Spring Has Sprung

 Photos by spbm

“Instructions for living a life. 

Pay attention. 

Be astonished. 

Tell about it.” 

~Mary Oliver

 Spring has sprung.

 Vegetable Tart made with fresh veggies - I think I could eat this every day.

I could not believe how good the corn on the cob was. Seems really early in the season

to be so sweet and delicious.

This tart is made with puff pastry, ricotta cheese and parmesan cheese, topped with yellow and zucchini squash, fresh corn off the cob, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and black olives, with a little olive oil drizzled over the top, and then topped with fresh basil after it comes out of the oven. 

So many things you can put on this tart. 

open your heart

There are days when I want to zip my heart up and put a lock on it but I know, this is no way to live. All my life I've heard that the valleys are important to appreciate the mountain top. I might just argue against this little tid-bit of wisdom. There is no doubt in my mind that I could enjoy those mountains top without all the valleys. At least it could be more balanced than so one-sided.

So here's a motivational thought for anyone questioning their time in the valley.

Hope every one is having a beautiful week. My has gone pretty darn well, I enjoy election night, my list of hopefuls all came through. If I liked drinking I am quite sure I wold have been in the bed most of the day, cause I was at the edge of my seat for a while. I had made quite a few different things to eat, I was too nervous and couldn't eat. :(


So, in my case it turned out well

Here's a nice quote for us to get the motivational juices bubbling and rolling:

photo by spbm

“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”

― Mary Oliver

Spring Azures

    Photo by SPBM - Kansas City Contemporary Art Museum

Sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy,

and all the tricks my body knows—

the opposable thumbs, the kneecaps,

and the mind clicking and clicking—

don’t seem enough to carry me through the world

and I think: how I would like

to have wings—

blue ones—

ribbons of flame.

How I would like to open them, and rise

from the black rain water.

Spring Azures by Mary Oliver

Be Whimsical

“You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”

― Mary Oliver, Wild Geese

Beauty

“You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain

are moving across the landscapes,

over the prairies and the deep trees,

the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,

are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,

the world offers itself to your imagination,

call to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –

over and over announcing your place

in the family of things.”

― Mary Oliver