Wordless Wednesday: Spring Awakening
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Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.
~Lewis Grizzard
Yesterday was the first day of Spring - the equinox - the moment when the sun crosses directly over our earth's equator - a time when day and night are equal in length. It's a time of awakening, balance, renewal, promise.
The turning of the seasons grounds me. Spring, after the cold and bare of Winter, is always so welcome, necessary, a gladly received reminder and assurance of time and life continuing. Even after this, the most mild of Winters I can remember in New Jersey, I still was grateful to see that first daffodil poking up through the soil several weeks ago.
My heart lightened. And, each day since then I have anxiously searched my garden for signs of new life, never to be disappointed - as Mother Nature delivers new wonders with each moment.
The weather has been so bright, and the sun so warm this week, that we've all been outside as much as possible; taking in the new season, breathing Spring and all it's wonderous new life... awakening.
Wake. Breathe. Start fresh, as each moment in your life is as new as the Spring buds on the trees. Happy Spring, readers!
Wordless Wednesday: Look Up at the Sky
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I never get tired of the blue sky.
~Vincent van Gogh
In the midst of your hectic day... kids, work, school, activities, meetings, errands, meals, exercise, to-do-lists, [fill-in-the-blank here]... take a moment to pause & look. Up. At the sky, in all its splendor: always present, always changing. It grounds me and fills me with energy. This past month, I've observed the sky more than usual. Perhaps it's been the unusually warm weather we've been having that has drawn my eyes (and camera) upwards. Regardless of the reason, I'm glad of the moments of peace our sky has given me, and I hope these images give you a bit of peace, too.
Take a moment wherever you are, and look up! Peace to you.
Wordless Wednesday: Sunrise
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The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.
~John Muir
It is rare that I wake with the sun, but I have this week in Maine; and on Monday, decided to step outside and watch the sky change, alone with nature. It was, as it always has been, breathtaking and magical. I hope you too are having an amazing week.
The sky, painted.
Starting to brighten...
The sun, making an appearance above the trees.
Wordless Wednesday: World Breastfeeding Week
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To celebrate, I’m sharing some awesome & inspiring breastfeeding photos, a moving video, and a cute tandem-nursing comic. Enjoy!
Ontario's Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign Poster. Love this slogan!
(source: Ontario Human Rights Commission - http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/issues/pregnancy/en/issues/pregnancy/pgac/document_view)
Dar las teta es dar vida - To give the breast is to give life
(source: Puerto Rico Breastfeeding Promotional Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942FRjAJhxU)
Older babies love to nurse, too! And what better place than the bath?
(Source: http://www.breastfeeding-problems.com/breastfeeding-photos.html)
New Zealand's National Breastfeeding Promotion Campaign - such positive messages in these posters!
(Source: http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/breastfeeding-resources-newsletter8)
A comedic look at the sweet - and very real - side (pun alert) of tandem breastfeeding.
(Source: http://www.breastfeeding.com/lighter_side/lighter_side_images/mccartney/200.html)
Yoga + Breastfeeding = Awesomely Wow.
(source:
http://daughterofthesun77.blogspot.com/2011/04/naia-and-i-doing-our-daily-yoga.html
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