All in the Golden Afternoon...

Little bread-and-butterflies kiss 

the azaleas, 

and the sun is like a 

toy balloon. 

There are get up in 

the morning rosies, in the golden 

afternoon. 

strings of violets 

are all in tune, 

Turf lillies love 

the dandy lions, in the golden 

afternoon, the golden afternoon.

There are dog and caterpillars and a 

copper centipede,

where the lazy 

daisies love the very peaceful life 

they lead... 

You can learn a lot of 

things from the flowers, for especially 

in the month of June May.

There’s a wealth 

of happiness and romance, all in the 

golden afternoon. ...

All in the golden 

afternoon, the golden afternoon...

 I could not resist...out in my garden today. So many lovely plants there to greet me. This is the time of year when I disappear from the people world. You can find me in the garden world. School is over, and homeschool for kiddos is coming to an end. We will have our noses in flowers, hands in dirt, and our eyes on bugs and nature. I no longer have to be tied to the laptop for assignments, so I figure it's a good time to put it away ...except for blogging :)

C'est la Vie ...and I don't want to miss a moment of it!  

Turn it off, put it down, and go out and enjoy! 

   

DIY: Deodorant

About a year or more ago I found out that coconut oil can be used for EVERYTHING!! I had no idea that I could use it as deodorant, and it works well too!

1. Start with a small empty jar{mine was from gourmet mustard I received as a gift}, and clean it really well.

2. My recipe is 1 drop of each Lemon Essential Oil and Lime Essential Oil per two tablespoons of Coconut oil. I always use Organic Coconut Oil {I get mine at Trader Joes}

3. I don't like to heat my oils at high temps because it may burn out some nutrients, so I put mine on the top of the toaster oven right after I use it. 

5. It will slowly melt...after there is enough liquid, I shake it for about a minute.

6. Let it sit until it's congealed.

I just LOVE this! 

ENJOY!

An Epiphany...

You know when you think about something many, many times, but then, that one time you understand it more than ever! Heck, you understand everything about everything, for that split second! 

...happened to me this morning. If I don't hurry I'll lose it all, but here goes:

I am a very sensitive person period! I've tried over and over to grow thicker skin, but it doesn't grow on me. It's like trying to cultivate apples in the dessert (or something extreme like that, please don't message me and tell me you grew an apple tree in the dessert). 

The past week I've been bitter, not friendly, and I fit in so well...I realized that I can either conform to this unfriendly, unloving, ungrateful society, or I can...not!

I seem to get more respect when I'm frank and unemotional. If I keep this up I could really finish this whole game in the lead. Take my winning to my grave like King Tut. 

There is a gentlemen I used to work with who we call Mtn. Man Dan (You know who you are) who inspired me with a post he made a week or so ago. I may not have gotten his exact point, but I did get this. I'm tired of phoniness. I'm tired of feeling like I have to be that person who wins the race. I don't want to conform to this world, this society, this game. No, I'd rather be with the losers, the ones who come in last. The ones who knew that they never had a chance of winning, but came out anyway, worked hard anyway, and finished anyway! Can you imagine running along side someone who finishes last! Seeing the emotion, the joy, the love, the faith, the "impossible". That's where I want to be. I want to be real. I want to be genuine. I want to be happy, and joyful, and kind, and loving, and living the impossible.  We've always been taught the opposite, so I may only make sense to myself right now, but it's the way I feel. 

So, I think that's where I'll be, I'll be the nice "guy" who finishes last. If you want to find me, I'll be over here, enjoying what I call wealth, the fruits of the spirit~ JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, SELF CONTROL...

and above all 

LOVE!

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May God Bless you all, wherever you are and want to be...

Here comes the sun...little darlins'

It's been a long cold rainy week! I never thought it would stop. We have CABIN FEVER!!

LET US OUT!

Finally this morning the sun broke through and called us into the woods!

There is always such a peace I feel in the woods...

We don't have to be dressed up, or even bathed. We don't feel judged or reckoned upon. 

No, we just come as we are...we just show up and we're welcomed! 

There is so much to take in...

I bet no two people see the same thing...

There's a warmth that enters the body differently...

...through a passage alike no other..

It's a deep warmth. 

The warmth from contentment and familiarity. 

The warmth of home..

A home you've forgotten you had...

Through the hustle and bustle of the material world the remembrance is lost...

...like the soft buzz of a bee that can only be heard if you're listening

Then,

You hear it!

All is clear, the sounds are dimmed, and the bee's buzz is like a lion's roar...

...you are home, between the trees and the cold, cold, ground...