in the morning

"

another day,

between my birth and my death

this is great!

"

funny looking me
taking pictures of myself in the forest
on the inaugural hike
in my first attempt at moccasins
and i'm in love with the sensation
coming through my feet.

the forest is so kind
...

forest heights

food movies!

welcome to Cortez

with much underfoot

the spiral fungikeep your head up

cause here swimmers fly
in the sky

a jaunt round a moutain
and you find carrington bay

along beautiful trails
that keep doldrums away

is where you'll find
me!

(blue jay lake and farm in the immediate background)

title line pictures

Where I've been

has certainly determined
what i've seen,
how I've seen,
and the meaning
these words
that have echoed
from my living
and writing
...

Looking west towards Nanaimo,
I was heading to my parents house,
my family home, to reconnaissance b.c.
to decide where my living will be...

Central ontario farm road, north of Kitchner,
obviously beautiful april day, near lunch time
I took this picture, then had lunch on an derelict
concrete bridge without any railings watching
frogs swim

sunshine kissing seeds

As if waking from sleep with a kiss
those seeds woke with all their memories of life

it's been nice these days
getting over a cold
the sun's come back and
working with those new plants
behind glass
and in the fields
is wakening something inside
me.

i'm well
a new pair of forest tromping moccasins are near ready to carry me on adventures
and pictures will come to the blog once i'm through nanaimo in two weeks...

with love
ben