Despite all these things – the mess and the fight against procrastination – I have had some really good days. Here’s the best of ‘em:
0124: a day in the woods with my freshman roommate
0125: meeting part of her extended family
0126: who live in a garage converted to a 2-story home. it’s beautiful & so cool. [they are building their own actual house. by themselves.]
0127: she’s right – Mennonites are amazing cooks.
0128: eating sun-warmed blackberries right off the vine (…they grow on vines, right?)
0129: canoeing for the first time since the Canoeing Disaster of 2008.
0130: not falling in this time.
0131: sore muscles afterwards
0132: learning to skip rocks
0133: “There was once a Velveteen Rabbit, & in the beginning he was really splendid…”
0134: “Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin…”
0135: “In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines…”
0136: campfire for pudgy pies (so fun to say) & s’mores.
0137: “What people or experiences in your life so far have been most formative?” – great dinner conversation
0138: big, big hugs
0139: my roommate. all of her, & everything she is.
0140: Thou hast bid me gaze upon Thee / & Thy beauty fills my soul, / for by Thy transforming power, / Thou hast made me whole.
I love picking fresh blackberries with my family. Although, I think I do more eating than picking. They're just so sweet! I spent my weekend reading and reminiscing in the children's section of the bookstore while I was Christmas shopping. Winnie The Pooh was definitely a favorite of mine. I was a huge Beatrix Potter fan as well. What other children's books were your favorite?
ReplyDeleteI actually did not like berries until a couple years ago. When I was a kid, they were just too tart. But now I LOVE.
ReplyDeleteHm...my mom remembers a lot better than I do, probably. I loooved Miss Rumphius, though.