Friday, August 20, 2010

moments

I’ve stepped out of this space for a bit adventuring with family.  It was a  wonderful “slowing down” time as most of our moments were spent in the still and isolated (cell-phone and internet free) hill towns of western Mass.  Though I believe our life is quite still and calm, lived mainly at home all together and so much in tune with the rhythms of the earth, I was wonderfully surprised with just how much stillness I was missing…and just how good it felt to simply be.  Though I will bring you up to date little by little with our adventures today I simply bring you a few moments from our days. 

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A beautiful drive made even more beautiful by a sleeping babe and the entrancing stories told by Natasha.

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Ahh sweet stillness.  And what could possibly beat an Auntie who will sit forever and look look at and throw rocks into the water with you?!?!

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Now we are back.  The laundry is running.  Children are happily reacquainting themselves with their favorite playthings.  And they are here.  112_7374Baskets and bushels and tubs and bowls of fruits and vegetables are everywhere.  Though I am immensely grateful for the produce grown by our hands and the hands of those we love that is currently filling the kitchen I am a bit daunted by the task that these hands will be facing in the next 48 hours.  Ah…sweet harvest season…welcome back.  112_7372 112_7369