Thunderbirds Prefer These As Nests. I Guess Steel Trees Can Hold Their Weight Better Than Real Trees.

These Flowers Remember You

These flowers, they remember you.

They miss you and your gentle touch,

The yellows, reds and bonny blues.

How do I know they tell as much?

Though, as from fairy gardens snuck,

They're silk and bought with only cents.

They tell me as I pull and pluck;

Their buds make otherworldly scents.

Yesterday, as I was walking, I noticed that the leaves floating down through the air paused just a second on their way down as if they wanted to stay aloft. I wondered, then, if leaves are meant for flight. Do they possess a remnant of the life of the tree they came from? Do they possess sentience or a will of their own? I picked one up, keeping it to photograph. On my way back home, I saw the wind pick up a leaf in front of me, then another and another... soon a whirlwind of leaves passed over and around me. It seemed the universe, or the leaves, answered me. They knew I held their friend captive in my hand. "Just a photo, and then I'll let it go," and later I did. :) Further on, I heard a powerful rustling in the woods behind me, and a great whirlwind brought golden-brown leaves high into the air. It's no coincidence, they said, that leaves resemble feathers.

Nevermore! <3

Smoothies <3

Smoothie 1

Water

1/2 orange

1 banana

Mm...vitamin C!

Smoothie 2

1 cup cold coffee

Handful raw oats

Handful raw almonds

1 banana

Yum!

More photos of yesterday's storm.

Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Recipe

Water

Raw oats

1 banana

Blueberries

Flax oil

Salt (optional)

Cinnamon (optional)

Mix water and raw oats and add banana, blueberries and flax oil. So simple, yet delicious!