There’s so much happening at the river today. It poured rain overnight and the river is full once again. It’s a lovely sunny afternoon though with a blue sky, white puffy clouds. When I walked down here today, I stopped short because someone was sitting on Northern Bench. I’ve never seen anyone sitting on the […]
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Day 26 – Back Deck Bench
Today, it felt like there was nothing left. My feet were hurting. I was so tired, my arms were heavy. I’m in pain, constant, wearying pain. But then I looked at what was in front of me. I opened up my senses and actually looked at the beautiful sunset in front of me. The first […]
Day 24 – Valley View ‘Bench’
There’s misting rain blowing in sideways on the cold wind from the west. It feels like hail is soon to follow. I’m hunkered down with my back to the wind, the collar of my jacket pulled up, about halfway down the gentle slope. I love this view. I will build a bench right here, because […]
Day 23 – Northern Bench
Today is stormy and gray. The wind is gusting around me as I sit. It buffets me from the left, then the right, behind and in front. There was four huge pelicans up in the sky. They were getting pushed around by the wind, but they didn’t fight it. I watched them for ages, soaring […]
Day 22 – Northern Bench
It’s another cold night at the Bench. For the first time ever, I see the moon from the Bench. It’s about three quarters full and being covered and uncovered by passing clouds. Beside it is one solitary star.
Day 21 – Northern Bench
Today it’s all about the breeze. There’s the most beautiful, warm, dry breeze coming from the north today. It rustles gently through the dry tree leaves and smells like summer. The late afternoon sun is falling across the green grass. There’s something about the first signs of summer that’s just so lovely. It feels like […]
Day 20 – Northern Bench
We came down to the river early again today. We’ve been here for about 45 minutes already. It’s just such a beautiful peaceful scene. It was a very cold, still night last night. Our breath comes out in puffs of fog, and there’s still a little bit of mist lying in the river valley. Sunlight […]
Day 19 – Northern Bench
We’ve come down to the river early today. The river level is starting to drop, leaving muddy puddles everywhere as the river shrinks back to its normal summer path. We came down to see ‘Edward Curls’, which is what my son has named the Duck. Edward because he seems quite prim and proper, and Curls, […]
Day 18 – Northern Bench
Some days it just all feels like too much. Too many things to think about, too many meetings to have, too many conversations to plan for. It’s just all too much sometimes. Today’s one of those days. When I sat down on the Bench, everything felt so heavy. It didn’t feel good at all. But […]
Day 17 – Northern Bench
Today, I was definitely feeling stressed when I sat down on the Bench, my heart rate was up and my breath was short. I could tell that I had the weight of all the pressures that surround me at the moment. Too many appointments, too many meetings, too many parental responsibilities. I’m really glad that […]