Lunar Alchemy

4.6.13

i have been absent from this space for far too long. i forget to write because i get lost in the imagery; the visual elements of things. i forget the poetry. i forget the dance of words. the sensual language. this must be remedied. starting today. the day started with photo editing. i have been photographing flowers all spring long - it has been a lovely season. instead of usual crisp and bright photos, i have been doing more ethereal work lately - and i really love it. it's a new direction for me. always expanding my fields. always growing.

my youngest is ill, which is making the rest of the household a bit miserable. we are nursing him back to health, but this is a stubborn virus. it is so hard to see Dante so upset and uncomfortable - he is always the happiest of the 4 of us. always smiling and loving life. when he is sick, however, the whole world must DIE. poor little guy. i understand.

after some extra buttery grilled cheese, we decided to take the boys for a nap drive in the afternoon. our usual route through southern Ontario wine country. the black locusts are in bloom, and daisies are growing in the fields alongside the road. i must collect some later this week for perfume making. we ended the day attending a "cruise night" car show at the beach. the boys weren't as into it, but husband adores classic cars, so we let him geek out for a bit while we walked around. after Greg got his fill, Drake ran around for a bit and threw rocks into Lake Ontario. Dante and i sat in the sand playing with rocks and sticks. he was content, even happy, for a wee while. then he made it clear it was time to go home.

and now it is almost midnight. i have been photographing my mineral/rock collection to post on a geology forum in hopes they can help me identify/confirm their classification. i am hoping to go rockhounding later this week, hopefully wednesday. we shall see.

i am also planning on conquering the devil's punchbowl this month. what is the devil's punchbowl? let me google that for you. "The Devil's Punch Bowl is a 37 metre ribbon waterfall on the Niagara Escarpment. The Devil’s Punch Bowl originated 450 million years ago when materials that form the Niagara escarpment were originally deposited in an inland sea. Corals and other organisms that lived in the area became fossilized as the sea bottom deposits changed into rocks. The formation of the Devil’s Punch Bowl occurred 1 million years ago after one of the four great ice ages. Today it has become a famous landmark amongst geologists worldwide because of its exposed rock strata." in other words, it's awesome. a rockhounders dream. the last time i hiked down to the falls, 2 years ago, i nearly broke my body in half. it's a rough hike. and this was before i had two babies and gained an extra 40 pounds. it's going to be a challenge, but i'm going to make a day of it and take it slow. i need to get back into shape, and hiking is great exercise.

and now it is time for some more photo editing, and blissing out to Bhagavan Das's lovely voice.

Namaste. ॐ