Thursday Morning Silence
Today, I sit here thinking about how sweet my Thursday mornings are. I sit here in my solitude and in the quiet of a house that by contrast is usually filled with laughter and screaming (the good and bad kind). A house that is filled with busy-ness and activity that can only come from that of a house full of six children. A house that is full of life and love. A house that is full of laundry and dirty dishes and a pantry that waxes and wanes with food. I sit here thinking about how tough our life is financially, but the contrast of how rich and full it is with life and love and togetherness and family. The contrast of one aspect of our life from another seems so stark at times. Other times it blends from one end of the spectrum to another.
I love my Thursday mornings. Two of the children are in school, three of them are at our home school co-op and Bairno tends to play quietly next to me or sleep away the mornings adding to my quiet, which I so desperately need some times. I thought about how I would like to capture this on film (digital?) and make it a part of my 30 Tiny Moments. But how do I capture quiet with this medium? How do I grasp what I feel with my camera when there is really no tangible subject? Then I remembered how taken I was the other day by a tree at my neighbor’s house. I saw the tree through our sliding glass doors while sitting on the couch with the children. I remember being in awe of the stark contrast of the flowers against the leaves and the sky. So I decided to attempt to capture that contrast this morning.
I love the deep colors. The thickness of the flowers. The rich fold in each flower petal. It says so much about how I feel. I love that the flower in the center of the picture is full and rich with life. There are so many petals on this flower and so much for it to contain - like it just burst forth with all it had. It is surrounded by so much: leaves and other flowers all reaching to soak up the same sun and sky as this one flower. There it is, soaking up life with everything going on all around it: the dogs barking underneath, the squirrels scampering about from tree to tree, the birds flying and twittering around singing of the coming spring, the cats fighting and chasing and climbing the tree that holds its life. Yet there it is in its quiet solitude soaking up life.
p.s. Don’t forget my earlier post.
I love this post. After my day yesterday, I need to appreciate those solitary moments a lot more. Thank you for motivation!
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Will you come see me in Parchment after I blow up the DMV? How many government agencies do not know how to make change for a twenty? You can only fill out this paper with a black ink pen. You have to have this notarized and signed by both parents. No maam, a highway and an interstate are not the same thing. You’ll have to bring in your marraige license.
Sorry, pretty pic. I love Camellias. I saw some yesterday. They made we want to dig holes all over my yard.
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