Day Off

Day Off

I'm off to eye surgery (again)

Different surgery, which he made sound very easy

So did the first doc

Wary, but no time to dwell...

house in total disaray

Books get picked up Sunday and I still have to finish sorting mine

VA pick-up soon, clothes to sort

Millions of things to do

Well, maybe hundreds

Money to deal with

Stuff, stuff, stuff

No time for tired,

but I'm sleeping like the dead at night.

I hope this eye thing goes well

I'll try to get back with more interesting stuff here

I've something to share

xo

Super Moon Love

Moon rises across the street

Moon through the blinds

With goldfinch bell

A   P h r a s e   o f   L i f e

 S h e   m o v e s   w i t h   g u a r d e d   h o n e s t y ,

       t h r o u g h   t h e   c h o r e o g r a p h e d   c h a o s .

 E m b r a c i n g   a n d   i g n o r i n g   s h r e d d e d   r e g r e t s .

 F r e e d o m   a b s o r b e d   s e r i o u s l y ,

       l i k e   a   c l a u s t r o p h o b i c   b e a r .

 W i c k e d l y   r e s i s t i n g   p r e - p a c k a g e d   v a l u e s  

       a n d   a s s i g n e d   c r e a t i v i t y .

 T h e n   t h e   m o o n   p u l l s   h e r   h o m e,

       i n t o   v e r t i c a l   d r e a m s

 U n t i l   t h e   j a s m i n e   b l o o m s .

 NAE

 D e c e m b e r   1 6 ,   2 0 0 5 

Peek-A-Boo!

Orange glow

Moon up the canyon

In the trees

Framed by the grapefruit leaves

And in the cat's eyes!  Meow!

Photos by NAE @pomegranatetrail ©2012

Ode to Cloth

seeing things

as stitches

items cloaked as cloth

 eyes abound

color, shape and pattern,

themes to represent

alterations to make

dreams to embrace

   Photos by NAE @pomegranatetrail ©2012 @ Birch Aquarium at Scripps & Pacific ocean nearby

Something Old

Photos by NAE @pomegranatetrail ©2011

This is my grandfather's cane.  A man I never knew.  My mother's father, who passed away when she was only 11 years old.  For all of these years it has been kept, as a cherished remembrance of this important family member.  I've taken the seam out of the cane wrapping cloth and washed it by hand in Woolite.  It continued to disintegrate in my hands.  

There are many holes and shreds of fabric hanging off.  

It is as fragile as our history...as our memories of one another...of life itself.

Avocado Festival

Welcome to the Avocado Festival!

There were lots and lots of avocados!!!

There were so many people, we could barely walk!  Not my favorite kind of event.  Lots of vendors, lots of food booths, a few stages with live music, a big area with kids activities, a big tent with many displays, tractors and avocado themed dioramas made by local children!
Some of the food choices included avocado pie and ice cream!  

We did not taste either of those!

There was the guy with his wooden bike! 

Interesting flowers for sale

The overstimulating atmosphere of the festival was countered 

by the sights on the walk to the car.

There was no way to get the whole tree in a photo today!

This tree is amazing in it's hugeness!  Maybe on a less crowded day I could get a better picture, but today there were too many cars and people.  The ground below the tree is covered in the most wonderful, long pine needles and long slender ?  I don't know what these are!!  You can read more about the tree here.

A way cool tree eye!

Old house in town

The beautiful Pacific Ocean in the afternoon sun

 UPDATE:

I went to check on the window-box when I got home and what did I find?  Well, I did not find the little bug, but instead I found this guy sitting on the little bug's sunflower!  

Where is the little bug?

Photos by NAE @pomegranatetrail ©2011