feeling high on the sun

where i live it is usually some shade of grey outside, sometimes throw some fog in for good measure, or rain. so after 9 months of grey the sun has finally shown up to do it's thing. and it's hard to not feel down-right high on the blue skies. this is the first year i've gotten caught up in gardening, i have dabbled in it here and there, but this year i am actually interested in it. growing food and herbs...mmm...


it all started with setting up a privacy screen in our backyard, we couldn't afford a fence so my dad built a frame and we hung fabric (think kinda like curtains)... anyways, it's cute, and now we can hang out in our tiny backyard and feel like we are in OUR yard, not our neighbors ;)...
then my friend gave me some herbs and tomato plants.... and well, it grew from there...


now i'm having these day-dreams of staining the cement pad terracotta, and building a small fountain or pond... really therapeutic, has me thinking i was meant to live somewhere warm...


for the next three months, i get to be warm, my body feeling good, my kids feeling cheerful and happy to play outdoors, all of us in bare feet... i think that's how it was meant to be, bare feet-feeling the earth....


one awesome side effect of this beautiful sun is that it makes it easier to go with the flow...



to be more patient as my son struggles to "do-it-himself"... or to accept being late getting some place... to move slower... to overlook the mess and play outside instead... for all of us to stay up, until we fall asleep... to eat popsicles before lunch... to visit the water park in our play clothes...to just BE......


it would be amazing if this flow could carry over to the rest of the year... maybe it can...


.... looking forward to time spent in the back, creating music with friends.... cant think of anything more groovy than that feeling.... connecting with sound, with rhythm.... past the beginning stages when everyone is conscious of their voices.... deep into the freedom of creating....

think i might do some of that today....