Sunday, August 22, 2010

blossom



Life has been busy and while I had good intentions of writing here I just haven't arrived to Number 56 on my to-do list. Actually now that I'm writing I suppose I skipped quite a few to-dos. I like list making. It's enormously rewarding to cross/tick things off the list.

I'm pleased and relieved to say that the end-of-winter-cold has finally left our family and our home and in its place is the warmth of a fresh new Spring and the blossoms that beg to be stolen from other people's gardens. I enjoy reaching my hand through a fence and carefully snapping the stem, drawing those gorgeous cherry blossom blooms towards me. They are so fun to photograph too. Incredibly fragile and rice-paper-like. I exhale a sweet happy sigh every time I see them.

Busyness has involved so many words, so many emails and a bunch of phone calls (I don't really like chatting on the phone - especially to people I don't really know). However, it has made me prioritise and I've decided it's time for me to cut down my yoga teaching commitments so that I can be the student again. I'll still be teaching my prenatal classes and birth workshops but a few hours a week will be spent at the studio doing 'my' practice - the opporative word being 'my,' because practicing at home is lovely but Surya Namaskara with an almost-three-year-old around my neck is hard. I think I'm seeking space and the opportunity to breathe and be nurtured without interruption. Yes, that's it.

Spring is beckoning us, we're venturing out under a big and very blue sky. In the next few weeks the windows will be cleaned, the woolens packed away and my milky white legs will see the sun again. Spring; can you feel it?

10 comments:

  1. Yes, I can feel it. I am getting tired of all the stews I have been cooking. I feel like some summer salads.

    Gorgeous photos!

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  2. beautiful photos, bring on the sunshine! x

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  3. I love making to-do lists, but sadly I can never cross everything off, and then I start making a new one all over again. It is a vicious cycle. Enjoy the cherry blossoms, spring is far away from me now, and fall is about to visit once again, so pumpkins, apples and orange and red hues are in sight. :)

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  4. I'm always so envious of you heading into Spring as we just being our Fall. Enjoy it! It's my favorite time of year.

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  5. Oh you've reminded me I need to put: "book window cleaner" on my list. :)
    Your plan sounds wonderful. Enjoy.

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  6. sure can feel it...and loving it.

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  7. It is getting closer which does make me smile. sunshine yes please!
    beautiful blossom images.x

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  8. Gorgeous shots! I know, spring is on the way - am so excited!

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  9. gorgeous photos, jodi. Yes, we're loving the spring too...although not the wind!!

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  10. beautiful shots again. i can't believe it's only spring there now. spring seems so far away here with the hot blistering miami sun shining every day now for months on end...

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