Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~ Picasso
It’s been too long since I wrote and doodled in my little leather, string-bound journal. It’s been so long that I forgot I had it until I came across it the other day while looking for a book in our office. Inside were hastily-written words and quick doodle-sketches…
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Aug. 23, 2009
3:15 pm -> 9,000 ft. altitude
Sitting here by the stream…butterflies fluttering on the yellow wildflowers to the left…gentle breeze and the sound of the stream running over the rocks…intense pine scent on the air…coffee sipped in the late summer sunlight…a perfect Sunday afternoon. / The stream bottom glitters and shimmers with golden flecks of mica and fool’s gold in the sand…I’m the only one out here this afternoon!
Aug. 28, 2009
6:45 am -> patio
Walked out into the field and watched the sun rise over the eastern plains…clear sky saturated with the dawn. Songbirds and hummingbirds singing and chirping, golden light filling the patio, the flowers glowing in the fleeting moments between dark + light; precious minutes of magic. / Last night, while the adult hummingbirds fed at the feeder, tiny baby hummingbirds whirred and sipped at the petunias. I’ve never seen such tiny hummingbirds before… / The still morning air is flooding with light, warmth and wind. The coffee’s ready and the toast just about to pop up. The world out West is waking up.
I need to keep this little journal and an ink pen with me more often…
Tagged: diary, doodles, gratitude, hummingbirds, ink, journal, memories, picasso, sketches, sunrise
Thank you for sharing lovely moments from very special places.
You’re welcome. Thanks for stopping by.
Well I guess my first comments got lost in space. Having trouble logging in. In summary… your grandchildren will appreciate your journal. Wish any of my ancestors would have left some writing about day to day life. Always a pleasure to read your writings.
Thanks Erin. This also reminds me to write more often. At my age I now keep a notebook with me at all times which holds all kinds of information, musings, and sketches. Your future grandchildren will also appreciate your writings. I so wish I had written down some of the stories my grandmother told!
Beautiful. Such energy in these “quick doodle-sketches.” Thanks for the reminder.
Thank you! I need to remind myself to do it more often.
Great idea. Nice work. It’s like writing in general, don’t post or record and great moments are lost from view.
Thanks. Reflecting on moments like that is incentive to record more of them.