A very busy week and a full weekend ahead. Trying to find moments to catch my breath and be present with the beauty that surrounds me. Evening walks to get the litttlest one to sleep has been an unexpected time of quiet and peace.
Those small (and rare!) quiet times have so much more meaning when you have children don't they? A pause to allow me to reflect, absorb and truly appreciate all that is going on around me is like a daily gift! Beautful photo too!
Like us - but more so - you have "evenings" of full sunshine. I miss darkness in the summer, as I don't see it for a few months. So much more extreme where you are - I remember planting north of Babine Lake, and getting up at 3:30 and it wasn't dark! No wonder the kidlets need a walk to get to sleep... Sebastien comments these days, "Hey, we are reading bedtime stories, and the sun is still up!"
Thanks Sharon, it is true that the quiet times are so precious with young children. I am loving the chance to gain a bit of perspective on our beautiful busy days.
Marlene. I know. The endless summer nights *are* lovely, and I try to see them as a gift after all the darkness of winter, but sleep really does become difficult. It always starts to feel a little manic around the solstice. We've given up trying for 7:00 bedtimes. I think after-supper-gardening-hour is going to be the new rhythm!
Ooooo, I love gardening after dinner...watching the light change, hearing the last song of birds and feeling my limbs grow weary. Getting something accomplished while connecting to the rhythm of end-of-day. When the little ones' eyes glaze a bit, we had in and they're out during story-time ;-)
I absolutely love summer evenings- there is something so still and quiet, yet expectant and alive as if something is about to happen! Taking walks to get the baby to sleep sounds heavenly and peaceful. :)
A very busy week and a full weekend ahead. Trying to find moments to catch my breath and be present with the beauty that surrounds me. Evening walks to get the litttlest one to sleep has been an unexpected time of quiet and peace.
Those small (and rare!) quiet times have so much more meaning when you have children don't they? A pause to allow me to reflect, absorb and truly appreciate all that is going on around me is like a daily gift! Beautful photo too!
ReplyDeleteLike us - but more so - you have "evenings" of full sunshine. I miss darkness in the summer, as I don't see it for a few months. So much more extreme where you are - I remember planting north of Babine Lake, and getting up at 3:30 and it wasn't dark! No wonder the kidlets need a walk to get to sleep...
ReplyDeleteSebastien comments these days, "Hey, we are reading bedtime stories, and the sun is still up!"
Thanks Sharon, it is true that the quiet times are so precious with young children. I am loving the chance to gain a bit of perspective on our beautiful busy days.
ReplyDeleteMarlene. I know. The endless summer nights *are* lovely, and I try to see them as a gift after all the darkness of winter, but sleep really does become difficult. It always starts to feel a little manic around the solstice. We've given up trying for 7:00 bedtimes. I think after-supper-gardening-hour is going to be the new rhythm!
ReplyDeleteOoooo, I love gardening after dinner...watching the light change, hearing the last song of birds and feeling my limbs grow weary. Getting something accomplished while connecting to the rhythm of end-of-day. When the little ones' eyes glaze a bit, we had in and they're out during story-time ;-)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love summer evenings- there is something so still and quiet, yet expectant and alive as if something is about to happen!
ReplyDeleteTaking walks to get the baby to sleep sounds heavenly and peaceful. :)