December 29, 2009

Can someone pay me a living to just get lost here and there,
I can take whoever volunteers to be my company, which among my kids is rare.
I will make them cry to drop their games, turn TV off and grow,
And when they beg the question ...where are we headed.. my reply... Wherever this truck will go.

Me... Cobaltmoonrose

An angel on Earth?

The comment that got away from me

Life has its ups and downs...Its a roller coaster of them...UP ...DOWN..... All the in between s just make me dizzy...Sometimes I wonder if why I have more downs is because I am scared of heights? Hmmmmm that's funny...Scared of the ups in life..Maybe I am just scared...Almost certain that is it...As far as having someone special to share your life...Its a nice dream...I believe the answer is a definite YES. But not just someone special..Someone to love...Truly Love who at the same time truly loves "YOU" back...
If you have that is there nothing you cant have with a complete union? Someone who has your back?, and your front? Theoretical of course but then I am being all hippy tonight..Must be smoking on something.... probably my own brain...Thanks for the add by the way..Love both blogs.. Your mind is amazing and I am flattered to have ya...I am a bit of a recluse so maybe I can keep up and pop in here and there...I have another blog I attend to more so than this... I wanted much more from this blog but fall short with it...Wow I am on a tangent, maybe I should of just blogged you a blog all your own...Hmmmmmm...
copy, paste,.... start again
Could not resist it....

OK the not so beautiful and cherished blog....

Man I love nature!!! Love it...I am not a TOFU farting hippy treehugging fairy as some people I know coin it...LOVE YOU!
I am a bit hippy though even I admit it...I don't know where it comes from...No I don't run around screaming make love not war...I do wear a flower in my hair here and there....I like wearing them on the good end of my camera much more...
I DO HATE!!! Being a good damn four miles off in the woods and looking down at something that is so outta place it burns me up! I wanna get away from trash and escape into peace and harmony...I do not want to cut my foot on a broken bottle...a rusted tin can....See a wally mart bag in the middle of the river...I am fed up! Damn it...So I am taking pics of more than the beauty I see..I don't want to see it...Its not the beauty I want...I don't see anything pretty in it...I don't like looking at it....But hey its part of nature now right so why the heck not....Am I part of it...YES I am...Do I dump my trash out in the woods???? NO...I see it ...I walk over it....I don't do anything about it but rant....I use to pick up trash on the river but every time I went back there was more and more...So I gave up....I am not a babysitter....I am not anyone elses mother except my own kids mom so WHY should I pick it up?
Because its there...And I don't know who you are...Or why you want to throw your stuff down, but darn it I don't want to see it! I don't wanna complain about it! And I don't wanna pick up your trash! STOP IT! Do you have no respect!!!
I do things that are wrong! I am not pearly white! BUT FOR GOD SAKES HAVE A BIT OF RESPECT!
In saying so I am no better...My trash goes somewhere...OMG that is shameful...MY TRASH! TONS OF TRASH EVERYDAY GOES SOMEWHERE IN NATURE>>>
We are a throw away world...
Its all throw away.
Life is throw away
Future life is throw away
We are throw away
Then I am floored at the whole of it...and i always say...What is there to do?

WHAT IS THERE TO DO?

Look people this is for anyone who wants to listen.
Listen to what I do not know. It comes to me in moments when my mind starts to grow..But under the whole weight of it I always shrink and hide, its easier to forget and let the truth be denied.

No matter where I walk, No matter where I go,
I have not far to wander, before the signs begin to show.

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We tread not so lightly on this land we are bestowed,
and it will not take much more abuse before the gift will erode.

We take for granted all we have been graciously given,
and before we know it...will we ourselves be the truly unforgiven?

I am sadly certain my mark will also be... disastrous unto itself,
Oddly enough my eyes are open to the future... but blind to even themselves.

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I cringe in my footsteps, am threatened by our loss,
and with one silent forward glance, my eyes begin to gloss.

I hide my shame behind the thought, What on Earth is there to do?
One person can not change the world, I move on with out a clue.

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(the sign reads Free water and air..Should have a small disclaimer..Yours to pollute)

Its easier to hide from the truth, than stare it face to face
But in doing so we dim a bit, and fall from life's embrace......
I am no longer in her grace.....No longer in her grace..
I have now left my trace.

Cobaltmoonrose


(I don't know why, I have no clue. When I am alone in nature... My thoughts just lead to you)

November 11, 2009

Photo revisited....

This is one of my favorite days of shooting photos...I remember it clearly..Jan. this year me and my three snots on the river bank enjoying nothing more than the simple goodness around us...Everything seemed so right and I got a few good shots...Here are a few of them but how it came out I was more than pleased with...I call it "All the heavens in a river's puddle"

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(I don't know why, I have no clue. When I am alone in nature... My thoughts just lead to you)

November 09, 2009

Oh the beauty of it......

Me..In the river again....If you don't know the water this time of year is cold....Its cold all year but this time of year frigid comes to mind...I can not tell you how many times I question my sanity...I am usually thigh deep in the water when it hits me...What the #3!! are you doing!? I mean why are you out here freezing your rear? Getting all dirty? Traipsing through the woods alone like some mad woman with no clue...
Then I look up and it hits me.. Its almost painful to look at...My heart catches in my throat and threatens to choke me, and I know I am blessed...To see what I see..My camera can not even show you...I get home look at my pictures and I am disappointed it can not capture enough of the beauty in what I see...
I catch myself getting all teary eyed this time of year...Well OK most times of year but this time of year when nature puts on her show and paints the world in the most vivid colors I drive around like some love sick fool...I swear one of these days I am going to forget I am driving and wind up in the ditch...She captures me, drags me in, calls me...I can not leave my house...I will spot a tree that is aglow with the sunlight and slow down...Then I catch some sight of a backroad and I have to take it...I wind up in the mtns somewhere for hrs on end when I was just running a small errand...I loose track of time and there is never enough of it in the day...

I hate heading back to "reality" more times than not...

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I am just glad that my truck is there waiting with a crazy hot heater to bring me back from hypothermia when I crawl/climb back up to it...

Oh look its a leg...

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no bare toes this time...too cold for that mess.

I WAS HERE!

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Up in the middle (yes! up and in the middle) of nowhere along an unsuspecting creek in the N. Ga mtns lies a tiny bit of heaven all secluded...

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This is "my" field...I know there is a treasure waiting to be found in it...

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(I don't know why, I have no clue. When I am alone in nature... My thoughts just lead to you)

November 07, 2009

Falls Beautiful Bounty....

I love all times of year but Mother nature seems to pull out all the bells and whistles for fall...My thinking on this is its her way of saying I am going to sleep for a spell but just so you remember I will put on a show for you..I will not go quietly into the night but will burst forth with all the beauty and splendor I have left in my veins so that you should anticipate my awakening in the Spring and will look for signs I am back in every step you take. No matter how hard we try we can not match the beauty of our natural surroundings.
I find a peace and an energy every time I let myself be graced and enticed by the smallest leaf or stone and overwhelmed by the amazing scenes in my own back yard...Its more of a privilege to me, a humbling to something more beautiful than I can comprehend, a gift even to be able to take the time and see what is right in front of me if I open my eyes for a moment. When I am weak I turn to nature for peace of mind, the quiet beauty to lift my spirit and restore my heart. Nature nourishes all your senses if you slow down, focus on your surroundings.
You can find yourself in a quiet moment surrounded by her beauty when you did not even know you were lost., and your questions can be answered by just getting lost and being still. In those moments alone in nature I feel truly blessed to be alive, no matter what crazy world awaits me when I return. I find it hard to express the real meaning of what it means to me...I guess its a love affair of sorts...I take the time to notice her beauty and in doing so I find peace of mind and renewal on an unparalleled level...Enjoy It! That is what life is about..


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(I don't know why, I have no clue. When I am alone in nature my thoughts just lead to you)

June 26, 2009

Hickey Gap, Mill creek falls

Went out yesterday to one of my favorite spots...Hickey gap..Love the falls there and its only an 18 min hike at most...After the three days in the woods I was ready to get back out..Cant stand sitting at home..Would live in the woods if I could...But was ready for an easy little hike and the kids wanted to get wet so its just right there and I cant resist it...

Dragonflies? They were fighting for the same leaf over the creek..The greenish blue one won and claimed the spot...

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Salamander one of the boys dumped into my lap..NICE!

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The water was way down from the lat few weeks..But it was still very pretty..

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Love the old Driftwood in front of the falls..

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(I don't know why, I have no clue. When I am alone in nature my thoughts just lead to you)