The New 20

 I had a five day weekend! That was a great stay-cation!

We spent the entire weekend at home, just doing busy things and having fun.

Natassia and Silas came for Thanksgiving and we had the traditional turkey dinner.

Natassia and I went out for a cross country ski and started breaking trails on the new 20 acres.

It was terribly brushed in from snowladen trees and branches bending over the trails, so the next day, Mike and I took a sandvik and put our skis on and he chopped and I cleared and now the trails are clear and have a good track set.

 I skied every single day of the 5 day weekend,

and yesterday I took a ski on one of the loops and came home to find neighbor Barb at my house with snowshoes on, so I changed shoes and off we went breaking trails on 'shoes!

 This is one of my favoite spots on the property and part of the loop I make the most!

 Here is the temporary crossing Mike constructed for me after the bridge broke during the summer.

 Here I am precarioulsy crossing it on skis!

On the home stretch into the meadow!

If you use a magnifying glass you can see the look-out tower on top of yonder mountain.

Lunch Breaks

 It was a gorgeous 4 days in Missoula.

These fotos were snapped on my lunch break, walking from yoga studio to the Park

the Clark Fork River.

My walk to school

 Walking across the bridge on Higgins.

Beneath Orange Street.

There were two small deer on the other side of this tunnel and they were not at all alarmed by my presence, they would lift there heads, look at me and then continue grazing.

It was wonderful to "live" downtown for the session and get to walk to Butterfly Herbs

for coffee/tea to fuel my morning walk.

As you can see it was a lovely time of day for a stroll.

The Golden Larches

 It's that time of year

All the light is golden

an aura has settled upon us

night and day, the air is just a different hue

the color of calm

Piece Together Peace

"There are two ways of spreading light;

to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

~Edith Wharton

"Be the peace you can be today.

How can you be peace today?

What is one thing that you can do differently to bring more peace to the world?

 

The most significant work we can do for the benefit of our planet

is the work we do on ourselves.

  Be the peace you can be today.

Be the change.

Your piece counts!

Your peace counts!"

 

http://www.threadinglight.com/2010/09/piece-together-peace.html

 

My inspiration for this post.

Read on and join in!

 

fotos are from my evening walks.

I step out my door into this light and peace and wonder

immediately I feel calm and happy

lately I have noticed how quiet it is out here

not the usual quiet, but somehow the earth seems buffered

each footfall seems quiet 

perhaps it is the new padding of the fallen leaves

or the damp of autumn

or the new chill in the air

or could it be that I have found a quieter more deliberate step?

whatever it is

it is good

it is peace

 

"The soul of a landscape, the spirit of the elements,
the genius of everyplacewill be revealed

 to a loving view of nature."
Karls Jaspers-Philosophy

'Shrooms

The "Don King" of mushrooms.

 Some unidentified "fungal" type thing! Very wild!

 I call this one the "Starship Enterprise" 'shroom.

This is a mushroom village, reminiscent of the "Smurfs"!