time flies...like an arrow...

but fruit flies...like a banana.

ha.

it's been a month since i posted.

the full moon has come and gone.

28  feb  2013

i have completely gotten over my bout of bronchitis...

but i'm still on hiatus!

i know i said (in my previous post) that i would be wandering blogland...

visiting all the places i love...

but i haven't.

bad me.

i just can't get motivated to do so.

“Sometimes I can hear my bones 

straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.” 

~ Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

i need more TIME for STUFF...

like reading books (i have read about 5 since my last post)

i need more TIME OUTSIDE...

(temps to freezing at night, in the 60's during the day. aaaaaaah. perfect!)

blossoms on the apple tree we planted in milo's honor

TIME to breathe the fresh air...

and watch for snakes, lizards & bugs...

a Red-banded Hairstreak, on 'milo's apple tree

a Cloudless sulphur resting on the ground's crunchy leaves

a Phaon Crescent soaking up the sun

TIME to listen to the birds...

Red-bellied woodpecker

“I couldn't live where there were no trees--something vital in me would starve.” 

~L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House Of Dreams

a PEACEful dove

Pileated woodpecker

TIME to save a dehydrated turtle that wandered into the yard...

i carried him way out back...to the wet & swampy-ish area...

and left him at the edge of the water.

when i went back to check on him later...he was gone!

i've been making more TIME for being creative...

TIME for cleaning found snake bones & making new earrings!

 these (and more) are at my etsy shop, but i'm also considering going to a local reptile shop to see if they'd be interested in selling them in their store. BUT i'm a terrible salesperson! SO, truthfully, i'll probably never get around to doing that!

anyway...yep!!   i feel like a deserter...a heel...a stick in the mud!

my first blog post was on 21 april, 2010...

with no real vacation.

i started to feel as though cyberspace was sucking the life out of me.

TIME for change. 

so.  i'm still on an extended...time-out.

i  still check  my email...

and i can be spotted on FB now and then.

OH and i almost forgot...emo!!  7 months old on march 16th...

and still a tree hugger & climber!  we take him out for 'walks' regularly!

in the meantime...i hope life is good for all.

(mucho thanks & gratitude to all who left notes of 

support & encouragement & understanding on my last post!!)

AND

thanks in advance for sticking it out to the end here today!

take care  &  be safe.

laura

“Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, 

and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.”  

~ Dalai Lama

~ ~ ~ time out ~ ~ ~

Flatwoods Plum blooming in side yard

ok

so i can finally talk.

my throat's been sore 

& 

my voice gravely

from coughing too much.

it takes a lot for me to actually go to the doctor.

but after trying all my usual natural healing remedies...

and nothing seemed to be getting rid of this congestion...

my throat was getting sorer

&

my ribs felt mega-bruised!

one of nature's curly-q's

i gave in.

diagnosed - bronchitis.

sent home with antibiotics, an inhaler, cough suppressants

and the suggestion to use a vaporizer at night & get some rest.

two weeks later.

still coughing.  but better. 

throat no longer scratchy & ribs don't pain me when breathing!

minimal wheezing.

slowly easing back into work, living on cough drops during the day.

anyway.

i'm taking time off...from here...my blog.

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.” 

~ Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

i feel a weight on my shoulders.

a trapped kind of feeling.  

like a slave to the internet at times.

i need

to

get up. get out. feel the sun.

watch the flowers grow. smell them.

spy on the bugs & birds...all the little critters!

listen. take pictures. create more. 

so many trails to wander...trees & moons to sit under...

books to read.

the full moon behind Oak tree branch on 23 january 2013

of course i won't be gone forever.

just a hiatus.

time for my soul...my body...

to

BE

to

DO.

“I give thanks for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, 

and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, 

which is infinite, 

which is yes.” 

~E.E. Cummings

i'll still be wandering out here now & then,

and will visit all the places i love.

take care.

be safe.

laura

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emo - doing his little halloween dance!