Birds

a couple of days ago, i spotted a large moth resting on the inside of our porch screen, so i opened the door and, snapping the screen with my fingers, sent it on its way. it flew in its wild moth pattern toward a nearby tree, and a small bird shot down from the sky and proceeded to chase it. the moth zig-zagged and swirled successfully for a few moments, but then the bird caught it and shot back over the roof of our house to wherever it was going.

our house wrens' babies hatched last week. can you hear them cheeping?

Milky Way

back from my brief unintentional hiatus.

have decided to take a few things off my plate, in order to free myself up to be more present in the moments of my life. to that end, i will only be writing on this blog once a week or so for a little while, at least until i get past the sense of responsibility to write daily. may return to writing here daily, or may not, will depend upon what it takes for me to slow down in my life.

looked up at the stars tonight, so many and so bright after weeks of cloudy evenings. saw the milky way with cignus flying through it for the first time in months, not having given the night sky much time for a while. thought of how looking at the milky way is looking out towards the edge of our galaxy, through the densest portion of it. remembered how, in the past, the milky way reminded me how awesomely huge the world is, how alone and insignificant we are, compared to the rest of the universe.

tonight, though, something held me back from feeling these things. though i thought of them, they failed to raise me up into the skies, into the dark expanse of space, away from all of my petty worries and plans, as has always happened in the past. i remained steadfastly my self standing on my porch on this night in this place. it was as though there were a string pulled too taught to let me fly off into the depths of wonder and imagining, too taught to let me rise above where i was.

Ho-Hum

a good day, but no inspiring ideas to write about. tremendous lightning and thunderstorm last night, rain all day today with thunder at times. tornado watch.

joyful to have plans to stay soon at our beloved pinestead. looking forward to taking in the chickens, fields, brooks, mountains with our boy now, seeing it all anew.

caught a honeybee on the toe of my sandal on tuesday, and neither of us ended up happy. today's rain, pooled on our porch, was refreshing for my swollen, itchy foot.

didn't make it out to garden today, but started working on some baby blankets to sell at our town's farmer's market.

Baby

husband's sister and her husband had their babe this morning. little wee fellow lying in the crook of his mum's arm when i went to visit them in the hospital. little ancient person, fresh from the womb, so wise and tiny compared to us.

Veggies & Bugs

cukes are coming, cabbage is heading, summer squash and zucchini are here, lettuce is gone. potatoes need to be hilled, tomatoes need a new level of string, cukes and pole beans need some guidance to find their trellises. potatoes, cabbage, strawberries all have their unique bugs. peas continue to ripen for the boy to eat.

beautiful, ravenous young caterpillars on our milkweed the other day. still waiting to see monarchs on our milkweed and coneflower.

Away

power was out, then i was away. will write soon.

Moon

big orange moon in the sky tonight. once it held its proper place as the only light in the sky at night, the one light shining on the earth in the night, the one bright place for the creatures on the earth to look up to.