525,600 minutes

the goal was a year
for a season
a bit of time

it just seems like forever

3 minutes

i have three minutes to post. i really need to clean the house to give myself the option of being creative. yesterday i had cards to make for a card swap and i couldn't do a thing. i tried a new technique and it failed, then another and it failed. i finaly made the cards and they were not good at all, and late, they were due today, three states away.
i have so little time to myself and i didn't realize how much energy this new venture of caretaker would take. but it's only a season. i must remember this .

the third time

we watched in awe
he and i
how can something that beautiful be so silent
so we watched in kind
together

she changes everything
and never makes a sound

all he can think of is getting out there and biteing her
running all over her
and making her yellow

all i can think of is how she can change an entire landscape
and not brag about it
but, she never does

we go outside to enjoy her
he, biteing and pranceing
me, feeling her on my face and watching him enjoy her

for the third time this year it snowed
we woke up to a beautiful blanket of white
perfect white
silently changing everything

my 120 pound great dane puppy, o'neill
and i
sitting on the sofa by the window
looking outside
in awe of what mother nature can do with out a word
so we followed in kind
watching without a word

the first, second one

i am the second child, and was treated like the first one. ya know, how the first child is the one that the parents get used to parenting on. this makes for a very interesting birth order conundrum... where does that put me?
after 47 years, i think that i have figured it out. in the drivers seat!!!
who am i kidding, who knows. i just wanted an outlet for feelings and thoughts.