2065. stairway to heaven…

 

life’s such a journey

one thing leads to another

stairway to heaven??? 🦊❤️

Nearly a year ago I started the process of doing everything that needed to be done to be able to have our civil marriage blessed in the Catholic Church that I attended. Many delays and disappointments cropped up along the way as mentioned in a previous post. During that time of delay and disappointment a number of opportunities sprung up that I could never have imagined happening for me with the parish. When it was discovered that I was an artist, I was invited to create a large graphic that would define a wall in the narthex of the church where parishioners leave donations for a number of missions in the Kensington area of Philly. So this week we had our wedding blessed (finally) and my wall graphic was hung. It has been a “heavenly” week!! 🦊❤️ 

2064. ignore the thorns

ignoring the thorns

a monarch butterfly feasts

to its heart’s content 🦊❤️

As I sauntered along, a tiny burst of colors caught my eye.  There on a viciously thorny weed, a beautiful Monarch Butterfly was fluttering and feasting. What a study in opposites… 🦊❤️
 

2063. holy matrimony

 

at our ripe old age

 making our way to ask god

to bestow his blessings 🦊❤️

After many months of anticipation, planning, delays, roadblocks and disappointments Yulan and I finally were able to have our marriage blessed in my Catholic parish, St. Genevieves. We are so grateful to our dear friends Rick and Gloria for being witnesses of our happy celebration.  🦊❤️

2062. baby and the bath water

 

they kept the baby

and they kept the bath water

but threw out the tub! 🦊❤️

I had to laugh when I saw a baby’s bathtub at the curbside  for the trash man. Did you ever hear the saying, “Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water?” Now you have!!!! Lol🦊❤️

2061. play ball!!

on the mound waiting

the pitcher hoping to throw

a goose egg game ! 🦊❤️

 I got a kick out of seeing a team of Canadian Geese fly in to a freshly manicured ball field to play the local team of ducks.  The pitcher was anxious to throw his first no hit game! That is a “goose egg game” in Goose lingo! Lol🦊❤️

2060. the last

 

what a lonely place

to be the last to be called

to float all alone 🦊❤️

I looked at the last Cheerio floating in the sea of low fat milk. If it had feelings, “what would it be feeling?” I thought. Like the last kid called in a pick up baseball game maybe. Or maybe totally at peace in the quiet of a beautiful pool on a summer day. I wonder… 🦊❤️

2059. “smoke gets in your eyes”

 

amid the many wires

the smoke of such far off fires

sets the sun ablaze 🦊❤️

The smoke from the Canadian wildfires makes for such interesting skies… brings tears to one’s eyes. 🦊❤️