the rest we take

I have a new happy place.

How did I live my entire life up to this point without a hammock?

It is like a drug! I lie down in it - that part is intentional - then everything else just happens: I stretch, look around, smile, my eyes close, and then, I almost instantly fall asleep. Out cold. Gone. Ahhhhhhhh...

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day

 is the rest we take between two deep breaths. 

~ Etty Hillesum

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life's mater and matrix

All week, I've come home from work, fed the dogs, and headed for the pool. Floating in the quiet, gazing at the ever-changing sky,  time becomes irrelevant. The tranquility is like a drug.

It's an above-ground pool, and was here when we bought the house. We originally agreed we would leave it up through this - the first  - summer, and re-evaluate at the end of the season. I think my mind is already made...

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Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium.

 There is no life without water.

 ~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi 

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the elimination of nonessentials

Soon, this work will be done, and I will be able to relax...

photos: 1) hairbyborga.com, 2) countryliving.com, 3) mercerislandhomes.org,

4) veranda.com, 5) flickr.com/photos/kassel1 6) jobonga.com

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. ~Lin Yutang

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