Tides of the soul..

The Sound of the Sea

The sea awoke at midnight from its sleep,
And round the pebbly beaches far and wide
I heard the first wave of the rising tide
Rush onward with uninterrupted sweep;
A voice out of the silence of the deep,
A sound mysteriously multiplied
As of a cataract from the mountain's side,
Or roar of winds upon a wooded steep.
So comes to us at times, from the unknown
And inaccessible solitudes of being,
The rushing of the sea-tides of the soul;
And inspirations, that we deem our own,
Are some divine of foreshadowing and foreseeing
Of things beyond our reason or control.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Art~Sea and Sky~Bierstadt.

WAVE...

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.”

Henry David Thoreau

GO....

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the one who'll decide where to go.

~Dr. Seuss

Art~Hans Dahl.

Exploring..

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
~T.S. Eliot, 1943

Art~Giuseppe De Nittis.

Sea....me...

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.
~e.e. cummings

We are now in the midst of Summer...lets stroll along the beach..listen to the waves,they are telling us....There is no life without water.”

Art~Maynard~Mermaids.

The way home..

I traveled through a dark enchanted forest and got lost...not to worry...all the sweet fairytale creatures helped me find my way home.



And we had so much fun ....


Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.
~William Wordsworth

Reflection..

If I make the lashes dark
And the eyes more bright
And the lips more scarlet,
Or ask if all be right
From mirror after mirror,
No vanity's displayed:
I'm looking for the face I had
Before the world was made.
~W.B. Yeats

Dear reader and friend..I'm out for a short while...going to the mountains to find some cool fresh air...I will be waving from a mountain top...see you soon..

IIIIIts Monday

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.
-- Russel Baker

Just relax..A cold shower from time to time and the heat doesn't bother me....I am goin to take it slow today and maybe even find myself a waterfall..

Boating...

Broad water-lilies lay tremulously,
And starry river-buds glimmered by,
And around them the soft stream did glide and dance
With a motion of sweet sound and radiance.

- Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Sensitive Plant

Would you like to go boating with me..I promise, its not far to Never-never land.....

Art-Charles Courtney Curran

Summer Wind..

Hold on tight...we are going to sail the summer wind.......Through whispered night and golden days...

Time is like the wind, it lifts the light and leaves the heavy. ~Doménico Cieri Estrada



Art`Helen jacobs.

Weeds..

Roses are red,
Violets are blue;
But they don't get around
Like the dandelions do.
~Slim Acres

I am out picking flowers today..and don't forget..

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. ~A.A. Milne

Art`Picking flowers~Fransois Furet.

A Power failure..

We had one yesterday..storm and thunder outside..reading love letters by candlelight..very romantic...

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. ~Arlo Guthrie

Art~La Lisuese~Jean Raoux

Gone Fishing...

We are never prepared for what we expect...

Art~Thomas Wilmer Dewing~Summer.

Within the silent shade..

The Violet

Down in a green and shady bed,
A modest violet grew;
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head
As if to hide from view.
And yet it was a lovely flower,
Its colour bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,
Instead of hiding there.

Yet thus it was content to bloom,
In modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused a sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade.

Then let me to the valley go
This pretty flower to see;
That I may also learn to grow
In sweet humility.

Jane Taylor

Art~Alma Tadema~.

IIIts Monday

No use hiding....I promisse I will make you your favorite potato salade after we're done doing our chores...


Art~Photo by Roeselien Raimond.
On the playlist The Ross Sisters..Potato salade..

In the middle of NOW..

WOW..we had some severe thunderstorms yesterday...

We opened all the doors and windows...to let the storm winds enter our house..we had to barricade the doors so they wouldn't slamm shut again. The rain poored down with buckets..we dimed the lights so we could see the thunder light up our livingroom again and again. I sat on the stairs in the hallway..the wind in my hair..looking out on the lawn and the waving trees..my husband was standing in the doorway..From time to time he would step out to take a shower in the rain..Its one of those moments in time you just feel right in the middle of NOW..Letting nature take its course..

Art~The Tempest~Pierre Cote
On the playlist..Hurricane Herman.

In The Undergrowth..

Slowly the sun rises..its very early in the morning and already warm..this is going to be a very very hot summers day..I would like to make myself very small and crawl into the undergrowth..Wander through dark green ferns and take a little siesta laying on a blancket made of moss....
Its a great place to spend your holiday...Its a magical place,where sunlight plays and casts his spells through the leaves,and when it rains..just go and take shelter in the doorstep of a rabbits hole..be carefull,don't fall in..or you will end up to meet a strange woman shouting.."Of with her head"...
Enchanting creatures live in the undergrowth..not only the Fairies..we all know that..but you will able to meet up with a ladybug and a grashopper....a dormouse....mr toad.....or a caterpiller. And later,when the sun sets..wait for the fireflies..and the hedhog..I promisse you it will be an adventure..So...take a dive into the undergrowth dearest reader and friend..surch for a big spidersweb made by my favorite spider..its a sign post and it says..stop right here..Its there where we will meet..see you soon..we will have a wonderfull weekend....


Picture source

Nothing special today..

Just some bears strolling around to find a picnic spot..

If you go down in the woods today You're sure of a big surprise If you down in the woods today You'd better go in disguise. For every Bear that ever there was Will gather there for certain because, Today's the day theTeddy Bears have their Picnic.

-Bratton,John
'The Teddy Bears' Picnic'

Art-Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin-Morning in a Pine forst.

Stepping out..

Come...follow me..lets sneek out..mind your step..there's a lot of water in Venice...click here and we will take a virtual tour through a wonderful city..its possible we will meet Casanova..find ourselfs a beautiful costume and mask to dance in the magical carnaval...take a rest in a very famous old cafe..Italy's oldest cafe to be exact!
Go boating on the canals with your beloved and listen to the gondolier sing about Amore....
And last but not least visit a museum...there are many!!! Don't forget Venice is a city of famous painters..

Isn't this fun..making a trip while sitting in your chair....Lets end this trip in a church to light a candle..O..I almost forgot THE WEDDINGS in Venice..very romantic and fairytale like..Have a grand Venice of a day...

Art by Dulac.

Come out come out where ever you are..

On these magical summernights we play this game...'find the Fairies and wish theme good night'..I already found three...

Soft moss a downy pillow makes, and green leaves spread a tent,
Where Faerie fold may rest and sleep until their night is spent.
The bluebird sings a lullaby, the firefly gives a light,
The twinkling stars are candles bright, Sleep, Faeries all, Good Night.
~Elizabeth T. Dillingham, "A Faery Song"

IIts monday..

And to start we sing a little DUET..

For lyrics scroll down....

Rain Forest..

And then...after a hot summersday.....

Rain showers my spirit
and waters my soul.
~Terri Guillemets

Promenade...

“The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.”

Wallace Stevens quotes (American Poet whose work explores the interaction of reality and what man can make of reality in his mind. 1879-1955)

We don't have to change reality today..The sun rules..wonderful summerdays lay ahead of us...Share with me a lovely promenade in the shade of a cool green forest..

Onthe playlist today Gershwin-Promenade.
Art~Ivan Shiskin~Promenade.

A house filled with birds..

In dutch there is this expresion when its really really warm outside that goes like this,"Het is zo warm dat de mussen van het dak vallen"...Yes..what does this mean I hear you ask..It means that its SOOO hot that the birds are falling from the rooftops...poor little creatures. To be sure this doesn't happen today I invited them in...we will go out again when the sun goes down..Its ever so lovely all this little friends flapping around in my living room..:))

Art~David Brayne~.

One step at a time.

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Confucius

Its to hot to go out running about today...take it one step at a time..follow your own pace..