- Dawn at the Bay 13 by 14″ $130.00
Dear Diary, Yesterday I took a picture of the sky outside the studio. It was palest grey, but if I were to hook it I might not choose grey for it. A sky can be any colour. I think of the blackbirds I hooked on a red sky. Changing the colour like this means that sky is interpretive. It might be sky, or it might be something else. You are left to wonder.
Yesterday I picked a nice little bundle of raspberries in my own yard, and turned out a little raspberry cake wiith brown sugar sauce to share with some friends. It felt quite bountiful to have them growing in your own garden. Having them, and then taking the time to pick them makes you feel good. It is like making the best of what you got. Years ago, I heard a woman interviewed on CBC radio and they were talking about wealth. The guest said, her mother’s line was “It don’t matter if you live in a trailer, or mansion. It’s not what you got, it’s how you keep it.” I think it is true that how you keep things might tell us more about you, then what you got. Perhaps. I like the idea of keeping things in good shape, whether it be the raspberry bushes or the paint on the house. Keeping things together, tidily. Sometimes now when I fret a little over something not being good enough, I remind myself it’s not what you got, Deanne, it’s how you keep it.
Deanne – I completely live with this as my mantra. For a million reasons, my hubby and I aren’t “where we should be in life” in terms of financial achievements, if we measure by societal norms. Too bad, we cherish what we have, keep our house looking good, everything working well and we take pride in our humble home.
I bet there aren’t too many mansions with luxurious, one of a kind hand-made rugs on their floors, made by the mansion’s owner. So who’s the lucky one?
I love that saying ~ it is so true!
Deanne,
I so agree, but it goes beyond material things…It includes our bodies and minds.
My Mother always kept a neat house, I guess that is who I got it from. Knocking myself out when the kids were little trying to do the same. Instead of spending more time with them, I was trying to be a neato person, regret that now. When I sold my house I had to decide what to keep, what to let go. Hanging on to those pieces of Memorabilia was more important, little bits and bobs collected through the years that tell something about who you are. I am very nostalgic, a romantic dreamer, not always the best idea, but thats the way it goes, we are all different.Shirley
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Awesome words to live by…thanks for that.