Originally posted on Poetry of Moods and Moments:
Bees know No-one told the bees to make honey but they do. No-one needs to know how the grass grows but it does. When the tree falls in the forest we do not hear but fungi flourish We have not asked the sun to rise and shine…
Just out and about today. Going down to the beach the roses are out, the beach pea is out, the poison ivy is out, and so are the kids. Just hope the last two don’t meet. A message from WordPress came in to my email, as they do from time to time. It said: … More Summer coming closer
I have had a great weekend. I don’t really feel guilty for being high over that horrible illness [or whole set of illnesses] known as “depression“, but I do. We just had the NAMI BI Spring Conference … on “Depression – A Community Conversation, What do we know? What can we do?” [report here] I … More Getting High on Depression
Yesterday I cycled to Goose and Garden to get some colour for the boxes on the deck. I am tired today but actually more excited by the tubs down below – I have been watching them closely as seeds were planted, it is like watching paint dry, rather than kettles boil, something will happen, sometime, … More Transcendent or Ordinary
Monday – return to Phoenix, via 89A through Sedona and stopped to walk at West Fork Creek. Different terrain again, because the creek is here with water, and all along the trail the small flowers are blooming, it was also (apart from the powwow) the most populated place we have been. Lots of walkers, crossing … More Arizona, last day
Sunday again – it felt like the end of the holiday, but there was still lots to see and do. We set off again to Flagstaff, knew it would be a long journey, but stopped to see the Petroglyphs National Monument just west of Albuquerque [this google map site lets you move along the path … More Arizona – day before last day
When we left Canyon de Chelly, we drove through to New Mexico to Albuquerque. Molly had heard of the Gathering of Nations Powwow being held there. We found out motel, and then a Trader Joes before researching how to get to the Powwow. On Saturday we found our way by bus to the Tingley Coliseum … More New Mexico – Gathering of Nations
Friday – tour of Canyon de Chelly with Adam Teller. What a tour guide, and incredible place. Our tour was the short one, about twenty miles in a jeep through one half of the canyon, with stops to see the pictures on its walls and dwellings now ruined halfway up towering cliffs, that once were … More Arizona Day 6, Canyon de Chelly
Thursday morning – I walked through the historic district – lots of murals. Then to Walnut Canyon, the notices on the steep path said to stop on the way up and down because of altitude, the trail allowed walking past old cliff dwellings, flowers, trees, to explore and raise ones eyes to the hawks and … More Arizona – Day 5 – did we really do all that?
Wednesday 25, headed North through Phoenix to Flagstaff, stopping at Red Rock Mountains on the way, near Sedona. Walked to my first heritage site at Honanki, then my first Canyon, a one small by Arizona standards, a wonderful two hour hike in Fay Canyon. And, my first ever rattlesnake!! Then the drive up to Flagstaff … More Arizona Day 4 – Red Rock National Park
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