Well there it is. A full year of sitting on benches. I feel like I’ve gone the full circle like the leaf in yesterday’s picture. Today I loved this beautiful green grasshopper who is camouflaged in the photo. Sometimes it’s hard to put words to things that words don’t necessarily apply to. Which is why […]
Category: Peacefulness
Day 363 – Northern Bench
I loved today. We went down to the beach for a surf earlier and it was beautiful. Now I’m sitting here on the Bench and there’s a gentle breeze in the trees and just a little patch of sun just on the Bench. It’s about to go behind a cloud though. I sat here today […]
Day 342 – Back Deck Bench
It’s such a peaceful morning out here. There’s a big blue sky, very little wind, and the sun is warm, but the air is surprisingly cool for summer. I hear the Wrens, and just before a flock of Gang Gang Cockatoos flew over. I haven’t seen them fly over my house before.
Day 279 – Back Deck Bench
I’ve sat out on my back deck in the sun for at least an hour. It’s the most beautiful sunny day, and it just feels so calm and peaceful. The baby apples on the apple tree are coming along well.
Day 274 – By the Way Bench
I just love sitting here. Sometimes there’s just no words for it. You really just have to feel it for yourself. I wonder if, listening to the recording of all the birdsongs and the breeze in the trees, you can get the feeling of the softness and the sweetness that is here. Edit: The picture […]
Day 223 – Blue Wren Bench
I had a big, busy day today. I don’t even know what I feel as I sit here today. I’m not happy, not sad. It’s just really nice to be sitting somewhere that is quiet and peaceful where I can let it all settle.
Day 219 – Switchback Bench
Sitting on the Bench today, I’ve been thinking about life and thinking about how it’s a constant series of challenges. It’s one thing after another. Everything is speeding up and sometimes I feel like I’m kind of waiting for it to change or slow down. And you know what, I don’t think it’s going to. […]
Day 209 – Blue Wren Bench
This always has been one of my favourite Benches. There is just such a gentleness here, a peacefulness, a softness and a sweetness. Today, I was sitting here quietly and a mother duck was swimming down the river leading her little ducklings. They are the first baby ducks I have seen this spring. Unfortunately, as […]
Day 172 – Switchback Bench
Some days it feels like I could sit on the Bench all day. Today’s one of those days. I don’t want to leave. There’s just something so special when you sit and ‘be’. And look at the sky, and the birds, and notice how the air feels and watch the water flow by. But my […]
Day 150 – Private Bench
It’s absolutely beautiful right now. There was a big storm earlier, but now it’s completely calm. The sky is still dark though. The river is flowing swiftly and it’s muddier than usual after all the rain. Here at the Bench though, the water level hasn’t changed since I was here a couple of days ago.