I’m enjoying a quiet day today, with no reason whatsoever to leave the house and it is lovely! I’ve had a busy week -- fun, but busy. Well, that doesn’t include having to rebuild my blog site, but still, I found a lot of new things, learned a lot more about blogging, so it hasn’t been all bad. There were the usual Tai Chi classes, the Jump Start class as well as a children’s art class where my friend and I had kids from kindergarten to fifth grade. The class is after school, lasts an hour, and is not a mandatory class, but rather one for kids who are really interested in drawing/art. It was fascinating to see the whole group so fixed, intent on their individual projects! I’m going to really enjoy this one.But today is a lazy, quiet day with just me and the dogs – we’re taking care of our neighbors’ dog while they are out of town, so I have lots of company. The sun may actually get out a little later and if it does then I’ll go down to the park to take some more pictures. I’ve developed a passionate relationship with the camera and I’m really enjoying finding all kinds of things to photograph. Fortunately, there has been no lack of wonderful subjects.
So, blogging has led to photography as well as getting back to writing. They both get the creative juices flowing and that has been very satisfying and fulfilling. I didn’t think I would ever really get back into writing as I had lectured to myself for some time about how pointless it was to continue to write "just because". But you know what? “just because” is the best reason of all for doing anything and particularly, if it brings you joy, fulfillment, satisfaction.
And that has been the lesson for the week. It can’t have been a bad week if you have experienced even one of those “light up” moments that leads you to discover even one of those stars you thought were out of “reach”. So, I offer you some of mine as well as a friend's contributions to helping spread the beauty!
