Beside the Sea

I must go down to the sea again,

for the call of the running tide,

and the salty spray,

and the sea-gulls cry.

Blessings

Yaya

Water Therapy

To gaze upon the peacefulness of water,

pondering life,

breathing the salty air,

soothes the soul.

Blessings

Yaya

"A Year by the Sea"

A summer day...

A good book...

Pondering thoughts of an unfinished woman...

Aren't we all 'unfinished' women?

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart

and try to love the questions themselves.

Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be

given you because you would not be able

to live them. And the point is to live everything.

Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then

gradually, without noticing it, live along some

distant day into the answers."

Blessings

Yaya

Far Away Places

Some places stay with you forever...

Never leaving your heart.

Today,

I am dreaming of long ago trips,

and far away places.

Oh travel fairy,

spin the globe

and take me to far away places...

Blessings

Yaya

Small Spaces Made Pretty

It's a joy to make things pretty,

even if it's just for you,

or for only two people...

A fresh cloth on the table...

A fresh rose from the garden, or even a pretty silk one...

A pretty china cup...

It just feels good.

One little space at a time,

made pretty.

Blessings

Yaya

A Country Porch View

To sit on a southern porch

in the springtime,

and look out across the fields

is pure bliss.

It is time to paint the rocking chairs,

and the old porch planks,

and scrub and clean...

wash linens,

and hang them on the line.

Spring is such a beautiful new beginning...

Blessings

Yaya

A Kiss of Spring

We spent a long cold winter

in the northland,

and it is so good to be back in the deep south

where everything is kissed by spring.

Springtime blessings

Yaya

Happy Valentine's Day

May you be blessed with love...

Valentine blessings

Yaya

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez

Our little island kicks off the Mardi Gras season.

Is Mardi Gras a 'season'?

Way down south it is!!

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roules!

Let The Good Times Roll!

HAPPY MARDI GRAS, Y'ALL!

Blessings

Yaya

Dear Little Beach House

I miss you when I'm gone...

Blessings

Yaya

My Beachy Things

We are on an island...

When I walk into our tiny island house,

I want everything to say

BEACH.

Beachy Blessings

Yaya