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every year, i have the idea that i will make it to the tree lighting ceremony in pioneer square. (it's always the day after thanksgiving.) every year, it is raining - and i skip it.
this year, it was not raining.
i wish i had skipped it anyway.
then again, i am awfully fond of this photo, so i guess there is a bright side. and now i won't wonder if i'm missing out, so i guess there is another.
do you know that this photo was taken exactly 6 years ago! atlas hasn't changed much; no wonder people still think he's a puppy. he is still cute. he still likes sticks. he still doesn't understand how to pose for photos of me + him. i, on the other hand, have lost some hair, gained some weight, and added some lines to my face. i blame atlas. hee.
happy thanksgiving, dear blog readers, from puppy and me. we appreciate your visits and comments oh-so-much.
my thanksgiving offering - a quote from meister eckhart:
"if the only prayer you said in your whole life was thank you, it would be enough."
red (leaves).
yellow (leaves).
green (leaves).
blue (sky).
when i was growing up, we had these sets of plastic cups: red, yellow, green, blue. i'm sure i drove everyone nuts because i felt it was my duty to make sure they were always stacked in the same order in the cupboard: red on top, then yellow, then green, then blue on the bottom. i'm also sure that other people stacked them in the wrong order just to drive me nuts. and yes, i would always rearrange them.
"What
Is the
Root of all these
Words?
One thing: love.
But a love so deep and sweet
It needed to express itself
With scents, sounds, colors
That never before
Existed."
- Hafiz
my response to the nineteenth challenge from the four
to interpret the poem:
"November comes
And November goes,
With the last red berries
And the first white snows.
With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.
The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring."
- Elizabeth Coatsworth
i was going to tell you a story about atlas and a squirrel.
but then we were walking along the sidewalk - out on our evening walk - when he starts prancing along on tippy-toes, nose up in the air, sniffing wildly, which means that he smells something wonderful. (wonderful. ha! gross and disgusting is more like it. oh! once he followed a lady all around the dog park doing this very same thing. it was hysterical. do you know what it was? she said that she bought a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store before heading to the park - and took one small bite of it before getting out of her car.)
when he gets like this, he is a dog on a mission. back and forth. back and forth. back and forth. following his nose to find that smell. all of a sudden - before i could realize and stop him - he tried to jump straight up onto a wall that was almost as tall as me (i'm 5 foot 7). (i've watched him jump straight up before - onto walls higher than my waist. it is amazing.) apparently this one was a bit too high. his front feet made it but his back feet fell a little short and he fell backwards.
so what happened next, you ask. i felt so sad that he couldn't get to his wonderful smell and even hurt himself in the process that the next thing i knew, i was digging around in the bushes in the dark to find this smelly thing myself. thankfully, i didn't. (by the way, when i turned to atlas with empty hands and said, "i can't find it", he tried to jump onto the wall again.)
seriously, people. this dog has made me wacky. i didn't use to dig in bushes for smelly things. please come help me.
i know. it's not wednesday. but the pup is looking awfully cute over here so you get an extra dose of weimy goodness this week.
to the left is anton, the weimaraner that taught me to love weimaraners (a story i have yet to tell). i was dog-sitting for him.
to the right is atlas, whom you've already met.
you know what they say - two heads are better than one. doubly true when it comes to soft velvety weimy heads.
the lovely christina of soul aperture is hosting another day focused on simple things that make us happy.
this is one of my favorite days to join in on. when i look at my last list, it brings back memories of summer. when i come back and read this list again, i know it will remind me of fall.
here is my list of some current simple things that make me happy - five senses style.
sight
sound
touch
smell
taste
be sure to visit christina's blog for many many more lists!
(i've used this quote before, but it seems fitting)
"You are love. You come from love. You are made by love. You cannot cease to love."
- Hazrat Inayath Khan
at water's edge
i walk
humbled
by once ordinary trees
arrayed in all their splendor
in their reflection
even more beauty
i look down
wondering
what i will see
in my own reflection
