A peaceful picture of simple pleasures painted with words and images from a friend in Round Top, Texas.

treehouse afternoonsendless summer daydreaming ~limitless future

…about mindfulness, and flowers, and tasting life…

I have an overwhelming desire to think about nothing, talk about nothing, do nothing. Perhaps this mindlessness / mental exhaustion is a cousin of meditation. Maybe I’m on the way to “empty mind meditation” or mental silence that will declutter my brain and bring on a state of nirvana. 

A deepening interest in photography and following certain blogs has me seeing things differently these days.

A clarion call for mindfulness: what if every day was new year’s day?

5:30 a.m.5 degrees, a pot of teapeaceful solitude © 2018 Glover Gardens

A change of scenery brings mountain wildflowers, a fire in the fireplace and a haiku about the mesmerizing nature of flames.

A friend’s vacation state of mind and photo inspired a haiku.

Celebrating kindred spirits, serendipity and Great Blue Herons on the Bolivar Peninsula.

I looked up in NOLA and saw these steeples framed by the traditional NOLA architectural elements of this stately home and a beautiful old oak tree.

Llamas and tractors and pastures, oh my! Another Colorado-inspired nature haiku from Glover Gardens.

I think a group of swans did a performance just for me. As I stood and watched, they changed direction, got in position, and swam by in a line. MUST.WRITE.HAIKU.

A haiku for a happy mountain place that inspires me, restores peace and tranquility and fuels creativity.

Is this little bird thinking what a great day it is to be a bird in the sunshine, in a sanctuary-like environment where the predators wear warning bells and the feeders are always full?

A little boy embodies the concept of mindfulness and simple pleasures with the rainbow wall at Dulles Airport. Adults, not so much.