thich nhat hanh

thinking of you

Nicole

dog laughs

Now Adele, I'm really not big on dogs, but someone sent this to me and I thought I'd pass it on to you in the hopes it brings you a smile.
Thinking of you,
Nicole

yellow and blue flight

Thinking of you Adele!

Love from Nicole

Poem for Adele

Adele,

I want to tell you my morning glories

are blooming

in glorious purple

weeks early this summer,

they're barely off the ground

before they flower

and the Roses of Sharon are also

bursting into bloom,

opening their pink and lavender mouths

to drink in the sun,

blowing in the soft July breeze.

I want to tell you life is lovely

even with all the bad news from near

and far, coming across the airwaves.

We need to listen...

but then listen to the waves of the lake,

the cardinal's call, the touch

of a loved one

to create a balance.

Ellen S. Jaffe, July 15, 2016

warmest wishes,

Ellen

Hello Adele,

On Monday

We welcomed into our home

A hooked gigantic beast  

A metal space eater 

No arms

Only solid decisive feet

Offering, tempting

Sweet soft comfort.

A little unsettling  leap 

And

Suspended we twirl and swirl

indulging in the bliss on the swing

This beast is on loan from Nicole

We picked it up from her friend who had it on loan

I suspect it was at another friends before 

it left Nicole's veranda in her last home

That's where my son spotted it and 

Swang the evening away

Ever since, has wanted one 

We resisted.

Now while we while away these summer days 

telling stories of our own days 

I wonder

this hammock chair must have a lot of stories to tell 

So many from so many places and people it has encountered

 not unlike us.

Now stories unfold in our home.

 Shhhh!

Thanks Nicole

Adele please humor me - Imagine me telling this story to wide eyes grade 1 students - Me with all my expressiveness and voice modulation and the students engage and riveted -  It is the way I imagined my first lesson plan unfolding and then reality hit.

Sending hugs with many thinks to Nicole for suggesting that I share this happy encounter.

colour

I have been taking these RAINBOW photos for you.

 Colour in abundance for you today Adele
Hugs from Nicole