I don't know if it's due to general weariness or a lack of inspiration... but sometimes the idea of sitting down and writing some "serious" treatise on the intricacies of the human mind... or another episode of "As The Steemit Turns"... just exhausts me.
They are a bit prosaic, but cherry blossoms ARE very pretty
Life, sometimes, is just freakin' exhausting.
It gets exhausting in the sense that I feel like I am paddling my kayak upstream... and whereas I am a good paddler, and when I paddle hard I gain ground... the instant I stop paddling (because maybe I just want to sleep, or look at the landscape, or just fucking REST) it feels like I start sliding backwards towards the waterfall into the abyss.
And so, at moments like these, I try to break state.
Protection Island, from the top of our street
When I was maybe eight or nine, I first rejected the notion of "religion" and used the phrase "Nature Is My Church."
I think I said it — and still say it — because there is so much beauty around us, and often so much ugliness in the way people treat each other, all in the name of... GOD.
Forsythia in bloom, further down the street
And so, I walk in the great outdoors, and appreciate the moments of beauty, even those some part of my psyche is aware that my little kayak is slowly sliding backwards on the current.
Because. I. Just. Need. To. REST.
It has been a very long, cold and wet spring here.
So far, this month, we have had ONE day where there wasn't measurable rainfall. ONE day of 17.
It's still winter up there... some years, the snow is almost gone by mid-April
Up in the mountains, they usually start packing up the snow removal gear at the Interstate pass around the beginning of April. This year...? No so much. In fact, there was another 14" (35cm) of new snow up there, last night. The year's total has passed 500" (that's 12.7 meters of snow...), and it's still growing.
Around here it is lush, beyond belief.
I love the vibrant bright colors here... they give me hope, somehow
I need to mow our patch of lawn, but it keeps raining all the time... so we have a verdant meadow filled with dandelions.
Anyway, this post isn't about anything deep and meaningful-- instead, I am just sharing some spring photos from the brief period of SUNSHINE we enjoyed today, sandwiched between this morning's torrential downpour and this evening's pervasive cold drizzle.
My neighbor's azalea thinks it's spring...
In a sense, this is a mini version of @lyndsaybowes' popular #walkwithme series. Hope it's OK to do it like this, Lyndsay!
Have a marvelous day, all!
Hope you got your taxes done, if you're here in the US and believe in doing that sort of thing!
Peace, out...
How about YOU? Where do you find your moments of peace and relaxation when life seems overwhelming, and you're just TIRED? Do you find nature healing? Or is it just a place with a lot of bugs? Leave a comment-- share your experiences-- be part of the conversation!
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