had ice crystals on those cedars! YIKES
Good post, Karen, and fabulous photos! Around here, every day is another opportunity to appreciate what we have…each other, our family of humans and animals, friends, the farm…doesn't matter the weather, when we wake up above ground, it's a really good day.
Lately, we've been slowing down even more; it's taking more and more energy to just keep up. I'm not trying to get ahead, just trying to maintain our daily "new normal".
I like chicken, cows and goats. And mushrooms too.
I'm sure that I'll enjoy the Durham Fair. Someday, perhaps!
Well done
Dance! Get out there and shake it girl!!
great mushroom shots!! funny, i read the second to last stanza as "i'm doing too much foraging" and i wondered how that was even possible! 🙂
i think with climate change, we're going to have to get good at dancing in the rain!
xox,
/j
Karen, first, let me thank you for your kind words about my mom – she was extraordinary and will be greatly missed.
I say, take those lemons and make lemonade, then take the stones and make some beautiful hardscapes with them!
As you can imagine, it's been a very reflective week for us.
I think you'll enjoy your fair, despite the rain! 🙂
I've been forging, but I'm glad I took the time to sit and see what you've been noticing. It's beautiful.
Absolutely gorgeous photos! I hope you are out dancing in the rain to "do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight…woooo… get down tonight!"
I hope you dance….
DIL