pausing those moments

Sometimes you just need to pause the moments.  Instead of flying through days like you're a mouse with a cat at your heels (being a mouse would be so unfortunate). The other day I sat in my darling sunroom and paused the moment with these pictures.  I didn't get the objects all pretty and perfect. I left them in their simple state and snapped.  

I like pausing moments, it gives you something to think about in the busy moments.

my enemy

An enemy I had, whose mien

I stoutly strive in vain to know;

For hard he dogged my steps, unseen,

Wherever I might go.

My plans he blocked; my aims he foiled;

He blocked my every onward way.

When for some lofty goal I toiled,

He grimly said me nay.

"Come forth!" I cried, "Lay bare thy guise!

Thy wretched features I would see."

Yet always to my straining eye

He dwelt in mystery.

Until one night I held him fast,

The veil from off his form did draw;

I gazed upon his face at last

And, Lo! myself I saw.

Edwin L. Sabin

(one of my very favorite poems)

a day at the lake day 2

This was the last day spent at the lake.  It was a quaint and perfect whimsical day full of playful nieces, clear skies, fishing, bonfires, and s'mores.  I really, really love the the outdoors.

  That night the moon was absolutely gorgeous with it's silvery reflection on the lake. Unfortunately my cam wasn't able to capture the splendor of it. But, it was certainly a sight worth seeing.

I hope your day is lovely!