Picking Poppies

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Photo-heart connection, number IX

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Gathering . . . doesn't it always seem that society, and our culture wants us to be illusioned

into feeling the need to gather things. Things that break, and need dusting. A bigger house and a bigger yard, mean more up keep, or money to pay someone else to do it. Things, that just suck away all of our time. Time we could be spending on gathering not things, but simply that of experience and memories and of time with each other.

I grew up close to my grandfather, who grew up in the great depression. They had to rent out their house and live in their garage to survive the times. You carry that with you later in your life, and as I grew up and spent time with him, I watched him use envelopes from the mail as notepaper for grocery lists, and mark the dates on can goods, etc. He didn't know it, but he was a recycler well before his time. I have carried some of that with me too, and once I have gathered something, it's much harder for me to ungather it. I am always thinking I may need it later.

But this image reminds me of what I want to gather in my life right now and that isn't trinkets for my home, or for a closet full of things I can't wear in this lifetime, or for things that make me a slave to time. I want to gather the simple moments of life like watching a butterfly lay eggs in the garden, or watching the sunrise, or feeling the sand beneath my feet and making memories with my family and friends. The things I want to gather now do not need the aid of a basket, just my presence.

Love, Kim

P.S. - Today I am over at Focusing on life introducing our new theme for the month of October.

Come check it out, and join in on the fun in our flickr group for a chance to be the weekly InFocus

selection featured on our blog!

Sharing with, Communal Global, Sweet Shot Tuesday, Texture Tuesday,

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

It's the end of Homecoming week . . .

And I can say that as we have all had fun, we are all glad that it has come to an end.

Locker decorations for football, a shopping cart parade, a carnival, a pep rally, my son's

game (our first win) and varsity the following night (another win!!). Although, that varsity game

had us all on the edge of our seats until literally THE last one second of the game!

I know I'm behind on my visits to all of you and I'm really hoping this is the week

I can get caught up, please be patient with me? xo

I'm squeaking out these prompts this week . . . again.

{ yellow }

My what big "eyes" you have . . .

{ getting ready }

The carnival was Friday at the high school and we were getting the sandwiches

ready hours before it started, taking turns scooping. It was hot, and of course we haven't had rain in

weeks - it rained too. Hot, muggy, rainy, yep it was perfect weather for a carnival! ; )

{ bright }

Love these bright birdbaths!

{ teeny tiny }

A teeny tiny water drop with teeny tiny flowers refracted inside.

{ connections }

All that's needed is a pencil, to connect the dots? Yes it's a stretch!

I think lately that I'm more tired now with a 15 and 17 year old, than when they were 10 years younger. Or is it that I'm 10 years older? haha And the exhaustion of getting them to bed when they

were younger has been replaced with the waiting for them to come home.

Have a good one today -

Love, Kim

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Oh . . . oh, oh, oh!

I had something entirely different for today,

But,

sometimes ya just gotta change your mind.

I went outside, to what I call my coffee cave,

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to watch the sun rise over the neighbor's house, as I do most mornings.

I was also hoping to finally capture a photo of the hummingbirds that are coming daily

to the wild morning glory, but they aren't so sure about me yet . . . they come and drink a bit, look up

and remember I'm there. In between they like to sit on this branch . . .

After a while, I decided to add some water to my bird bath . . .

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When I spied a spicebush butterfly and went in to go get my big girl camera and thankfully

he was still there . . .

This is the wild morning glory that has taken over my bushes, but I don't have to heart to take it out yet,

as the wildlife is flocking and I'm loving it. I followed the butterfly . . .

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to the other side of my front porch, where I spied a green anole lizard licking the moisture from the leaves.

(the lizard photos are all taken with my camera phone)

I changed the setting to close-up and zoomed in . . . and as I was snapping,

he was getting closer and closer . . . which is unusual and at first I thought maybe he spied a bug.

No bug, but he was really getting close!

Something seemed to catch his eye . . .

At this point I'm kinda laughing to myself, because I can't quite figure it out . . .

Oh, but curious he was and at this point he is just a mere inch or two from my phone . .

And this would be when he started to lick the camera lens, and I'm just dying here, haha . . .

But what happened next I had no way of capturing . . . he climbed on top of my phone! But when I tried to get him on my finger he jumped off. Not soon after that he climbed back onto my hand and continued to check the phone out, licking it some more. He jumped back off and after a little while he began to bite at the phone? It was really quite comical and of course I was in heaven!

He finally went along his way when he figured he wasn't getting a piece of my phone. The butterfly came back, and so did the hummer . . . although my camera (big girl) couldn't focus fast enough and as soon as he

heard the camera clicks he was gone.