August 14, 2010

defying gravity

today bob and i went to halifax to see

the buskers

street performers are amazing!

it was a great day together

we took the bus, then the ferry,

wandered around

ate junk food and slushees

and loved just being together

bob watching the show

it was a beautiful sunny day
in a large crowd i still find my eyes finding him.
still loving after 28 years...
xo

this guy was a very enthusiastic
fire juggler!!

beautiful girl

....beautiful day....

August 13, 2010

leaving your mark

ever do that?

scratch your name on a park bench

or a tree

or a fire hydrant??

i wonder who colin galloway is??
you can see his name scratched in at the top of the hydrant.

i wonder what he'd think if he knew i was writing

about him

i checked to see if there was a colin galloway living here

there is one in lunenburg.

can you imagine if it was that simple to leave our

mark by just etching our name on some

inanimate object?

but it takes more then that doesn't it?

it takes a kind heart to leave a mark

and loving consistency

and an other focus

and a listening ear

and integrity in all things

it is these things that will remain

faith hope and love

these will remain 

but the greatest of these is love.

when we really consider others

more highly then ourselves there is an 

etching that takes place

deep deep inside

it is invisible to the human eye

but to the divine it is there

etched on the heart of those we love

it says..

love was here.

or debi was here

or   (insert your name)

 was here

love leaves a mark

always

always 

always

more love

i need

Lord

more love

August 12, 2010

itsy bitsy

today we helped emily move to halifax

and on one of my trips lugging things to the car

i noticed this itsy bitsy spider

and put all work efforts on hold

isn't it great how that happens?

i love interruptions... i do.

some people hate them

but being a person who is usually sidetracked on some level

i enjoy the 'change'

oh a spider!

:-)

for the record i don't like spiders

but i liked the bokeh in the background
that silly spider just got in the way!

 i am enjoying my "new to me" camera

well i better go

we are heading to the library now

did you know how much i love libraries??

when i was young and traveled the country

hither and yon

i always found the library in any city or town

it was one of the first places i'd go.

they are dry

warm

cozy

have napping potential

and of course lots of books and lots of quiet.

i am glad that emily loves to read.

i read to my kids incessantly when they were little

so i love to see them still devouring books

what is the last book you read?

August 11, 2010

sunny and cloudy

i love when the sun bursts out

during a dark, grey day

makes everything look so wonderful 

and bright

i thought we'd get a big storm today but no

some of you know my canon rebel broke

while in roatan

i brought it with me to canada to get it fixed

it turned out that the circuit board needed to be replaced

and that meant it would cost me 25.00 less then what 

i originally paid for it.

um... 

no thanks

so i went online to find another camera

tell me what is the chances of finding the exact same

older model for the same price 2 years later?

rather slim

since my camera is an older model

that i have gotten quite attached to

i managed to take off a 100.00 from his

price

and then he threw in the 50 mm for an extra 50.00

so 

happy

yes!!

love hiding behind that lens

even weeds look better

taken with the rebel

August 10, 2010

got skillz

this is our mattie boy playing b-ball

out in the  yard

he used to play for hours

practicing with his friends

dunk shots, dribbling, practicing skills.

well he has still got it

did my heart good to see him out there!

a good afternoon.

simple things

small changes

happy times

i spent the afternoon reading old journals

bob has wanted me to publish the 

'inspiration parts'

and i have resisted

.. yes me!....

but today i thought

man, the guy is right.

so i am in the process of scanning the good parts

and hopefully will put it in book form while back

in roatan.

August 9, 2010

remembering mom

today is my mom's birthday,

even though she died 5 years ago

i still remember her,

miss her,

wish she was here

so today when i went to martinique beach

with my friend karen,

i brought this photo along to the sea

 i took this photo  of her back in 1980

and chose to make her my 365 photo for today.

for those of you who have lost parents,

or a spouse,

or a child,

or a friend

you know that days like today are difficult

to navigate

but yet it seemed normal for me to

honour her in this way

i am sure that the ladies on the beach who were watching me

put a photograph on a pile of stones

(in an attempt to keep the photo dry from the rushing waves)

and then squat down,

adjust it,

try again,

and again 

til i got the one i wanted.

i don't care.

it says

mom

you matter to me

even when you are gone you can still

so beautifully and so easily capture my thoughts

 and i don't care if people think

i am nuts.

i am not

i am remembering

and i always will.

missing you still mom.

always.

August 8, 2010

three

i found myself thinking of things
that come in threes...
like

sun, moon, stars
melody, harmony, rhythm
bacon, lettuce, tomato
red, white, blue
(for my american friends!)
tom, dick, harry
body, soul, spirit

on a more personal note:
faith, hope, love
david, emily, matthew
Father, Son, Spirit


Micah 6:8 also has a great
threesome:

He has showed you, O man, what is good.
       And what does the LORD require of you?
       To act justly 

        and to love mercy
       and to walk humbly with your God.

just some thoughts on three...

speaking of three..

we have been here in canada for 3 weeks

bob had originally planned on leaving yesterday

but things are still up in the air with the kids
both of them are looking for work and emily needs a place to stay

 we don't feel right about leaving yet.

although we are going to have to go sometime soon.

we were hoping that would be settled before we head home.

yeah.. home.

last night a thought occurred to me:

roatan is home.

it is.