Sunday, May 17, 2015

Wabi Sabi 5/17/15

Wabi Sabi is a Japanese concept celebrating the imperfection of ordinary things:  the photo of my dining room table/workbench is an example.

The clear (though cracked and chipped) bowl holds the pieces of a handmade ceramic tumbler that broke when I was cleaning the kitchen floor behind the little wooden table.  Should I throw it out? Part of me says yes, but another part wants to glue it together again in honor of the dear friend and accomplished artist who made it for a recent birthday. So all the pieces are there.  I love using my hot glue gun to repair things.  If it can't be used as a drinking vessel, it can hold something dryer--a bouquet of flowers or paint brushes or pencils.....

The little white ceramic bowl holds a delicious serving of asparagus-arugula salad, my first attempt at grilling veggies after replacing the smoke alarm yesterday (packaging to the right). Little did I know using my grill pan made a detectable amount of smoke!  I couldn't see it, but the gizmo smelt it! And buzzed insanely till I climbed up the kitchen stool and pushed the mute button. Repeatedly!!!

My neighbors will love this.  All of the smoke detectors here are about 20 years old--10 years past replacement age.  So Shirley next door (our building captain) is going to call the fire dept and have them all replaced. They don't cook as much as I do, but if they want to fry a steak, they'll hear from the  smoke alarm.

I love my home, but perfection it ain't.  I love its imperfections!!

Friday, May 15, 2015

Lace bark pine and a few of the azaleas at the Arboretum yesterday!

Lace bark pine
Azaleas
Took many more photos, but I can't wrassle them off the iPad.  Doggone it to heck! Some of those pretty colors in the bottom photo are from rhododendrons, too, and I have some closeups of those.
Argh.

My friends posing by the Bald Eagle Nesting Area sign seem to be part of a video, and that won't
go on here, either. 

My grandmothers never had problems like this!  And Cathy's sister has wonderful photos of HER grandchildren that she can haul around and share on her machinery, but....anyway, it was wonderful
to be in the Arboretum yesterday in the woods, surrounded by flowers and preschoolers dashing around.  Such a beautiful place!  Free!!!  Cathy and I used to come over here and eat our sandwiches
at noon for a reviving break. 

Thursday, May 7, 2015

more good stuff from Goop.com

http://goop.com/postnatal-depletion-even-10-years-later/

I hope this flies so you can read it. I'm thinking of all the young women I know who have baby after  baby and wind up feeling inadequate and incompetent because they aren't feeling fabulous. 
A lot of this is physical.  We are bodies, not spirits.  And if we've given birth, we also--not just the baby--need care and help.