what's out your window?

a new dawn

a new day

Colour Your World

There's so much to pack up, to sort, to do

A spring clean.

Spring, what a funny time

it really can't decide what it is

between summer and winter

that's how I feel - between

Right now it's back in winter.

I wish I had a fire

just stare into

and lose my self,

or my lists.

The children are on holidays

but I'm on everything.

The Gyoto Monks are down the road at our school hall

offering 'Tortang' Karma Burning Ritual.

I think I'll need one in my back yard

for all the tiny bits that accumulate

that there's no place for anymore.

But there amidst the busyness they make their magnificent sand mandala

focused, patient and immersed.

I can't make a mandala like them

I can't even have my fire (it's raining)

but when I sit to colour in

I can lose my self 

and gather my self anew.

Here's a little fire for colouring

my little gift to you.

the heart

there were skeletons in the closet, ok behind

we found them when we moved it

clearing out the old stuff

anatomy of long long ago

peeling off the layers

of time and life and love

finding the faded yellow page

of learnings found and new

what was new is old now

but my heart grows strong and true

as I throw and sell and give away

under all the stuff and rumble

the tousle with the old attachments

stories, bits and maybe-useful-one-day's

stays a patient, waiting heart

filling more as the stuff is emptying

space for joy and thank you's

renovate = make new again

renovate - from the latin re - "again" and 

novare - "to make new"

We're living in deep reno

And what a team - we have Nici and her bright ideas with Angus and the boys to put all the pieces together - what fun. Finally got the internet back, almost got a kitchen. 

But what we really got is new life coming in.

How are the phase changes in your life?

The seasons are a changing, more light's coming in, more light's coming into my house - I'm looking forward to all the new games coming up, more writing and more painting. 

More ideas are flowing and more friends to share them with.