As any parent of a child in sports knows, there are times where it seems like there is an awful lot of waiting.
37/365 waiting
Today’s meet seemed to go on forever. But I got a fair amount of knitting done while we waited for all the gymnasts to finish their rotations. The team place second and Shann did well, so we went home fairly content.
Progress has been made on several fronts today. A dear friend of mine from long ago college days came over to help with Operation Declutter. I picked her up from the ferry this morning, we stopped for coffee, some lunch supplies and various container type things, then dove into the fray. By the end of the day , not only had we sent quite a bit off to donation land, but we had washed two sets of curtains, washed the corresponding windows and mapped out a game plan for some of the rest of it.
I was quite happy to get some knitting time at the end of the day. Watching my girls sit down and play some games together made me happy too.
37/365 snoozing
I did find myself very envious of this guy who seemed to be able to sleep through all the commotion.
It seems like it has been a very long week. I was quite relieved to realize that it was the end of the week this morning.
36/365 foliage
I think that the best part of the whole day was when the Husbeast called me this morning to tell me that his work day had become rather light and asked me out for a lunch date.
Occasionally it pays to break things down and take a different look see at something old and familiar.
35/365 Necco Wafers
Case in point Simple Necco waters took me past the events of the day and gave me a new perspective towards today. Amazing how just a slightly different angle changes everything.
I’ve had a digital camera for quite some time now. I may not always be the quickest person in the room, but eventually I catch on. I realized recently that with a quick change of settings I can take photos in black and white!
peek a boo
Black and white is such a cool medium!
34/365 mask
Over the course of the years that the Husbeast and I have been together, he has picked up several of these types of masks. Fiona is taking a photography class this semester and we were throwing around ideas while she was playing with some of the masks.
Not bad for an impromptu photo shoot!
Gymnasts are a tough bunch. They work hard to make their sport seem easy. But what you see on their meet days doesn’t even begin to reflect all the hard work they do in practice.
practice at the gym
I was reminded about this today when I stopped at the gym and took a few moments to just observe the girls during their strength portion of their work out. Just watching the seemingly endless repetitions is exhausting.
33/365 Chocolate Dreams
This week’s challenge over at the 365 project is food and beverages. At knitting tonight there was a basket of Theo chocolate bars. It took quite a lot of self discipline on my part to avoid indulging myself. However I suspect nibbling on my the household chocolate stash when I got home was a bit counter productive.
Today is also the silent poetry reading day for bloggers. I had thought about writing my own poem and while I am perfectly capable of doing so, I found that I am lacking the necessary inspiration at the moment. So once again, I’ll share one of my Pop Newkirk’s poems.
Soul Flight
Seek some pleasant, seaside nook
Where sunshine warms and waves are still,
There, resting with a worthwhile book,
Forget the woes of life which kill.
Upon your ears the soothing rote
Of lapping wavelets on the shore,
Fall into time with lines you quote
From some great poet, gone before.
So pause, with life’s descending day
And, conscience clear from willful wrong,
Observe the lights and shadows play
To form the pattern for a song.
Out in the sun-blessed afternoon,
Mind entranced by the wild bird’s tune,
Breathing deep of the rich perfume
Of red June roses, ripe with bloom.
The soul leaps up in ecstasy
To ride the dreams of Destiny
And, soaring far above the grime,
Finds height and reach in space and time.
I N Newkirk, II
It has been the year of non-winter around these parts. The weather has been wet, but extremely mild. I feel as if we have skipped the winter months and jumped right into spring.
32/365 Signs of Spring
Sometimes I feel that way about my kids too. I realize that I have spent almost every day of their lives with them, yet all of the sudden they aren’t little anymore, they are balancing that very fine line twixt childhood and some semblance of maturity. Fee is about ready to learn to drive for goodness sake. I wonder if my parents entered that era of my education with extreme fear and trepidation?
There is sometimes beauty in the places one least expects is. Today’s photo was one of those moments. It is the beginning of gymnastic’s season, a new level for my gymnast who has suddenly sprouted up several inches. Suddenly things aren’t quite as easy for her and she is struggling with her self confidence. She has the skills, I have seen her accomplish them. But when push comes to shove, there has been a hesitancy that I haven’t seen before.
31/365 Nature's Lace
I found that I needed to get out of the gym for a bit this afternoon. As I was walking around, feeling the frustration of a parent who sees the full potential of her child, yet not wanting to be one of those uber parents who pushes their child to the point where they whole plan backfires.
I guess it is a fine line. I just haven’t figured out how to manage it.
Squirt, aka Crack House Cat loves his cat naps. Although his method of laying on or near me gets a bit annoying at moments.
29/365 Cat Nap
But he is so darn cute it, I really can’t get too upset with him!
30/365 Carrots
Tonight the Midgelings came over to hang out for a while and to have supper with us. I had originally decided to make spaghetti, but I felt that the weather really warranted chicken noodle soup, so I made that instead. I meant to take a photo of the actual soup, but there wasn’t anything left by the end of the evening.
It has been one of those weeks where by the end of each day I have just enough brain function left knit something quite mindless. I found that the inspiration to snap a picture for the 365 project was a struggle and in the end I did get some photos but at the moment I am too tired get them downloaded.
So tomorrow you get at least two pictures. Content of said photos will most likely vary. At this point I am wishing that my dreams bring renewed inspiration for tomorrow.