Love’s many twists, turns, avenues, and lanes

IMG_7556Love

Love of Family

Love of Friends

Love of a Spouse

Love of a Partner

Love of a Child

Love of our Pets

Love of Animals

Love of Earth

Love of Nature

Love of Religion

Love of Country

Love of a Thought

Love of an Ideal

Love of Power

Love of Success

Love of the Arts

Love of the Adventure

Love of Home

Love of Life

Love of Death

Love of the Unknown

Love of ___________

A simple word yet a word that yields such power when spoken, when written, more when felt. Crazy how four normal letters when placed together can generate the heat they do in people, in actions, in ideas, in movements, in animals, in life’s everyday and grandiose events. Love can move mountains and crumble dynasties. It is taken for granted. It is forgotten. It is abused and neglected. It is cherished and nurtured. It is old and new. It is young and experienced. It is worked for. It is wished for. It soothes and cradles. It is misunderstood. It is studied and dissected. It is talked about openly and whispered behind closed doors. It is coveted and twisted. It is a rush and a high of delight. It is a crushing blow of pain. It is at the root of everything and what we do with it nourishes or strangles the life of all that it touches. Love’s power with the many twists, turns, avenues, and lanes is an amazing and beautiful gift. Such a gift should be yielded with care and with the whole heart making life a much more beautiful and amazing place to be. How do you perceive love…. How do you give and receive love…. How do you show love? Such a powerful word with such a way all it’s own………………………..H

A canvas like no other

The sky to me is magic; pure honest magic. A place I have been painting and drawing my whole life. When things go sideways, which they often do, all I have to do is step outside and look up to find my way back to my normal. Whether staying up to the wee morning hours staring at the magical, sparkling, winking in mischief the starry night……..imageLooking for new clusters, new designs, new patterns, or finding my old tried and true ones peace is always found.

imageEnergy raw pure intense energy surges of power vibrating in the very breath around you. The storm clouds bring promise of change sometimes good sometimes bad but always change. A rebirth in a way because no matter how strong or how soft the storm might be the soft patter of drops or a gnarly rush of rain a cleansing always follows. Washing the soil, the plants, animals, structures, people, and the earth anew.

There is a calm, a peace that settles deep in one’s center at the magic show playing out in front of the eyes; all in slow motion so as not to miss a moment of the action. Each sense coming alive reaching out searching trying to touch, to take hold, flourishing at the gentle scenes rolling by. Often making the observer slow down and see truly open their eyes and really look around, possibly seeing for the first time or possibly slipping into a familiar comfortable seat from years past. image

However or whenever it happens flying free, soaring high, exploring all……always a gift to be thankful for, cherished, used, and hopefully shared. So paint away, dream on, and create as you wish……………………..H

Letting Go

You love me, shake me to my core, only to turn away and love me no more. I hold you with these weathered hands, watching as you slowly slip through them like grains from the soft glistening sand. Floating away on the wink of light you give just before saying goodnight. I’ll wait in the cold with the moon above, waiting for that first kiss of day, to search anew for my elusive golden love.

 Sun down sun low golden waves crashing into the shore…………H

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Peeking through

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The veil has slipped, a tiny tear is all it takes,

Exposing the secrets the other side makes.

Oh clouds what magic you weave,

Spinning stories in my head so hard to believe.

Taking me away from the day I’ve had;

To a far away land, a realm all good no bad.

Big, dark, moody, and gray breathtaking majestic even

Playful some say.

I look at you and see what was….. what is….. and what may be.

Such a fun little game we like to play; you and I on this cloudy

Almost rainy day.

Sharing the sky with the sun so bright, peeking in and out making a show

Of shadow and light;

Creating a spectacular display of day married to night………H