this little life of mine

aros #4: Irked

magnet haiku kit/doesn't have the words i want/it's tres annoying!

aros #3: Old Stone

 
elder statesman stone/wrinkles on his ancient face/wisdom in his soul

aros #2: Rainbow

 

After weeks of rain and dreary grey clouds, look up there: redorangeyellowgreenblue stripes shine bright against a steel-blue sky. A sign of hope. A promise from God. A reprieve.

Writing Little Stones for Real

So, I signed up for a river of stones  (aros) writing project at the end of last year, and while I have counted a couple January entries as "stones" simply becasue I tried to describe something better than I normaly would have, neither were really within the spirit of the project. So, I'm starting over. Beginning now, with this little stone:

returning students/means a very full bus, and/the end of comfort

Clean Eating: Split Pea Soup with Smoked Salmon

Mom and I started 2011 with a delicious clean dinner from the newest Clean Eating magazine: Split Pea Soup with Smoked Salmon. This was probably one of the easiest and fastest meals I've made in a long time! I loved all the beautiful colours of this soup - the spring green of the celery and split peas, the bright orange of the carrot, and the pale pink of the smoked salmon - and the smell of the lemon and dill. Best of all, it tasted as good as it looked! And yes, I was very careful with my new camera when I took this picture:

Frozen

It was so cold Friday morning the rainwater in our mosaic birdbath was frozen. I thought it might be just a thin sheet of ice on top of the water, so I tapped it with my finger. It didn't move. It was hard and completely frozen all the way to the bottom! I know that's not so unusual in other parts of the country, but here on the Central Coast, we don't usually get that cold!

The above is one of the last photos from my old elphie camera.

 

A New January Writing Project

Today I discovered this interesting writing project, which is occuring the month of January 2011, during a visit to Gemma's website (where I was admiring her lovely photos!). I thought it sounded not only like a fun writing project, but helpful as well. As stated on the Small Stones website:

A small stone is a polished moment of paying proper attention.

Writing details, descriptions has always been difficult for me, so hopefully this little writing exercise will help me see details better and therefore be better able to describe them. Please click on the badge above to join in!