TOO BURDENED TO FLY

TOO BURDENED TO FLY?

 Years ago when I moved to Kenya, I was  impressed by the hard work, and the endurance to do it, of the women there. 

I drew this sketch , thinking , "I could never do that!" I would not survive the harsh life. 

I would be "too burdened to fly! " With flying being my euphemism for getting through this life with joy and laughter and  kindness and love. 

I have changed my mind, because I have seen first hand that the ladies here do fly! 

They might haul cow grass, as I have sketched in the drawing, up a hill, but  they build a fire, make tea, sit down, and have a few laughs with friends. Same as what I do. 

Work is just work. We do what we have to do, but the flying part of our lives is an attitude of the heart! 

I have met so many awesome women here who truly know how to "fly", no matter what the burden, or how steep the hill! 

 

GLADYS AND JENNIFER 

Hard working ladies who know how to laugh , love, drink tea, and spread the joy of life!

Have a joyous day, wont'cha, 

even if the work is hard and the hill is steep! 

AN ATTITUDE OF FLYING

ROOSTERS....I find them so incredible. They have this attitude of self-rightness, of self-importance, as if they were put on earth to just enrich everyone's life! 

Some of them are just plain gorgeous, with an assortment of colored feathers, and large red combs on their head, they strut and crow and just generally look at the world with an attitude of 

"Here I am, are you not delighted with me?"

They crow when they want. 

Not just to wake the dawn, but to wake the world. 

If they wake up in the night, they let everyone know. 

If the afternoon silence is too long, they break it.

Mr. Rooster, the epitome of the strut, the arrogant flip of the head, the cold stare down the up-turned beak! 

But here's the kicker, although he has this amazing self-confidence he is a bird, that is, a member of the flying family! He has wings that should cause him to soar! Feathers to lift him above the mundane! 

An active member of the Airborne Association! 

Arrogant and proud,  he doesn't seem to realize he is one of the worst flyers around! His attempts to land on a low tree branch are often humorous, but he simply fluffs his feathers like some great gentleman in a cape, and tries again! His attitude is unflappable!

Ahh, to be so confident, so self-determined, and so bad at the job of flying!

 I think I can learn something here! To go through my days confident that I am doing something worthwhile, even when when I fall out of the tree!

I keep saying I am going to paint pictures of roosters, but so far, this will have to do.....

A photograph of a noisy, handsome fellow, who is a lousy flyer, but a great example of going through life with attitude! 

Have an unruffled day, wontcha! 

More Flying Lessons

.....flying .....flying......flying.....


Birds do it, dandelion fluff does it, 
someday, 
                 but not right now, 


I will too. 




but for now I am glad to be earthbound
doing what I like best .......


living with someone I love the most


and just generally enjoying looking at 


birds flying...... dandelions fluff flying, 


and being happy with every moment 
while I am .......


                          learning to fly! 

have a great happy day

while you wait to fly, wontcha! 

TIME THAT FLIES AWAY...........

this is the first flower in Kenya that we learned the name of: "Yesterday, Today, and Forever" when it blooms, is smells like Heaven! 

the flowers bloom dark purple, and fade to white with each passing day! 

My Meditation about time:

For me,
Yesterday was 66 years  long,
That is not long, considering
Today only seems to last a moment!

I am so glad that Tomorrow
lasts forever.
It becomes Eternity,
We never catch up to it!


And yesterday , too, gets longer and longer!

It's only the Present that is so short,
Only today that seems to fly away!

 

Have a thoughtful evening, wontcha?
Before today flies away!

A SUDDEN MOMENT!

Sometimes, you see something in flight, and just as it lands, your camera is up, your lens is right, 

the sun is right, the photo is right, 

ahhhhhhhhhm, 

what a moment! 

we were in Jinja, Uganda for a couple days with friends, and this awesome butterfly showed up, 

then his friend, the dragonfly came by to say hello! 

                                       Have a sudden moment day, wontcha! 

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW, 

BLUEBIRDS FLY .....

I  always thought this should be the theme song about going to Heaven! 

We will be high above it all, 

Birds singing, me singing, ahhh Heaven. 

Everyone is trapped right now in the cold and dread of cold, 

In ice, and parkas and earmuffs and snow shovels, and blowers, 

But just think:

Above it all, the sun is still shining, 

Somewhere, (here!!) birds ARE really really singing! 

So have a heavenly minded day, wontcha! 

Because Spring is on the way, 

it's just still a little "over the rainbow"!

I HAVEN'T BEEN FLYING, I'VE BEEN TIME WARPED!

Amazing, the moon rises even as the sun sets! 
And so went 2011 into 2012! 
  


We ended the year driving on a horrendous road out of the Masai Mara Game reserve. We didn't plan it, but the road in had taken us 11 hours, the "new, improved" road out that we were advised to take took 16! 


Scary? Oh yes! MUD MUD MUD! ROCKS! ROCKS! ROCKS! 


An endless black night, with bush right up to the road and tall trees everywhere! Did we pray? A lot! 
Did God keep us safe?
Oh yes, and we literally drove into 2012! First time in years we have stayed up not only to, but through midnight. 


We are half way through January, so seems like we are off and flying!
Days flying are so much better than days boring! 


Stay flying, woncha? And have a wonderful FLYING FAST NEW YEAR!