June 10, 2022
Hello there,
For no reason other than curiosity I scrolled through my phone to find pictures from this date (or as close as possible) from the past few years. Ordinary moments in mundane days, yet ones I choose to capture. Images of life observed, yet holding stories of life being lived.
The photo app on our phone makes it easy but other things work too. Social media, of course- Facebook Memories will take you back as long as you've been on the app. Flipping through old journals or scrolling back through your calendar, anything that tracks life over time is a treasure chest of moments.
Go back a few years and see what stories the small moments have to tell now.
1.
2019
The day I lost one my tree friend outside my office window. Its partner would go in the next year or so. They made it feel like I lived in a forest and had me think I would enjoy living in a tree house. I now have an open view of the park and enjoy watching the world go by but I miss the feeling of privacy. The shade too. The house is much warmer, too warm in the summer, and our back yard is more a sun garden now. It was fun watching men hanging from the tree
though.
2.
2020
Just a few months into the pandemic, babies still being born and needing cushy blankets. I knit this for a friend of my sister. It is the Twinkle, Twinkle Baby Blanket by Helen Stewart. Knitting it was soothing and hopeful comfort during those early days when not much was known about this strange new virus. That baby is now almost two, a toddler finding her own way in the world. This makes me smile and hope that blanket is stretched and worn, stained with
tears and trips to the park, well used and well loved.
3.
2021
It took awhile ( a good couple of years), but my totally from scratch sourdough starter and my weak skill finally became strong enough to make consistently good bread. I almost killed the starter out of neglect during the last months of my mom's life and early months of grieving. But starter is resilient, as is my stubbornness, and with a bit of attention and some feeding Bill is more active than ever. (My starter's name is Bill. I know this because he told me. Don't
laugh.) So many life lessons come with the humble act of bread making.
4.
2022
Pages of poetry spread out with images. A project in process. What might this image share with me in a few years?
5.
A blessing for your week:
(from the I are a Queen oracle deck)
May you alchemize the moments of living into gold.
Sandi Davis
(c)2022 Sandi Davis
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