Meet A Friend Of Mine ~ Pale Swallowtail (Papilio Eurymedon)
Sunday morning we awoke to a beautiful sun-shiney day... the garden looking beautiful, especially this little Korean Lilac bush (Syringa Meyeri 'Palibin') ...
We took off to view a house on Bainbridge Island, one that I thought might meet our needs.. (yes folks we are still on the house hunting quest..)
After checking it out I guess CG just "wasn't feeling it", despite the pretty view of the harbor... so, we got back in the car and headed home..
I'll be honest, I felt a bit let down, and the stress of not knowing where we are going to move to, and yet knowing we have to move SOON is really getting to me..
Its like this - I know there's a place that will be just right for us (I feel it in my gut,) but my gut is also turning cartwheels as time is ticking by..., because I don't know and have so little control, but I WANT to KNOW and I WANT to CONTROL... (this whole house selling and moving business is very illuminating about how much I like to KNOW things and how much I like to be in CONTROL!)
Deep SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This being a human being in times of stress can be very..., ... well..,,, TOUGH!
Anyway, back to my friend above... as we pulled up to our driveway after the disappointing viewing.. I dropped my purse and grabbed my camera when I spied this exquisite Pale Swallowtail butterfly getting drunk on the nectar from the lovely lilac bush...
It was a challenge as he moved every other second to a different spray of flowers.. I literally chased him through my lens again and again, at one point I even thought he was just plain teasing me, almost as if he knew how hard I was trying to capture a clear shot of him..
But you know, I was enthralled by his beauty and his size - and the sheer joy of watching him flit from flower to flower was a powerful tonic that took me out of my sadness and into my happy place...
It felt good to be chasing butterflies...
It felt good to let gooooooooooooooooooooooo.... even for just a few moments...
How do you de-stress?
We took off to view a house on Bainbridge Island, one that I thought might meet our needs.. (yes folks we are still on the house hunting quest..)
After checking it out I guess CG just "wasn't feeling it", despite the pretty view of the harbor... so, we got back in the car and headed home..
I'll be honest, I felt a bit let down, and the stress of not knowing where we are going to move to, and yet knowing we have to move SOON is really getting to me..
Its like this - I know there's a place that will be just right for us (I feel it in my gut,) but my gut is also turning cartwheels as time is ticking by..., because I don't know and have so little control, but I WANT to KNOW and I WANT to CONTROL... (this whole house selling and moving business is very illuminating about how much I like to KNOW things and how much I like to be in CONTROL!)
Deep SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This being a human being in times of stress can be very..., ... well..,,, TOUGH!
Anyway, back to my friend above... as we pulled up to our driveway after the disappointing viewing.. I dropped my purse and grabbed my camera when I spied this exquisite Pale Swallowtail butterfly getting drunk on the nectar from the lovely lilac bush...
It was a challenge as he moved every other second to a different spray of flowers.. I literally chased him through my lens again and again, at one point I even thought he was just plain teasing me, almost as if he knew how hard I was trying to capture a clear shot of him..
But you know, I was enthralled by his beauty and his size - and the sheer joy of watching him flit from flower to flower was a powerful tonic that took me out of my sadness and into my happy place...
It felt good to be chasing butterflies...
It felt good to let gooooooooooooooooooooooo.... even for just a few moments...
How do you de-stress?
3 comments:
Dag, Neinah
Ik vind jou blog zo mooi, dat ik mijzelf maar als volger ingevoerd heb.
Hopelijk neem jij ook een kijkje op mijn blog, ik schilder en fotografeer, erg leuk om te doen.
Ik blijf jou in iedergeval volgen.
Lieve groetjes, Joke
I feel for your house stress. In fact I'm struggling with how to deal with the stress of it as I type this. After trying to sell our house for a year and now juggle our tenants leaving and paying for our rental on top of our mortgage, the stress is getting worse. I keep telling myself that it's all for a reason but I think I'm losing faith in that too. I'm trying to work on my breathing, my nutrition in take and taking moments to relax more. It's helping a tiny bit. Hoping that you find your house quickly.
Beautiful Story, So happy I found You .Thanks for sharing
Cynthia
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